When Atticus Finch tells his children, "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), the mockingbird motif becomes apparent. ... The full significance of Atticus's remark, "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), is explained by Miss Maudie Atkinson. ... Tom Robinson is also a mockingbird figure because he is destroyed by his willingness to help Mayella Ewell. While passing Mayella's residence, Tom is obliged to help her with her chores as he is genuinely kind and helpful. ... A mockingbird is a harmless...

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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mockingbird is a very deep and complex book with many messages explaining the authors" views on various life themes. ... A mockingbird represents someone or something that only helps people and does not cause harm to anyone. 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. ... By willing to help the children despite the possibility of his reclusive lifestyle being disrupted, Boo models his mockingbird traits. ... The theme of how killing something that on...

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• Grade Level: High School

Atticus Finch is a complicated character in "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... He is helped by his African-American housekeeper, Calpurnia. ... "He doesn't believe in killing just to kill. He says that killing mockingbirds is a "sin"" because they don't hurt anyone in any way. ... You might hear some ugly talk at school, but do one thing for me...you just hold your head high and keep those fists down"" (101) He feels that religion is something you live - "Scout, I couldn't go to Church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man."" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus tries to teach is kids the correct skills in dealing with situations such as racism, prejudice, and even how to fight back with non-violence. ... In the beginning of the book Atticus says that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because it never harms anyone and does nothing but create music for people to listen to. ... Tom Robinson is a mockingbird in a way because all he did for Mayella were nice things such as help fix things around the house but then he is sent for jail for accusations saying that he raped Mayella. Atticus is also a mockingbird in a ...

• Word Count: 606
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel title "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is the representation of the most meaningful statement produced in the novel. ... To kill or harm them would be a sin. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Through their actions, they killed a mockingbird. ... The title "To Kill a Mockingbird" played a major part in the lives of Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley, as they were both victims of the sin. ...

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A reader doesn't ever know what the title means until quite late in "To Kill a Mockingbird." ... Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.... Boo stays to himself mostly, but he secretly helps out a lot. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... That Boo Radley likes to be alone and secretive, but secretly helps out many times, but helped the most at the end of the book by saving the children from Bob Ewell. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

" "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if u can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" "(Lee 90), Harper Lee wrote. The author is showing how it is extremely sinful to kill a mockingbird. Different characters in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee are symbolized as "mockingbirds". ... Tom is a good person who is willing to do good deeds for the ones who need help. ... Finally, Harper Lee shows that there are three mockingbirds in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Arthur Radley, and Mayella Ewell. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. ... Arthur Radley not only plays an important role in developing Scout and Jem, but helps in developing the novel. ... For example, on page 94, Atticus says his most important line in the book, " remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Before reading To Kill a Mockingbird, the title itself means nothing. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Later on in To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo also puts a blanket over Scout during Miss. ... Therefore, in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, it is obvious that courage is a major theme....

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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee allows the reader to understand from the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" whether or not most people are "real nice". ... Through Harper Lee's use of symbolism of Tom to the Mockingbird the reader can see his purity and innocence. ... Evidence of this would be his accepting no money to help Mayella with her chores "No suh, not after she offered the first time I was glad to do it" . ... Calpurnia is a character in "To Kill a Mockingbird" whose only fault is her desire to fit into both the white and black society. ... While "most" characters in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Robert Mulligan's film classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is based on the celebrated novel of the same name, by Harper Lee. ... Much of "To Kill a Mockingbird" takes place in the local courtroom, and it's evident that most of the townspeople have lived a lifetime of deeply ingrained racist hatred. ... Robinson explains that contrary to what his accusers believed of him, he had tried to help Mayella Ewell because he "felt sorry for her". ... For many fans of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Atticus Finch's integrity is a standard to live by. ...

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Trapped Mockingbirds "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Since mockingbirds don't do anything harmful it would be a sin to kill one. ... Mayella Ewell would ask Tom to help her with chores around the house. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, has a very symbolic importance to the story. ...

