it is the worst possible outcome to do the easiest thing, nothing at all. This quote can be implemented greatly in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird(TKAM). Harper Lee's TKAM is a novel based in the 1930s and covers everything from a biased trial to a few kids, Scout, Jem, and Dill, observing all that takes place in the small town of Maycomb. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that one should do the right thing and not the easy thing through the image of Atticus, Tom, and Bob attacking the
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“Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.” (Lee #323) In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird racism is an important theme in the book. The majority of Maycomb are racist by calling dark colored people “niggers” and even though Scout’s father is white, Atticus defends a African American named Tom Robinson. Scout doesn’t understand why people use the word “nigger” at first she says it because children at school use it, and its common. Throughout the story Scout starts
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Martin Luther King Jr. once said that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Some people believe that it is hopeless for one person or group to change injustice. Elna Baker, for example, was not able to change the racist mothers to believe any race babies are the same value as their own race. Others argue that it is promising that one person or group can make a difference in injustice. The football team for the University of Missouri, for example, was able to make the college president
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To Kill A Mockingbird In the book “ To kill A Mockingbird” Author Harper Lee uses plenty of symbolism. Symbolism is a literary device where author uses an object to stand for an idea. The most famous symbol used in the book is “Mockingbird” the symbol of innocents. In her novel, “To KIll A Mockingbird” Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson , Boo Radley and Atticus Finch as human “Mockingbirds” to contribute the overall theme of innocents. First, Lee uses Tom Robinson as a mockingbird. Tom Robinson is
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To Kill a Mockingbird ¨He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life,” said Muhammad Ali, heavyweight boxing champion. What he meant when he said this quote was, if you don't have enough courage to step out of your bubble/comfort zone then you won't go very far in life.In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch (the main character's dad) has to have courage to accept the court case of Tom Robinson (a black man). Atticus has to defend
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, focuses around the idea of how good and bad coexist with each other. This book shows how cruel and merciless life is, and how it revolves around the Jim Crow Era, giving African-Americans their rights, though limited and allowing through laws a more segregated lifestyle in the south. It follows the character Scout, the narrator, through her journey of growing up in a small, racist town in Alabama with her father Atticus and brother Jem. She matures, and learns
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To Kill A Mockingbird Argumentative Essay In life, people lie to save themselves. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, an african american man is falsely accused of rape, later in jail he is murdered. Mayella Ewell is responsible for Tom Robinson’s death whether on accident, or on purpose in many ways. Mayella is lying in court, if she told the truth then Tom Robinson wouldn’t be dead. In the novel it states, “No, I didn’t recollect if he hit me, I mean yes
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Jean Louise Finch, most commonly known as “Scout”, is the protagonist and narrator of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. At the beginning of the novel Scout is a happy innocent child who has yet to experience the evils in the world. Scout possesses a pugnacious attitude and an average faith in the goodness of humans. As the novel progresses this faith is tested. Scout is surrounded by prejudice, racism, and hostility. During the Robinson’s trial Scout is faced with an abundance of evil and as a reader
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel written by Harper Lee, educating readers of the racial injustice in the small town of Maycomb. Set in the 1930’s and narrated by young Scout Finch, Lee has incorprated erudite language features and strutural elements to create a sense of suspense to evoke feelings of nervousness and empathy into the reader. Lee’s writing style emphasises the audience’s nervousness and continues to build a sense of suspense through language features and strutural elements
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In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many adults who influence the children, Jem and Scout, including Atticus Finch, Miss Maudie, and Calpurnia. These characters are the most influential role models in the everyday life of the children. Atticus Finch is a kind, wise lawyer who cares a lot about his children, Jem and Scout. Scout says “he liked Maycomb, he was Maycomb county born and bred; he knew his people, they knew him, and because of Simon Finch’s industry, Atticus was related by
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