Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout’s views and understanding of femininity changes. Although Scout is not the stereotypical female of her age‚ she receives different views of that matter through three different influential ladies in her life. Through them she realizes that being more feminine is not a negative changer in her life. Scout at first is tomboyish and does not do or like things a girl of her age is expected to. After Francis annoys Scout by called Atticus a “nigger-lover”‚ she
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In part 1 of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" there is a girl named Jean Finch‚ nicknamed Scout‚ and her brother Jem Finch live in Maycomb with their father Atticus Finch. Atticus is a lawyer who is loved by the whole city. Scout and Jem have a cook named Calpurnia who is like a mother figure in the house since the kid’s mom died when Scout was a young girl. Scout doesn’t remember her mother but Jem does. Jem gets sad when he thinks of their mother. A boy named Charles Harris‚ nicknamed Dill‚moves
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The unforgettable novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee take place in Maycomb County Alabama during the 1930’s. During the time period discrimination towards the black community was huge back then. The novel is told from Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch. The whole novel is told from her point of view. Throughout the text Lee establishes the theme of injustice‚ there are a lot of characters which have to face the obstacle of injustice. The injustice which intrigued me was the one that happened to
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After reading To Kill a Mockingbird most people might represent Dill as a dejected character‚ but I deem Dill Harris presents himself confidently. To begin with‚ he has an eccentric imagination; therefore‚ he just makes up stories as he goes along. For instance‚ when Jem and Scout asked him about his father‚ Dill told them he had a beard. When Dill forgot his lie‚ and said his father did not have a beard‚ he was confronted by Scout and Jem. He fabricated an explanation instantly- his memory wasn’t
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First of all‚ power can be abused or used for good‚ power is to do something or act in a “peciluar way due to your rank. In the book “To KIll A Mockingbird” we see Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus Finch in a world of racism because Atticus is a lawyer who defends a black man named Tom Robinson se her but she from raping Mayella‚ a white lady who the daughter of the neighborhood drunk‚ throughout the book we see how society and racism shape various individuals. Despite of Atticus’ struggle to protect Tom‚
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This is how many of the people in Maycomb county feel in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Jean Louise Finch “Scout”‚ who is the narrator‚ is essentially the main character. One can see many of the issues of social class through her eyes. By using countless examples like The Ewell‚ Cunningham‚ and Finch families‚ Harper Lee shows us that judging others based on class is not right. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee portrays the Cunningham family to be of the lower class
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As the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ progressed‚ we start to see the significance Harper Lee puts on parenting. Harper Lee shows the importance of teaching your children the right thing through the parenting of Atticus‚ Calpurnia and the Radley Family. Atticus and Calpurnia have always been there for Jem and Scout‚ and have always taught them the respectful and polite actions. Atticus and Calpurnia’s parenting style is to teach young kids the right from wrong. To illustrate‚ Calpurnia said “That
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To Kill A Mockingbird Thesis Assignment Prompt #: 1 Thesis: Not only does Atticus plays a role of a father to Scout‚ he is also like a mentor for his own children and the city of Maycomb‚ Alabama by trying to change most of their perspectives because he determines that in the future‚ the goodness in everyone would conquer the horrible quality of racism. Quote 1: “’I don’t think anybody in Maycomb’ll begrudge me a client‚ with times this hard.’” Lee (147). Quote 2: “’She was white‚ and she
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shunned because people don’t know their real story and judge them off of what they know. Most of the time when people judge others off of only what they know they are wrong. This is the case for the so called crazy man of Maycomb‚ Boo Radley. To Kill a Mockingbird By: Harper Lee is told by Scout Finch a seven year old trying to figure out the grown up word. This whole story is about the event that lead up to Jem (Scout’s older brother) breaking his arm. As children in the beginning of the book they have
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The book To Kill a Mockingbird has many different themes. One that really stood out to me was Childhood Innocence‚ because the story is written from Scout’s point of view it portrays her childish and immature thoughts towards all of the events that happen in her life. Not only is Scout childish at times her brother Jem and her friend Dill also show irresponsible actions through the games they choose to play and the way they react to different things such as getting in trouble or just barely getting
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