o kill a mockingbird * ------------------------------------------------- NARRATOR IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD * ------------------------------------------------- Take turns reading the passage from To Kill a Mockingbird out loud to each other (from chapter 17‚ pp. 186-18 9) √ * ------------------------------------------------- What kind of narrator do we find in this extract – and thus in the entire novel? How can you tell? Ar first we thought the narrator was omniscient‚ but we
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Discuss the impression the reader gains of Maycomb‚ paying particular attention to the ways the reader gains that impression Maycomb is a small‚ isolated‚ inward looking town in Alabama‚ USA. The reader hears about Maycomb from the narrator‚ Scout (Jean-Louise Finch)‚ who looks back to when she was a young girl living with her brother Jem and their father Atticus. Throughout the novel‚ you hear about a very wide range of incidents and relationships in Maycomb‚ which is quite surprising for such a small
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To Kill A Mockingbird - Relationship of Two Characters In the beginning‚ all was good and calm in the lives of the Finches. Members of the family included Atticus‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ Aunt Alexandra‚ and Calpurnia. The relationship of two of the main characters‚ Atticus and Jem‚ is of particular interest. In the beginning section of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the relationship of Atticus and Jem is simple. Jem sees Atticus as older and less active then the fathers of his
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Mockingbird: The mockingbird represents innocence. Like hunters who kill mockingbirds for sport‚ people kill innocence‚ or other people who are innocent‚ without thinking about what they are doing. Atticus stands firm in his defense of innocence and urges his children not to shoot mockingbirds both literally and figuratively. The mockingbird motif arises four times during To Kill a Mockingbird. First‚ when Atticus gives Jem and Scout air guns for Christmas and instructs them not to kill mockingbirds
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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 have to know your place and what was morally correct to make any decision. 2. Who can people relate to in Maycomb‚ Alabama
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Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York City: Grand Central Publishing‚ 2003 To Kill a Mockingbird is a fiction novel that takes place in a small town in Alabama during the Depression‚ and is narrated by a little girl named Jean Louise "Scout" Finch. She is a rowdy little girl that has strong opinions‚ loves her family‚ and likes to play outside. Scout tries to get her father to excuse her from school because of the teacher that she doesn’t like‚ Miss Caroline‚ who doesn’t know the usual Maycomb culture
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To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the term ‘mockingbird’ to describe suitable‚ gracious people. Atticus‚ Jem and Scout’s father‚ says that it is alright to shoot and kill a crow‚ but even aiming at a mockingbird would be a sin. Crows represent greed‚ jealousy and evil‚ while mockingbirds represent faultless and pure beings. They first appear when Jem and Scout are learning how to use their shiny new air rifles. Atticus will not teach them how to shoot‚ but
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The 1930’s in the United States could be described as a reformation period in response to the worst economic collapse in national history. The Great Depression was a battle for all aspects of the American society and in particular‚ the South‚ because of its meager efforts for racial equality. The South is well known for being a stronghold of reactionary principles and in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee composed an earnest tale focused on the lives of two children in Maycomb County. The consistent
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Epilogue for “To Kill a Mockingbird” It was cool and breezy November morning in Maycomb. The last of the leafs had just fallen off of the trees. The year was 1951. There was a large crowd around the old oak tree in the cemetery‚ looking down at the casket. The casket belonged to Atticus Finch. Atticus was the greatest father anyone could ask for. Jem was standing at the head of the casket with his expecting wife Lisa. He put his warm and soft hand on the casket and looked at the sky. He suddenly
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Miss Caroline is unaware of the Cunningham’s financial situation. When she notices that walter doesn’t have a lunch‚ she is curious as to why. She offers him a quarter and when he refuses‚ Miss Caroline becomes hostile. Scout tries to explain to her that the Cunningham’s never take what they can’t pay back. Due to the difference in background between the students and Miss Caroline‚ she is unaware of how the people in Maycomb live. It is presumed that Miss Caroline comes from a more well off background
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