In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird minor characters are utilised to explore major themes throughout the novel. ... Characters within the text all experience prejudice in their lives; some are prejudiced and some are recipients of prejudice. ... Aunt Alexandra is one of the most prejudice characters included in the novel, and is not only prejudiced against one group of people but many. ... The theme of prejudice is also channelled through the minor character of Aunt Alexandra. ... Minor characters throughout Harper Lee's To Kill a Micking Bird are used to explore the theme of preju...

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Scout Finch is not only the most important character in the novel, she is also the narrator. ... This one character, the narrator, must know everything that happens in the novel. We can never see "inside the heads" of the other characters in the story. A nave character is less dependable and less accurate than an intelligent character and more limited in what she knows and understands "Scout, you aren't old enough to understand some things yet -. ... Scout, a minor character, tells the story from the side-lines which allows her to express opinions and judgements that are not her own. ...

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The book I read was called Martin Luther King, Jr. The author is Jean Darby. I picked this book because I like reading about someone who was fighting for what they believed in. The main character is Martin Luther King, Jr. The minor characters are Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, and James Meredith...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Twain's novel, prejudice, meaning irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race or religion (American Heritage Dictionary) is satirically criticized by both minor and major characters. ... Mark Twain creates various white characters in order to demonstrate the culpability of racism. ... On the other hand, Mark Twain uses another white character, Aunt Sally who appears almost at the end of the chapter to deliver the serious prejudices of "niggers" at the time period. ... One of the significant characters in Twain's novel, a runaway slave Jim plays an important role by ...

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Gaines majored in English and minored in Social Studies and also creative writing. ... Gaines had many goals for his writing and characters in his stories. His beliefs of characters were convincing that reached a peak. ... Gaines depicts the strength and dignity of his black characters in the face of numerous struggles. ... The characters" of Ernest Gaines is serene, considered, and unexcited. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The story presents the characters being victimized, be it any from the structure of power paradigm. ... The latter being given minor part though but only her situation completes the circle of reality amongst whites. ... In the character of McLendon's wife, this proves to be true. ... Therefore the dryness and the effects of it are prevalent into the lives of characters. ...

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Sophie is an excellent narrator in many respects, she is a good observer, a good judge of character, and she has insight into the Vlaanderen family, especially the stressed relationship between Pieter and his father. ... She regularly offers explanations and excuses for his actions, and she focuses on his virtues at the expense of the defects in his character. ... The most important example of resistance in the novel is the "great strike and procession in Johannesburg" that Sophie mentions as being planned by black people (198) and that she dismisses as only a minor distraction for the otherwi...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The APA was said to have a limited vision and an unconscious cooperation of the racially prejudiced character of American society. ... The traditional school is classified by its vigilant and reactive position, its lack of solicitude/concern for the advancement of Black psychology and its continual collaboration with the Euro-centric model (with minor changes). ...

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It is not at all uncommon today in 21st century America to see sports teams with members of different races and cultures. In fact, one would think it strange to see a team that was not multiracial. As common as interracial athletics is today, things have not always been this way. Obviously, in th...

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• Grade Level: High School