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    their hearts our for us" (Lee 90). She describes three people in particular who fit into this category, Atticus Finch, father of the story 's narrator, Scout, and her brother Jem. Next, Tom Robinson, a black man accused of an unspeakable crime he didn 't commit. Then finally Arthur "Boo" Radley, a man who has been holed up in his home for years and has a gentle hearted fascination with the Finch children. These characters all went through hard trials before, or are…

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    Kill a Mockingbird as six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, learns to overcome the social issues in Maycomb County. Harper Lee illustrates a small town around the year 1930, during the Great Depression, filled with traditions that the Finch family find challenging to abide by. Many of Scouts relationships affect her in various ways such as her older brother, Jeremy Finch, who she sees as a role model and is able to learn from. Atticus Finch influences Scout’s behavior and…

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    Truth and Passion In the book To Kill A Mockingbird there were several different things to look at. One being theme, and theme is the most important. There is racism, arrogance, maturity, and judgement. The next important point would be point of view. The point of view is from Scout, Atticus’s daughter. Her point of view is a very diverse one. Lastly would be tone. The tone is, at some points, humorous, sad, or even scary. The different emotions that this book brings out of the reader is what…

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    first published in July of 1960, this novel tells the story of six-year-old Jean Lous Finch, commonly known as Scout, and her adventures with her brother Jem, and the neighbor kid Dill. In the small fictional town of Maycomb Alabama. Scout talks about dodging the strange shut in named Boo Radley, refusing to act like a lady, and all the life lessons and great advice from her father who is a lawyer, Atticus Finch. Spanning from the years 1933 to 1935 and this book revolves around a trial where…

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    Because of a detriment he possesses, his skin color, it is Tom against the white skinned people of Maycomb. One white man, different from the rest, knows that Tom is innocent so he decided to defend Tom during his trial. The man goes by the name Atticus Finch. Atticus’…

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    burn into the back of my head, like I am an act at a circus. “Sir you’re right nasty to that man there, he was there first I think you, should move and give him his seat.” “I should what?” the man’s his face reddened. “Give him back his seat, Atticus Finch is my friend and he is a real good lawyer and he defended a Negro Tom Robinson. He had mean people talking to him like that. Tom was innocent, it was as clear as day, but he was still sent to jail and then he died and it was because of people…

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    Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper is a fiction novel. In this novel, Great Uncle Mary, Jane, and Barney all reveal that good triumphs over evil no matter what. Jane and Barney evaluate that it is better to be good and stand up. Great Uncle Mary shows good is better than evil when all three of them fight darkness, or a dark force.Over Sea, Under Stone shows that good triumphs over the faces of evil through different characters. Barney, great uncle Mary, and Jane all show that faces of good…

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    A good father is a man who can be constantly busy, but always makes time to be there for his kids. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus who is the father and sole parent of Scout and Jem, displays qualities of an ideal father. To begin Atticus is very comforting when his kids are upset about something. When his kids argue and one of them ends up with their feelings hurt he is always there to cheer them up and help them through whatever happened. We see this when Jem yells at…

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    has done nothing as well, Tom Robinson. He also explains the amount of judgement and hatred people have for someone who commits such a sin. He encourages them to treat people with respect no matter the circumstance. In this extended metaphor Harper Lee uses the mockingbird which represents innocence to show the factors of killing an innocent person. At first, Atticus and Jem are confused and perplexed by this advanced theme, but by the end of the book Jem is able to discover how terrible the…

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    The main argument of this article Is that crime runs in the Bogle family because that is what the father taught his children was right to do. One piece of evidence as to why the children and it up doing hard crimes is because they would see their father beating his wife and they thought that was ethically right which is the functionalist theory . Rooster Bogle would teach his children how to steal and if they didn't steal he would beat them up and say they are cowards. Outer control of the…

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