tells a story of the children growing up and their lives changing so we can observe the ascension of them through morality levels and the events that cause or show this. The main characters of this book were Jem and Scout who we first meet with morality levels 0 to 1. It is their experiences which cause them to ultimately arrive at a high level of morality and exhibiting characteristics of level 6. Early in the story Jem and Scout act with a level of 0 and 1 in my opinion for many reasons. The first
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for the relationship between Atticus and Scout in the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. The stereotypical father to a daughter is usually large‚ protective‚ and very kind. Atticus‚ however‚ does not fit the stereotype. He is kind‚ but unlike most fathers‚ he is tall and skinny‚ and just tends to read all day. Atticus does not fill the stereotype; however he is a father that parents his daughter with values and tolerance. He does play a role of father figure‚ but Atticus seems to be less of a father
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To Kill a Mockingbird How does Jem and Scout change during the course of the novel? How do they stay the same? Through the perspectives of Jem and Scout Finch‚ the world’s famous classic‚ Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ explores adults’ discrimination towards race and colour‚ as Atticus Finch defends a Negro. Caught in the midst of it all‚ his children were forced to experience the severe consequences. Reluctant at first‚ Jem and Scout took everything to heart‚ but over a period of time
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with the mob at the jail‚ Scout asked Atticus why Mr. Cunningham‚ one of their friends‚ wanted to hurt him. Atticus said that while Mr. Cunningham was part of a group‚ he was still an individual. When Scout asked Mr. Cunningham about his entailment‚ she forced him to have empathy for the Finches who have shown kindness to his family. Had Scout not done this‚ Mr. Cunningham never would have considered things from Atticus’s point of view and the mob would have hurt Atticus and killed Tom. This event
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Lisa Wilson Strick’s article “What’s So Bad about Being So-So?” states that‚ in today’s society‚ people are too serious to the point that no one does things just for fun‚ but only for competition. There are children who are acting like grown adults instead of children because they are so stressed out about being the best in everything that they do. Friendships are being ruined because no one is safe from today’s competitive edge. Strick’s article tries to instill the thought that we need to go back
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Kill A Mockingbird In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a tremendous amount of developement occurs as both Jem and Scout mature from a somewhat childish innocence into respected members of the community. The children’s perceptions of Calpurnia‚ Mrs. Dubose‚ and Boo Radley are a direct affiliation to how the two Finch children view Maycomb and the prejudice behavior which it posses. Being children‚ Scout and Jem have the simple duties of a minor‚ which is to have fun and to stay out of trouble. But along the
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playing. Jem is also brave and courageous. This is shown when Dill dares him to touch Boo Radley’s house. According to Scout‚ "In all his life‚ Jem had never declined a dare." This also shows that he has a lot of pride. Jem also chose to defy Atticus’ order to go home that night at the jail cell‚ standing his ground. This prevented any possible injuries to Atticus. Jem is really protective of Scout. When Jem makes his first visit with Scout to Mrs Dubose’s house‚ Mrs Dubose greets him with "so you brought
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Harper Lee she can change the way a person sees something in the blink of eye‚ she shows courage in so many ways. Harper Lee uses Mrs.Dubose as a character to show courage. She uses Mrs.Dubose as one of Atticus’s example to show Jem what real courage is. A part that shows this is when Mrs.Dubose is sick in bed and Jem comes and reads to her and Atticus explains the situation she is in. She also uses Scout as an example of courage as well.So in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses characters
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The late Mrs. Henry Dubose was the definition of a courageous soul‚ from the way she spoke her mind proudly‚ being a role model for future generations to her bravery in quitting her addiction. In a world where opinions are hidden‚ Mrs. Dubose was unlike any other. She shared her opinion‚ no 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
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The novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’ is a story about the older Scout looking back at her childhood in Maycomb‚ Alabama retrospectively as an adult‚ how she had grown up from a world of complete innocence which she should have at her age into a much more complexed adult world contains lots of negative elements that she had never thought about trough numbers of vital lessons taught by different people. Boo Radley‚ a mysterious figure whom lives only a few yards but children can only know from the
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