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Breaking Conformity in To Kill A Mockingbird Contrary to the common perception of Maycomb, the town where Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird takes place, not all of the citizens who live there conform to the typical norms that are expected of them. Calpurnia is the housekeeper of the Finch household where the protagonist, a young girl named Scout, lives. Dolphus Raymond, a white man who is portrayed as an alcoholic, lives with the colored people in town. The depiction of both Calpurnia…

In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, we are introduced to the sleepy yet racist town of Maycomb, Alabama. It’s here that author Harper Lee explores topics such as race, gender, and class discrimination through the eyes of a child. It’s also here that our Narrator Scout Finch is taught various lessons about theses forms of discrimination. Along with these topics, there is also a lot of prejudice against certain characters like Boo Radley and Tom Robinson that greatly affect other characters…

“It is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (119) Most of the foreshadowing in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, comes in the form of references. What are most often referenced, is Atticus talking to his children about how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Though many characters fit the characteristics of a mockingbird, the person this book revolves around is Tom Robinson, and how he was accused of something he did not do. Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird, multiple passages in the book,…

“I concluded to myself if I were the hunter, I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament” (Beah 218) Ishmael said, thinking of his memories as a soldier. This quote is something that he has learned from being a soldier. In the memoir A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael was a normal kid living in Mattru Jong. The RUF rebels attacked his village and he was separated for his family. Ishmael spent long months of fleeing from…

demonstrates the importance of this virtue in, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Three characters express this virtue to get through their toughest issues. Jem Atticus Finch is fearless and he shows that with courage people can conquer their fears, Dolphus is also a courageous man and he shows that humans have to have courage to fight for what is right, and Atticus is very brave and shows the person that in any situation, no matter how hard it is, courage helps human beings persevere and beat problems…

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the most important quotes that Atticus has said was, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Page 30) this novel really shows the importance of standing in someone else's shoes. For example, Jem and Scout , other minor characters, and Atticus have all been in someone else's shoes/in a different point of view. To begin with, Jem and Scout…

The Importance of Maturity in To Kill a Mockingbird The Great Depression is a historic event that lasted for most of the 1930s and is when the United States had a major economic downturn. Simultaneously, the country was still struggling for equality. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch and Jeremy “Jem” Finch experience both of these issues in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Through major plot point and lessons in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates that negative or difficult experiences…

trying to lynch Atticus, just for trying to defend him. Heck Tate shows that he (a representative of the community) has changed by not prosecuting Boo Radley for the murder of Bob Ewell. Sheriff Heck Tate is undoubtedly a personification of the general attitude of not only the small town of Maycomb, but also a lot of the southern United States. Although Maycomb is not technically a real town, the town it was based on (Monroeville) certainly…

In general, books always seem to posses a sense of ambiguity. Films assist to rid the story of its ambiguity by the ways they choose to portray characterization,. “A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings”, Stanley Kubrick. In the film 12 Angry Men, it is quite evident that that the director did an excellent job in personifying the characters, in better portraying the personalities of the characters, and ultimately, in making…

Chapter 10 – The Little Prince encounters The King 1. Toward the start of his voyage, the little prince ends up close space rocks 325, 326, 327, 328, 329 and 330, and he chooses to visit them one by one. On the first space rock, he experiences a king sitting on a throne and wearing a sublime hide shroud. The lord cases to rule over each star in the universe, however, as a general rule, he generally tailors his requests to fit the activities of the individual he charges. He is bossy yet…