In, "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, Scout was fortunate enough to be surrounded by people that taught her crucial life lessons. ... Firstly, Atticus taught Scout many important life lessons, but most importantly, he taught her to not be prejudiced, and to treat everyone with equality. ... Boo lives a lonely life, and has quite a bit of time with his thoughts. ... This lesson will most likely have a greater effect on Scout, over her experience with Ms. ... Scout was really blessed by being exposed to these great people, who taught her amazing things throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 596
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Atticus Finch, the father of Scout and Jem teaches various life lessons for the people around him and of course his children and family. ... Atticus feels that he needs to teach his young ones life lessons because of what had happened to him in his past and he doesn't want them to experience the negativity. Atticus is an inspiring leader of his family and he teaches Scout and Jem life lessons from the marvelous and displeasing events in life. ​ ... Throughout this whole novel Atticus is known as a man everyone looks up to. ... Maycomb needed someone to step up and help realize the meani...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the children learn many important life lessons. ... The children's early mistakes in judgement teach them valuable lessons, which help them make more mature decisions later on in life. When children learn lessons about courage in their childhood, they are able to make more informed decisions in later life. ... Scout and Jem have taken the lesson learned in courage from their experiences with Mrs. ... Lessons learned about courage in their childhood, allow for more informed decisions in later life. ...

• Word Count: 1536
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus, a single-father of two school aged children, teaches life lessons to them, both explicitly and implicitly so he is an excellent role model for his children who can change them into better people. ... As a man who values respect, Atticus chides his children when they display negative traits of people in Maycomb, "No putting his life's history on display for the edification of the neighborhood"(page 119). ... Atticus is trying to tell her that he feels that Tom is an innocent man and he will feel guilt for the rest of his life if he let...

• Word Count: 595
• Approx Pages: 2

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. ... Dubose was, and her views of life. ... Many themes are contained in the novel, such as morality, innocence, and growing up. ... Harper Lee's timeless classic teaches a great lesson to many readers,...

• Word Count: 1037
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, Jem says "Then it all goes back to the jury...we oughta do away with the juries" (Lee 251). ... Jem develops by learning the important life lesson that one cannot trust everyone to do what one would like them to do, or more importantly, what is morally right. ... This life lesson learned not only affects Jem with realizing that the jury voted Tom guilty only because he was black, but also the reader, as it teaches them that not everyone can be trusted to do what they see as correct. ... In the novel, Jem says " 'Don't do that Scout. ... These development...

• Word Count: 1044
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

She got older and was able to understand things a lot better as well as being able to apply lessons she had learned in her everyday life. ... Atticus was Scout's main source of valuable lessons, as he taught Jem and Scout very essential things about life on a daily basis. ... Each lesson he taught her, she hung on to desperately and remembered it in her daily life. ... She remembers this throughout the three years that the novel covers. ... She applies this lesson to her life also with more than one person. ...

• Word Count: 850
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Atticus's parenting style also includes teaching Scout and Jem many valuable lessons throughout the course of the novel. ... One night Atticus explains an important concept of life, "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.... Scout and Jem's relationship with their father, Atticus, changed throughout the novel. ... But as the novel continues, the children's perspective on Atticus soon changes. ... In the novel, Atticus also teaches them that violence is never the answer to a ...

• Word Count: 933
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Scout learns this lesson in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. ... At the beginning of the novel it is evident that Scout does not see things from other people's points of view. ... It takes Scout some time to learn this lesson. ... Observing others can be an important part of learning life skills. ... Now what if I talked white-folks" talk at church, and with my neighbors? ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

There are many values that one can learn and use them in real life. In this novel, she creates scenes that contains many values, but one is most frequent. Respect is one of the important values to be learned from this novel. ... Scout and Jem learn this lesson well and stop playing the game and started being more respectful to Boo Radley. ... Dubose treats her flowers with respect and she has spent most of her life caring for them. ...

• Word Count: 283
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Throughout the course of the book, Jem realizes how real life really is. ... Dubose taught him some valuable lessons. ... Throughout the course of the book, Jem realizes how real life really is. ... This novel shows great lessons with race, family and life, very important things to everyone. ...

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

One can begin with his children, whom he teaches many things. A prominent example is when he teaches his son Jem a lesson by insisting that he go and read to the sardonic, ageing neighbour, Mrs. ... This excerpt from the novel illustrates the lesson he was trying to teach:..She had her own views about things, a little different from mine maybe. . .son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I?... Another very important lesson that he teaches his children occurs during the time when he knows they will be targeted at school for having aNegro-lover? ... Finch's desire to share hi...

