In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes the concerns that arose in her life, which taught her lessons about life in general. ... In To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the major theme statements is, "hypocrisy and prejudice are hard to detect in one's own behavior." An additional theme reflects back to the title of the novel, "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... (33) It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. ... Tate was right" said Scout, "What do you mean" asked Atticus, "Well, it"d be sort of like shootin" a mockingbird, wouldn't it?""...

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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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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 119) The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence. ... "(Lee 320) When Scout is about to kill the roly poly bug, it is like the mocking...

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• Has Bibliography
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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... That Christmas which is spent at Finch's Landing, the family farm, they are given air rifles, but are told not to kill a mockingbird. It is explained to them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird as they only given humans pleasure by singing their heart out. ...

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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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In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee skillfully shows how Scout, Jem, and Dill were prejudiced against Boo, when in fact, all these children are comparable to Boo even if they had not noticed so. ... "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (103). A mockingbird could represent an easy victim due to its utter innocence, just like Miss Maudie mentioned in the above quote, they do not do anything but chirp. ... A clear example of a character that reflects a mockingbird easily is Boo Radley...

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Tom Robinson represents the mockingbird in the title. ... Scout connects Boo with the Mockingbird. ... Scout learns what a Mockingbird is, and who represents one. ... This "Mockingbird" is Arthur "Boo" Radley. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ...

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In To Kill A Mockingbird, the narrator, Jean Louis Finch talks about the connections between mockingbirds and the characters in the novel and how they demonstrate a loss of innocence and justice. A mockingbird was a huge symbol of innocence throughout the novel. ... There is a connection between mockingbirds and the characters in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... In the novel Harper Lee uses a symbol of mockingbirds to show children's innocence. Harper Lee uses a connection between mockingbirds and that characters in the novel to demonstrate a loss innocence and justice within the nov...

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" In "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, justice is definitely not served. ... Overall, in "To Kill a Mockingbird," justice is nonexistent, especially towards those who lack resources such as money, people who lack the right skin color, and people who are mentally unstable. ...

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The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, tells a story about a young girl named Scout who learns a valuable lesson on the evil of prejudice, true courage, and not to judge others. ... Her symbolism of the mockingbird in the book depicts people such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. ...

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, after learning that the people of Maycomb are not who he thinks they are, Jem develops by learning not to trust everyone, learning that people might not be who they seem, and maturing. ... In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem develops significantly, by learning that one cannot trust everyone, by learning that people may not be who they seem to be, and by maturing. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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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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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. ...

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The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird is Jean Louise "Scout" Finch who lives with her brother Jem and widowed father who is a lawyer in the Alabama town of Maycomb. ... That Christmas which is spent at Finch's Landing, the family farm, they are given air rifles, but are told not to kill a mockingbird. It is explained to them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird as they only given humans pleasure by singing their heart out. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main character, Scout, not only matures emotionally, but she also matures socially. Scout learns to develop these characteristics by dealing with the challenges that society throws at her. She also begins to realize that not everyo...

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The novel To kill a Mocking Bird mainly deals with the struggle of one family trying to deal with racism and the effects it has on them and their lives. Racism in this book affects the characters because they didn't try to stop the hatred that was going on in their community. It is also about the ...

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Discrimination and prejudice were very common acts in the early and middle 1900's. Prejudice in this book is displayed by the acts of hate and misunderstanding because of someone's color. People of color were the majority that were treated unfairly. During this time in the southern states, black peo...

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The book "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, portrays a man, Atticus Finch, who is good and virtuous in nearly every aspect of his life. In the wrapped up lives of the his family, Atticus, father of Jem and Scout, raises his children unlike the average parent. Rather than leading by direction, a...

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Task: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." (pg 33) This is the advice Atticus gives Scout. How does she put his advice into practice during the novel? In "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout, the nar...

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Just like caterpillars emerge into beautiful butterflies, Jem undergoes the same transformation throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird in which he grows up and matures. Atticus aids Jem throughout his childhood and teaches him valuable lessons. He gets into a number of mischiefs in Maycomb, in...

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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. On the real place and people. Monroeville and Harper Lee's farther who was a lawyer. Monroeville was also Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the socity as deeply as she does. The people of Monroeville and other places in the South America recognised themselves and the part that they played in the society in the book, this illustrates the connection bet...

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"He was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time". This was the perception of Boo Radley from the one of the children in Maycomb County. Boo Radley is the ghost of Maycomb County, or so the children believe. Most children run when they pass in front of the Radley ...

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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. On the real place and people. Monroeville and Harper Lee's farther who was a lawyer. Monroeville was also Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the socity as deeply as she does. The people of Monroeville and other places in the South America recognised themselves and the part that they played in the society in the book, this illustrates the connection bet...

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• Grade Level: High School