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    taken place in segregation was around still but the town had its own rules that allowed the coloreds to be unbothered only when a white man or woman needs help. The two characters that been seen changing throughout the story is Jem Finch, son of Atticus and brother of scout finch. His relationship with his family and others is a huge role in this book because of the time period it was taken place in. Their names meant how they were seen by others and colored were at the bottom of the list. Jems…

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    The Big Bird Analysis

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    The short film follows the themes of ‘instant karma’, ‘retribution’ and ‘bullying’ but as we see at the end of the film, the big bird has the last hurrah as we see at the end of the short film how the little birds are faced with instant comeuppance. However, since it’s an animated short film it is not so much the moral of the story that causes the impact but rather the technicalities that went into to telling the big bird’s story. For the Birds is the story of, a bird that is different to the…

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    roles in the south; effects of the mob mentality; perception; inconsistency of humanity; gender roles; integrity. The author brings the richly textured story alive by allowing the readers walk in the shoes of fully developed Southern character - Atticus finch represents the morality in the novel, Jim finch the elder brother undergoes transformation from a boy to a teenage boy, Boo Radley the elusive neighbor. On one hand is the black housekeeper Calpurnia who Scout and Jem see as a mother…

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    Courage is far more than bravery alone; it is the ability to persevere through any obstacle, it is a constant in our lives from learning to walk, to our first separation in school from our parents, to how we muster up the courage to ask for a raise at work and eventually even the courage to face our own mortality. The theme of the poem “Courage” by Anne Sexton is ultimately similar to the theme of courage found within To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; as both handle how one copes with life…

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    how he stabbed his father in the leg while he was clipping newspaper articles. Miss Stephanie claimed to have seen it happen. People avoid their house just because of the rumors. The children all play games at their house and get in trouble with Atticus. Everyone might not have always been on the lookout for him, but he was always in the back of their thoughts. Boo comes and saves Jem and Scout at the end of the book. The readers see him for the first time and he did not come to hurt…

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    emphasises a theme of social justice by the character of Atticus Finch. Social justice is defined as: promoting a just society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Atticus resides in Maycomb, Alabama, a slowly progressing town. Maycomb is stuck in it’s ways. Atticus’ profession is one filled with triumph and downfall. He proves his bravery by taking any case he’s offered. No case is too big or too small, exceedingly daunting or miniscule. Atticus experiences many predicaments in his…

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    In part one of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Lee introduces key themes, characters and settings. The purpose of the part is to set the scene for part two (the trial), and to gain emotional control over the reader by describing key characters. She introduces the Finch family, and the other townsfolk, as well as Dill as an important character. Lee also presents various themes, which are all used to help describe and introduce the main characters. Jem and Scout are two important characters in the novel…

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    stinkin’ cowards, the lot of you…” Simply if the case ends in Tom’s favor, she claims that the men involved in the decision of the case acted cowardly without any real reason other than not receiving the verdict she desired. (158) After Mayella, Atticus calls Tom Robinson, the defendant accused of attacking Mayella Ewell, to the stand to provide his account of the events on November twenty-first. Unlike the first three witnesses, Tom’s story of the evening possesses no prejudices. In fact, when…

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    empathy that Harper Lee is trying to emphasize through Atticus. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she keeps proving through Atticus that even though being truly empathetic toward someone less fortunate than you may bring them down in society, standing up for one another could also make a whole society respect one another. Atticus’s empathy toward Tom Robinson is a major cause of Maycomb County respecting one another by the end. When Atticus told Jem some advice about how killing a…

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    Argumentative Essay In the book To Kill a Mockingbird the Finch family (more so directed towards Atticus, Jem and Scout) are treated with disrespect because Atticus had decided to defend a negro. In that age and time defending a negro was an automatic defeat due to the racism and violence. So why would Atticus put his family through a harsh time by taking a case so he would just to lose? Because Atticus has a unique look on the world, to set a role model for his children. Atticus’s point of…

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