• Word Count: 1341
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As the main characters in the story grow up, they learn that this unfavourable treatment happens in their everyday life. ... Most of this is shown with Scout. ... Ewell said this to his daughter Mayella after being caught with Tom Robinson. ... (Lee 130) As well, Aunt Alexandra has tea parties with her missionary cycle. ... From the novel we learn a good lesson. ...

• Word Count: 778
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He catches every opportunity in daily life to pass his values to Jem and Scout. ... At the end of the novel, when Atticus believes that Jem killed Bob Ewell, he tries to talk Heck Tate, the sheriff, out of calling the death an accident: " I don't want my boy starting out with something like this over his head. ... I don't want him growing up with a whisper about him. ... Good texts tell us a story, great texts teach us life lessons. ... In life lessons from "To Kill A Mockingbird," I realise that parents are mirrors for their children and much mirroring comes from the words parents s...

• Word Count: 683
• Approx Pages: 3
• 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. ... A parallel can be drawn from Harper Lee's life. ... 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

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. ... Scout is your typical kid with a typical life at that time. ... In the beginning of the novel, Scout faces terrible encounters with her neighbor, Mrs. ... Dubose was and her views of life. ... Harper Lee's timeless classic teaches a great lesson to many readers. ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Scout comes to terms that it was wrong to become upset with Mrs. ... Scout learns several other lessons. ... Scout realizes life. ...

• Word Count: 1057
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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 the Mockingbird. ... Scout comes to terms that it was wrong to become upset with Mrs. ... Scout learns several other lessons. ... Scout realizes life. ...

• Word Count: 1124
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes the concerns that arose in her life, which taught her lessons about life in general. These lessons develop into her themes. ... An additional theme reflects back to the title of the novel, "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... They start to understand why he likes being with them so much and why he would make up stories about his real life when it was really just his fantasy life that was similar to Scout and Jem's real life. ... This surprises them because they thought that their life was her life. ...

• Word Count: 673
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

We begin the novel with the observations of Scout of her old run down city of Maycomb, what she describes as slow, dull, boring, and lifeless. In chapter three, Scout is ready for her first day of school with her brother Jem where she is first tested on how she deals with the outer world of people. Although she lives in the small city where everyone knows each other, it comes down to life lessons and growing up. ... In the second part of this novel, Jem and Scout certainly learn of racial prejudice as Tom Robinson is unjustly accused and charged with the rape of Mayella. ... You can see the ...

• Word Count: 968
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This novel by Harper Lee, is much more than the small town story she meant it to be. ... Scout finally learns this lesson towards the end of the book when she finally sees Boo as a person and not a menace. ... The second motif is small- town life. The motif of old-fashioned values of small towns appears many times throughout the novel. ... There are a number of "innocent" people in this book who harmed by contact with evil, in particular Tom Robinson, Boo Radley and Dill. ...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Muskogee, Oklahoma an enormous controversy has exploded over the banning of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee because of its racially sensitive issues. ... It teaches life lessons" but, "we didn't want to put any kids in an uncomfortable situation" (CNN.com). I read this book in ninth grade and as many people feel, thought it was amazing account of life in a small Alabama town during the years of the depression. ... "To Kill a Mockingbird" is beneficial to a student's education because it teaches them a valuable lesson about how intolerance can destroy people'...

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Atticus aids Jem throughout his childhood and teaches him valuable lessons. ... This act of courage ends up saving Atticus and Tom Robinson's life. ... Life is a long and hard journey. ... The lessons one learns stays with them for the rest of the long journey ahead. It will help them later on in life. ...

• Word Count: 1124
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Atticus is the character in the novel that has the most respect. ... Atticus is a great leader of his family, teaching his children morals and life lessons. He makes them better people by showing them how to deal with the trial and people making fun of them. ... He makes it a common practice to live his life as he would like his children to live theirs, and thus displays the attributes of an honest, respectable, and kind man. ... Atticus not only shows his non prejudice through the trial of Tom Robinson, but also through his everyday dealings with Calpurnia. ...

• Word Count: 478
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The novel refers to these people as Mockingbirds, hence the title. ... He risked his and his family's life at the court case and threatened his own image in society by doing so. ... He depicts how prejudice and the misinterpreted ideas of another can make the difference between someone's life or death. Lastly, Boo Radley is seen as the novel's most prominent mockingbird. ... As the novel progresses, she begins to learn the circumstances of the society she lives in and that life doesn't always end up as it should. ...

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