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?). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The most obvious forms of oppression in the fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are stereotyping, deprivation of rights and materials, and denial of equal access or opportunities. To Kill a Mockingbird is set during the 1930s during the Great Depression and post-World War Ⅱ. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, a colored man unrightfully convicted of the raping of a white girl, is faced with deprivation of his right to an unbiased jury and court ruling. ... Stereotyping is yet another form of oppression found in both Baltimore and To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Three types...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School