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    The title to kill a mockingbird relates to tom Robinson and boo Radley because it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because their innocent and have done nothing wrong. Just like tom Robinson was innocent and did nothing wrong. And how boo Radley didn’t really do anything to anyone they both did good things for no real reason other than just to do it out of their own will. Hey both relate and represent a mocking bird n both ways tom Robinson was a victim and was also a witness that was not only…

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    Calpurnia Racist Quotes

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    “It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(90) Why would anyone want to kill something that makes beautiful music? Why would anybody want to kill anything that he or she didn’t intend to use? People do cruel deeds all of the time because of things such as religion and race. Racism in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird affects the events in the novel by pointing out how chaotic and rude people were in the 1930s. Mr. Atticus Finch, the father of Jem and Scout Finch, was away on business on weekend.…

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    In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the mockingbird is a symbol of innocence being wrongly punished. Two major symbols of a mockingbird are the characters Tom Robinson and Arthur “Boo” Radley. Tom Robinson is the best embodiment of a Mockingbird because, he is an outcast due to his skin color and he was sent to jail for something that he didn’t do. Although some may think that Boo is the best example of a Mockingbird, Tom got killed despite his innocence. One reason that Tom Robinson is the…

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    Imagine a mockingbird soaring through a beautiful blue sky with white clouds. It glides down onto a branch and settles on it. The bird starts chanting it's beautiful music, dazzling all who listen. Suddenly, a vicious raven swoops down and plants his sharp talons into the poor mockingbird, killing it instantly. The mockingbird represents innocence. The raven represents evil, killing and destroying that innocence. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird”, she compares the children of the…

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    When you grow you will find that you have to make different decisions in your life some harder than others and some simpler than others. In the novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. The story is about a girl named Lyddie her mom and her 2 sister left to live on their aunts farm and her mom sold Lyddie and her brother to work. Lyddie started to work at a mill as a maid then she was transfer to a weaving room and her brother to work on a farm to pay det of her family. While there are many reasons…

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    Boo Radley Innocence

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    To Kill A Mockingbird It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. It’s a sin to kill someone who only does good and doesn’t harm anybody. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur Radley, Tom Robinson and Scout are portrayed as mockingbirds. These people haven’t done anything to hurt anyone. They try to help and make things better. While other people try to “kill” them. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee uses the symbol of the mockingbird to display to them that it’s a sin to kill…

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    In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the mockingbird symbol is mentioned multiple times. The mockingbird is symbolic for innocence hence the quote by Miss Maudie Atkinson, “... that’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (pg.119). Mockingbirds do not do anything but sing for their enjoyment. In the novel there are three mockingbirds, they are Boo Radley, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson. The mockingbird is symbolic for innocence. According to Miss Maudie Atkinson, “Your father is…

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    The RIRA: Go Back To War

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    On 8 November 2007 two RIRA members shot an off-duty PSNI officer as he sat in his car on Bishop Street in Derry, causing injuries to his face and arm.[95] On 12 November another PSNI member was shot by RIRA members in Dungannon, County Tyrone.[95][96] On 7 February 2008, the RIRA stated that, after experiencing a three-year period of reorganisation, it intends to "go back to war" by launching a new offensive against "legitimate targets".[97] It also, despite having apologised for the Omagh…

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    The book uses mockingbirds as a symbol to show some people as innocent just like mockingbirds. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee makes three main “mockingbirds”. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...but sing their heart out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(pg.90) Mockingbirds only really sing, that’s why they’re innocent. Their names are, Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell, and Arthur Radley. Arthur Radley is the first mockingbird to ever…

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    Research Paper “They don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” said Mrs. Maudie (Lee 119). When innocence is face to face with harsh realities of the real world, the destruction of the innocence symbolizes the killing of the mockingbird. Innocence is lost as evil becomes reality. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird many types of discrimination are shown in the interactions between the characters. The three forms of discrimination that are…

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