This critical lens applies to the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird ,by Harper Lee because we the "evil" is being represents as the prejudice of the town. ... Conrad's quote, "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." applies to the novel , To Kill a Mockingbird in many ways. ... The most important theme of Mockingbird remains the notion of prejudice in all of its forms. ... `Kill the pig. ... Savagery is the evil in which Conrad talks about in this book. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the 1930's in the little rural county of Maycomb where Atticus Finch and his two children, Jem and Scout live, during a time of racial discrimination. ... Harper Lee's message about fairness in To Kill a Mockingbird is that societies views and actions towards a person, are based on their skin color, who they are, and their personal image. ... The theme of fairness in To Kill a Mockingbird broadens to a further extent than just the situation of racial discrimination between the blacks and the whites. ... These blameless individuals were referred to as...

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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' explores just that. ... There are many themes shown in the book that is still relevant to today. ... Fear in 'To kill a Mockingbird' leads to narrow-mindedness and ignorance. ... The power of fear used in the book is still a very relevant theme today. ... The social classes in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" are very distinct. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Racism was an influential part of society in the 1930s' as seen in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The largest demonstration of this in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is Tom Robinson, he was guilty the moment that Bob Ewell reported him to the Sheriff Heck Tate. ... The racism in To Kill a Mockingbird was ridiculous, not in the fact that there was so much of it and it was so strong, but in the fact that a community would take the word of a trashy white man over that of a clearly innocent black man; that is what makes it so ridiculous. ... Racism was an influential part of society in the 1930s...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One such masterpiece includes my all time favorite, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Township schools (1981), To Kill A Mockingbird was challenged because the book does "psychological damage to the positive integration process" and "represents institutionalized racism under the guise of "good literature."" ... When a censor looks at a book like To Kill A Mockingbird and sees foul language, they shy away. ... To Kill A Mockingbird is an example of this. ... How will students learn about the racism without reading Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird? ...

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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 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. ...

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In the three books that I read, "Almost French" by, "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Anderson, and "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, I noticed two main themes that was portrayed in each. ... This was "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. ... The idea of racism in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is not necessarily only black versus white (or shall we say Cygnets versus Ducklings) like it was in "The Ugly Duckling". ... In comparison to "Almost French", we notice that in "To Kill a Mockingbird", the idea of conflict is constricted to an "inner-town" area, in which all the conflict o...

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In Harper Lee's book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism. During this time in history racism was acceptable; as a matter of fact if you were not racist to blacks they would call you names such as "nigger lover" so in a way people were forced to do whatever society did or you wo...

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• Grade Level: High School

As if the celestial bodies controlling the courses of human events possessed some strange sense of irony, the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has in recent years, become a mockingbird itself. ... I cannot argue that these issues don't appear in this book, because they do. I just believe that they are no basis for eliminating the book from our public education system. To Kill A Mockingbird is a compassionate, dramatic, deeply moving novel that contains many valuable morals and life's lessons about justice, courage, integrity, perseverance, and equality, while at the s...

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In the novel "To kill a mocking bird" there are several characters throughout the book who could be placed in the category of being "a mocking bird". Now the term "mocking bird" refers to a small bird that does no harm to anybody, all it does in the words of Miss Maudie is "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but ... sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Two of the "Mocking birds" in "To kill a mocking bird" are Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. ... The innocence of characters in this book is totally destroyed by the racial and moral thinking&...

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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mocking Bird.... The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee touches on many different issues. The book touches many different sensitive and negative issues that our world faces today. ... I think that that aspect heightened my intrigue in the book and made it a better experience. ...

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• 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb, in the 1930s. ... The main message that Harper Lee is trying to convey through "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that one should stand up for what they believe in, even if it is done under the surface, or with less gusto, amply demonstrated through the characters of Atticus Finch, who fought for Tom Robinson as hard as he could, Mr. ... The supporting characters in To Kill a Mockingbird stand up for what they believe in, through multiple subtle, but meaningful acts of friendship, integrity, and morali...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This can be applied to the short stories: Blue Winds Dancing and Two kinds, and to the book: To Kill a Mockingbird. ... To Kill a Mocking Bird is this last thing assimilation will be applied to. ... In two of the stories, To Kill a Mocking Bird and Blue Winds Dancing, the characters realize the evil that society holds and tries to get away from it. ...

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He saw his people get beaten, killed, enslaved, and segregated from all things that whites were able to do. ... When it comes to justice being serve I think of the book To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The book took place during the great depression and just because of that the black suspect was found guilt.. ...

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• Grade Level: High School