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The most important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is the one of good and evil. ... The last major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is social structure. ... The mockingbird symbolizes innocence therefore to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. ... When Boo Radley helped the kids by killing Mr. ... When Tom Robinson is killed it is like killing a mockingbird because he did absolutely nothing but try to help Mayella Ewell. ...

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Prejudices in To Kill A Mockingbird " As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it "whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." This was said by Atticus Finch in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Atticus was not a prejudice man at all, he tried to help Tom Robbinson in his case, and always taught his children to never judge, until they walked a mile in their shoes. ...

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Jem Finch from Harper Lee's famous novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is very important because throughout the novel he experiences a great development course. ... This helps him to come to comprehend all the events that are happening around him. ... Jem's age, which has been narrated by Scout "When I was almost six and Jem was almost ten" (p.6) helps to show the readers he is still a child. ... Jem eventually understood the meaning of mockingbirds and how harmless they are in your life. ... Jem's understanding of mockingbirds grows throughout the novel. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Racism in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is very common, and it is an important part in the story. ... Innocence in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is shown throughout the book various times. ... Courage in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is shown by various characters like Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Tom Robinson. Courage in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is very hard to come by because of all the prejudice remarks and racist comments to the local African-Americans in the story, Atticus although puts aside the differences between white and black people and decides to help a black man in court. ... Racism, innocence, and cour...

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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. ... Arthur Radley not only plays an important role in developing Scout and Jem, but also helps in developing the novel. ... For example, on page 94, Atticus says his most important line in the book, " remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Before reading To Kill a Mockingbird, the title itself means nothing. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Critical Essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. ... But, when the war ended, the U.S. unexpectedly stopped its policies to help farmers. ... In, To Kill a Mockingbird, the socioeconomic status of the white community is depicted with the Finch family as the upper-class. ... The Cunninghams send their children to school, as apposed to keeping them home to work in the field, and refuse to accept welfare or help from the town. ... In the seventy years since the fictional scenes i...

• Word Count: 1892
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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee, reflects racial discrimination in Southern America. ... But he said sooner or later, he supposed, the temptation to go after birds would be too much and to shoot all the blue jays I wanted if I could hit them; but to remember, it was a sin to kill a mockingbird" (52). ... Tom Robinson is a mockingbird. ... He does not want to kill him" (125). ... One day, Jem and Scout were on the way home and Bob Ewell tried to hurt them because Atticus helped Tom Robinson, but Boo saves them. ...

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Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' explores just that. ... Fear in 'To kill a Mockingbird' leads to narrow-mindedness and ignorance. ... The social classes in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" are very distinct. ... These people live in the dumps and rely on the welfare for help. ... To Kill a Mocking Bird is a story about everyone's right to be treated fairly no matter their race, color, background or creed and not blinded by racial prejudice or fear created by others and not placed into social classes. ...

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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 almost everyone in her neighborhood has such kind of help, the citizens of Maycomb still look and talk down upon the African Americans that live across town. ... He makes the decision, a sacrifice that could m...

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In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird minor characters are utilised to explore major themes throughout the novel. One of the major themes discussed throughout To Kill a Mockingbird is prejudice. ... Dolphus Raymond demonstrates the theme of prejudice throughout Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. ... It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.... Minor characters throughout Harper Lee's To Kill a Micking Bird are used to explore the theme of prejudice. ...

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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. ... When To Kill a Mockingbird begins, Jem is ten years old; at the end of the book, he is thirteen years old. ... He doesn't quite know how to deal with it, so he tries to take control and help Atticus along by advising his younger sister, Scout what to do or what not to do, and to cheer her up when she is sad. ... He is overwhelmed with emotions, and Atticus helps him deal with them by explaini...

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To Kill A Mocking BirdTo Kill A Mockingbird "Classic," a term one uses to describe many things, such as a defining moment or an object such as a book. ... One such novel is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. ... These messages and others help to show why this novel is considered a "classic." ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird Family To me, a family can have many different meanings. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, we are shown how several differently families live their lives, and we get some good examples of how some parents treat their children. ... When he got home after work, he would do chores around his house, to help out his wife. ...

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• Grade Level: High School