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    The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a timeless classic with many themes and lessons portrayed by the characters that readers of all generations can relate to. The story follows the children, Scout and Jem, along with their father, Atticus Finch, who is asked to defend a Black male accused of raping a White female. During the 1930s, the Black male, Tom Robinson, stood no chance, even if he was truly innocent. In reality, the case was already decided before it even started. After the

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    During the 1930’s, the time of The Great Depression, poverty was not the only hardship that Americans faced. African Americans were still being subjected to racial prejudice. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses literary elements to bring out the social issue being racism. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in a still segregated and prejudice county in Alabama. In the novel one of the most idolized characters is Atticus Finch, a lawyer who is very admired by the people of Maycomb County

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    Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, it conveyed many different themes/points of Racism, Social Injustice, and Bravery. While the reader was progressing throughout the book the characters. and the environment was beginning to expand and grow to a point where a person could connect with the book. The first topic that stood out to the reader would be racism. The first demonstration of racism in the book, Lee was explaining the setting of Maycomb. A small town in Alabama during “The Great Depression.” Lee was vocalizing

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    Was Atticus Finch a Good Father? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee it discusses Atticus Finch and his two children Jem and Scout Finch. They are taught by there father to not invade people's privacy, and also the importance of tolerance. Mr. Finch lives in Maycomb with his two children. Atticus is a lawyer and he is currently about to do something he is not delighted about doing, nor pleased to do he has to defend a black man Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell

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    Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses stereotypes related to racism, gender, and wealth to teach her audience about how individuals were treated during the Great Depression. Racism is a big contributor to the disorder and dysfunction that occurs in the small town Maycomb. For example, when Calpurnia, the Finch's cook, brings Jem and Scout to her church that mainly consists of African Americans, someone at the door says, “I wants to know why you bringin white chillun to nigger church” (Lee 135). People were

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a story of Scout Finch and her older brother, Jem, in the 1930's Alabama. In the beginning Scout, starts out as a very undeveloped child not knowing the prejudice times nearby, as the story progress she gains awareness of these times. Arthur "Boo" Radley remains an outsider who never sets foot outside his house. However he stands for a powerful symbol of goodness and innocence, leaving little presents for Scout and Jem in the knothole and saving the children

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    A Persistent Issue In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, injustice is a chronic theme. A lack of fairness or unfair judgement defines the term injustice. The theme itself has different forms as well; legal injustice and social injustice are the primary forms of injustice found in Lee’s tale. It is an underlying theme throughout the story that affects each of the characters and the course of their lives. It is also a topic that existed as part of everyday life in the time period in which the book

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    Harper Lee used many strong themes in To Kill a Mockingbird to present the ideas. The book is set in the 1930’s in Maycomb, a small town in Alabama. It is seen as being a quiet town with a small population. The story is told by Scout Finch, a 5 year old girl who grew up in Maycomb. She is grown up accepting different races, but notices that the people around her are racist and are against Tom’s freedom. Scout and her family are non-violent people by nature, and are fighting with Tom to prove that

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    In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is represented as the stereotypical, all well-knowing fatherly figure to Jem and Scout, and more than oftenly teaches them moral lessons and how to behave as they are transitioning into young adulthood.  Three values that Atticus Finch heavily instills within his children is to live humbly, swear by equality, and have respect for everyone no matter what color your skin is or what you believe in.  These values shape and mold each Jem and Scout into

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    superheroes, which is a creation of a writer-editor, Stan Lee. The authors of the article, “Transmedial Transduction in the Spider-Verse” state that “The hero had his original story told on number 15 of The Amazing Fantasy on August 10, 1962 (Munita, Agustín, Alejandro, & Durruty). The character has gained popularity among American society, and has remained popular to today. The character Spider-Man starts off with an idea from a writer named Stan Lee, then there is a non-heroic version of the hero, Peter

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