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Atticus Finch is a father of two children, Jeremey Atticus “Jem” Finch, and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Jem is the oldest son and Scout is the youngest girl, Jem and Scout make a friend by the name of Charles Baker “Dill” Harris. The children know that Atticus loves them, but Atticus does not show it very well since his wife died. Atticus has certain rules that he wants his children to follow, but when they do not follow his rules they have consequences.…

The revenge By,Jazmynn To kill a mocking bird is a great book to read. The book is written by Harper Lee in 1960. When reading To Kill A Mockingbird one will find imagery, which is when the reader gets a visual of a scene in the story. Also, one will find that Lee includes cliffhangers at the end of a lot of chapters making the reader want to keep reading. This making the story seem very suspenseful while taking in the in depth info. In a adventurous way imagery…

Courage, it is defined to be able to do something that frightens one, which makes courage hard to come by. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee courage is present in multiple characters. Atticus shows determination through his job and his family. Miss Maudie Atkinson shows her bravery by deciding to state her opinion when it could make her life miserable. And Link Diez courageously stands up to a racist man to do what's right. These three characters show tremendous amounts of courage…

Steve Jobs once said, “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life...have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” By this he means don't let the voices and beliefs of others overrule yours, but instead follow your own intuition. This is exactly what Atticus teaches his children in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel, Atticus shows his children that even though everyone may be against your belief or stand on something, continue to think for yourself…

The narrative voice, or perspective, of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ is very different to that of Harper Lee’s first novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Scout is around the age of 7 and this is shown through her perspective as the narrator. Her viewpoint is naïve and very innocent and she is susceptible to all the rumours and stories about Boo Radley. In ‘Go Set a Watchman’, Scout is 20 years older. She still acts childish and there are many instances where she feels the need to…

Many lessons were learned by Scout and Jem during the time of Tom Robinson’s case. Harper Lee’s fiction piece To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic.Both Scout and Jem learned many lessons from Atticus. Scout learned from Atticus that you must take a walk in someone’s skin to truly understand them. For example, when Scout saw Walter Cunningham Jr. pouring syrup all over his breakfast, she was very confused. But she did not think about what it’s like to be a Cunningham and realise he’s…

Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both symbolized by the mockingbird. First, Boo Radley is a mockingbird. One-way Boo is a mockingbird is that he never comes out in the beginning of the book. Throughout the book they refer to the mockingbird but one was never seen. Mockingbird never bother anyone, they do not do anything to people. Just like the mockingbird Boo never bothered anyone. Nobody had issues with him, it was only that nobody ever saw or knew what he did. One other way Boo is a…

Every child at some point in their life has had a moment where they wish they were an adult. Sometimes it’s because we do not want to be considered “little” or wanted to understand things better. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Harper Lee shows that children have a lot of growing up to do before they can be considered an adult and that it may take some time for the change to happen. “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is a great example of how children grow up to see things differently…

Helen Keller, one of the most inspiring women in American history, proved to the world that having a disability does not prevent a person from influencing society or being successful. At a young age, Helen Keller was deprived of her sight and hearing, but with the assistance of Anne Sullivan, Helen gained an exceptional education. By having a greater understanding of disabilities, she was able to make her mark on the world by helping the disabled. The efforts of Helen Keller had a positive…

As strikes became more frequent during the 1920s, strikes like the Alabama Coal Strike of 1920’s would be faced with heavy resistance from all sides, leading to the death or arrest of dozens of strikers. It was from the appallingly abysmal conditions that the miners had to go through, and how wealthy the business owner became…