1930s was a very difficult time for people of color‚ especially black men. Rape was a capital offense back then‚ but Mayella Ewell didn’t let that stop her from crying rape. “Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed” (Lee 323). Mayella made the mistake of falling in love with Tom Robinson. To protect her from being looked at poorly from society‚ Mayella and her father accused Tom of raping her. A black man and a white woman was not to have any sort of romantic relationship
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CHARACTERS Azreen Saleh Azreen Saleh is the daughter Saleh Abdullah. She is the total opposite of her sister‚ Madhuri who is pretty‚ sweet‚ polite and obedient. Hence‚ she was always compared to her and she hates it. She was a tomboy when in school‚ and she often got into trouble. Her bestfriend in school was Asraf. She would do anything to help him‚ even if it meant taking the blame for his faults. She did had feelings for him‚ but Asraf was in love with someone else. She seems not to get
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matter who it harmed or helped‚ because she wanted to be heard. As Jem and Scout were passing Mrs. Dubose shared her opinion about their lives‚ exclaiming: “‘what are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole‚ young lady!’” (Lee 135). Mrs. Dubose was an experienced lady‚ so her knowledge of young ladies attire was vast‚ and it took a brave woman to give advice that could be heard as an insult. Because of Mrs. Dubose’s disconcern of social niceties‚ she was courageously going
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS – To Kill a Mockingbird Character | Characteristics/Qualities | Important Quotes | Additional Information | ATTICUS | Atticus has integrity and believes that abiding the law (courthouse and humanity) is necessary.He demonstrates the qualities: * Humbleness/ modesty: he does not want attention for his good deeds. * Integrity * Loyalty: to his family and courthouse. * No prejudice: with regards to the coloured people. * Honesty: he was prepared to turn in Jem as a murderer
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more positive outlook on racism through her lack of judgement (racism) and her kindness to all people‚ no matter what they look like or do. Miss Maudie’s to Aunt Alexandra’s worries about Atticus is‚ “We can trust him to do right. It’s that simple” (Lee 316). Miss Maudie does not care what color or class Tom Robinson is. She just cares if Atticus and the jury do the right thing. She supports the people who are innocent and does not care if they are black or white‚ which shows Scout to not judge anyone
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I am characterizing tom Robinson. Tom is a kind man. He worked for Mayella for free. Tom did not owe her anything but he just did it to help her. When Mayella tried to kiss him‚ he just backed away and tried to keep her off without harming her. He calmly got her away and he stayed calm tell her dad saw him. Also‚ during the case he was not arguing he was just stating the facts. He would calmly say what happened. Another way to describe him is respected. Miss Maudie was not going to the case because
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Atticus Finch is a smart man worthy of being lawyer. In the fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee that tells the story of a young girl Scout Finch‚ who is coming of age. Scout in the beginning of the novel did not have much tolerance and soon as the novel progressed she came to decide that not everyone will agree with her. Scout who is always around Atticus makes up a part of that impact in her life. The advice given for Scout help to build her to be good well being. To being told that
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Boo Radley in society’s eyes is basically a monster. This man had so many rumors and stories about him‚ Harper Lee the author of this book‚ could have written a separate book titled “The Deep Dark Secrets of Boo Radley”. In other words the community in which he lived in had many thoughts about Boo‚ these thoughts not being very nice. The thing that really shows
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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (2013) The second adaptation of a 1939 short story and re-released by the late Samuel Goldwyn junior in 2013‚ The secret life of Walter Mitty is an adventure romance film. This movie is set in the dot com era where internet is available to almost every facet of society. Losses on the print version of magazines have resulted in some of the publications scrambling to the online platform to capture the internet market. This gives rise to the last printed issue of LIFE
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Atticus wanted to know what happened but the sheriff insisted it was not boo radley. Scout understood that he should stick to the story and say Bob Ewell fell on the knife then said‚” Well‚ it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird‚ wouldn’t it?”(Lee‚276). This means that since he protected and saved Scout and Jem‚ it would be a sin to take Boo to jail. The reason that Boo Radley does not portray the mockingbird the most is because Tom Robinson was punished for something he didn’t do and Boo wasn’t
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