Alexandra, or it is motivating them to do the honorable thing like Atticus and Jem. A single fear can greatly impact not only one’s life but an entire community and this is seen through the weakness or bravery of many of the characters in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, demonstrating that our reputations are built on the way we handle our fears. To begin with, fears are meant to be overcome, but Harper Lee shows us a number of characters, like the jury and Alexandra, that succumbed to them
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“To kill a mockingbird” by Harper Lee is based on the central idea that is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Atticus tells Scout this when he gives them guns. After, Atticus tells her it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. She goes to ask Miss Maudie why it’s a sin. Miss Maudie explains it’s a sin because they don’t do anything but sing their hearts out focus. This refers to the thesis statement because it deals with Miss Maudie, Atticus Finch, and Tom Robinson. Miss Maudie is true friend and she
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It is true that Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is more than just a simple story. Novels that challenge the reader’s way of thinking become distinct from others. Lee explores key ideas such as prejudice and courage and challenges readers to think about major moral issues experienced in society .The story at first seems like any other childish novel but Lee highlights key ideas making the novel evolve into something much greater. Lee shows the co-existence of Good and Evil and the moral
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“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle” -Napoleon Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the characters face many struggles. The story takes place in a small Alabama town called Maycomb in the 1930’s, where everybody knows everybody. This can be a problem, because word spreads like wildfire in the town. Word spreads about Scout and Jem’s father, Atticus, and how he’s defending a black in a court case. The story follows this case and how it affects the
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To Kill A Mockingbird The story took place in the 1920s, but the perspective it draws to its readers lists common struggles that are faced in today’s society. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” the relationships between the natives and the African American reflect different aspects of social class. This addresses a contrary debate on the conflict of “prejudice” versus “courage”. The book follows Scout and the citizens of Maycomb, Alabama and the everyday struggles of prejudicism. The 1920’s
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bouraghda assia llcer l1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD : the family and social values To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee might be the greatest novel of the 20th century. The story puts the finger on family and social values that has made it appealing to all generations of readers. The narrator uses the small town of Maycomb and the Finch family as the basis of her story for describing family values. "Maycomb was an old town, but it was an old tired town when i first knew it" p.5 Nearly all the
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In the fictional town of Maycomb County, Alabama, that Harper Lee used for her novel “To Kill a Mocking Bird”, the church life was very similar to the rest of the communities throughout the south at that time. Alabama is in the middle of the so called Bible belt. Church is a routine to the folks of Maycomb County. Their parents and grandparents went to church every Sunday; therefore, their kids are expected to do the same thing. Although the citizens attend church on a weekly basis it doe not
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The story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Scout Finch, who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a middle-aged lawyer. Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who visits Maycomb to stay with his aunt each summer. The three children are terrified of, and fascinated by, their neighbor, the reclusive "Boo" Radley. The adults of
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Historical Influences on To Kill a Mockingbird During the 1930’s America’s worst depression was in effect (McCabe 12). This inspired Harper Lee to write her most famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Many real life events were used to inspire Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Some of the events she used are the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and the Scottsboro trials. The first influence on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws are a set of laws that were
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee she used real life events for inspiration to create her book. Such as The Great Depression, which was a long and severe time in history with death and havoc (Mccabe page #). Many people went through so much havoc losing their jobs or not being able to go to school (McCabe 14). There are three influences in To Kill a Mockingbird the Jim Crow laws, Mob mentality, and the Scottsboro trials. The first influence on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was the Jim
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