When Atticus Finch tells his children, "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), the mockingbird motif becomes apparent. ... The full significance of Atticus's remark, "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), is explained by Miss Maudie Atkinson. ... In a desperate attempt to escape from prison, Tom is shot and killed. ... Hence, the title To Kill a Mockingbird is concerned with what the poet Robert Burns called man's inhumanity to man and what Mr Dolphus Raymond calls "the simple hell people give oth...

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To Kill a Mockingbird was written in 1960 by Harper Lee (a law student from schools such as the University of Alabama and Oxford University). ... To Kill a Mockingbird also sold more than two and a half million copies within one year of publication and had of 14 different printings. ... In the story to kill a mockingbird is a representation of innocents destroyed by evil, the "mockingbird" comes to represent the idea of innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ...

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Harper Lee employs many literary elements that pull readers into her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... There are many symbols in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Foreshadowing occurs many times during To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Many literary elements are used in To Kill a Mockingbird to tie the whole story together. ... Overall To Kill a Mockingbird is a great book that uses literary elements to tie everything together....

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To Kill A Mockingbird is a very deep and complex book with many messages explaining the authors" views on various life themes. ... To Kill A Mockingbird illustrates how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird by the examples of Tom Robinson and Boo Radely's life choices and their willingness to help others. ... For example, after Tom was killed for attempting to escape from prison, Mr. ... Scout realizes that Boo has technically committed a crime but by covering it up Boo would not be "killed" like the other mockingbird in the story. The theme of how killing something that only tries to b...

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The novel title "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is the representation of the most meaningful statement produced in the novel. ... To kill or harm them would be a sin. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Through their actions, they killed a mockingbird. ... The title "To Kill a Mockingbird" played a major part in the lives of Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley, as they were both victims of the sin. ...

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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus tries to teach is kids the correct skills in dealing with situations such as racism, prejudice, and even how to fight back with non-violence. ... Another skill that Atticus tries to teach is kids is not to harm mockingbirds. In the beginning of the book Atticus says that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because it never harms anyone and does nothing but create music for people to listen to. Mockingbirds is a synonym in a way, because it can represent people also such as Tom Robinson or even Atticus himself. ... Atticus is also a mockingbird in a way b...

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In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how prejudice and racism affected black people. ... Miss Maudie says: Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird... - 90 Tom Robinson shouldn't die for being a mockingbird, but racists can't look past the color of his skin to see the harmless and innocent mockingbird. ... White Southerners can't see past skin color to distinguish a mockingbird from a guilty person. ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. ... Scout connects Boo with a Mockingbird. ... For example, on page 94, Atticus says his most important line in the book, " remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Before reading To Kill a Mockingbird, the title itself means nothing. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ...

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"To Kill a Mockingbird" The early 1960s was perfect for Harper Lee's novel of Southern racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout Finch, the young daughter of Atticus Finch. ... The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is Depression era (early 1930s) Maycomb County, Mississippi. The point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird is that of Scout Finch, who serves as narrator. ... The three main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird are prejudice, as illustrated by the town's attitudes about Tom Robinson and Boo Radley; the t...

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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. ... Literature such as Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a helpful way for a reader to learn new issues that affect their relationships with other people. ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird is a fictional novel by Harper Lee. ... The best passage in this book was, "Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... To Kill a Mockingbird is very suspense story, and full of excitement. ... To Kill a Mockingbird was a great book. ...

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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.... The mockingbird itself is symbolic of innocence. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This shows that mockingbirds are innocent. ...

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" "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". ... Mockingbirds have an interesting aspect, innocence. ... 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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A major theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is racism. ... The setting of To Kill A Mockingbird is a small, southern town in the 1930's. This setting is the most important fictional element that affected the theme of racism in To Kill A Mockingbird. ... The theme of racism in To Kill A Mockingbird was most affected by the old, small, southern town called Maycomb County. ...

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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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Symbolism is indeed used extensively throughout Harper Lee's timeless classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... The connection between innocent people and mockingbirds is made openly throughout the book. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," states Miss Maudie when explaining to Scout what her father meant by saying it is a sin to shoot a mockingbird. ... To Kill A Mockingbird was an influential novel at the time it was written. ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Theme Throughout the book, To Kill A Mockingbird there have been many different themes surrounding the character Scout Finch, but right now I'm going to focus on the thymes of maturing and growing up. ... The story To Kill A Mockingbird, is based on a little girl who is faced with tough choices and excitement everyday. ... Although at the end she thinks that blacks are "lower" than she is I still think that her maturity has grown dramatically through out the book To Kill A Mockingbird, and that the character of Scout Finch will become a mature, responsible, loyal,...

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To Kill A Mockingbird: Theme Throughout the book, To Kill A Mockingbird there have been many different themes surrounding the character Scout Finch, but right now I'm going to focus on the thymes of maturing and growing up. ... The story To Kill A Mockingbird, is based on a little girl who is faced with tough choices and excitement everyday. ... Although at the end she thinks that blacks are "lower" than she is I still think that her maturity has grown dramatically through out the book To Kill A Mockingbird, and that the character of Scout Finch will become a mature, responsible, loyal,...

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To Kill a Mockingbird In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird," one person prejudice at first was Scout Finch. ... Jem tried to fight the stalking man, failed, and was thrown to the ground and just before the man was about kill Scout, "Boo" started to fight the man. After a few seconds of fighting, "Boo" killed the other man, brought Jem home, and was talked to nicely by Scout who, obviously, changed her mind about "Boo." ...

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When I initially heard that we were going to be reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" in my tenth grade English class, I didn't know what to expect. ... To Kill A Mockingbird has had an influence on me ever since I picked it up. To understand why this book influenced me, one must understand the book and know the underlying theme of "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... As Scout and Jem are walking home from the musical, the father of Mayella Ewell attacks and almost kills them for revenge against Atticus. ... After reading To Kill A Mockingbird, having a voice against racism, discrimination, and judgme...

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Trapped Mockingbirds "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Since mockingbirds don't do anything harmful it would be a sin to kill one. ... In many ways the mockingbird, of To Kill a Mockingbird, symbolizes two important characters and also the overall theme, prejudice. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, has a very symbolic importance to the story. ...

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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. ... The children's unseen protector, Boo Radley intervenes saving the children from the vindictive Ewell, who is accidentally killed in the struggle. ...

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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. ... 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" can be classified as "real nice", Bob Ewell is seen as an exception. ... Harper Lee also gives evidence of Mr Ewell being evil when he threatens Atticus "...

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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. ... For many fans of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Atticus Finch's integrity is a standard to live by. ...

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English Essay By Evan Sanders Word count: 685 Atticus Finch is one of the main characters in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. ... Proof of this is evident right throughout To Kill A Mockingbird. ... This sort of case would be hard to win anywhere at that time in history, especially in the Southern states of America, where To Kill A Mockingbird is set. ...

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