Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmospheres. Foster would classify To Kill a Mockingbird under geography. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the Great Depression. Alabama was one of the eleven states to succeed the union in 1861. Because the Confederacy lost the war‚ Alabama was forced back into the union. Alabama faced many hardships during the Reconstruction Era‚ the era that took place in the South after the civil war. To make matters
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Racism is the hatred and intolerance of another race and this eventually leads to inequality for all minorities. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the effects of racism in a community and how it changes and affects the people in it. Racism‚ throughout history‚ has created inequality as well as affected the minds of the young. In To Kill A Mockingbird these two themes are played out in the small town of Macomb County and their effects are shown throughout the story. After a decision by the
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rate of 262 per one hundred thousand‚ while black men were jailed at a rate of 1‚313. This is more than five times the white population. On the topic of racism in courts and not knowing because we haven’t experienced it‚ as said by Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird “Do all lawyers defend n-Negros‚ Atticus?” This is an example of Scout not knowing the full thing because she has not experienced it herself. (Lee 20) After being arrested‚ 80 percent of the people in this category are assigned a public defender
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The second hidden‚ but powerful‚ theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is facing reality. This was something most of the characters faced throughout the entire book. Characters‚ like Jem‚ faced this a lot especially towards the end of the book. “Mr. Jem‚ I ain’t never seen an any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man.”(Lee 279). This came from Reverend Sykes‚ an African American‚ talking to Jem about the jury which shocked Jem. Jem was a very smart young man and he was also very logical
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Throughout the novel of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses drama‚ compassion‚ and grammatical features to present the characters of Atticus‚ Scout and Jem‚ and the special relationship Atticus has with his children. In this assessment I will explore‚ evaluate and explain this bond that Atticus shares with his children. The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The narrator‚ six-year-old Scout Finch‚ lives with her
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The stylistic elements that an author chooses are instrumental in ensuring that the theme or tone that he or she wishes to convey is in fact conveyed to the reader. Harper Lee obviously realizes this‚ for in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ [New York: Warner‚ 1982] 278) she wisely selects a distinctive style to relate the moving story of a young child discovering harsh truths regarding human nature <br> <br>The predominant stylistic element Miss Lee uses is her
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The townsfolk in the story To Kill A Mockingbird don’t really pay attention to who’s actually who. They overlook people who don’t need to be overlooked.They overlook the quiet ones like Arthur “Boo” Radley and they think he’s a creepy middle aged man who has no life and lives in the dark. They all think he’s a bad guy because of the bad childhood he had in the past. Just because someone is quiet or different compared to others doesn’t mean you need to overlook them or listen to rumors about them
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same level‚ with the Negros slightly lower. This relates to Saskatoon with how the East side is the higher class side‚ the North end being middle class and the West side being the lowest class because of its age and those who live there. To Kill a Mockingbird shows how history repeats itself time and time again. With the Finches on top of the social pyramid in Maycomb‚ they represent the East side of Saskatoon. This means that they represent those who can bring in a steady‚ fulfilling paycheck for
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Claire Chevallier Mr. Hinton English 10A 7º 31 April 2013 The Environment of Maturity Moral structure is developed as one matures. What one’s set of values consists of completely depends on the influences around him or her‚ not necessarily his or her age; a child could have more empathy than an older person‚ as an adult could be crueler than a child. As we grow‚ our deportment is deeply affected by the people around us. If in the right kind of environment‚ one can establish
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To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee uses the characters Boo‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill to illustrate the theme of innocence and courage. Throughout the this novel‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill find ways to use the limits with their imaginations‚ to amuse themselves. The children seem to be the ones who change the old town and make it full of unexpected events. The adults of the novel also play games that come from their imaginations
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