Harper Lee's character Jem (Jeremy) Finch, from her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very interesting because during the course of the novel, he undergoes a great maturing process. ... When Scout starts school, he tells her not to talk to him or hang around him, for he is learning what effects peer-pressure has on him, what is "cool" and what is not. ... The filling of the tree changed Jem also. ... He knows that after asking Atticus if the tree was dying, that Mr. ... Radley filled up the tree because he found their note that they left in there. ...

• Word Count: 1209
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Secondly, Atticus's daughter Scout, the protagonist, who also comes across to learning of what will be, to what is when demonstrating courage. ... Scout does not know much of courage from the beginning of the novel, as for later on during the story she gains knowledge and maturity. ... In this quote Scout realizes that fighting back only makes the problem worse, and leads on to learning from Atticus's advice. ... For an example, Boo puts gifts inside the Radley oak tree near by, when Scout finds the gifts she says, "The gum looked fresh. ... To conclude, one of the most signific...

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

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, otherwise known as Jean Louise Finch, learns valuable lessons on the evil of prejudice present in her Southern town of Maycomb, on the true nature of courage, and on the dangers of judging others before "...climbing into their skin and walking around in it." ... In the beginning of the novel, Scout faces terrible encounters with her neighbor, Mrs. ... He leaves treasures for the children in the hollow trunk of a tree, and watches out for Jem and Scout whenever possible. ... Many themes are contained in the novel, such as morality, innocence, and grow...

• Word Count: 1037
• Approx Pages: 4
• 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.). ... This novel challenges students to question the definition of humanity, on whether a man should judge another on the color of his skin. ...

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

Introduction The social and historical contexts of both novels are quite different as they are set in different centuries where society and values differ. ... The social and historical contexts of this novel are very different from those in To Kill a Mockingbird. This is because the novel is set in a different era of time, where different societies existed and there were different social expectations of women. ... Both novels are told from an adult perspective. For example, both authors have written their novel 20 or 30 years after their childhood. ...

• Word Count: 5125
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School