Getting to know a character in a book is a lot like getting to know a person in real life. ... Atticus Finch is a complicated character in "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... Atticus loves to read and can get "so deep in a book he wouldn't hear the Kingdom coming "(69). ... "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. ...

• Word Count: 1941
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a debatable book on the required reading list for the tenth grade curriculum. ... Although the book is yet another learning curve in the tenth grade's curriculum, many believe tenth graders are not yet mature enough to understand the messages To Kill a Mockingbird is voicing. ... To Kill a Mockingbird only benefits the teen mind because of its strong messages. ... Those who disagree with the language and content in To Kill a Mockingbird should think of tenth grade history classes. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird brings about an argu...

• Word Count: 1863
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• 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....

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the children learn many important life lessons. ... Another lesson is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, in other words, to harm the innocent. ... Atticus tells the children that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 119), and Miss Maudie explains more by saying that "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us.... "(Lee 320) When Scout is about to kill the roly poly bug, it is like the mockingbird. ... As the story progresses, she learns more about h...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• 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. ... In, To Kill a Mockingbird, the socioeconomic status of the white community is depicted with the Finch family as the upper-class. ... Church and is an even-keeled figure through the book. ... The court trial is a major plot crescendo in the book. ... 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...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Prejudice in to Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice is arguably the most prominent theme of the novel. ... It is a sin' to harm an innocent (mockingbird). Harper Lee does not suggest a quick solution to prejudice, which is why it is such a realistic book. ... First shown in Chpt 10 where Atticus says "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird- (symbol for Mr Ewell?). ... Symbol for Boo Radley and Tom Robinson is not drawn together until the very end of the book where Scout realises that the public exposure of Boo would be "s...

• Word Count: 1462
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Author Biography Harper Lee, born April 28 in 1926, is an American author mainly known for her one and only novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". ... Audience The author intended for young adults and people her age to read this book. ... The third significant event happens when the judge declares Tom guilty, and later that day he is shot and killed because he tried to run. Then, Bob Ewel attempts to attack Scout and Jem, but is fought off and killed by Boo Radley. ... He wants to protect their innocence because, in a way, they are mockingbirds to him. ...

• Word Count: 1573
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The book that I have just finished reading is called "To Kill A Mockingbird" which is written by Harper Lee. This book is set in Maycomb County in the 1930s. In this essay I will answer the question that "To Kill A Mockingbird has been described as being extremely negative and pessimistic" Is this comment really fair? ... This book is generally about two children who grow up in a town that is full of racism and discrimination. ...

• Word Count: 2069
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

* Discuss the novel as a representation of moral courage To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee that is set in 1930's Alabama where colour prejudice was predominant. ... We trust him to do right" His conduct and conversation throughout the book show that he is entirely free from the usual Maycomb faults of pride, racialism and hypocrisy. ... Of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie Atkinson is the person who is most like Atticus, and she has something of the same function. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• 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...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Heroism of Atticus Finch: Essay The racism which was prevalent in many small American towns in the 1930s is expertly illustrated in Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Atticus Finch's principles are clear almost from the very beginning of the book when he shows quite clearly that he does not look down on the young Walter and the rest of the Cunninghams. ... Even the title of the novel reflects Atticus's principles; he will not shoot a mockingbird nor condone anyone else who does so, because mockingbirds do nothing but sing beautiful songs for us, and i...

• Word Count: 1341
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Even though To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize Award, the Alabama Library Association Book Award, and the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the novel still receives shouts of criticism because of its "immorality" and "racist attributes" (Karolides et al.). Banning To Kill a Mockingbird gave southerners the excuse to avoid hearing a part of American society they did not want to hear. Lee's book shines a glaring spotlight on the issues of race and justice. ... Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I K...

• Word Count: 2168
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Prejudice in this book is displayed by the acts of hate and misunderstanding because of someone's color. ... The novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee has numerous accounts of racism and prejudice throughout the entire piece. ... The words "nigger", "darkie", and "boy" are seen often throughout the book. ... The theme of prejudice is almost the sole basis of this book. ...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published in 1960 during a time of racial strife: the Civil Rights Movement was at its prime and tumultuous events evolved into violence, spread into states across the country and entered the American conscience. ... One central character of the book, Jem, destroys the garden of Mrs. ...

• Word Count: 2326
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

To kill a Mocking Bird could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. ... The book investigates many types of prejudice. ... The lynch mob were a group of men that threatened to take the law in their own hands and got together to kill Tom Robinson before his trial. ... There is also gender prejudice in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', for example Scout has to wear a dress to school and has to be accompany the ladies of Maycomb for their weekly gath...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

To kill a Mocking Bird could be considered a reliable and unexaggerated portrait of southern American's prejudice because the author Harper Lee based Maycomb the setting for the book and the character Atticus. ... The book investigates many types of prejudice. ... The lynch mob were a group of men that threatened to take the law in their own hands and got together to kill Tom Robinson before his trial. ... There is also gender prejudice in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', for example Scout has to wear a dress to school and has to be accompany the ladies of Maycomb for their weekly gath...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Similarities in Characters, Setting, Plot, or Theme to other Books I have Read - A book that is similar to A Raisin in the Sun is, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. The book is very dramatic like A Raisin in the Sun. The characters" behaviors and experiences are similar to those in this book; an example is the experience of discrimination. The characters face decisions and have conflicts that are similar to those in this book. ... This book has conflicts of hatred and love, but has humorous actions as does A Raisin in the Sun. ...

• Word Count: 1553
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School