Ashley Webster Ms. Scott AP Lit 02 April 2013 To Kill A Mocking Bird When you first read the title, “To Kill A Mocking Bird”, one may think it is about killing animals or abusing them. This story is about knowledge, courage and how you should view life. In this novel are talks about racism in the society and show how tedious it was to go against racism. When reading this book, it will open your eyes and show you, how bad society was back then and open up your eyes to reality. The Radley were
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Michael La Spina English 2nd period 6/2/11 Prompt 1 In To Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee uses scouts interactions with various characters to show the racism in her town. I believe that Harper Lee uses scout to show her emotions and feelings on certain people and topics. Like when scout talks about Boo-Raidley I think all of those wonders about him were what Harper Lee was feeling. When Scout and Jem were trying to get the note that they wrote to Boo-Raidley to him, Scout was very curious about
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To Kill a Mocking Bird-CHARACTERS Scout (Jean Louise Finch) The narrator and main character, who begins her story at almost six years old. A rebellious tomboy, Scout has a fierce disposition toward any who challenge her, but at heart she believes in the goodness of people. Scout reacts to the terrible events of the book without losing hope in humanity. Jem (Jeremy Finch) Scout's older brother, who is nearly ten at the beginning of the story. Jem is quieter and more reserved than his sister
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Novel Name: To Kill a Mockingbird Author: Harper Lee I found this novel very intriguing as it is a story about a child’s transition from childhood to adulthood and her experiences throughout this transition making it very relatable to me. It posed various questions about society and life itself. It discusses the ideas of the co-existence between “good” and “evil”, social inequality and “moral” education. The author, Harper Lee, is constantly making the audience question the ideas of the text.
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Australia is a country of a unique blend of established traditions and new influences. The country’s original natives, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the custodians of one of the world’s oldest continuing cultural traditions. They have been living in Australia for at least 40 000 years and possibly up to 60 000 years. The rest of Australia’s people are migrants or descendants of migrants who have arrived in Australia from about 200 countries since Great Britain established
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June 30th 2013 To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was turned into a film in 1962 by Horton Foote. Set in Maycomb, Alabama a small town in the 1930s. The story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, magnificently embodied by Gregory Peck. Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of the rape of Mayella Ewell (Collin Wilcox) the daughter of Robert
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Tim Burton Bold and stark contrasts in lighting and focus grab our attention and demand to be noticed. Burton's thematic style shows us how this can be accomplished in the cinema industry. Tim Burton uses a variety of lighting selections. For example, in his movie, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," he uses High Key White lighting in the opening section. As time progresses, and the Golden Ticket Winners walk through the gates, Tim Burton changes the lighting element to that of Low
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Zhang, YuanFang William 10S+ English 28th August 2013 To kill a mocking bird Theme no.1 Sometimes people are small minded in their views. Excerpt: "'Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.' I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime." Page 17 Commentary:Scout's first grade teacher makes her feel bad about being able to read, when she should feel proud that she can read and write at such a young age. Scout even apologizes and referred to her ability
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To kill a mocking bird Published: July 11, 1960 Author: Harper Lee Original language: English Genre: Fiction Characters: Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, Mayella Violet Ewell, Maudie Atkinson, Jem Finch, Scout Finch Adaptations: To kill a mockingbird, To Kill a Mockingbird, To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters
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To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age novel, focusing on the growth and development of Scout, a young, naive girl, maturing and learning about the world around her. It depicts a two-year period in their lives. Starting when Scout is 6, and her older brother, Jem, is 10. Both of the two children start off unaware of the many realities in life, that is preached, and understood through Atticus, their father. The whole town respects Atticus, a highly intelligent man who
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Appreciate the Ones You Love Respect is something earned by being a good person or doing something remarkable. But often, people do not recognize the admirable, remarkable things someone has done. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many characters are not recognized for all they do for the people they care about. It can take one situation, big or small, for them to realize that they really do care. A main idea Lee portrayed in this book is the idea of appreciation and respect. Throughout
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English Podcast Everone is different unique acceptance Despite everybody different difference is th What is happening? Jem, Scout and Dill are at the courthouse when they come upon Mr Dolphus Raymond the town drunk. They then discuss about Mr Dolphus Raymond. Mr Raymond has a African American wife and has mixed children that are both African American and White Three Language Devices Is prejudice a part of Australian Society? Yes prejudice is and always will be apart of Australian
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Mikka Looney December 10, 2014 To Kill a Mocking Bird To Kill a Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee, is about Scout Finch a teenage girl, who lives with her brother, Jem, and they’re not so good father, Atticus, in the town of Maycomb, in Alabama. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression, but Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off comparing to the rest of society. One summer, Jem and Scout befriend a boy named Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood
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The First Day Everyone has a significant memory of events that have occurred in their life, whether they were pleasant or rotten. In the short story “The First Day”, the author Edward P. Jones narrates a little girl’s first day of school, and explores the impact of a mother’s dream for her daughter. The protagonist is a five-year-old girl from an unfortunate single family who gets registered by her mother to attend kindergarten. You have to always think the first day of school is not the only thing
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During the Great Depression, life for many people was difficult but especially for African Americans. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson feels the same way. In this book Lee shows Atticus as a lawyer with two children, who decides to defend Tom in a difficult case. Lee portrays Atticus desire to do what is right through the trail of Tom Robinson and his children to prove that anything is worth saving. In this story Atticus shows his desire to do what is right through the trail
