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Scout becomes a mature girl by going through several experiences with her brother and father which form an understanding of the world to her. By allowing the reader to see the coming of age of Scout by the use of first person point of view, Harper Lee shows the many lessons that Scout learns from her father, Atticus; the lessons are that you do not really know a man until you have been in his shoes, don’t kill mockingbirds, and don’t judge a person because of their race. The first lesson taught

her demonstrates Atticus’ ability to be influenced by his understanding of the world and allowing his compassion to develop overtime. During the trial Atticus thought to himself, “...Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world” (Lee 218). Atticus is thinking how sad it would be to take Mayella Ewell’s role in life as she

To Kill a MockingBird, created by Harper Lee, uses characters to explore the civil rights and racism in the segregated Southern United States of the 1930s. It is said that Harper Lee was inspired to create her story based on the American Tragedy, Scottsboro. The Scottsboro Boys was a group of 9 boys who were accused of raping 2 girls. 3 of them was named innocent because one of them was blind, one was 13, and another one had aids. Lee tried to compare the female victims, the male rapist and the

Landing. The evening is going well, until Francis begins to aggrivate Scout, which eventually lead into a fight. As the crying Francis finally grasps the attention of his Grandmother, he exclaims, “Grandma, she called me a whore-lady and jumped on me!” (Lee 112). As a blank-faced Jean Louise stares into Francis’ eyes, she constantly gets questioned for her provocative language. Later that night, Uncle Jack returns with the Finch family to their home in Maycomb. “Uncle Jack?” asks Jean,

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee illustrates the experiences of a lawyer's young daughter named Scout who discovers the racist society that exists within her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. An excerpt from Chapter 15 describes how Scout’s naiveté stops a mob of white men from lynching Tom Robinson, a black man who had been wrongfully accused of rape. Lee utilizes perspective and conflict to express how children’s innocence can shine a light on a dark situation. Lee’s novel is written

In Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird there are many powerful characters in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, Mayella Ewell is one of them. The town is controversial while Mayella sets up allegations of rape.Mayella is the strongest mostly in race when it comes to race, class and gender. Mayella Ewell is the strongest in race. When it comes to race, back in the 1930’s it was good to be white and Mayella happened to be. In the courtroom when she had started to hint that her father had been raping

Jem and Scout are young kids with a desire to learn but not everything you learn is from a traditional classroom. The importance of an education is emphasized throughout Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird, as an education is a fundamental resource but will not teach life's true lessons. Throughout the novel, Atticus educates Scout and Jem on the significance of considering the perspective of others and the true definition of courage within yourself by doing what is right no matter the repercussions

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee talks about the small sleepy town of Maycomb. Most people didn't leave, and most people don't come to stay for long. Macomb is ware Jem, Scout, and Dill spend their long summers days looking for adventure. Jem and Scouts father Atticus was a lawyer. In this time racism was present especially since they lived in the South in Alabama. It was a big deal not only for the Finches but for the town that Atticus was defending an African American man accused of

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set in the 1930s, a time of many hardships and depression. While we think we have moved on from those times, there are still issues in our modern day society that mirror those in Lee’s novel. The killing of Larry King is an instance that is similar to the death of Tom Robinson in the book. Larry King was a 15 year old student at Oxnard Middle School in California before he died on Valentine’s Day in 2008. He was shot by his 14 year old classmate, Brandon

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the story takes place in the 1930s in a small, close-knit, racially segregated town called Maycomb. This town is controlled by gossip of other families, its indifferent opinions, and the belief that his held high above everyone’s heads that white people are still accepted as a higher authority than colored people. All of these components play a key part when a controversial trial is born, the Tom Robinson Trial. Here the families all over Maycomb