Scout plays a very important roll in To Kill a Mockingbird. Her character has a very strong voice and she is not afraid to voice her opinions.She shows courage in doing so.She is also very intelligent. She can notice people's behavior and understand corruption within the town. She often finds herself in trouble with her father and other authoritative figures. She spends most of her time playing outside with the boys. She would most likely be characterized as a Tom-boy because of her clothes. One
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What is Social Justice? Social Justice is the equality of people whether their race or their religion. In To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee uses the character Atticus Finch to show ideas of social justice. Atticus finch shows characteristics of equality, courageousness, and determination to overcome the obstacle he has come across. Atticus says “ You never really understand a man from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. Harper Lee uses Atticus’s character in
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One of the most present figure of speech in this passage is repetition.For instance the name Atticus is repeated twelve times, since his characterisation is one of the main themes of the extract, and when his name is not quoted, there are other references to him as simply ‘he’, ‘our father’ and ‘your father’. There is also a lot of repetitions of the world ‘old’, or references to oldness, both of Atticus and the people in their neighbourhood. For example Scout refers to Atticus as ‘feeble’, ‘nearly
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Examining Tolerance Tolerance is the ability to exercise a fair and objective attitude towards whose opinions, practices, religion, nationality and so on differ from one’s own. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson went on trial and explained to the jury what happened the night he got accused of raping Mr Ewell’s daughter Mayella. His story made him seem innocent but the jury found him guilty. When he got sent to jail he then later tried to escape but sadly he got shot seventeen
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Symbolism in To Kill a Mockingbird Whether it is in literature or even shown in pictures, when people use things to represent something with a deeper meaning, it is called symbolism. By doing this, the reader is able to obtain a better and deeper sense of what a writer is trying to convey. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, different symbols are used that are reflective throughout the book relating to equality either directly or indirectly. Often, the symbols that she uses
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Rough Draft Words, when in the right order, can tell the mightiest of stories, tallest tales, and most complex stories. The process of constructing sentences, molding words with emotion is an art, a skill. This art is done a countless amount times between authors, in the form of figurative language. They use many forms of figurative language, like metaphors and extended metaphors repeatedly to create a definitive affect, like Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”
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Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both symbolized by the mockingbird. Boo Radley is the neighborhood shut in. Nobody has seen him for years. The reader knows this due to Scout and Jem have never seen him in their life. He is also supposed to be crazy and murderous, according to the town gossip Miss Stephanie. A mockingbird is a bird that Jem and Scout can’t kill due to them only wanting to please people with their songs. The reader know this considering Atticus tells them it’s a sin to kill them and
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Ada Lin Ms. Alburger English ½ Honours- Period 6 10 November 2015 To Kill a Mockingbird: Symbolism of the Mockingbird Thesis: In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson can be represented as a ‘mockingbird,’ or a symbol of innocence, because he is unjustly accused of a crime he does not commit. Throughout the story, he is a victim of racism. Even though he is accused of raping Mayella Ewell and is found guilty by an all white jury, Tom Robinson is actually an innocent man who has never
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Elizabeth Gaskell once said, “How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!” In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mocking Bird”, the story is told through a young girl named Scout. Her and her family go through many adventures that teach them the ways of life and how to treat certain people. Eventually, Scout would soon see that not everyone was treated equally with her father saying, “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.”
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Flannery O’Conner was a great short story writer because of her original idea’s when it came to civil rights. O'Connor wrote to friends that her favorite story, among those she had written, was "The Artificial Nigger" and that it was "probably the best thing I'll ever write." This story has a lot of elements which wrap around the concept of race which Flannery O’Conner explained in every important detail she could throughout this story. From racism to God’s grace, she presents them all in an unusual
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