Lina Osmolovskaya Group 402 Analysis of the extract from novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” Hapter Lee was born in 1926 in the state of Alabama. In 1945-1949 she studied law at the University of Alabama. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is her first novel. It received almost unanimous critical acclaim and several awards, the Pulitzer Prize among them. The extract under study depicts a trial of Tom Robinson, a Negro, who is accused of assaulting a white girl. His defending counsel is Atticus Finch, experiences
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and prejudice. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the mockingbird is repetitively used as a symbol of innocence. Scout and Jem Finch, the young protagonists of the novel are told that "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119) because mockingbirds are peaceful creatures who cause no harm. Some characters in the story can be perceived as “mockingbirds” due to their acts of kindness and nonviolence. The three characters who symbolize the mockingbird are Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson
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In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the character Atticus Finch taught his children, Scout and Jem, many life lessons. He taught them to never judge a book by its cover, to have self respect, and to always have courage. One of the key lessons Atticus teaches Jem is to never judge someone without full knowledge of their situation. This becomes prevalent in the story when Jem is forced to read to their grouchy neighbor, the old Mrs. Dubose. Mrs. Dubose is often cruel, and insults Jem and Scout
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Despite those who exercise evil, goodness will always overcome, even if buried deep within. In the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, two characters who seem similar actually are very distinguishable from each other. These characters help the further development of the two primary characters, Scout and Jem. Through these experiences, Scout and Jem develop skills that allow them to better understand people as a whole. These social skills allow Scout and Jem to perceive why specific people are the way they
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Branching Out In Silence In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s use of the Radley's tree as a symbol shows the communication Boo Radley had with Maycomb county and its citizens. One way Lee symbolizes the communication Boo has with the coFunty is by the spreading of the trees’s roots. When Scout is describing the scenery she says, “Two live oaks stood at the edge of the Radley log; their roots reached out into the side-road and made it bumpy” (Lee 33). In this quotation when Scout says
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The literary classic To Kill a Mockingbird is the well known story of Jean Louise Finch as she grows up in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. Through a journey of self discovery and racism, the book follows the trial of Tom Robinson, an African American male, accused of rape by a woman named Mayella Ewell. Mayella Ewell is a young, poverty-stricken woman who is mainly controlled by her father. In a town divided by race, class and gender, Mayella does not have a large amount of power over her own life
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In To Kill a Mockingbird and the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Atticus and Lord Capulet are both caring, but are still strict towards their daughters Scout and Juliet. Atticus cares about his daughter Scout, yet he still is not allowed to do certain stuff.After Scout had punched Cecil Jacobs, she got yelled at. (Lee.99) Cecil Jacobs stated at school “Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggrs” afterwards altho she defended him, Scout still is yelled at due to violence. Jem criticizes his sister Scout for
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There are many differences between the To Kill A Mockingbird movie and book. Often books and movies are similar, however there are many key differences between the book and the movie. Some of those differences include how important events happened, the order of the book, and how different things happened. First, in the movie Jem and Scout do not see Mr. Nathan Radley cement up the old tree. I believe this is one of the most significant events in the book because it shows Jem maturing. It also shows
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Scout To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by Scout Finch, the main character of this novel. She tells her experiences as a child a few years after they occur. Scout is a young girl and typically acts as a tomboy. Even at a young age, her father taught her to read, this making her smarter than the majority of the children her age. She doesn't act like the other girls her age either. This is because her father, Atticus, raises her in a certain way. Throughout the novel, Scout matures as she grows
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Some people believe a school education will set a person for life. Others believe that passing down life lessons to those younger will encourage them to . In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, characters struggle to accept those who are different from them. Scout, the main character in the story, learns plenty of valuable life lessons from other Atticus, who is the father of Scout and her older brother Jem, asks Scout how she would feel if his sister Alexandra came to live with
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