A good example of this is when the people of Maycomb convict Tom Robinson, who is just an innocent man was going about his business and is basically being charged for being black. ... So, in away the two characters (Boo and Tom) are "mockingbirds," who are just innocent men, trying to live their lives the way they want, and in Tom's case to support his family. ... They are also hinted to by most of Maycomb's white population that Tom is an evil black person that rapes white women, except that the children have Atticus" influence and a few others that are not racist and know...

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In the extract from her novel To Kill a Mocking-Bird, Harper Lee reveals the courage shown towards a mob of men set out to kill an innocent man. ... The text is constructed as a first person narration from the adult of Jean-Louise Finch, in retrospect to when she was six. ... Constructing the text in the first person perspective, allows the reader to have a greater understanding of Scout and hence the ability to comprehend why she behaves the way she does. ... Being as innocent and naive as she is, Scout interprets Atticus" fear as being anger, and furthermore, feels embarrassed instead of fri...

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Also, the town was relatively poor, noticing when someone had money, they thought it defined the person. ... " In this quote Marquex uses the word "poor" very strong wording, since this word is used for either economic status or in this case, an innocent stance. Marquez sets his mood of sympathy in this line and this is where the reader begins the shift of believing Santiago is innocent. ... This is display Santiago as a truly good person at heart. ...

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The Threshold Crossing is the second step, it is the place or the person that which the character crosses over or through into the Zone Unknown. ... Every time that he does this he is symbolically dying and reemerges a more experienced person. ... The return home is the reinstitution to reality as a more experienced and whole person. ... Children have an innocent perception of the world around them, but as adults we realize the world is not black or white but various colors. ... The caterpillar starts out innocent (black and white) and goes through stages or obstacles to become ...

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We are given a hint of this experience when Joe describes the incident, "to the buzzard Parry and I were tiny forms, our white shirts brilliant against the green, rushing towards each other like lovers, innocent of the grief, this entanglement would bring". ... May indicate that John Logan, who helped in the incident had another person in the car with him who also got out who may play a big role in the future of this novel. The reason this person is not mentioned when McEwan introduced the other characters is because Joe was not shore if there was another person with John Logan. ... We don&#x...

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The honor code is seen as out dated in Chronicle of a Death Foretold because an innocent man, Santiago Nasar, is killed for it. ... The two brothers are found innocent at their trial showing that the people of their town will approve of even murder if it is in the name of honor. ... Garcia Marquez's portrays Santiago Nasar as a Christ figure, an innocent man who is sacrificed for the sins of others. ... If someone insults you verbally, you reply with a statement about that person's mother. ...

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First person is important throughout the novels as it creates the distinctive voices of the protagonist and to a lesser degree the antagonist. Both novels are narrated in the first-person by the protagonist. ... Claudia observes her surroundings as "So pretty and so innocent, the facade of lights covered a multitude of sins and one of those sins was murder". The juxtaposition of innocents and sin in this description of the setting, a corrupt 1980's Sydney, shows Claudia's cynicism and wariness." Day likewise has used first person but in this case for the antagonist "Harry Lave...

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I believe that Ann is a very optimistic person who never gives up on hope, as she is continually persistent on "her" idea of hope. ... An example of Ann's hopeful nature is when she innocently dreams of sharing her life with Mr. ... Being young, inexperienced and innocent compared to Loomis who is very tactless and lacking with moral decency, this causes Ann to flee from her house to the surrounding hills in the valley, as it horrifies her to think that she will become his slave. ... A relatively short novel, but long in meaning, leaving me to ponder many questions, one in particula...

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I believe that Ann is a very optimistic person who never gives up on hope, as she is continually persistent on "her" idea of hope. ... An example of Ann's hopeful nature is when she innocently dreams of sharing her life with Mr. ... Being young, inexperienced and innocent compared to Loomis who is very tactless and lacking with moral decency, this causes Ann to flee from her house to the surrounding hills in the valley, as it horrifies her to think that she will become his slave. ... A relatively short novel, but long in meaning, leaving me to ponder many questions, one in particula...

