In a small town deep south in Alabama‚ two children reside in a house with their father Atticus. Maycomb was this town’s name‚ and within Maycomb lived the nastiest‚ most psychotic‚ recluse to have ever live‚ and it just so happens that this monster of a man is the neighbor of the two young children‚ at least this is how “Boo” Radley is perceived to be in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. “Jem” Jeremy Atticus Finch and “Scout” Jean Louise Finch‚ the two children‚ one four years younger than the
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The book is set during the ‘Great Depression’ in Southern Alabama‚ in a county explained to be very slow‚ wet and hot. The novel is narrated in a first person perspective through adult recounting her past as a 6 year old‚ who didn’t understand much of the things she observed around the adults. Her innocence as a
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In the early and late 1950s‚ discrimination against African Americans (AA)‚ especially in South America - still existed even after the Abolition of Slavery in 1865. AA’s were segregated from the rest of the White Americans and were not treated equally and so were unable to experience the freedom the white people had. Jim Crow laws (1877-1954) stated that Black and White people must be segregated from each other at all times (but equal to each other) as also the Political and government roles in the
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Atticus is the father figure for his kids‚ Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird. The Finch family lives in Maycomb‚ Alabama during the Great Depression. The kids spend much of their time playing with their gregarious neighbor‚ Dill‚ and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor Boo Radley. When their father‚ Atticus‚ who is a widowed man and a respected lawyer‚ defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges against a white girl‚ he is in/at a detriment. The trial
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ oral presentation Caused by the Jim Crow laws‚ Montgomery (Alabama) segregated bus passengers by race. The first four rows of seats on each bus were reserved for whites‚ and the conductors could‚ if necessary‚ order black passengers to move further back when there were no available white seats left. Black people could sit in the middle row‚ until the white section was filled up. If white people were already sitting in the front‚ black people had to board
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The story takes place in a town called Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930s. Despite the whites treating the African Americans like subordinates‚ the townsfolk treat each other like family‚ with the exception of the Ewell family. In the beginning of the book Harper Lee illustrates empathy is learned through each character passing it on to each other as if it were a tradition. In one of the scenes where Scout(Jean Louise Finch) our protagonist has a confrontation with her teacher Miss Caroline ‚ Atticus
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One of his attributes was his ability to never take no for an answer and always found a way to achieve his dream‚ always moving forward‚ and never looking back. Years before George died he left his life’s fortune to the Institute of Tuskegee in Alabama. The “plant doctor” left this world January 5‚ 1943‚ and is buried close to Booker T. Washington on the Institute of Tuskegee‚ a good friend of his. After he died‚ the first monument dedicated to a black man was established and is located on the grounds
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Coming of age novels‚ Cold Sassy Tree and To Kill a Mockingbird introduce readers to 14 year old Will Tweedy of Cold Sassy‚ Georgia and 5 year old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. Both characters were brought up in small‚ close-knit southern towns‚ with false views of the world‚ and ignorance to knowledge and experience. As the stories progess however‚ the two gain a new type of knowledge and realization of the world. Experiences dealing with love‚ death‚ racism and discrimination
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Chapter Questions 1) What do we learn about Atticus Finch‚ his children and the town of Maycomb in the first chapter? a) Atticus Finch is a wise‚ single father. He is a qualified‚ intelligent and distinguished lawyer practising in the south of Alabama in a rural town named Maycomb. Atticus has a high moral integrity and is bred from an upper-class background. He has a brother named Jack Finch and a sister named Alexandra. Atticus has two children named Jean-Louise Finch and Jem Finch. Jem is a
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Once Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records became aware of the sound coming out of Muscle Shoals‚ he brought a number of African-American artists to record at FAME. Wilson Pickett was one of the first artists Wexler brought down to Alabama. Pickett was initially skeptical of Wexler’s idea‚ however‚ after the first night of recording Pickett had changed his mind and was firmly convinced that FAME could be a recording home for him. He went on to record a number of hits at FAME‚ including “Land of a Thousand
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