A person uses integrity, honesty, and conscience in everyday life and even in books the characters also show these traits. In the book, “How To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee uses many conversations through characters to show how they use integrity, honesty, and conscience. Integrity is based on the honesty and the moral concepts of a certain person. In this book, Atticus uses integrity more than anyone throughout the whole book, he uses certain clues to say everyone is equal and how everyone should
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Thomas jefferson once said all men are created equal within the harper Lee novel, to killing Mocking bird, the people focused to the not fair social equality in maycomb alabama with the narrator scout finch through the comparison character interactions in the novel and the influence of current events , it seems that the concept of social equality has changed since the 1930s when searching about social equality in the 1930s from the blacks and whites not being treated right ,the audience
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One of the most thought provoking parts in Gladwell’s books was definitely the difference of success level based on different cultures. There are always stereotypes about one race having one personality trait more than others. A common one, as Gladwell mentions, is how people from the Asian culture tend to be smarter than an average American. While that stereotype seems to be proven right in many instances, I can almost guarantee no one actually knows why that occurs. As Gladwell explains, the
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Scout plays a very important roll in To Kill a Mockingbird. Her character has a very strong voice and she is not afraid to voice her opinions.She shows courage in doing so.She is also very intelligent. She can notice people's behavior and understand corruption within the town. She often finds herself in trouble with her father and other authoritative figures. She spends most of her time playing outside with the boys. She would most likely be characterized as a Tom-boy because of her clothes. One
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and discrimination at the base of humanity. Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, it becomes quite evident that growing up in a world full of hatred looks much different through eyes that have not seen prejudice. Through these innocent perspectives, the reader looks through a window to see the very raw core of human nature. Because of this purity, that Jem and Scout see Tom as a mockingbird. Tom represents a mockingbird in a few, yet significant, ways. First of all he ignites the children
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Truth vs. Reality Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, tells a story of children learning that the “truth” does not always correlate with “reality”. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, many themes are discernible. Among those themes is Truth vs. Reality. Within this novel, what is "true" is constantly shifting to bring forth a new "reality". Tom’s guilt, the relationship between Tom and Mayella, and Mayella’s relationship with her father all showcase Truth vs. Reality during Tom Robinson’s
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Mockingbirds are a big part of the story in Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Mockingbirds sing their hearts out, that’s just what they do. They don’t hurt others or damage any trees, they sing a beautiful tone for all to hear. As Mockingbirds sing, so do people, they have their own characteristics and ways that they express themselves in. Atticus says that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, and so it would be a sin to kill someone’s voice or the way they stand up for others. Three
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of reading is to learn from the character in the book.This is shown in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, “Reading and literature makes us smarter and nicer” by Annie Murphy Paul and Shami Sivasubramanian 2016 article, “Study Finds Reading Fiction Develops Empathy”. Harper Lee teaches us about prejudice, family and fear, through the eyes of the characters in the book. Firstly Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to a land of prejudice known as 1930’s Alabama. This teaches us how bad
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back at telling him that entailments are bad and they take a while to pay off and scout talking like this to Mr. Cunningham help single out the mob and got them to think right so they would think about what they are doing because they were trying to kill Tom Robinson. When scout got them thinking
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Period 1 Who can be considered a Mockingbird? When thinking back to “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee it makes people think of many characters. When answering the question who could be considered a mockingbird, people may think of three characters. Those characters are Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson. Readers can see this through the towns people actions, and beliefs. Many believe and consider it a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is because mockingbirds do nothing wrong. They do not
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