tells their kids about growing up. Atticus is a dad in a book called To Kill a Mockingbird. This book is by Harper Lee and is a book about racism and how one man tries to end it in a little town called Maycomb, which is in Alabama where racism is a big part of people’s lives. Atticus’ kids in this book are Jem and Scout. The biggest part about this book is how Scout almost teaches herself how to grow up. To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that the experience of growing up is about how to realize what
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Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird "I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes-baby, it's never an insult to be called what someone thinks is a bad name. It shows how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you" (Lee). It is hard to get along with everybody, especially in the southern 1930's where racial tensions ran high. Atticus Finch is a fifty year old lawyer and father of two kids who was born and raised in Maycomb County, Alabama. He believes in his heart that it is his duty
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Like some books, To Kill a Mockingbird has be turned into a movie. However like all books turned into movies, the movie was a condensed version of the novel, revealing only the main plot as suppose to the little detail. In the first half of the movie, the Finch children, Jem and Scout, had been introduced to Charles Harris Baker or Dill, as what others call him. It is revealed, that Dill would be staying for two weeks at his Aunt Stephanie Crawford’s, house every summer from now on. Although, this
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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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Justin Houge Due Date: Tuesday 6th Journal 2 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 42. This book is about a girl named Scout and her brother named Jem that is just starting school and is afraid of there neighbor. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. G predict kids will not meet Boo Y locked up R gang R stab R family secluded Y scared R looks R run house R stories about him G won’t meet cause locked up and scared I think that the
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In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Jem and Scout mature throughout the book. Jem matures as a person as he gets older and through the experiences he goes through. He starts out wanting to become a lawyer and then as he goes through things he realizes that it is not what he wants to do. Jem and Scout becomes friends with Dill and they begin to mature together. Jem learns about the Radley’s and begins to have an interest in them. Jem shows maturity by inviting Walter Cunningham to lunch. Jem matures
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Courage is when a person stands up for what they believe in, like Atticus stated “ I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Its when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won all ninety-eight pounds of her. [...] She was the bravest person I've ever known.” Atticus is talking about how Mrs.dubose finally had the
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 208. The book is about Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill who are growing up learning about Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and segregation. I this journal I will be evaluating. The theme of the book is that there is usually more to a person then you first assume. One person who fits this theme is Calpurnia. At first in the book she acts and talks like white people because she is around white people. It would be strange if she
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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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Sometimes lessons can be discovered through unexpected situations. In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee Atticus uses Mrs. Dubose as a role model displaying courage. Mrs. Dubose is introduced to us in the book as “plain hell”, which is a seemingly perfect description of the cold lady. But the kids’ prejudices of her got in the way of realizing that she had her own battles too. A morphine addiction is what she faced, and much of the behavior she was exhibiting was a result of the deadly
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