To Kill A Mockingbird is a very deep and complex book with many messages explaining the authors" views on various life themes. ... To Kill A Mockingbird illustrates how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird by the examples of Tom Robinson and Boo Radely's life choices and their willingness to help others. ... Scout realizes that Boo has technically committed a crime but by covering it up Boo would not be "killed" like the other mockingbird in the story. The theme of how killing something that only tries to be helpful is expressed through the symbol of how it is a sin to kill a mockingbi...

• Word Count: 716
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Francine Prose's criticism of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is vague and lacks the necessary elements to prove her point. ... Prose believes that "To Kill a Mockingbird" does not have much to offer in the way of deeper moral understanding of other human beings. "To Kill a Mockingbird" shows the lack of understanding we hold for each other as humans and our quickness to judge people based on others opinions. ... In reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" students are able to see how little progress we made from the 1960s to present day. ... A book, such as To Kill a Mockingbird, could have a profound ef...

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Harper Lee's character Jem (Jeremy) Finch, from her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very interesting because during the course of the novel, he undergoes a great maturing process. ... Throughout the course of the book, Jem realizes how real life really is. ... When To Kill a Mockingbird begins, Jem is ten years old; at the end of the book, he is thirteen years old. ... There are many more events in the novel that help Jem reach the mature level that he is at, near the end of the book. ... Throughout the course of the book, Jem realizes how real life really is. ...

• Word Count: 1209
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The following two pieces of literature, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, and To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, share the common theme of change and transition. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character Scout Finch, is rocked by the events the precede and follow a case her father is working on that is based off of racial prejudice. ... In the beginning of the book, she notes that because of his old age, father isn't like the other dads in her town. ... All in all, the novels To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee and The Glass Menagerie by Williams, the themes of change a...

• Word Count: 988
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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," contains many examples of prejudice and discrimination towards women, children, people of dark skin, and family backgrounds. ... The book teaches us about many of the forms of racism and prejudices that were present during the 1930's. ... "'You goddamn whore, I'll kill ya.'" ... One racial quote in the book comes from Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 778
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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird is as much a story about principles as it is about parallels. ... In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" in my opinion the author had a special purpose in mind when she wrote the characters of Tom Robinson, and Aurthur "Boo" Radley, and the title. ... In the novel, Harper Lee uses the saying "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," to explain a lot of parts in the story. ... In this way the people are "killing a mockingbird." ... Using examples from the book To Kill a Mockingbird, I have tried to show how Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley are alike. ...

• Word Count: 704
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In all novels there are certain characters and incidents that help the reader and characters in the book understand the novels purpose. In this novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many characters and incidents that help Scout learn more about thelizabeth society she lives in. ...

• Word Count: 302
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• Grade Level: High School

Two books that demonstrate this are To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee and Night, by Elie Wiesel. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb Alabama in the 1930s. ... To Kill a Mockingbird informs the reader of the unfair treatment of African Americans during this time period. ... The protagonist is Elie Weisel who is also the author of the book, which makes the novel told in first person point of view. ...

• Word Count: 493
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

English 2: per. 1 March 16, 2003 The Theme Essay In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are three constant themes that repeat themselves throughout the novel and throughout everyone's daily lives. ... This essay will provide definitions as well as evidence using quotes and examples from the book to verify these themes. ... Another major theme used theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is sexism. ... Here is another quote from the book, "she pointed an arthritic finger at me -- what are you doing in those overalls? ... The last theme that is used in the book is racism. ...

• Word Count: 589
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• Grade Level: High School

Along with many other literary works, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee prove this statement true. ... In the novels Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird, the monster and Tom Robinson are similar because neither of them is granted the simple request for justice. ... The use of diction in that quote, as well as the rest of the book, helps to convey the message that the monster is unfairly treated. ... Tom Robinson, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, is also greatly mistreated for something beyond his control. ...

• Word Count: 690
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout, the narrator, tells the story from her point of view of herself as a young child. ... In the duration the book he teaches Scout that "you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." ... At a time towards the end of the book Scout is "so accustomed to his absence", that she, "found it incredible that he had been sitting beside", her, "all this time." ...

• Word Count: 914
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This struggle against prejudice is a primary element in both Snow Falling on Cedars, and other great novels of cultural influence, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Etta Heine, relative to the other characters plays a minor role; yet her minor role is that of the personification of the major theme of prejudice throughout the book. ... She is more than willing to believe, without hard evidence, that a Japanese man killed her son. ...

• Word Count: 1123
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate