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To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about youth seeing the evil, hypocrisy, and injustice in adult society. Bob Ewell having revenge for the main characters, Atticus almost gets hurt, and Dolphus Raymond being “evil”. Examples of hypocrisy are; Ms. Grates who judges colored people, Mrs. Merriwether who is also judgemental towards colored people, and Aunt Alexandra believes the finches are better than everyone else. The injustice things that happen throughout the novel is Boo Radley's life changes,…

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird many of the characters exhibit their own form of characteristics. Atticus, Scout, and Boo Radley are some of the many characters that show courage throughout the story. Scout starts out as a little girl at the age of five or 6. As she sees things that most girls her age don’t see she develops and matures. By the end of the book she has learned that life isn’t fair and just because you have an opinion, doesn’t mean that everyone agrees with you, but after all…

In Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. There are 3 people that are important , Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley. These three people are filled with sin and deserve to pay for it. Natural causes is when somebody dies from a disease. Bob Ewell tried killing children on Halloween night otherwise known as attempted murder. If you didn’t know murder is the act of killing someone. Bob is going down a dark path and has been going down this path ever since he was a kid. Bob Ewell…

Maturity is shown throughout many parts of To Kill a Mockingbird, especially after the trial and everything the town has been through. One way maturity is shown is when Scout Finch beat up Walter Cunningham because he ruined her first day of school. Even though Scout stuck up for Walter and explained to Miss. Caroline that he is too poor to afford a lunch and shoes. Miss Caroline said, “You’re starting off on the wrong foot in every way, my dear. Hold out your hand” (Lee28). Miss. Caroline got…

In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses her words to add a depth to the story. She uses types of imagery to add layers to the book which when the reader peals those layers back will reveal a deeper meaning to the story. In this novel Lee uses personification in her writing. She wrote “The house died” (13). This gives the house a human like quality making it more relatable to the reader which in return makes the reader more immersed into the story . Simile is also used in this story to compare…

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird: A Blow To Racism Beginning in the mid-1950s, the civil rights movement began to gain traction. There was an uproar aimed at addressing the racism and segregation that was prevalent and widespread in the United States. During this time, some activists—authors and public speakers—gained notoriety for their work with civil rights. One such activist was Harper Lee. In 1960, she wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird that captivated the nation, causing positive…

Final Project When someone says “mockingbird”, what is a word that comes to mind? Beautiful? Joyful? Or have you never really thought about what a mockingbird does or looks like? In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, an impactful message is shown and learned from, but tends to still be forgotten today. Harper Lee’s classic is based in the early 1930s, when poverty was major and racism was at its peak. Lee wrote about her early life experiences, explaining major issues like discrimination, justice…

QUESTION: “An exceptionally good title, which aptly summarises the point Harper Lee is trying to make.” Do you agree that the title of the book is a good one? What point do you think that Harper Lee is trying to make in to kill a mocking bird? The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very puzzling. We don’t get its real meaning until we have gone deep, well enough to realise it. It is firstly addressed in a literal term and later, used symbolically. It is a very great title because it explains the…

wrong maybe they are important to stories. Harper Lee the author of To Kill a Mockingbird makes the point that minor characters are possibly important to books. Looking at the three minor characters in To Kill a Mockingbird Mrs Dubose, Boo Radley, and Mr Underwood it is evident that Minor Characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird teach the main characters Jem and Scout important life lessons. To begin with in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird courage.Jem and Scout don’t like Mrs. Dubose…

Approaching Prejudism in To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch states in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his viewpoint...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” There is so much wisdom and truth in this quote, words that everyone should live by. Unfortunately, people do not always abide by this, judging and discriminating others often without trying to understand another person’s experience. To Kill a Mockingbird…