it's cover you don't know the story in till you read it. You don't a person till you talk to them and get to know them. You can't judge a person by their appearance. In Harper lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird she drive this point home by using a racist courtroom to teach us not to judge people by the color of their skin. Harper lee uses the setting to show us racist em. She uses a small southern town, a all white jury, white lawyers and a white judge. Even win all the evidence showing Tom Robinson is
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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 that “the roots reach out into the side-road”, this expresses Boo Radley’s want
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An outsider is someone who is distinct or different from everyone else, who takes a peculiar approach to life than others, whether it be good or bad. Someone could be an outsider even if they were an outstanding basketball player because they have something different from everyone else. An outsider is like the dog that doesn’t get picked by people because of how it looks, it is misjudged. Outsiders are not misunderstood, they are rather misjudged by society, like the dog. Outsiders are being misjudged
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Harper lee is a famous writer that made the amazing novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In this great book she uses symbolism. Symbolism is when something has one meaning but it also has a different meaning. The Mockingbird in to Kill a Mockingbird stands for someone's innocence. This means someone who is a mockingbird is innocent. Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, and Boo Radley as mockingbirds in her novel. First Lee uses Tom Robinson as a mockingbird. Tom Robinson is an African American
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Mitsy and Alice show clearly that they cope better with change than Hart. Discuss The Divine Wind by Gary Disher explores that “people often resist to change because they focus on what they have to give up, instead of what they have to gain”. The author highlights the turning point in each of Mitsy, Hart and Alice’s lifetimes as they are forced to tackle the changes in which their circumstances challenges them. Each character undergo a series of mental, physical and psychological developments where
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“Cousin Simmons might be the nicest and most delicate writer in all the country…” (Fast 23). April Morning by Howard Fast takes place April 18th, 1775 near Lexington, Massachusetts on the verge of the American Revolution. Joseph Simmons, often referred to as Cousin Simmons, is the father of Ruth Simmons and the “neighbor and kin” (Fast 18) of the Coopers. He is also the blacksmith of Lexington. Joseph is a cautious and kind character, but throughout the book becomes tremendously brave as a leader
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Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that one should do the right thing and not the easy thing through the image of Atticus, Tom, and Bob attacking the kids.
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“Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.” (Lee #323) In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird racism is an important theme in the book. The majority of Maycomb are racist by calling dark colored people “niggers” and even though Scout’s father is white, Atticus defends a African American named Tom Robinson. Scout doesn’t understand why people use the word “nigger” at first she says it because children at school use it, and its common. Throughout the story Scout starts
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Mockingbird In the book “ To kill A Mockingbird” Author Harper Lee uses plenty of symbolism. Symbolism is a literary device where author uses an object to stand for an idea. The most famous symbol used in the book is “Mockingbird” the symbol of innocents. In her novel, “To KIll A Mockingbird” Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson , Boo Radley and Atticus Finch as human “Mockingbirds” to contribute the overall theme of innocents. First, Lee uses Tom Robinson as a mockingbird. Tom Robinson is a poor black
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enough courage to step out of your bubble/comfort zone then you won't go very far in life.In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch (the main character's dad) has to have courage to accept the court case of Tom Robinson (a black man). Atticus has to defend him without judging him for what he did or didn’t do. In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout Finch learns about courage from her brother Jem, her father Atticus, and a cranky old lady Mrs. Dubose. The first person Scout
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