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    To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960 and won Pulitzer Prize 1961. To Kill a Mockingbird a semi-autobiographical work of fiction by Harper Lee. A classic in American literature, and most-likely is the most widely read novel about racism. Representing the battle between justice and racial prejudice, good and evil from a young girl’s perspective. The narrator and main protagonist Scout Finch, grew up in a small close-nit town in Alabama called Maycomb. People were separated by social status, living conditions, family history in the town, and what kind of job you worked. The Finch family was rather high up in the social hierarchy of Maycomb because of Scout’s father. Atticus Finch was a well-respected lawyer and honored man. Everything…

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    To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel published in 1960 and it is one of the famous books in American literature. The plot and the characters of the story are about a small family living in a boring place that has racism, as a result of that, they learn a lot of life lessons especially the little girl named Scout. The author uses the mockingbird as the symbol of the innocent people that have never intended to harm or cause damage only making music for us, so if somebody kills a…

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    The novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was written from a child’s point of view at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Harper Lee used actual event in her life to fabricate the foundation of the novel. It expressed the views of racism concerning justices with a gothic mixed in the context. The novel was centered on a child seeing everything in black and white. Lee used characters to symbolize mockingbirds. The novel experienced character persona of good and evil. There were similarities…

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a memorable and life-changing novel that presents important concerns relevant to today’s society. Set during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Lee examines the issues pertaining the existence of social inequality and the coexistence of good and evil in America’s Ddeep Ssouth through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch. The novel remains relevant and didactic to readers’ in present time, by challenging the reader’s perceptions of race, family structure,…

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    Recently I read “To Kill a Mockingbird”, a classic story written by Harper Lee. I will be discussing the quote “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird”. The reason he give for that is that mockingbirds do not hurt anyone. They don’t attack anyone, they don’t make messes, they just sing. I will go in greater depth in the next paragraph. The theme I chose for this book is “life isn’t always bright”, and I will discuss that as well. So prepare, for we are about to discuss some of the symbolism of “To…

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    Published in 1960 by acclaimed author Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird obtained immediate success and received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, an accolade for accomplishments made in the arts one year after the novel had been published. Told through the eyes of a young girl named Scout Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird follows the story of young children who grow up in the 1930s within the Southern United States who undergo inconceivable circumstances. As the story takes place over a three year…

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    Mockingbirds do not do anything but good so why kill one? What bad do mockingbirds do? The symbol of the the mockingbird means innocent people that never harm anyone. It is also a sin to kill a mockingbird because of them doing no harm. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the three characters Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley represent mockingbirds by only doing good, never doing bad although they got into some situations where they could have. Mockingbird represent things…

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    To Kill a Mockingbird taught us many lessons, one of the most evident lessons was “it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird”. Mockingbirds aren’t just present in the novel, they appear in our everyday lives as well. The only question that remains is, how can we prevent mockingbirds from being killed? As previously stated, the most important lesson taught in To Kill a Mockingbird is how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is shown in the book when the police officers killed Tom Robinson. Tom…

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    To call something timeless is to say it is never changing. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a prime example, this piece of literature is something that stays with a reader throughout their entire life. To Kill a Mockingbird tackles many of the issues that are present in today’s society, issues, such as classism, and racism. Harper Lee also seamlessly incorporates a coming of age moment for each of the younger characters. To Kill a Mockingbird is considered timeless because it addresses the…

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    The mockingbird represents people who just want to be left alone, but are brought into public eye and humiliated without wanting to be. Another interpretation of a mockingbird is the innocent. The title of the book is to Kill a MockingBird because Tom Robinson was killed. In the book Mr. Underwood says that Tom Robinson's murder was like a murder of a songbird because he thinks it’s a sin to kill mockingbirds. Along with Tom Robinson, Scout mentions Boo Radley as a Songbird because he just wants…

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