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One illuminating event that is essential for the moral of To Kill a Mockingbird is when Atticus Finch kills the mad dog that comes weaving down the street. This incident reveals to the children that “ol’Atticus” has a secret talent the children were unaware he possessed. Miss Maudie explains to the children that as a boy, Atticus was “the deadest shot in Maycomb County.” This event the children, Scout in particular, to realize that no one is what they seem to be. The children had never imagined…

To Kill A Mockingbird A mockingbird is a type of bird that does nothing except sing and be it; it does no harm to others. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird to kill a mockingbird would be destroying innocence with the forces of evil. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the depths of the Great Depression. This was also a time of great racial segregation in the South. Atticus Finch, the town’s most notable lawyer, is called upon to defend…

To Kill a Mockingbird Argumentative Essay In the book To Kill a Mockingbird the Finch family (more so directed towards Atticus, Jem and Scout) are treated with disrespect because Atticus had decided to defend a negro. In that age and time defending a negro was an automatic defeat due to the racism and violence. So why would Atticus put his family through a harsh time by taking a case so he would just to lose? Because Atticus has a unique look on the world, to set a role model for his children.…

from Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first initial speech he made after the 1932 election. It is referencing to the Crash of Wall Street in the 1930’s. There was an extensive amount of poverty in Maycomb, which clues towards the Great Depression. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses metaphors and symbolism to convey the theme that innocent people are often the most hurt by assumptions based on the prejudice. Harper Lee uses metaphors to portray the theme of innocent people often being hurt by…

Harper Lee is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning To Kill a Mockingbird. This book was recognized due to it’s racial acceptance when it was published in 1960. It is said that she enjoyed the success of the book, but she did not appreciate the attention she received. Harper Lee, due to old age, is now blind and deaf with poor health. Harper Lee’s sister, also her previous lawyer, housemate, and guardian, too, became decrepit, unable to represent her. Tonja Carter, Harper Lee’s new attorney,…

Killing Innocent with Fear “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” (Mark Twain) Humans live in fear every day, fear in the littlest things from spiders and ants, to big things like cliffs, but in the book To Kill a Mockingbird the people in Maycomb fear difference. They don’t want people to look different, sound different or even think different from them, because they are afraid of what will happen, if they accept it. Maycomb should not be afraid of anything but…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the main characters is found to be a little different than the others. Atticus Finch, father and exceptional lawyer with a soft side, gives huge impact on the storyline while giving life advice along the way. Atticus Finch is a widower and the father of two children. He is one of the more prominent people in Maycomb. Atticus, besides being a father, is one of Maycomb’s lawyers. Unlike other lawyers, Atticus is not affected by race; he agrees with…

The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with serious issues of rape and racial inequality. To kill a mockingbird is unusual because it is both an examination of racism and a bildungsroman. Within the framework of a coming-of-age story, lee examines a very serious social problem. Lee seamlessly blends these two very different kinds of stories. It…

In reading “To Kill A Mockingbird” I learned that as a reader we are able to pick up on things before the actual characters in the book do, so we were able to see who the mockingbirds of the book were before they were mentioned or even if they were never mentioned as being so. Miss Maudie outlines the symbolism of what Atticus meant about mockingbirds when she hints that mockingbirds are innocent and do nothing but sing for us, therefore it is a sin to kill one (Lee 93; ch. 10). In the novel as…

“The Mockingbird” In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many lessons to learn and themes to follow. One theme that shows up throughout the novel is “The Mockingbird” When the Jem and Scout receive air guns for Christmas Atticus tells the children, “I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird (Lee 90).” The mockingbird represents the innocence of some of…