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case, where a black man was convicted of raping a white woman. As a single father of two children, he continues to reinforce his values throughout the trial and during his daunting task of raising his children. In To Kill A Mockingbird what Harper Lee suggests about the nature of morals is that you should try to stand up for what you believe in even if people oppose or reject your ideals. Even when faced with an insurmountable opposition you should stand up for your morals because in the end if your

better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his points of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). This is a statement everyone should hear and learn from. Many people go through life without ever understanding this. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows that when an individual steps into someone else's shoes, they understand why that person acts the way they do. Gossip surrounding an individual can affect how the

An Ordinary Day Sam could tell it was going to be the same as every other day even before he’d reached the front door. How did he know this? A cookbook flying through the front window was all the reassurance he needed as he trudged up the driveway. It landed with a loud thud on the lawn as neighbours looked on in distress, onlookers glancing at him worried looks filled their faces. But Sam did not even turn his head at them, keeping it directed at his feet, too ashamed to deal with their hollow

To Kill a Mockingbird is a story written in by Harper Lee in 1960 during the Great Depression. The main character, Scout Finch, is a young tomboy trying to understand the way people feel and figure out why so many people are against blacks. Scout’s father is a lawyer who was assigned a case about a man accused of raping a young white girl. Unfortunately, they ended up losing that case, but they still held their heads high and went on with life. Through these hard times in life, Scout is starting

6. While Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that goodnight” and Wallace Stevens’ “The Emperor of Ice-Cream” both deal with overcoming or facing a death, the poems take contrasting views on how to see death. Death is subjective and the effects of it change depending on who has passed and who is experiencing the loss. Death can be portrayed in a positive and negative tone and in a reverent one as well. Thomas portrays death in the reverent tone. He is urging the dying to down in flames, to burn

Clara Fuller Mrs. Taylor Honors English 19 December 2017 Theme and Character Essay Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, it is shown that the people of Maycomb County have various preconceptions and prejudices about others in their community. Whether it be the Cunninghams, the Ewells, the Merriweathers, the Bufords, or the entire population of Negroes, there seems to be something in their character that the rest of the county finds lacking. This perpetual, contemptuous view of everybody else seems to

Mockingbirds are a symbolic sign of peace and hope, people say it would be a sin if you killed one as did Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus resembles a mockingbird as does Tom Robinson and Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. The three portray the acts and actions of mockingbirds through out the story. For example, they all give to the community in some way but never ask for anything in return. For Atticus he was a lawyer who defended people without asking for anything in return, Tom

mythical Boo Radley and is more interested in Mr.s Dubose. Finally, by the end of the novel, she is used to Boo Radley and is exercising her use of empathy to start to think of him as a man as opposed to a monster. Through To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee explores the use of Scouts ever-growing use of empathy towards Boo, to show her path to adulthood. Early in the novel, when Scout is still forming her views and opinions of the town of Maycomb, Jem gives her a detailed description of Boo Radley

Once Scout begins to see situations through others’ perspectives, she starts to, as Atticus says, “get along a lot better with all kinds of folks” (Lee 39). An important lesson that Atticus bestows upon Jem is the true meaning of courage. Atticus teaches Jem what it means to be courageous through Mrs. Dubose. After Mrs. Dubose dies, Atticus explains to Jem what courage is: I wanted you to see something about her- I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that it is a

If you have ever wondered what it was like to grow up while witnessing racism during the Great Depression, then the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is just for you. Two children, Jem and Scout, are living in a world of prejudice with their father Atticus Finch, a well-educated lawyer and their housekeeper Calpurnia, a “colored” woman. Atticus is the most intelligent man in Maycomb County, because of this, he defended Tom Robinson in court. Mr. Robinson is an African-American man who was