Harper Lee uses the character of Scout to develop the theme of innocence in the story. Harper Lee uses Scout's innocence to portray the events of life so that readers may remember ho their actions may affect others, " I'll tell him you said hey, little lady' he said. ... After losing her innocence, Scout sees how hypocritical and deceitful people are, " Jem how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home--'- (Lee 247). ... After losing her innocence, Scout begins to realize to leave some things alone, "I came to a conclusi...

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As mentioned above, Dill was a device used by Harper Lee to symbolise people from outside Maycomb. ... Harper Lee also points at the superstitious nature of the people of Maycomb through Scout's description of the stories that she had heard about the Radley Place. ... Thus, Harper Lee indirectly builds an image of the Radleys as eerie and unearthly and incites suspicion in the readers. ... Through Boo's character, Harper Lee also expresses the impact of a tyrannical parent on his son. ... Thus, Harper Lee successfully establishes the historical and social setting to the novel and g...

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"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a famed novel written by Harper Lee. ... However, it does not, and it is probably due to the skills and techniques by which Lee used to tell her story. ... One of the best things about having a child's voice narrating the story is that the reader is assured of the use of simple language. ... This type of language enables me to understand easily enough what the story is about and at the same time, does not underestimate my vocabulary. ... This is evident in the incident where Scout recounts the discussion that her class has about Adolf Hitler, which also rev...

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In comparison to many novels, it is quite clear that To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, represents courage the best by the actions of Atticus, Scout, and Boo Radley. ... Therefore, Harper Lee conveys courage as a theme in To Kill a Mockingbird with three important characters. ... Furthermore, Atticus is an important attribute when examining courage in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. ... To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is clearly evident that the efforts and actions of Atticus, Scout, and Boo Radley demonstrate courage as a central theme in the novel. ... Therefore, in Harpe...

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It was that decision that brought about the end of her life. ... Through out the novel, the author Harper Lee asserts this theme through an assortment of characters. ... Harper Lee asserts this theme through the character of Atticus. ... Harper Lee further illustrates this point through the character of Scout. ... For instance a girl in my speech and debate class had been teased about her religion. ...

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Harper Lee and Mark Twain use Jean Louise (Scout) Finch and Huckleberry Finn as catalysts of innocence to prove that in extreme circumstances children can grow up exceptionally fast in their novels, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee uses Scout to explain society's outlook on African Americans at the time. ... Even though Scout had her doubts about Tom Robinson's charges being dropped at all, she was still crushed by the fact that the entire jury would vote against him. ... Huck's ability to choose over something he h...

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Harper Lee recognized this and emphasized the development of maturity and loss as a dominant theme in her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... She catches Dill in a lie about his father. ... However, Jem had lied to Atticus about how he lost his pants. ... Even from the very beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme of maturity. ...

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The author, Harper Lee uses characters such as the members of the court, the women of Maycomb, and the Finch family to specifically exemplify gender stereotyping within the novel, as well as the time period. ... For example, after receiving the news about Tom Robinson's death Scout states "after all, if Aunty (Alexandra) could be a lady at a time like this, so could I."" ... In conclusion, Harper Lee uses many characters in the novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" to illustrate gender stereotyping. ... Gender stereotyping is immensely present within Harper Lee's timeless and eloquent mas...

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In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is a young girl who is just learning about everything. ... Harper Lee uses Scouts curiosity to present the idea that nosy people will go to the extreme to find the unexplained, or something that they want, just like a child would cry or complain about not getting what he/she wants. Throughout the book Scout is curious about many things and most of the time she was curious she would always find some way to get in trouble. ... Lee states, "Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand'but he's gone and drowned his dinner in sy...

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At the end of this chapter, Atticus tries to explain to Scout and Jem about where they came from and he speaks harshly to Scout when she is making noise with a comb. ... Aunt Alexandra had put him up to this somehow" (Lee 134). ... Miss Caroline then tells Scout to tell her father "not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading" (Lee 17). ... Boo Radley is "assigned" this identity of a monster in the beginning of the story based on the few things that people know about him such as the fact that he got in some legal trouble when he was younger. ... Social i...

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In, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout learns many lessons as a young child. ... Her father, Atticus, never fails to tell her to the truth about the world. ... " (Lee 20). ... " (Lee 25). ... " (Lee 78). ...

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Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story of the coming of age of two children who begin to realize the cruelty of people in the world. ... (Lee 61) Early in the novel Scout and Jem are very close. ... Scout describes her feelings about a friend that she and Jem both share. ... (Lee 117) Jem's age is what makes him so difficult to live with for Scout. ... Scout is offended by this and inquires about this to her father. ...

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In, "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, Scout was fortunate enough to be surrounded by people that taught her crucial life lessons. ... Without realizing it, Scout learned a lesson about bravery from Ms. ... Lastly, Scout also learned about bravery through Boo Radley. ... Scout learned about bravery and how to put others in front of you. ... She also learned about prejudice and equality from her father, Atticus Finch....

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To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Setting) The setting is important in the story because the whole story grows out of the particular back ground. ... Also the people in Maycomb did not know much about what was going on in other places outside the county. ... Students at school did not even know what "current event" was about. ... Atticus, a lawyer as well as Scout's father, says about the justice system, " when it is a white man against a black man, the white man always wins " this quote explains how unfair the court was to Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping a white woman ...

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Scout is an innocent child in the 1930's that matures into a more thoughtful person to other races as she learns of the prejudice in Maycomb in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. ... After class one day Scout tells Jem something about her teacher Miss Gates, "She went on today about how bad it was of [Adolf Hitler] to treat Jews like that. ... As Scout is giving opinions on prejudice and learning about is, she begins to get used to different people. ... Also, Scout doesn't care what other people will say about her going to the Negro church. ... Scout is not prejudice at a...

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" In "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, justice is definitely not served. ... According to Jem, he was, "about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained-if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. ...

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Attticus finds out about it and orders him to apologize immediately. ... After hearing the gruesome tales of Boo Radley from Jem, Dill thinks up games about Boo. ... Throughout the entire story, she learned about prejudice, courage, and judging others. ... For example, throughout Tom Robinson's trial, Scout kept her beliefs about his innocence. ... Harper Lee's timeless classic teaches a great lesson to many readers, one that we can all learn about. ...

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Scout learns this lesson in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. ... In chapter 2 Miss Caroline questions Walter Cunningham about not having a lunch. ... Atticus recognizes this and talks to her about it on page 30... Scout learns more about putting yourself in someone else's shoes while observing Calpurnia. ... Calpurnia is thinking about how she would feel in the other person's position. ...

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