The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in 1960, explores the values and attitudes of America in the 1930's through the portrayal of relationships. Mockingbird was written to portray the period of the Great Depression, the Emancipation Proclamation, Jim Crow Laws and the abolishment of slavery. ... Mockingbird allows us to understand the relationship between parents and children during this period and the associated morals and values. ... The social relationships represented in Mockingbird serve to explore the values and attitudes in America in the 1930's. ... This is ...

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"To Kill a Mockingbird" The early 1960s was perfect for Harper Lee's novel of Southern racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout Finch, the young daughter of Atticus Finch. ... The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is Depression era (early 1930s) Maycomb County, Mississippi. The point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird is that of Scout Finch, who serves as narrator. ... The three main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird are prejudice, as illustrated by the town's attitudes about Tom Robinson and Boo Radley; the t...

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To Kill a Mockingbird features the story of a small family living through these times. ... In the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird, Boo Radley was described as an infamous recluse of Maycomb. ... Each of the characters of To Kill A Mockingbird is very unique. ...

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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is seen through the eyes of perhaps the worst period of time in the United States, the Great Depression. ... I think that one of the major themes of To Kill a Mockingbird is courage. ... What it means to be an adolescent and what it means to grow up have changed a lot over the last almost 100 years, but the lessons and values that Atticus instills in To Kill a Mockingbird are timeless. ...

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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. ... In, To Kill a Mockingbird, the socioeconomic status of the white community is depicted with the Finch family as the upper-class. ... In the seventy years since the fictional scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird took place small steps in the improvement of the race relations might have taken place, but it's not even close to enough. ...

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The theme with the most impact in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" is Prejudice. Prejudice is "a judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts." Throughout the novel, there were many incidents, but two of them stood out the more than others. These are the teachings ...

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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. ...

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After viewing the film, To Kill A Mocking Bird, it was very interesting and an informative piece of work. ... At the trial in To Kill a Mockingbird, the man is found guilty based solely on the verbal accounts provided by the victim. As the ending of the movie approaches, one learns that Tom was shot and killed while trying to escape from the authorities that had him in their custody. ...

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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. The place where the novel is set is a county called Maycomb, an imaginary county in Southern Alabama in the United States. In Maycomb, most peopl...

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To Kill A Mockingbird This book was published in 1960.It won the Rulitzer prize in 1961.It was also made into a video. This book is a classic it has been printed in least 30 different languages. This book To Kill A Mockingbird is a great story. This story is told throughout the view of a ...

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The novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, takes place during the Great Depression. While the town of Maycomb struggles with this downfall, they have a greater battle to face, discrimination. Lee presents the acts of prejudice and exhibits the tragic consequences that fall upon those involve...

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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. ...

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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. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age as Scout and Jem encounter the problems brought upon by the attitudes of the elders and peers during the ongoing of the trial. ... In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird there are two discussed opinions of how to treat other people. ... The effects of the Great Depression are evident in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a depiction of the wrongful convicti...

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Scout's Rights of Passage Have you ever experienced prejudice? How did it affect you? Exposure to prejudice is usually hurtful and you can have a feeling of shock or disgust. However, from being exposed to prejudice one can mature, and learn that prejudice is wrong. Before one can truly underst...

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Small southern town situated in Maycomb County in the 1930's. Atticus Finch is a respected man in this community, being a lawyer and single father.This might change when he is assigned to defend a black man accused of raping a white girl. Being a black man in the South during the 1930's was full of hardships because most people were prejudiced. Most white lawyers, when assigned to defend a black man, would just go through the motions, knowing that an all-white jury would convict a black man. Atticus looks through the evidence and decided ...

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