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We have all been in a situation where we were wrongly accused and blamed by the guilty. We have all been through this. We get assessed by people who determine what we’re like without actually ever knowing who they actually are. In extreme situations these people could take the weight of another person's actions. Resulting in someone else paying the time for their crime. In the book To Kill the Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that even the innocent will be judged and prosecuted by the guilty.…

Throughout this journal, one can predict the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. First, they are scared of him in many ways. In addition, the narrator says “But to climb the Radley front steps…something their neighbors never did” (Harper Lee 11). The quotes from the book shows how the neighbors are scared of them by never climb their front steps and say hey to the Radleys and the neighbors might affect the kids. Next, there are rumors about Radleys that had…

The movie To Kill a Mockingbird, based on the novel written by Harper Lee showed the life of a child during the Great Depression and captured the theme of innocence taken away by evil. In most cases the book is always better than the film because life lessons are taken away in greater detail and are much easier to apply to a reader's life. Many movies stray from the book as did To Kill a Mockingbird, but also captured the scenes not shown in the book. Unlike the book, the movie had…

In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses the characters to represent racism, morality, and justice. Atticus Finch representing morality, Sheriff Tate standing for justice, and the low life of the town Bob Ewell represents racism. Throughout this novel she often uses symbolism to display all of these themes. “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit’em but remember it is a sin to kill a mocking bird”…

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, social injustice is a common idea .Growing up in the rural South during the 1930s could not have been easy. The enticing story of racism in America is told through the eyes of a young Scout Finch. Throughout the novel, Harper Lee develops the theme of coming of age and the loss of childhood innocence with two important characters, Scout and Jem. “Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him.”(9). At the…

In the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee there are 2 main children called Jem Finch and Scout Finch. Both of these children have a father that is a lawyer of maycomb named, Atticus. Atticus is a single parent but has a Black maid named Calpurnia who comes there day to day taking care of the household members. Atticus is a good father and good friend to some but not to all. In the book Atticus is shown as a more calm and collective man. For example on pg.96 Atticus says, “I haven’t shot…

Many people say that children are forms of divinity, as they do not completely understand the evils in life and therefore view everyone as equal. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the racial prejudice of the unfair Tom Robinson rape court case to show how people create stereotypes of others, which pass on to children and crush their purity. Harper Lee uses the distinct tone and first-person point of view of Scout, the child narrator, along with the clever characterization of Dill and Jem…

In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, is supported with engaging imagery and theme. This book is about a small family in a small town that is bombarded by change and racial injustice.Filled with emotions and figurative ideas, there is many coming-of-age scenes that take place. A scene that describes this topic the most is when Jem realizes the racial injustice in his town when Tom Robinson was convicted of a crime he did not do. In this essay, it will be discussed how Jem…

Everyone has heard of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and everyone needs to read it. The easiest and best place to learn in depth about To Kill a Mockingbird is in class, so why would people want to take away from a great learning opportunity? To Kill a Mockingbird is a must read for all students. To begin To Kill a Mockingbird should continue to be taught in school because It teaches many valuable life lessons. For example, on page 119 when Miss Maudie Tells Scout and Jem That it is a…

It may seem that Maycomb, Alabama is a sweet and innocent town when really it is not. The theme of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the Destruction of Innocence. Examples of this theme is Tom Robinson who was innocent of a crime, Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley lost their innocence due to the town, and Bob Ewell who is the destroyer of innocence and caused people to lose their innocence. Tom Robinson was very kind and innocent black man who was falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit and who…