To Kill A Mockingbird In chapter one‚ the readers of To Kill A Mockingbird are introduced to Maycomb County and its inhabitants‚ many of which have very particular attitudes. Here are some sentences that illustrate the main themes of chapter one of To Kill A Mockingbird: Pride in ancestry and tradition-"If General Jackson hadn’t run the Creeks up the Creek‚ Simon Finch would never have paddled up the Alabama‚ and where would we be if he hadn’t?" Pride in conformity and distrust of those
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up peoples gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 90). This quote exemplifies one of the most important themes of this work as Miss.Maudie touches on the idea that‚ without reason‚ humans are often unnecessarily cruel to one another. Tom Robinson‚ he was shot 17 times for trying to escape. At the trial the judge did
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To Kill a Mockingbird Sleepy Maycomb‚ like other Southern towns‚ suffers considerably during the Great Depression. Poverty reaches from the privileged families‚ like the Finches‚ to the Negroes and “white trash” Ewells‚ who live on the outskirts of town. Harper Lee paints a vivid picture of life in this humid Alabama town where tempers and bigotry explode into conflict. The conflicts include racism‚ poverty‚ and domestic violence in the time the book took place. Racism played a pretty big role
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“It ain’t right‚ Atticus… No son‚ Its not right” (Lee 284). This quote from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper shows how society is racist after Atticus lost the trail‚ though he is resilient it still shows that society is racist‚ because society believes that whenever it is a white man vs a black man‚ that the white man always wins. This being the start that Harper Lee uses conflict in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird to illustrate the negative effects of intolerance in society. In the start Tom Robinson
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hit’ em‚ but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Lee‚ 119). What I like about this quote is‚ it symbolizes Jem‚ Scout and Boo Radley. At first‚ I was curious why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird‚ but reading some of the lines‚ I understand that mockingbirds makes music that enjoys the people in Maycomb‚ and also they don’t do irritating thing such as usual birds would do‚ such not nesting in “corncribs”‚ and not eating up people’s gardens. Mockingbirds are a type of bird that are very
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It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird; a theme repeated often in this title. It means that taking away someone’s innocence or faith in life is bad‚ and prejudice can do just that. The disease of prejudice and how it makes some people act can kill someone’s innocence‚ Jem at one point loses all faith in the world and forms cynical views on life (304). Although having innocence is good‚ because of prejudice‚ because of hate‚ because of ignorance‚ one can lose faith in the world and start to realize that
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father’s right. ‘She said’ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs. They don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.(119) A mockingbird is someone that is innocent and does no harm‚ with the exception of fear. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ she has many mockingbirds in her story‚ but she has just as many defenders of mockingbirds too. Atticus Finch‚
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but sing their hearts out…That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses a mockingbird to symbolize justice‚ innocence‚ and courage. These characteristics can be found in Tom‚ Atticus‚ and Boo throughout this novel. Even with all the evil in the world‚ innocence‚ justice‚ and courage can prevail. Tom Robinson‚ a character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ symbolizes the innocence of a mockingbird. Tom Robinson proved his innocence in the court
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Pigeons flock together.” The meaning of this quote is that true courage consists of standing up for one’s beliefs and principles‚ even in the face of unfavorable odds. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird the characters Atticus Finch‚ Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem)‚ and Jean Louise Finch (Scout) have shown the same true courage. They stood up for what they believed in even when the entire town was against them. One character from To Kill A Mockingbird that shows true courage is Atticus. He first
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Chapter 1: The old house was the same‚ droopy and sick‚ but as we stared down the street we thought we saw an inside shutter move. Flick. A tiny‚ almost invisible movement‚ and the house was still. (Page19) Response: This highlights the ominous feel of the Radley house. It makes it feel spooky but yet gives a hint of light on what’s to come and that there is a person living inside. Chapter 2: As I was last to leave‚ I saw her sink down into her chair and bury her head in her arms. Had her conduct
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