Harper Lee's critically acclaimed novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, looks deeply into the beliefs and opinions of the characters and further analyzes the prejudice, racial stigma, and social barrier that took place. ... Throughout Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley emerge as mockingbirds, symbolizing the prejudice and discrimination of Maycomb County. ... Boo was considered to be "about six-and-a-half feet tall, and judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained-...

• Word Count: 1674
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

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. ... 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 appearance of females is one particular view that Harper Lee projected to me as the reader. ... One of the many causes of prejudice Harper Lee illustrates in the book is that humans need a scapegoa...

• Word Count: 1707
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... 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 appearance of females is one particular view that Harper Lee projected to me as the reader. ... One of the many causes of prejudice Harper Lee illustrates in the book is that humans need a scapegoa...

• Word Count: 1688
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a debatable book on the required reading list for the tenth grade curriculum. ... A teenager does not entirely understand what types of situations others around them are experiencing, but Harper Lee's inspiring book gives light to those reading and teaches them about values. ... It is a fact that in eighth grade, children begin to learn about sex, drugs, and rape. ... Atticus Finch whom is 'in the courthouse lawing for niggers' (Lee 135) is only one issues that parents and guardians may have with the book. ... Harper Lee's To Kill...

• Word Count: 1863
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The main message that Harper Lee is trying to convey through "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that one should stand up for what they believe in, even if it is done under the surface, or with less gusto, amply demonstrated through the characters of Atticus Finch, who fought for Tom Robinson as hard as he could, Mr. ... As Scout says about the editorial he published in his newspaper about the trial and Tom's murder, "Mr. ... The moral of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that one should stand up for what they believe in, even if it is through smaller gestures because lit...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They are not aware of the horror and destruction that is about to engulf their small, peaceful village. ... People don't care that the person is innocent; all they care about is the fact that someone has been found guilty. ... There is a helpless and defenseless man in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird. ... All people care about is finding someone who is guilty, so they can say that justice has been served and so they know that the case has been resolved. ... Penny in seventh grade opened up my eyes to the truth about this. ...

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The book that I have just finished reading is called "To Kill A Mockingbird" which is written by Harper Lee. ... This book is generally about two children who grow up in a town that is full of racism and discrimination. ... Atticus doesn't accept their admiration for him because he wasn't proud of it and he tries to show them that real courage isn't about being able to shoot well, but it is about something deeper. ... Whenever the children have a question, about black people or anything else, they know that they can ask Atticus. ... Whatever Cal says goes, and when Scout tries t...

• Word Count: 2069
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School