There are many different "mockingbird" characters in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel‚ Atticus tells his children to "shoot all the blue jays that you want‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 103). He says this because mockingbirds are known to be harmless creatures that do nothing but sing joyously. Lee cleverly uses this mockingbird imagery to title her classic novel and to describe characters that are kind‚ innocent people and have done nothing
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Calpurnia Some people find it difficult to show their affection for others. Calpurnia‚ in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ possesses this problem. The black cook loves the Finch children‚ but she has a hard time expressing that to them. In the beginning of the book‚ Calpurnia appears oppressive and harsh to the main character‚ Scout. As the story progresses‚ however‚ she reveals her other side. Slowly‚ Scout comes to realize that Calpurnia is actually protective‚ mannerly‚ and above all‚ an
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Simpson/ Eng. 1 2-22-14 To Kill a Mockingbird/ Marigolds Compare/ Contrast Paper Jeremy Atticus Finch‚ also known as Jem‚ is a boy of 13 in the classic novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a curious and mature young man‚ who has to learn a few lessons along the way. Lizabeth is a young girl who lives in a poverty struck family‚ in the short story‚ Marigolds. Lizabeth is allowed to run free and not have to go to school. These two‚ what seems like polar opposite‚ characters share many similarities
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To Kill a Mockingbird Have you ever wondered how your personality developed? To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Author Harper Lee uses memorable characters to explore civil rights and racism in the 1930s. The book is told through the eyes of a girl named Scout Finch. The Finch children and their friends are on an adventure to find out more about Boo Radley. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout Finch is coming of age. Scout learns a lot from the people that star in her life. She learns
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Calpurnia Character Analysis In many All American novels it is important to have both dynamic and static characters. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia is a static character. Throughout the whole novel Calpurnia is motherly and she does not change at points in the book where she should change. Calpurnia is the maid‚ nanny‚ and cook in the book. Her main job is to look after the kids while Atticus is gone and when he is home she cooks. Since Calpurnia looks after the children she has
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After reading Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ I was particularly drawn toward one protagonist in particular that to me portrays a model for all mankind; that character is Atticus. His morals are his defining feature and to his children‚ he is a valuable teacher. Despite the novel’s lack of Atticus’ physical description‚ his attitude displays that he is a person he would always do his best to look clean and respectable. From his attitude you the reader discover that he is a person who
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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus Finch is a lawyer defending a African American man who was falsely accused of rape. The story is set in the South during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch has been very well known for three main traits being bold‚ being fearful‚ being able to think outside the box. These traits caused others to be effected by him and his actions. Atticus is considered a good role model by the way he carries himself ‚by the way he treats his kids and by the
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the first time‚ but her school is depicted as strict and unreasonable. Scout’s school is idiotic with teachers who criticize students with an early start on reading and hate the Nazis but can’t see the racism that goes on in their own town. To Kill a Mockingbird emphasizes policies designed to create conformist children rather than letting the children be childish and imaginative. Throughout the novel‚ Jem and Scout learn lessons that change their point of view and cause them to mature. Their views
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To Kill A Mockingbird Character Notes Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch) Age 10-13 Appearance "Jem’s soft brown hair and eyes‚ his oval face and snug-fitting ears were our mother’s‚ contrasting oddly with Atticus’s graying black hair and square-cut features" Caring older brother "Don’t you cry‚ now‚ Scout... don’t cry now‚ don’t you worry-" he muttered at me all the way to school." Growing /Maturing "Overnight‚ it seemed‚ Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on
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In a work of literature authors often use foil characters to show the strengths and weaknesses of main characters. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ the author uses foil characters Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell to reveal the theme of racial inequality. Atticus‚ a man who takes care of his family and teaches them manners‚ is a lawyer assigned a court case dealing with a black man accused of raping a white woman. Bob Ewell‚ a prejudiced man who does not take care of his children
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