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

Essay: To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee expertly incorporates a variety of themes into To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Among the themes presented, racism, education, and bravery stand out as the fundamental themes in To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism is the most prominently significant theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Education is also a key theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Bravery, too, is an essential theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

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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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• 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

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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• Grade Level: High School

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 Mocking Bird Essay In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee addresses many themes such as prejudice, innocence, courage and coming of age, although racism seems to stand out the most. ... The mother died when Scout was two years old, so the father hired Calpurina, a black cook to help out around the house. ... The sheriff later kills Tom when he tries to run while in custody. ...

• Word Count: 640
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• Grade Level: High School

A trial is the examination before a court of the facts or laws in a case in order to determine that case. It is the act of testing or proving by experience or use. In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" a black man, Tom Robinson, was accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell, and was brought to t...

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The book that I have just finished reading is called "To Kill A Mockingbird" which is written by Harper Lee. ... 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? ... The children reading to her helps her to take her mind off the pain. ... This helps to show that there are in fact some positives in this novel. ... Some help by throwing buckets of water and Boo Radley helps by putting a blanket over the children, although they do not notice him doing it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird are both literary classics that prove Hersey's statement to be true. ... The themes in To Kill A Mockingbird are part of what makes the novel the powerful work of literature it is. ... "To kill a mockingbird" was considered a sin. ... In analyzing Macbeth and To Kill A Mockingbird, John Hersey's statement is proven true. ... To Kill A Mockingbird is less than a century old, but it has proven that it is powerful enough to remain a classic for many generations. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In all novels there are certain characters and incidents that help the reader and characters in the book understand the novels purpose. In this novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many characters and incidents that help Scout learn more about thelizabeth society she lives in. In particular the Lynch mob, the Ewell family, and Tom Robinson help Scout discover how cruel and ugly the world can be to someone who is a little bit different. They also help her realize that injusticelizabethe, poverty, violence and prejudice influenced most people in Maycomb. The Lynch mob help Scou...

• Word Count: 302
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb, in the 1930s. ... 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 morality. ... Like Judge Taylor, Miss Maudie also does her part to help with the trial. ... Underwood wrote that article because he really means that it was wrong to kill him, and he can be compared to a mockingbird, not because he's crippled, but because he is black. ... The moral of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbir...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Along with many other literary works, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee prove this statement true. ... In the novels Frankenstein and To Kill A Mockingbird, the monster and Tom Robinson are similar because neither of them is granted the simple request for justice. ... The use of diction in that quote, as well as the rest of the book, helps to convey the message that the monster is unfairly treated. ... Tom Robinson, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, is also greatly mistreated for something beyond his control. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There are many examples of true bravery in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. ... He knew that he would most likely lose the case, but he said, "this case, Tom Robinson's case, is something that goes to the essence of a man's conscience-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

Prejudice is shown in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee and in "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. ... There are some good examples of this through Tom Robinson in the book "To Kill a Mocking Bird". ... "To Kill a Mocking Bird" isn't the only book that prejudice is evident in. ... As you can see there was different kinds of prejudice in the books "To Kill a Mocking Bird" and "The Crucible". ... I think that prejudice will still be here for many years to come because some people just can't help but judge. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Atticus Finch, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird is a case in point. ... Nonetheless, Atticus Finch cannot help follow his moral and decides to defend Tom against the malignant accusation and racism. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

There is a helpless and defenseless man in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird. ... He was a kind of "mockingbird" in the novel. Miss Maudie said it best when she said "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy ... but sing their hearts out for us." Tom is compared to a mockingbird, an innocent being who did nothing wrong yet was punished because people had full control over him. ... His status helped him, instead of hurting him, like Tom's did. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In a novel such as To Kill a Mockingbird, it is hard to sympathize with any characters due to the animosity and racial tension between the Maycomb inhabitants. ... However, he helps Mayella with chores because he sees how lonely she is. ... They are aiming to kill him rather than aiming to stop him, only because he is black. ... The novel To Kill a Mockingbird proves that one can be worthy of sympathy even with mistakes they make and their human imperfections....

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• Grade Level: High School

In the fictional novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, there is also a case of racism in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. ... A factor that helped the case better is DNA testing on both victims and O.J.Simpson. ... Some believe that when his first child was killed, O.J. ... Rodney King was almost killed by the LAPD with extreme use of unnecessary violence. O.J.Simpson killed his ex-wife and her friend and was supported by the NAACP during some point in the case. ...

• Word Count: 1131
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School