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay By Alexandra Solorzano 2nd Block The thing that makes To Kill A Mockingbird unique from other historic fictions is Lee’s choice of making this story from the perspective of a child. The character we see this story unfold through is Jean Louis. This character is more commonly known as Scout she is around nine years old and doesn’t quite understand well why things seem to be as they are and may have her own ideas. This gives the story a whole new different twist
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BRITNEY SPEARS "Alien" There was a time I was one of a kind Lost in the world out of me myself and I Was lonely then like an alien I tried but I never figured it out Why I always felt like a stranger in a crowd Ooh that was then like an alien But the stars in the sky look like home, take me home And the light in your eyes lets me know I'm not alone Not alone not alone not alone (x4) Crossed through the universe to get where you are Travel the night riding on
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In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, a character named Dolphus Raymond pretends to be a drunk in public, but when he’s with the people he is close to, he acts normally. He is married to a black woman and has mixed color children, and he loves them both very much. However, he also wants to fit in with the white community. Dolphus is a good person with two different identities, who tries to fit in with all people, and who doesn’t judge blacks as most whites do. Most people see Dolphus as a man who
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In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character, Scout Finch, is a mere eight years old. She is growing up in the mid-1930s and living in the racist town of Maycomb, Alabama. Scout’s father, a defense attorney, takes on a case defending a black man accused of rape, and his decision forces Scout to understand conflicts well beyond her years. Throughout the story Scout learns lessons about stereotypes and prejudgments; standing up for what is right, and the persecution and racism that
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Hi and thank you for coming out to the town hall today, it’s an honour to be with you. My name is Scout and today, I’m not representing myself, today I’m representing the children of Maycomb, the future adults of Maycomb. You, as the education standards authority for Maycomb, Alabama have a considerable decision to make about the future of this town and ultimately the United States. Ask yourself, What is the reason to not extend the education in the town of Maycomb to reach its full potential… every
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Grant Schroeder AP English: Literature and Composition Name: Major Works Data Sheet: Do not cut/paste from a website, which is a form of plagiarism. Title: To Kill a MockingBird | Biographical information about the author: | Author: Harper Lee | Born April 28, 1926Grew up in a small townFather was a lawyerOnly novel publishedWon Pulitzer prize | Pub. Date: 1960 | Genre: Historical Fiction | Historical information about the period of publication or
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Theme The Coexistence of Good and Evil The most important theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is the book’s exploration of the moral nature of human beings—that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. The novel approaches this question by dramatizing Scout and Jem’s transition from a perspective of childhood innocence, in which they assume that people are good because they have never seen evil, to a more adult perspective, in which they have confronted evil and must incorporate
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Tayte Nowak Nowak1 Mrs.Skeggs ENG2D103 May 13 2015 The Family Values of To Kill A Mockingbird The novel To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, is a story about Scout Finch and her family. The story takes one on the journey that Scout and her family go through. Their journey helps her father atticus teach Scout and Jem about the morals of their family. Other than the Finch family, the Cunninghams and the Ewells are also families that impact Scout and Jem and add to Atticus lessons to the children
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality. The narrator's
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How does Lee make the trial so significant and memorable? During the trial, we see many examples of the views of white people towards black people changing. Link Deas, is one of the main examples of this, as he is the man who said to Atticus when he had agreed to defend Tom Robinson, ‘You’ve got everything to lose from this, Atticus.’ This is because he knows that the people of Maycomb will not agree with Atticus defending a black person and will judge him because of it. However, during the trial
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April 2010 To Kill a Mockingbird The definition of a superhero is a chief male character in a book, play, or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities. There are many superheroes in the modern world today. Two examples of heroes are Spiderman or Superman. These heroes have many things in common. They have supernatural powers and fight off villains with their hands, but that is not always needed to be a hero. Many people look up to them. Atticus Finch from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
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To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Main Characters of the Novel There are three main characters of the novel: Scout, Jem, and Atticus. Scout, whose full name is Jean Louise Finch, is Atticus’s daughter and Jem’s brother. She is the narrator and protagonist, with a unique personality. Scout is very tomboyish, wearing overalls all the time instead of the proper attire for a lady, which is a dress. Also, she is very intelligent
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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about youth seeing evil, hypocrisy and injustice in an adult society. Compared to many her age, Scout is exposed to the unfairness of humanity as she learns how prejudice people can be and that discrimination is typical in Maycomb at an ingenious time. She is also aware of how deceitful and insincere people are from what she learns through everyday experiences. Another entity that corrupts Scout’s naivety is the people who are so heinous they can become deadly. At
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Character Analysis Essay Nicole Lin 3/16/15 English 2nd Period Atticus Finch is one of the most steadfastly honest and moral characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Because of his outstanding intelligence, calm wisdom, and behavior, Atticus is respected by everyone, including the poor people, like the Cunningham. As a lawyer in Maycomb, Atticus Finch represents everything that someone working in the justice system should. He is fair, does not hold grudges, and looks at every situation
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To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee Honors English Summer Homework Chapter 1-11 Summaries Chapter 1 Scout, the main character, starts the story off by thinking back to the summer where her brother, Jem, had broken his arm. She looks back to all the things and events that lead up to this mishap. Scout introduces us to her home Maycomb, Alabama and some of its interesting townsfolk like her father Atticus Finch, Calpurnia, Dill, The Radleys, and other neighbors. Her father, Atticus, works in
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