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. ... Atticus tells the kids "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird" because "they don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy" (Lee 119). ... They make many sacrifices to help those around them, yet are judged by the public. Throughout Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley emerge as mockingbirds, symbolizin...

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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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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...

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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. ...

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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