‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ notes Major themes Prejudice/discrimination (Racism‚ social misfits caused by social inequalities) Against blacks (Tom Robinson)‚ and Boo. Blacks VS Whites‚ Blacks VS Whites. Courage Atticus taking on Tom’s case Jem protecting Scout Boo saving children Mrs Dubose freeing addiction Growing up/education In class Outside class – Atticus‚ Calpurnia‚ personal experiences Conflict Good/evil‚ right/wrong: Perspective The mockingbird motif Tom and Boo ‘Sin’ – against
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Ciara Ross Mrs. Rasnic AP English Language 11 September 2012 Essay of Analysis: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee It takes a courageous man like Harper Lee’s character‚ Atticus Finch‚ to defend a negro in this time period. Despite the innocence of Tom Robinson‚ a hard working man accused of attacking a white woman‚ he will never fully receive the justice he deserves all due to the color of his skin. Although the trial of Tom Robinson was unethical and unjust‚ the arguments that Atticus presents
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The Maycomb school grounds adjoined the back of the Radley lot; from the Radley chickenyard tall pecan trees shook their fruit into the schoolyard‚ but the nuts lay untouched by the children: Radley pecans would kill you. A baseball hit into the Radley yard was a lost ball and no questions asked. The misery of that house began many years before Jem and I were born. The Radleys‚ welcome anywhere in town‚ kept to themselves‚ a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb. They did not go to church‚ Maycomb’s
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To Kill a Mockingbird ~Ten Themes ELA 20 Prejustice All these people making assumptions‚ assuming a black man did it‚ just because he is black. Prejudice is explored on both a social and racial level. Boo Radley‚ is a suspected dangerous criminal for killing his father. No one asks Boo why he stabbed his father‚ though we are told his father was cruel‚ instead Boo is isolated in his home and boo is actually a very nice guy‚ but nobody seems to know it until the end. Tom Robinson is falsely
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You never really know anyone until you step into their shoes and walk around in them. In other words‚ it’s important to put yourself in someone else’s place in order to understand them better‚ consider things from their perspective. Scout’s greatest lesson is to recognize the validity and value of lives unlike hers and those of people she knows well. Scout describes the town of Maycomb as having several well defined class systems. There are the professional‚ educated white people where she and her
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The night after their run-in at the town jail‚ Scout ends up sleeping in Jem’s room after she starts crying in her own. At breakfast the next morning‚ no one except Jem has much appetite. Atticus says he’s glad the kids came along‚ though Aunt Alexandra sniffs that Mr. Underwood would have made sure nothing too bad happened. Atticus comments that Mr. Underwood is a strange man—he "despises Negroes" (16.5)‚ yet he acted to protect Atticus and Tom Robinson. Scout wants coffee‚ but Calpurnia will
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Bianca Garcia Summer Reading Assignment English 1 MYP Period 2 To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee 1. The novel is set in a neighborhood in Maycomb County‚ about twenty miles east of Finch’s Landing; a homestead on the banks of the Alabama River during the 1930’s.The author used this particular location because of the jurisdictional customs that the county comes with‚ which plays an important role in outcome of the Tom Robinson case. Atticus mentions in the book that rape is a capital
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them. Blacks have been treated like filth in our society for hundreds and hundreds of years. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee‚ prejudice is depicted throughout the novel‚ it was present in our society when Martin Luther King Jr. marched down the streets of D.C. for equality‚ and prejudice still exist in our nation today against gays and lesbians. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird prejudice is illustrated throughout the book. During the trial against Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch
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Kalif Chew Mr. Spain APUSH 21 March 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in Alabama in the early 1930s‚ during the beginning of FDR’s New Deal. FDR’s New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was caused by industrial overproduction‚ stock market crashes‚ and thousands of bank failures. This put the United States at its lowest economic point of all time. Too many
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Justice League is Challenged by Revenge Revenge can lead to justice‚ but justice may also lead to revenge. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the idea of justice is challenged and revenge is served to someone who deserves it. Justice and revenge are shown within the novel because Judge Taylor elected Atticus to represent Tom Robinson‚ Bob got Tom sent to jail‚ and Bob Ewell died. During the time of the novel coloured people would not get a good lawyer because they were considered
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