“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (Harper Lee). Every exceptional piece of literature requires certain elements to make it extraordinary; Harper Lee was an amazing writer and portrayed this in her writing. One of her novels, To Kill a Mockingbird, was remarkably well written and expressed itself in a way some novels can’t. Among the many characters found in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is my favorite. She is the narrator of the novel, and her
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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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"To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee, is a novel set in Maycomb, Alabama in the years 1933-35, during the great depression. "an old tired town when I first knew it", summer heat and slow pace of life. She notes, "There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County" (Lee, page 6) .In this rural town, a 6-year-old tomboy by the name of Jean Louise Finch, or Scout as she prefers to be called. Scout loves
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How To Kill MockingBird “Before I can live with other folks i’ve got live with other folks . I’ve got to live with myself.- Atticus Finch” In the book How To Kill A MockingBird is set in a small southern town of maycomb alabama , during the great depression. In the book one of the characters is defending a African american because he is getting accused of raping a white women. Although some might argue that atticus is wrong for defending a “negro”, because he was going to lose the case . However
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Everyone has both a public appearance and a private reality. In life, people’s perception of who other people really are is almost always heavily blurred. In To Kill a Mockingbird, this is definitely true with Dolphus Raymond, Arthur Radley (Boo), and Tom Robinson. Dolphus Raymond, Arthur Radley, and Tom Robinson are all discriminated against because of people’s distorted perception of them. Who they really are is much different than who people think they are. Dolphus Raymond’s appearance to most
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What describes Atticus Finch in three words? Atticus is the father of Scout and Jem Finch. He is a white male defending a black male named Tom Robinson in 1933. He is courageous, wise, and respectful. Atticus is a very courageous man in multiple ways throughout the book. In this time era he lives in has a bunch of racism occurring. “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to not try to win.”-Chapter 10 Atticus is defending Tom Robinson in court for Tom’s
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Atticus is one of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. He plays many roles in this story, for example a parenting roll. Atticus has two children whom he is a devoted and insightful parent to. We learn about Atticus from his daughter’s point of view, Scout. We learn how important of a father he is to Jem and Scout, we learn how they run to him when they are in need and how they protect his good name. Atticus also plays the role of a defense attorney. We see how he is set apart from others
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“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”-Maya Angelou In chapter 10 of the Southern Gothic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character, Scout, assimilates memorable concepts from Mrs. Maudie and Atticus Finch about social prejudices that take different forms. For instance, in the end of chapter 10, Atticus summons enough courage to shoot a mad dog that has been limping through the streets resulting in the people of Maycomb to
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many lessons that each character learns throughout the novel. Scout, the main character, learns the most from many different experiences she is able to witness. Although Scout’s formal schooling is disappointing, she learns many valuable lessons from real life. Scout learns many valuable lessons based on things that she and other characters in the novel get to experience. For example, in the novel, Scout and Jem get air-rifles, yet Atticus will not
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The character, Atticus Finch, in “To Kill a Mockingbird” demonstrates diverse emotions of how society works; as the trial goes on, Atticus’ point of view shift. Atticus thinks that he has the same beliefs as the people in Maycomb, later he realizes he doesn’t and follows his own beliefs. He sees two sides of people. He thought they were something they were’t. As the story goes on he learns the truth about people. To begin with Atticus believes that he can only defend a white person and that black
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