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I believe that Ann is a very optimistic person who never gives up on hope. ... Innocently she dreams of sharing her life with Mr.Loomis, by having a church wedding, a "simple" hope that she can have a family in the valley. ... Being young, inexperienced and innocent compared to Loomis who is very tactless and lacking with moral decency, thus causing Ann to flee from her house to the surrounding hills in the valley, as it horrifies her to think that she will be his slave. ... A relatively short novel, but long in meaning, leaving me to ponder many questions, one in particular I ke...

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Atticus proves that Tom is innocent, but he is still sent to jail because of the town's prejudice against African Americans. ... The protagonist is Elie Weisel who is also the author of the book, which makes the novel told in first person point of view. ...

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Things such as Esteban's sexual need, the number of people kept in the book, the genealogical order and how Clara's innocent appearance continues and does not change. ... If one person is added, another is taken away. ...

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While he does amass an incredulous body, his thoughts and actions could not have been more innocent since he was created until his realization that his pseudo-father hates him. ... Yet it is no one person's fault for the misconception of these innocent beings, but rather society's general pattern of conformity. ...

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McKenna The novel Crime and Punishment, by Feodor Dostoevsky, depicts the moral dilemmas of Raskolnikov after he commits a heinous crime by murdering two innocent people. ... Raskolnikov's actions may actually have benefited society, but he does not have the authority to judge whether one's life is useless and to take that person's life. ... This means that if society can do better without someone, then it would be benefiting to society to murder or kill that person. ...

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Esteban Trueba is a very harsh and uncaring person. ... Esteban Trueba was a very angry person. ... The narrator strongly implies that Santiago was innocent of the crime, and it does seem clear by Santiago's confused words right before his death that he had no idea what he was being killed for. ... Santiago is portrayed as pretty much an average person if not less than average because of the bad fortune which befalls him. ... You can see that by the kind of person Santiago was. ...

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It also appeals to a person with good literary understanding who can understand Golding's symbolism, there is a lot of it. ... I enjoyed how the story showed that even the youngest and most innocent strive for power over everything and will stop at nothing until he, and even she, achieves that power. ...

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After witnessing the life of Sayuri, from her young and innocent age until the final chapter of her life, the reader feels a great connection to this heroic figure. ... She can truly teach a person how to deal with life at its worst. ...

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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 novel is mainly about the discrimination in a trial of a black man accused of rape. Discrimination is stated in the dictionar...

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Finnys innocent personality doesn't allow him to see through Gene into the hatred he built for Finny. ... This is why he organizes the mock trial; in order for Finny to see what a god-awful person Gene is for betraying his trust. ...

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This event causes the boys to realize that young innocent lives are lost for no good reason. ... The second instance of senselessness in AQOTHWF is when the men meet the person for whom they are fighting, the leader of the Germans, the Kaiser. ...

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Emma and Cher are protagonists used to convey the message that selfishness, vanity and prejudice do not advance a person's position in life and nor are these qualities favourably looked upon by others. The character Tai from Clueless is parallel to Harriet from the novel Emma- both are somewhat nave and to some extent innocent but overall, both characters are most certainly impressionable.As responders, we are able to see their naivety in Tai's response to Cher when she tells her that Elton is interested in her, and with the words "She knows nothing herself, and looks upon Emma as k...

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This shows the readers that Mary Anne is no longer than clean innocent girl. ... Mary Anne was starting to become a whole new person. ... One may favor the film over the novel or vice versa, but that person will not overlook the intense work that went into the making of both. ...

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She is in between her innocent days of childhood and the difficult and real days of young adulthood. ... The most important difference between the two is that she is a young person trying to grow up and he has an old, wise soul. Frankie uses John Henry as a person whom she can talk to about her fears and problems. ...

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He is also a puzzling person: Ann was reading to him one evening and he deliberately did not listen to her. ... The thing that makes her an essentially good person is that she doesn't resort to violence to solve her problems. ... Loomis" actions against her convinced the innocent girl that he was insane. ...

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Our first picture of Huck at the beginning of the novel was a young innocent boy who doesn't like to work and is also superstitious. ... Huck, like a normal person, leads his life the way it has told him to, the way he was taught things were supposed to be. ... This learned way clearly indicated that Negri are of lesser importance and much more inferior than the white person. ...

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