but they may not shoot mockingbirds because they do nothing but good. Miss Maudie tries to explain this to Jem and Scout by saying: “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Therefore if a character does nothing but good, he is considered a mockingbird. And if that character is
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Garrison Mrs. Easton English 3-4 Period 7 9 June 2015 To Kill A Mockingbird Everyday people’s lives are judged by others. Why? Because most think they understand what the other is going through when they have no clue. The idea of walking in someone else’s shoes teaches that everyone has things, big or small, going on in their lives and that you should not judge a person until you know the full story. Like in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, a few of the main characters begin to understand other
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So far I have enjoyed the novel by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 12-15 because the series of events are flowing in a suspenseful loop that forces the reader to continue to indulge into the text. One thought I had as I read chapter 12 is how Calpurnia was taught how to read by Ms. Buford and shared that information with Zeebo and taught him how to read while facing the tough circumstances she faced. As I continue to read, I have predicted that a situation will occur where Jem and Scout
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Ewell’s murder but actually it is right for Ewell, as he trapped the Tom Robinson in false case, and to keep the secret is also righteous for Radley Boo because he did the murder of Bob Ewell just to save the lives of Scout and Jem as Ewell was trying to kill both the kids. Although to save Radley Boo is not according to law, but it also not a sin to save an innocent citizen whose intention behind the murder is only to save the children lives from Bob Ewell. If Mr. Boo did not came outside form his house
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 208. Book is about a family that lives in the country, this family is called the finch family their mother is somewhere in the book I’m not sure where but they have a mother like worker named Calpurnia, in this journal I will be the theme about Atticus basically the theme about him. One major theme in the book is that there is more to one person then first thought. Atticus a great father and a lawyer and fit this theme. As first
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read through this trimester was “To Kill a Mockingbird”. With Hogan’s quote and this story, they can relate to something in the end. Hogan’s quote ties into the story “To Kill a Mockingbird” by basically recapturing what it is told throughout the quote. In the story “To Kill a Mockingbird”, one of the main characters
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Harper lee once said, "I never expected any sort of success with mockingbird I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement." Harper Lee never wanted success from her books. She just wanted encouragement, to keep writing. Harper Lee’s life was full encouragement and success. Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville Alabama.She is the youngest out of four children she grew up as a tomboy in a small town. Her mother also suffered from mental illness, rarely leaving
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young and caught hanging out with the wrong person but gets away free as well. Mayella from a fiction book “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Ruby Bates from a non-fiction event can be compare just because of the way society shaped and influenced them. The two girls get away because back in the day “1931” whites got away with everything. Mayella Ewell from the fictional book “To Kill a Mockingbird” can be compared to Ruby Bates from a non-fiction event to show how the whites
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Reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many scenes and events that show who symbolize the “mockingbird”. A mockingbird, according to Atticus Finch, is simply someone or something that is perfectly innocent and does no harm to anyone. Being a mockingbird is something very powerful in this era just because it is during the Great Depression and segregation. In the book, Atticus says “shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119).
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Change is both a vital and inevitable part of our lives, and has a powerful effect on people, their perspectives, and the world around them. Through their experiences, many characters in texts such as Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, and the film, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, directed by Mark Herman, undergo various changes and transformations, not only physically, emotionally and intellectually, but also in their understanding and perspectives of the world around them. Studying texts
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