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Loss of Innocence In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by, Harper Lee many characters throughout the novel lose their innocence for different reasons. To lose one’s innocence can be interpreted in different ways but it is usually caused by society because you’re growing up and seeing all the imperfections in the world. Growing up will leave a scar on the individual emotionally and physically because it is such a changing point in their life, it will be a great impact. It is positive because the…

"Look to a day when people will not be judged by color of their skin, but the content of their character." -- Martin Luther King, JR. Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia, and Aunt Alexandra want to teach Scout how to avoid racism while she 's young. Jem still has imperfections with racism so Atticus want to stop them and make him non-racist. The way it should be. The author uses the town of Maycomb to model the United States of America. Harper Lee is telling the audience how to fix what we 're doing wrong.…

“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves,” - Mason Cooley. Compassion is a valuable part of Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, and the representation of this quote can be shown throughout various spots in the novel. Compassion is a rare trait to have, and the people who do acquire it often prosper in academics as well as social skills. Lee does an extraordinary job of showing how being compassionate allows one to thrive and achieve remarkable goals all…

“There 's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn 't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it 's a white man 's word against a black man 's, the white man always wins. They 're ugly, but those are the facts of life”. (Lee 220) In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the characters show how discrimination is caused by those that are afraid of who others really are. The character who best explain and represent this theme are Arthur (Boo) Radley, Calpurnia and…

I am reading the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I have read chapters one through three. In this story Scout and Jem live by a house that everybody fears and the house is occupied by Boo Radley. I predict that the kids will not meet Boo Radley. G Through the first chapters Scout and Jem are scared of Boo and he is locked up. Y Locked up R Radley’s don’t leave their house (page 11) R Jem and Scout have never seen Boo (page 10) R not many people come and go from the house…

Many people tend to believe in rumors spread by others instead of learning the truth about a person’s life before judging them. Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley has always been a person of interest for Scout. He lurks in the dark and is a shroud of mystery, the only information learn about him is through rumors. As Scout develops and matures, she realizes that Boo Radley is not as he seems, and learns a lesson from her prejudice of him. Through the novel, To Kill a…

Everyday we talk about hatred and how people slaughter one another, but yet we never truly understand what is beneath the sugar coated lies. To Kill a Mockingbird forces you to wash away that coat and deal with the harsh reality of our world. The novel takes place in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s. It describes a rape case and how racism was the true culprit behind both it and its conclusion. The author, Harper Lee uses a mockingbird in the book to express how in this harsh world, there are a few…

"To Kill A Mockingbird" Throughout the story of " To Kill A Mockingbird " Scout will learn how to use empathy and show compassion to solve disagreements between her and fellow residents of Maycomb. Being a ' Tom boy ' in Scouts society is not ideal for women. Aunt Alexandra would like for Scout to act more feminine despite Scout having no interest in doing so. Scouts new teacher, Miss Caroline, would like to control the rate in which Scout learns to read. This would include not letting…

Scam Artists are defined by the dictionary as “ A person who attempts to defraud others by presenting a fraudulent offer and pretending that it is legitimate”(Webster 's Dictionary). In many ways Scam Artists have to get into people 's heads to understand their process of detecting a scam. They then would have to use conversational and acting skills to convince someone that their scam is not a scam. These skills are similar to the ways characters in books empathize with others. In the novel To…

In Harper Lee 's classic book To KIll a Mockingbird the main character, Scout, is told by her father Atticus that most people are nice "when you finally see them". This concept that Atticus presents couldn 't be more true. Throughout the book and real life experiences, people like Boo Radley, Tom Robinison, and Dolphus Raymond are able to see and have the niceness seen in them. Atticus is a good example of a person who always tries to see the good in people and he is more or less an idealist.…