In to kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee the main character Scout is a young girl in 1993 Alabama. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a successful lawyer defending a black man accused of rape. Scout’s brother, Jeremy Finch, who is four years her senior is her companion throughout the story. The main idea of this story would about scout losing her innocence. In the first chapter of this story Scout recalls the summer when her brother broke his arm and she looks bad at the incidents that lead up to the
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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." In chapter three Atticus tells this to Scout because his complaints about his teacher. Atticus is trying to teach his kids that it isn’t good to judge a person by the way they look or act because you do not know what they are really going through. Life is never going to be the way you say it is. Life can be difficult but it doesn’t mean to give up or take
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In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus is the father of Scout and Jem. Throughout the novel, Atticus teaches the readers many different lessons that can be applied to everyday life. Without Atticus, the story would not be the same. Atticus is a well known man in Maycomb County. Many people look up to Atticus and many have respect for him and his decisions. Atticus is an loving and caring father of Scout and Jem. The readers discover this when Scout states, “We were far too old
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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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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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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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