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the pot of gold at the end. The reality is that Ireland has been torn by religion, terrorism, civil wars and British rule. Irish conflict with the English dates from the twelfth century and the Norman invasion to the division of land we see in the Northern and Southern parts of Ireland based on religious differences and years of British rule. The people of Ireland wanted a change; whether that included a rebellion or not, they were unsatisfied with efforts to intermingle English and Irish…

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(119) In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a mockingbird is a representation of the innocence of a child that has yet to be corrupted by the evil, hypocrisy, and injustice in adult society. Growing up in Alabama in the 1930’s, Scout and Jem Finch and their friends Boo…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the mockingbird is a symbol of innocence. Throughout the story there are multiple people who are shown as mockingbirds. For instance, the character Dill Harris, a boy who visits Maycomb County every summer, was shown to be an innocent boy. He was innocent because of the way he is first described, what he likes to do, and what happened to him during the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape. During Dill’s first arrival in Maycomb County, a town…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the theme, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, is shown by Arthur Radley and Tom Robinson. Arthur Radley also known to the kids as “Boo” exemplifies the theme of, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird although this is not seen mostly until the end of the book. One example of how he symbolises the mockingbird is how he sends gifts to the kids in the tree. This act of kindness from Arthur shows how he doesn’t do anything wrong towards the kids and he is trying to…

As someone who is primarily Scotch Irish, I speak for myself and many other Americans in believing that the First Scottish War of Independence had a large impact in the lives of our ancestors. At the finale of this war was the Battle of Bannockburn, an extraordinary battle and victory for the underdog in numbers, Scotland, a country protecting its land from the massive power that was England. The historical significance of the battle is what keeps it alive to this day in Scotland. This past…

The Irish War of Independence lasted for about three years from 1919 to 1921.It all began shortly after the 1916 Easter Rising, when nearly 1,300 Irish Volunteers and 219 members of the Irish Citizen Army took control of several buildings in Dublin. One group of men captured the General Post Office, where James Connolly, founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Society, was announced the head of the army and Patrick Pearse, a long-time Irish Nationalist, read the declaration of independence.…

Never Shoot A Mockingbird It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Why? It is a sin because mockingbirds are innocent creatures who do nothing but provide people with entertainment through their singing. Killing a mockingbird is the equivalent to humans harming others who have done nothing wrong at all. Atticus says, “As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life… whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family…

The mockingbird is but a solitary bird. It keeps to itself and does no harm unless attacked. In Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, she creates a metaphoric picture of innocence using a mockingbird. In a conversation with his son, Jem, Atticus Finch says, “Shoot all the blue jays you can, but it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. In this award winning classic, Harper Lee shows many examples of mockingbirds. Perhaps most prominent among these are Tom Robinson, Jem and Scout, and Arthur…

In To Kill A Mockingbird some characters like Jem, Boo Radley, Tom Robinson, Dill and Mr. Raymond are identified as mockingbirds. To kill a mockingbird can be referenced to destroying innocence, or in this case innocents who have been destroyed or injured through contact with evil. In this case, it could be Atticus, Tom Robinson or Jem. Atticus is a very important character in the story as he is the father of Scout and Jem, he is also very smart and still learns as much as Jem and Scout. If…

“It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird”. This means that is a sin to ruin something, or someone that is innocent, that does no harm, or just does there best to help everyone. This metaphor applies to everyone, and everywhere as in any community, anywhere there will be people and things uncorrupted by the world, and in most every case there innocence is lost in the process of life. This metaphor is used a lot in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, By Harper Lee. Sometimes, it is meant literally in the…