The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean LouiseFinch‚ who is almost always called by hernickname‚ Scout. Scoutstartsto explain the circumstancesthat led to thebroken arm thather older brother‚ Jem‚ sustained many years earlier; shebegins by recounting herfamily history.Thefirst of her ancestors tocometo America was a fur-trader and apothecary namedSimonFinch‚who fledEngland to escape religious persecution and establisheda successful farm on thebanks of the AlabamaRiver. The farm‚ calledFinch’sLanding
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seen in this way because of his well thought out plan to murder Fortunato. Knowing that Fortunato is a wine fanatic‚ he uses this to lure him into the catacombs where he is left for dead. Not only was his idea well thought out‚ Montresor managed to kill Fortunato without shedding a drop of blood. Throughout the story‚ Montresor continues to be cold and eventually shows no mercy in his actions. Montresor’s motivation behind the murder is briefly mentioned in the first sentence‚ where he begins‚ "THE
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In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus creates the opportunity for Jem to read to Mrs.Dubose. I think this was a good decision made by Jem’s father. I think this for three reasons. First in a fit of rage‚ Jem cut down Mrs. Dubose flowers. Mrs. Dubose hurled insults at Scout and Jem even going as far as to include Atticus. Jem cut her precious flowers. Atticus confronted Jem for the misdeed “Jem!” His voice was like the winter wind. Atticus switched on the ceiling light in the living room
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Boo Radley and Mayella Ewell are alike as victims in several ways. There were victims of verbal abuse and both physical abuse from Boo’s and Mayella’s cruel father. Neither one of them had any friends to keep them company or a friend who could really help them. People of Maycomb could have thought this to be strange so they didn’t associate themselves with Boo or Mayella. During the trial Atticus asked Mayella if she had any friends‚ Mayella thought Atticus making fun of her by saying this. We
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BookRags Student Essay Atticus Finch Was a Role Model Ahead of His Time For the online version of Atticus Finch Was a Role Model Ahead of His Time Essay‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: Atticus Finch Was a Role Model Ahead of His Time Essay Atticus Finch a citizen of Maycomb during the 1930’s was a role model ahead of his time. He had some advanced beliefs on life with the following downfall; the people of Maycomb simply did not understand these futuristic thoughts
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To Kill a Mockingbird Critical Response “Shoot all the bluejays you want‚ if you can hit ‘em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119). Harper Lee introduces the theme of hurting innocents near the beginning of the novel‚ pointing out that you shouldn’t hurt something that only tries to help you‚ and doesn’t harm anyone‚ like a mockingbird. She portrays this theme through many of the characters‚ such as Arthur Radley‚ and Tom Robinson‚ by comparing them to a mockingbird‚ and their innocence
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As Atticus said‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”‚ because they have done nothing to anyone but try to please. There are many people in the world and in stories that symbolize mockingbirds‚ that were killed innocently. There are not many mockingbirds in Maycomb County‚ but until Boo Radley showed up no one knew that he was a true mockingbird. Mockingbirds do nothing but try to please humans by singing‚ and try to help. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout goes through many hard times and learns
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Jeffrey Luu 10/17/12 p.2 Mr. Day A Sinful Journey Killing a harmless innocent soul who chooses to do right over wrong is considered a sin. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird this innocent life is represented by a mockingbird. With the addition of these “mockingbirds‚” the theme of the story as well as the meaning is better explained and understood by readers. Throughout the novel there are no real mockingbirds being killed. However‚ there are a number of characters used as symbolic mockingbirds
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“I hope you got it through your head that he’ll kill us” (17 Lee) Which shows that Jem is scared. This is important because it shows that even though they have lived in Macomb their whole lives Jem is still scared to go near the house. The meaning of the passage is how Jem is scared
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It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird; a theme repeated often in this title. It means that taking away someone’s innocence or faith in life is bad‚ and prejudice can do just that. The disease of prejudice and how it makes some people act can kill someone’s innocence‚ Jem at one point loses all faith in the world and forms cynical views on life (304). Although having innocence is good‚ because of prejudice‚ because of hate‚ because of ignorance‚ one can lose faith in the world and start to realize that
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