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....

• Word Count: 314
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 816
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• 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. ... 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. ...

• Word Count: 673
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 415
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• Grade Level: High School

In comparison to many novels, it is quite clear that To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, represents courage the best by the actions of Atticus, Scout, and Boo Radley. ... Therefore, Harper Lee conveys courage as a theme in To Kill a Mockingbird with three important characters. ... Furthermore, Atticus is an important attribute when examining courage in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. ... Later on in To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo also puts a blanket over Scout during Miss. ... Therefore, in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, it is obvious that courage is a major theme....

• Word Count: 1350
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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 809
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• Grade Level: High School

In Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the children learn many important life lessons. ... Another lesson is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, in other words, to harm the innocent. ... Atticus tells the children that "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 119), and Miss Maudie explains more by saying that "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us."(Lee 119) The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence. ... "(Lee 320) When Scout is about to kill the roly poly bug, it is like the mocking...

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

In To Kill A Mockingbird, the main character, Scout, acts the same around everyone because she is just a little girl. ... Social interactionism can inform a reader of To Kill A Mockingbird by explaining the multiple personalities of the other characters in the story that Scout witnesses throughout the book. ... In conclusion, To Kill A Mockingbird is filled with examples of social interactionism. ... Social interactionism is a great critical lense to apply to Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird....

• Word Count: 699
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• Grade Level: High School

"To Kill A Mockingbird", by Harper Lee is an invigorating novel published in 1960. ... In "To Kill A Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, coming of age and the loss of childhood innocence is an important theme that author Harper Lee develops using two characters. ... The children in "To Kill A Mockingbird" seem to be very naive before the awakening of their inner adult that comes out through the growing process in their hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. ... "To Kill A Mockingbird" is an riveting book on the outlook of two diversely different characters. ... In &qu...

• Word Count: 968
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee skillfully shows how Scout, Jem, and Dill were prejudiced against Boo, when in fact, all these children are comparable to Boo even if they had not noticed so. ... "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (103). A mockingbird could represent an easy victim due to its utter innocence, just like Miss Maudie mentioned in the above quote, they do not do anything but chirp. ... A clear example of a character that reflects a mockingbird easily is Boo Radley...

• Word Count: 1638
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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee recognized this and emphasized the development of maturity and loss as a dominant theme in her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Even from the very beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme of maturity. ...

• Word Count: 581
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• Grade Level: High School

Prejudice in to Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice is arguably the most prominent theme of the novel. ... It is a sin' to harm an innocent (mockingbird). ... Symbolism - Mockingbird is the most significant symbol in the novel. ... Mockingbird is a type of Finch (family name significant: Atticus could view the Mockingbirds as part of his family that he ought to protect). First shown in Chpt 10 where Atticus says "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird- (symbol for Mr Ewell?). ...

• Word Count: 1462
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• Grade Level: High School

Courage: Jem Finch Jem Finch is a very dynamic character, and portrays courage through bravery. From the start of the novel Jem's idea of valor, was simply touching the Radley house, and only then because, "In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare."(Lee 13). As Jem matures, and the story progr...

• Word Count: 915
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

To Kill a Mockingbird is as much a story about principles as it is about parallels. ... In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" in my opinion the author had a special purpose in mind when she wrote the characters of Tom Robinson, and Aurthur "Boo" Radley, and the title. ... In the novel, Harper Lee uses the saying "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," to explain a lot of parts in the story. ... In this way the people are "killing a mockingbird." ... Using examples from the book To Kill a Mockingbird, I have tried to show how Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley are alike. ...

• Word Count: 704
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• Grade Level: High School

The tone of any specific place is affected by the surroundings and also by the people present. Just as in real life, the tone in books is influenced by the settings and the characters that are there. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the tone of the story is affected by the metaphors and image...

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• Grade Level: High School

William Shakespeare's Macbeth and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird are both literary classics that prove Hersey's statement to be true. ... The themes in To Kill A Mockingbird are part of what makes the novel the powerful work of literature it is. ... "To kill a mockingbird" was considered a sin. ... In analyzing Macbeth and To Kill A Mockingbird, John Hersey's statement is proven true. ... To Kill A Mockingbird is less than a century old, but it has proven that it is powerful enough to remain a classic for many generations. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

* Discuss the novel as a representation of moral courage To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee that is set in 1930's Alabama where colour prejudice was predominant. ... Of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie Atkinson is the person who is most like Atticus, and she has something of the same function. ...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is a young girl who is just learning about everything. ... Scout was lucky that Walter Cunningham Sr. was a nice man and he told the mob to go away because if he wasn't a nice guy they could've killed them and Tom Robinson. ...

• Word Count: 765
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• Grade Level: High School

In all novels there are certain characters and incidents that help the reader and characters in the book understand the novels purpose. In this novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many characters and incidents that help Scout learn more about thelizabeth society she lives in. In par...

• Word Count: 302
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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" opens with a short chapter where the narrator, whom we later come to know as Scout, takes the reader back to her childhood spent in a small town called Maycomb. ...

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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird this very caste system is clearly depicted through the eyes of a young girl and raises the question of how willing, or not so willing, people are to accept change or differences in one another. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the main character, Scout, not only matures emotionally, but she also matures socially. Scout learns to develop these characteristics by dealing with the challenges that society throws at her. She also begins to realize that not everyo...

• Word Count: 385
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• Grade Level: High School

Scout's Rights of Passage Have you ever experienced prejudice? How did it affect you? Exposure to prejudice is usually hurtful and you can have a feeling of shock or disgust. However, from being exposed to prejudice one can mature, and learn that prejudice is wrong. Before one can truly underst...

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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. ... The lynch mob were a group of men that threatened to take the law in their own hands and got together to kill Tom Robinson before his trial. ... There is also gender prejudice in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', for example Scout has to wear a dress to school and has to be accompany the ladies of Maycomb for their weekly gathering. ...

• 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. ... The lynch mob were a group of men that threatened to take the law in their own hands and got together to kill Tom Robinson before his trial. ... There is also gender prejudice in 'To Kill a Mocking Bird', for example Scout has to wear a dress to school and has to be accompany the ladies of Maycomb for their weekly gathering. ...

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