Atticus Finch is a complicated character in "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... He is helped by his African-American housekeeper, Calpurnia. ... "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. ... You might hear some ugly talk at school, but do one thing for me...you just hold your head high and keep those fists down"" (101) He feels that religion is something you live - "Scout, I couldn't go to Church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man."" ...

• Word Count: 1941
• Approx Pages: 8
• 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. ... In doing so, they are able to help disperse an angry mob. ... 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 moc...

• 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. ... But, when the war ended, the U.S. unexpectedly stopped its policies to help farmers. ... In, To Kill a Mockingbird, the socioeconomic status of the white community is depicted with the Finch family as the upper-class. ... The Cunninghams send their children to school, as apposed to keeping them home to work in the field, and refuse to accept welfare or help from the town. ... In the seventy years since the fictional scenes i...

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

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

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (referred to as TKMB) by Harper Lee and the film a Time to Kill (referred to as TTK) by John Grisham, racism is made relevant. ... This signifies that they are going to do horrible things to the family or kill them. ... The jury decides that the verdict is guilty without hearing all evidence, ignoring the facts that help the defendant. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird the inhabitants of Maycomb County are not very friendly to black people; they despise colored people and do not see them as equals. ... This group wants to kill Tom Robinson merely because the man i...

• Word Count: 2234
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• 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. ... She was determined to break free of her addiction to morphine before she died and Jem's reading sessions helped her to do this. ... Mrs Dubose was imperfect, but she had the courage to die free from her addiction of morphine and Atticus helped the children to appreciate her courage. ... Of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie Atkinson is the person who is most like Atticus, and she ha...

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

For example, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird takes the reader on a journey of exploring the moral nature of human beings and discovering what it is that makes people the combination of good and evil that they are. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird shows the reader that no person is only good or only evil, but a combination of the two. ... Harper Lee didn't just write this novel to give us an idea of what the early 1900s were like in the south, but also to help us better understand the world we are currently living in. ...

• Word Count: 1455
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• 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...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• 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 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. ... 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 it is wrong to kill such a bird. ... , he has resolved never to kill another living thing or use a gun at all unless it is absolutely necessary, for he sees his talent with a gun as an unfair advant...

• 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. ... Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. ... Both of these literary works help inspire st...

• Word Count: 2168
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• Has Bibliography
• 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. ... Perhaps Atticus's background in law gives him the edge of comprehension and therefore helps him to be an exceptional father by continuously teaching his children life long lessons; Joe South also teaches lessons that people should remember forever. ...

• Word Count: 2326
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• Grade Level: High School

Through the character of Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows the close and dependent relationship between acts of moral courage and personal integrity; when an individual fosters the moral courage to do the right thing even in the face of despair and on a daily basis, they in turn steadfastly adhere to high moral principles and a standard for oneself. The first example of the way courageous acts reinforce and foster integrity is found at the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, when Atticus decides to take the Tom Robinson case. ... Overall, Atticus's decision to defend T...

• Word Count: 2284
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus is a very courageous character, Atticus tried every way to help others were in the need of it. ... Therefore, In Harper's To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch moral compass helps him to overcome injustice despite the strong force of racist in the community. ... Taking the case is a dangerous one for Atticus; he knows that many of the whites living in Maycomb want to see Tom Robinson, an African American accused of raping and beating a white woman, killed but he still does his job to protect Tom at his best. ...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• 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. ...

• Word Count: 1514
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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

But one of the children couldn't help but be curious about Boo Radley, and that child was Jem Finch. ... Boo had saved her and her brother's life from someone who had tried to kill them. ... One day when the older woman was out with her crying daughter I decided to go over and ask if she needed any help. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She wants the family to learn about their history, and she strongly believes that learning about their past could help the family make a decision about the money. ... In his plan, Walter has two friends who were supposed to put in a portion of money to help invest in the liquor store, and to help get the license to open up the store. ... 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. ...

• Word Count: 1553
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• Grade Level: High School