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To kill a mockingbird Harper lee’s book, to kill a mocking bird, is a classic story which represents morals and the fight against prejudice and discrimination. Although the setting of the book took place in the 1930 's, the release of the novel could not have come at a more significant time. Published in the 1960, I feel that to kill a mockingbird was heavily influenced by the ongoing societal shift of standards and perceptions. Change was escalating quickly, people fought to change basically…

rather courageous in different ways. One of his children, Scout, Also shows certain ways of being courageous. Scout’s older brother Jem has a handful of these acts as well. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird, she expresses her thoughts on courage through characters and events throughout the story. First of all, Harper Lee uses Atticus Finch to show her definition of courage. She introduces the fact that he will be defending a black…

Maycomb, Alabama in the early 1930’s is no place someone would want to be if they were a kind black man, as Harper Lee shows all of us through the Tom Robinson trial and how it affects Maycomb. As the novel progresses the readers see the town’s friendly neighbors, malevolent neighbors, and the town african americans that are trying to get some approval from the white townspeople. One man, Atticus Finch, understand this problem. Throughout the novel Atticus Finch works to prove Tom Robinson’s…

Are people today too sensitive to read a swear in a book? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a picture of the south in the 1930s is a very realistic and meaningful story. But this story also has created a lot of controversy and received much scrutiny because of words used in the book along with the tone towards black people. Many people believe that the book should be censored now and that schools should not teach the book which really should not be the case. It’s important that stories…

As people grow in life they mature and change. The main character matures as the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, continues. Scout is childish and disrespectful at the beginning of the novel. think that Scout because she doesn't fight much and finally saw Boo radley. Their for Scout involved more than Jem because threw out this events. The first reason why scout involved more is that when she doesn't fight people that much and instead she just ignores them just like when she…

The last example of racism shown in Harper Lee’s historical fiction book To Kill a Mockingbird, is racist comments made by citizens. For example, on page…

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee and “Report on the Scottsboro Ala. Case,” by Hollace Randsell are two different selections that share a similar authors propose: to exploit social and racial injustice in the time period the works were created. Both pieces are told in first person point-of-view, and exhibit the event of African-American men being wrongly accused of rape. To Kill a Mockingbird best exemplifies the usage of POV more than “Report on the Scottsboro, Ala. Case” in the…

this book (To kill a Mockingbird) is called Nelle Harper Lee, She was born in 1926 in Monroeville / Alabama. She has received many awards for her writings including this book. Some of the awards that Harper Lee has won include; Pulitzer prize, Two honorary degrees, The Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the Paperback of the year award in only its second year of print, One of her most privileged awards that Harper Lee had won even though she only published one…

Do you know what it's like going against when you have to do the right thing when everyone thinks it's wrong? Harper Lee best shows this in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper shows this through many characters throughout the book. As you read through the book the struggle people had to go through during the 1930’s the struggle is going against all odds trying to do the right thing. This is best shown through a few of the main characters such as Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Scout Finch, Tom…

Heck Tate, Bob Ewell, and Mayella Ewell testify against Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Heck Tate, the sheriff who Bob Ewell sought after once he discovered Mayell, attests first. Several statements from Heck’s testimony reflect a prejudice mindset. For example, when asked if anyone fetched a doctor to attend to Mayella after her attack, Heck simply says, “It wasn’t necessary, Mr. Finch… Something sho’ did happened, it was obvious.” (141) His statement portrays thoughts of…