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Importance of Minor Characters Minor Characters have been overlooked and sometimes deemed unimportant in books, movies, and plays. Perhaps we are 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…

Often complying with morals is difficult when others seemingly have no problem choosing to ignore them. This statement is not true for Atticus Finch, whose moral compass leads him to always do the right thing. To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on the impact of morals on society and on an innocent man’s life. When an African American, Tom Robinson, is wrongly accused of raping Caucasian Mayella Ewell, Atticus Finch is assigned to defend him. Institutionalized racial bias is still common in the South…

Books are a good source of education and entertainment. A great book that has just that is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The book takes place in Maycomb, Alabama. The main characters are Scout Finch, Jem Finch (Scout’s older brother), Atticus Finch (father of scout and Jem) who is an open-minded attorney, and Tom Robinson (african American man accused of rape.) The book contains discrimination, racism, and poor judgements. Although all of the bad stuff in the book there is yet great things…

Harper Lee’s classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, follows the story of a young girl named Scout progressing from an immature, naïve mentality to a more mature one, brought upon by the cruel events which occur amidst the lazy Southern town in which she lives. Lee explores the idea of social conditioning contributing to the darkness that is so apparent in society, and commends those who fight against it. She acknowledges the bravery of individuals who overcome personal darkness, but also…

To kill a mockingbird a novel written by Harper Lee. Represents the characters linked with the mockingbird which sung without hurting anybody to illustrate how people were injustice and judgment of innocent people like Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, who mentioned in the novel. Scout Finch narrates her story as a child and what happened in Maycomb town, Alabama. Her point of view illustrates the prejudice of the people. Her story happened during the 1930s scout live with her father and her brother…

An important life lesson in chapter three is to respect everyone and their ways. An example of this is when Jem had invited Walter over for lunch. While Calpurnia cooked lunch, Walter had requested syrup to go with his food. Walter pours syrup on his vegetables and meat. Scout did not approve of how he drowned his food in syrup. However, while Scout disapproved, Calpurnia says, “Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em-if you can't…

Journal #2 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 42. So far the book is about Jem and Scout are the two kids of the lawyer Atticus Finch who keep getting into trouble. Also, Boo Radley has been locked up for the last fifteen years, and everyone being afraid of the Radley place from his action. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. G-I predict the kids will not meet Boo Y-He has not been seen R-He is locked up R-Contact within the house…

Some kids live and breathe for animals, and I was one of those kids. I had my stuffed animals and my plastic stethoscope, and I wanted to be a vet, like James Herriot. Maybe a small animal vet, maybe a field vet, but a vet. When I turned nine, I came across David Quammen's Song of the Dodo, a book about island biogeography. I read it because of the dodo on the cover. Since non-fiction is not a genre known for economy of expression, I was prepared for dry prose and a headache. But Quammen…

Scout’s Identity Scout is the main character of the book. Scout is a young six-year old girl who lives with her dad who’s name is Atticus, her ten-year old brother named Jem and the cook Calpurnia. Even though Scout is just a little girl she goes through many changes because of the events that caused her to grow up. From her first day of school to meeting Boo Radley Scout changes a lot and so does her identity. There are many events small or big that helped Scout’s identity be shaped. The…

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” Harper Lee once said. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover without reading the story. In To Kill a Mockingbird, people were judged on the outside without knowing them or their story. Also their innocence had been destroyed for doing nothing. Harper Lee uses symbolism throughout her entire book. It helps each and every reader to put themselves in the characters shoes and relate to them. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird,…