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In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee exploits the toxic nature of the South, the early 20th century. The destruction of innocence is evidently shown throughout the rampant bigotry, through the explicit phrase of ‘…it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’ Hence, To Kill a Mockingbird is to kill innocence. In the tale, from the very beginning, a threat that is based on generational racism is posed to destroy a number of innocents. Ultimately, the ‘Mockingbird’ is killed in ways that are worse…

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is an award winning novel that tells the story of the Finch family in 1930 Maycomb, Alabama. In their neighborhood there is a house at the end of their street, the Radley house. Rumor has it Mr. Arthur, also know as Boo Radley, is a monster and Scout and Jem Finch are curious to find out more. Meanwhile their white father, Atticus Finch, is defending an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, in the racist environment of the South. This book portrays many of…

The case of Robinson who is accused by Mayella Ewell of rape and Tom is being defended by Atticus Finch a respected lawyer. In ‘’To Kill a Mockingbird’’ by Harper Lee Atticus Finch tells his speech in the court room and uses rhetorical devices to convince the people in court that Tom is not guilty. Furthermore, Finch wants the people in the court room to relize that Tom is not guilty and that we are all equal and that our skin color doesn’t matter because that doesn’t make us who we are.…

What is courage? Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, and pain without fear. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird courage is a big learning lesson. A learning lesson mostly for the Finch family. Scout a young girl, Jem her older brother, and Atticus all learn what true courage is. Having the courage to take risks in life is very important because it gives you a chance to open up and allow you to grow, three people have lots of courage…

what courage is. Many think being courageous is just about doing something you are scared to, and of course, that is being courageous, but that’s not all it’s about. It may take some time, or even a whole book, like the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, to fully comprehend the meaning of courage. After understanding this, one may change their way of thinking about courage and courage in the world, just like Scout did. An event that Scout saw made her think twice about Atticus’s…

sin to kill a mockingbird”(Lee 119). In To Kill a Mockingbird, the mockingbird was Tom Robinson. The town of Maycomb committed the crime of killing the mockingbird when Tom was wrongfully accused of a crime he didn’t do. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee displays prejudice and injustice through the court case of Tom Robinson. Injustice and inequality play a huge role in Maycomb, it dictates what people believe and how they act. An example of injustice is the case of Tom Robinson. Tom…

be defined as how a person regards their surroundings, and is a critical factor to determine their personal beliefs. If an individual can look at a situation in an unorthodox perspective, their position can be altered. This concept is presented in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel, Lee displays varying perspectives on a court case between a black man and a white family. Atticus Finch, the lawyer appointed to the case, changed the perspectives and beliefs of individuals regarding…

Go Set A Watchman, returns readers to Maycomb, and reintroduces them to the characters from one of the greatest coming of age novels, To Kill a Mockingbird. Watchman had tremendous controversy taking place on both the pages of the novel and swirling around outside the novel since it’s release. Several readers and critics alike became mortified that Atticus, a moral patriarch is exposed as a racist. Although, disheartening this is a realistic tragedy, it is natural to mature with age and in doing…

sixteenth president of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln, explained that "[w]hatever you are, be a good one." Lincoln was implying that no matter what skin color you are, you should be the best you can be and be fair to all. Unfortunately, in Harper Lee's To Kill Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, a black man, faces prejudice, because the white men in the jury cannot be their best selves and vote fairly. Though he did not rape Mayella Ewell, a poor white woman, the people of Maycomb county…

One to Five times a week someone I don’t know that well will make some statement on my appearance, whether it's my hair, clothes, body shape or actions, so I smile and laugh and hide who I truly am so people don’t judge me. This happens to people every day and some don’t even realize their hiding to avoid judgement. Although people can choose how they dress and act, they usually don’t dress and act like they want to, because they don’t want to be judged. People dress and act differently around…