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In To Kill a Mockingbird, the author Harper Lee shows her astounding writing skills by using universal themes from which anybody can learn. Even more astounding, the themes she used in To Kill a Mockingbird can still be applied today. For example, one theme that still applies today is the problem with racism and how to deal with it. Even though it is not like it was in the 30s, people nowadays still deal with racism and even look down on others that are different. Another theme we can still…

Hero's Journey (TKAM and F451) The Call The call is an event which "calls" the character into action or adventure. It is the start of the characters journey/adventure. Atticus' call The call in To Kill a Mockingbird was when Atticus was called or requested by the state to take on Tom Robinson's rape case. This called Atticus to one of the biggest court cases that Maycomb county has ever seen. Guy's call Guy's call wasn't a literal call like Atticus, but instead his call was meeting Clarisse, the…

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in the 1930s in a fictional southern town in Alabama. Told through the eyes of 6 year old Scout Finch, you learn about her father, Atticus Finch, an attorney who tries to prove the innocence of a black man falsely accused of rape of a white girl; and about Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed. To Kill A Mockingbird includes themes such as racism, prejudice, and ____. Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson and…

To Kill A Mockingbird. Something I like to say at times is “Don't judge a book by its cover, Judge a book by whats on its pages.” throughout the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee The characters Scout and Jem learn some very valuable lessons. One of the things they learned about within the book and movie is people being prejudice towards the innocent. Scout and Jem also learned what it means to be courageous and to help others not only yourself. Scout and Jem become introduced to…

To Kill a Mockingbird can be a vague, confusing title for a book. However, this is just a metaphor for what the book is really about. “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em,” said Atticus, “but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee, 90). The mockingbird, in this context, symbolizes innocence. It would be pointless and cruel to kill an innocent bird. They’re small creatures.They’re helpless and harmless, just like black people were in the sixties. This is what Harper Lee,…

A Search For Justice In To Kill a Mockingbird “Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, whenever found, against the wrong’’ - Teddy Roosevelt. This highlights the actions that Atticus and Mrs. Dubose take throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus always does what he thinks is right and does not follow what the other citizens of Maycomb, Alabama do. Atticus, the father of Jem and Scout, who live in…

To Kill a Mockingbird, a story told through the eyes of two innocent children, Scout and her brother Jem, telling of the discrimination and hypocrisy throughout their town Maycomb County, Alabama. The town faces the struggles of racism opening our eyes to an African American, Tom Robinson’s, injustice. It reminds us the valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. We are learning from it, To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of…

Imagine being a six year old child, and watching brutal racism and injustice growing up, while trying to hold on to your innocence and own opinions. That’s the struggle of Jean Louise Finch, who prefers to go by “Scout.” In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, friend Dill, and brother Jem, must face friends and family turning on them, as father Atticus makes a life changing decision of defending a black man in court in the 1930’s, a time of racial injustice and segregation. Also…

The Unjustifiable Acts In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, six year olds are trained to become soldiers. They are manipulated into fighting and killing in order to save humanity. Meanwhile, the adults in the novel do not protest to such behavior and consider it better for humanity. The characters Colonel Graff and Mazer Rackham’s actions towards Ender are clearly unjustifiable. Graff’s actions are inexcusable because he manipulates and isolates Ender from the group. Mazer…

Independent Reading Essay The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word innocence as, “freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil.” One major component in being considered innocent is one’s age, as a whole; younger people and children are heavily portrayed as innocent. In Stephen King’s “Firestarter,” Andy and Charlie Mcgee are on the run from a secret government operation that has given them psychic abilities. This father daughter duo narrowly escape capture a couple of…