book‚ the one that mainly is in focus is the one between Scout and her four-years senior brother Jem. Jem and Scout are siblings living in Maycomb together with their father Atticus and the housekeeper Calpurnia. They have the guidance of Atticus and can look at the world with open minds. They are very close at the beginning of the book but throughout the story‚ they start to drift apart because Jem wants to do things separately and Scout starts to behave more like a girl. I will first focus on the
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Valeria Lackey Mrs. Flemming English 10 March 3‚ 2011 To Kill a Mockingbird Essay In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Jem and scout live in a small town called Macomb. Scout and Jem have a lot of fun times roaming their neighborhood; even though most of the town found it unruly and disturbing that their father was okay with this behavior. Jem and scout heard criticism from a lot of people but the person who made it sting the most lived two houses down
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someone. Bravery has a lot to do with being courageous. Being courageous is very frightening to some people if they aren’t brave enough to do it‚ but not Little Chuck Little. In the story it states‚ “He was among the most diminutive of men‚ but when Burris Ewell turned toward him‚ Little Chuck’s right hand went to his pocket. ‘Watch your step Burris’ he said. ’I’d soon’s kill you as look at you. Now go home.” (36-37) Burris was threatening Miss Caroline so Chuck had reached into his pocket for
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Jem‚ a young‚ caring‚ and smart boy plays an important role as Scout’s older brother in the novel To Kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee. Jem tries to stay composed and calm like his Father‚ Atticus‚ does in negative and hurtful situations‚ but Jem still has more to learn and when all the pressure of being mature and being a responsible example for scout builds up he breaks down and loses his temper. For example when Jem and Scout both get insults thrown their way repeditally by Ms. Dubose‚ their old
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Explore the ways Mrs Dubose is presented in ‘to kill a mockingbird’ * How Lee uses languages and narrative to present character. * How Lee manipulates structure to present the character. * Your own and other characters’ response to the character. * How the character links to wider themes of the novel. Just as Boo Radley seems to be the ghost of Maycomb‚ Mrs. Dubose has an alternate persona herself; she is the dragon of Maycomb town. Scout introduces her as “plain hell” and she says
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by Harper Lee‚ Jem and Scout change a lot during the course of the novel‚ and also learn many things throughout this book. Scout and Jem have many differences and similarities in this book and are very important characters in this novel. Scout learns about racism and how to be more polite. Jem learns about being more kind to others. He becomes more mature and courageous throughout this novel. Some examples of Jem being courageous is when Jem goes to read to Mrs. Dubose after he wrecked
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Jem is the brother of scout there relationship is sometimes good they have differents at sometime when jem stats to mature. Jem and Scout had always been friends‚ but once Jem began to mature he had different expectations of Scout as her big brother rather than friend. He distanced himself from her and consistently reminded her that it was time to start being a girl. This upset Scout because she had no idea why he changed towards her because he thinks that he is getting older and then he has to act
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courageous? Atticus‚ Scout‚ Boo Radley and‚ Mrs. Dubose all represent what it means to be courageous in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is courageous for representing Tom Robinson. The town that Atticus lives in is a town filled with racism. The town’s usual diseases is racism. Atticus knows this better than anyone but still chooses to accept Tom’s case and fight because of his morals. His biggest reason for fighting is that he says he wouldn’t be able to live with himself and tell Scout and Jem
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lessons Scout learns is to look at things from other people’s perspectives. He teaches them so many lessons here is an example how he helped Scout. "’First of all‚’ he said‚ ’If you can learn a simple trick‚ Scout‚ you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-’ ’Sir?’ ’-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’"(p30) Scout learned an extremely good lesson from what Atticus said. Scout pays a
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characters Dill‚ Scout‚ and Jem in the book " To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee live a somewhat diverse childhood as they become aware of the prejudice in their hometown Maycomb and "learn to climb into other people’s skin and walk around in it". In the story the children behave as a child would at their time‚ but their childhood evolves from playful innocence to realizing the pressures of living in a timeframe where prejudice is all around them. Scout‚ a 6-year-old tom boy‚ Jem‚ Scout’s older
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