To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel set in the Southern United States during the 1930’s. Although also present in the Northern United States at that time ‚ racial discrimination and prejudice against black people was much more prevalent in the South ‚ and was not against the law. Black people were originally taken by force from Africa to America to work as slaves. As slaves they were not entitled to the same education and laws as their white masters and often endured extreme brutality and hardships
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To Kill a Mockingbird: To take advantage of someone weaker that You Harper Lee I. Introduction: This book seen through the eyes of Scout Finch‚ a 6 year old Alabamian in the 1930’s‚ during the depression. She has the honor to be the daughter of one of the towns’ bravest lawyers‚ Atticus Finch. Scout is without a mother and lives with her father‚ Jim‚ her brother‚ and Calpurnia‚ a cook from the Virgin Islands. II. Need Step: This broken down into three lessons that exclusively give
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To Kill a Mockingbird Reading is the key to understanding our world‚ when we read good books we open our minds to new ideas. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an exploration of human morality‚ set in the 1930s when racism was very common in Alabama. The story is viewed from the innocent eyes of a young child Scout and her brother Jem. Social inequalities create opportunities for prejudice and discrimination throughout the novel. Maycomb was an old run down town ‘but it was tired old town
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To kill a Mockingbird By Milton Singeris Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” explains the ways in which individuals are limited and trapped by the assumptions of others. In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” Tom Robison‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ Boo Raddley are all individuals that are limited or confined‚ due to the difference in their looks others assume they are different. Individuals are labelled by others in their society by how they are different from the “in” crowd. They are not considered equal to
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Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird: Theme of a Book or Blind Spot of History? The book is set in the year 1933 in a small town called Maycomb‚ Alabama. In 1933 slavery is no longer legal but racism is common among people. At this time in the south the town is divided by race. This is portrayed in the town by different churches‚ schools‚ and communities. The theme of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is how racial prejudice hurts people‚ which are illustrated by Bob Ewell‚ the lynch mob‚ and Lula
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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ numerous symbols and themes are present throughout the novel. Through the good and evil in a town such as Maycomb‚ nobility and courageous were not the easiest attributes to fulfill; however‚ for Atticus‚ Jem and Scout‚ these traits came quite easily with time. As Ambrose Redmoon had said‚ “Courage is not the absence of fear‚ but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear.” That quote directly relates to To Kill a Mockingbird and the Finch family
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To Kill a Mockingbird “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee). In the Maycomb County there is a lot of whites‚ blacks and even some mixed. There are some that are wealthy and some that are not. Some get along and others do not. Even in a small town‚ they all live so differently. Throughout Harper lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ hypocrisy‚ injustice and evil is envisioned in an adult society
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Chapters 1-3 Questions 1. What does it mean to “act responsibly?” Explain what a person needs to do to “act responsibly” in the 1930’s in Maycomb‚ Alabama? Acting responsibly basically means that you have to do the right thing no matter what the situation‚ and you have to be mature and act your age even when you might not like doing so. In the 1930s in Maycomb‚ Alabama if you were a woman‚ for example‚ you would need to stay home and cook the food and clean for the family. You would just always
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Good evening parents. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the fear of difference and resulting pressure to conform is a strong theme permeating the plot. It is most clearly shown in the characters’ attitudes towards race and fashion‚ both of which are still pervasive in Australia in 2011. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the power of racism causes men and women to fear difference and conform to the status quo. The majority of white citizens were extremely racist; a few were even involved with the Ku
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The Southern Gothic Motif of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Thesis: In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the various types of outsiders and the small town of Maycomb contribute to the novel’s Southern gothic motif. All throughout the book Lee introduces us to different kinds of outsiders willing to make a change. During the Tom Robinson trial‚ Link Deas tells Bob Ewell‚ “…if I hear one more peep outa my girl Helen about not bein’ able to walk this road I’ll have you in jail
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