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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(To Kill a Mockingbird, page 119) To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by a child named Jean Louise “Scout” Finch who matures quickly by having to handle difficult situations. While learning to live in a world with racism, injustice, and criticism, Scout finds courage being presented by many of her role models. This reader reasons that the small few…

Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, a mockingbird symbolizes innocence. According to Atticus, “It is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Pg 119). Three examples of mockingbirds are, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley. Mayella Ewell would be a mocking bird because of innocence. For instance, Mayella’s childhood was taken and she had to become the woman of the house. Mayella didn’t know because she was uneducated and was put into the situation…

Quiet Kill Believe you me, on second thought the more I think about Sherlock’s situation, the more the fun festival just keeps on growing. It’s like his disappearance was a revelation, it was a reckoning. Basically, it all amounts to different strokes for different folks. Lastly, Sherlock might have made a wish and said, “Oh, now I’m backed into a corner, and can’t devise a way out. I could sure use a deus ex machina right about now, but that’s doubly hard to get.” The captain threw the…

To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 and won Pulitzer Prize 1961. To Kill a Mockingbird a semi-autobiographical work of fiction by Harper Lee. A classic in American literature, and most-likely is the most widely read novel about racism. Representing the battle between justice and racial prejudice, good and evil from a young girl’s perspective. The narrator and main protagonist Scout Finch, grew up in a small close-nit town in Alabama called Maycomb. People were separated by social…

Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, friend Dill, and brother Jem must face friends and family turning on them, as father Atticus makes a life changing decision of defending a black man in court in the 1930’s. They must learn how to deal with their situation in a calm way no matter the instigations. Also the articles Lynching by Mark Twain, and Why I Joined the Klan, by Studs Terkel, corroborate the themes throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. The three most prominent themes in To Kill a…

Hamlet’s Hesitation Analysis Hamlet is a character that seems to be a victim of circumstances. The unexpected death of his father leaves him depressed, not forgetting the wedding between his mother Gertrude and his uncle Claudius that took place just three months after the funeral. His father’s ghost appears to him and asks him to take revenge on Claudius for murdering him. Though he gets convinced to take revenge at the beginning, he later becomes hesitant to do so. He drags his feet until he…

characters Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, and Dill Harris are examples of mockingbirds in the novel, for they symbolize kindness and innocence. These characters have all seen the injustice in the world which resulted in a loss of innocence. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, these innocent and misunderstood characters are victims of cruelty and prejudice which symbolizes them as mockingbirds. Boo Radley is one…

There are many pieces of evidence in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”, but here are the ones that stand out the most throughout the book. For example, when Jem argues with Atticus about Mrs.dubose and how she is nothing like a proper lady should be, he says, “She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head I’d have you go read to her-I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man…

enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." . (chapter 20, Lee). Atticus is explaining the importance of how ignorance should not be tolerated, and the people who take innocent lives won’t face the consequences. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee reveals the social values of Family, equality, and love that she believes are lacking in modern day America in order to…

To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel published in 1960 and it is one of the famous books in American literature. The plot and the characters of the story are about a small family living in a boring place that has racism, as a result of that, they learn a lot of life lessons especially the little girl named Scout. The author uses the mockingbird as the symbol of the innocent people that have never intended to harm or cause damage only making music for us, so if somebody kills a…