" "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if u can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" "(Lee 90), Harper Lee wrote. The author is showing how it is extremely sinful to kill a mockingbird. Different characters in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee are symbolized as "mockingbirds". ... Mayella hesitates to answer simple question showing that she was not sure what to say. ... Finally, Harper Lee shows that there are three mockingbirds in the story, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Arthur Radley, and Mayella Ewell. ...

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• 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. ... The question one may ask about To Kill a Mockingbird is challenging its morals and values, such as the lessons taught by Atticus Finch and the racism that is clearly evident throughout the story. ... To Kill a Mockingbird only benefits the teen mind because of its strong messages. ... Those who disagree with the language and content in To Kill a Mockingbird should think of tenth grade history classes. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird brings about an argu...

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

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the 1930's in the little rural county of Maycomb where Atticus Finch and his two children, Jem and Scout live, during a time of racial discrimination. ... Harper Lee's message about fairness in To Kill a Mockingbird is that societies views and actions towards a person, are based on their skin color, who they are, and their personal image. ... The theme of fairness in To Kill a Mockingbird broadens to a further extent than just the situation of racial discrimination between the blacks and the whites. ... These blameless individuals were referred to as...

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• Grade Level: High School

The mockingbird sings for the sake of singing, and an innocent child possesses an innate joyfulness, as natural as instinct. Yet a mockingbird's song dies as easily as innocence. In the beginning of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout and Jem are portrayed as innocents, uncorrupted by our world of prejudice and racism. ... It was part of their environment at the time, and children don't question that. ... The world was no longer simple, and the mockingbird was dead....

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• Grade Level: High School

The theme with the most impact in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" is Prejudice. ... But because a human being had more color pigment in their skin it was assumed they would be guilty without question, so truth was never a factor. ... People get killed everyday. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To Kill A Mocking BirdTo Kill A Mockingbird "Classic," a term one uses to describe many things, such as a defining moment or an object such as a book. ... One such novel is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. ... A prime example is Scout's answer to the question of the manner in which the prosecuting attorney addressed Mr. ...

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Like this real life example, this theme can be shown in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Another example of Atticus standing up for his viewpoint can be seen when the mob wanting to kill Tom Robinson confronts Atticus at the jail cell. ... She knows her Aunt's feelings towards Walter and deliberately asks her questions to irritate her. ... During the course of To Kill A Mockingbird, the author uses an assortment of characters to reiterate the theme that true courage is standing up for what one believes even if it means risking something precious. ...

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To Kill A Mocking Bird Essay In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee addresses many themes such as prejudice, innocence, courage and coming of age, although racism seems to stand out the most. ... The sheriff later kills Tom when he tries to run while in custody. ... In the courtroom, it was obvious that Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell were lying when they were being questioned by Atticus Finch. ...

• Word Count: 640
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• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel, "To Kill A Mockingbird," contains many examples of prejudice and discrimination towards women, children, people of dark skin, and family backgrounds. ... "'You goddamn whore, I'll kill ya.'" ... Throughout the novel, Scout tries to answer that question "what makes people fine folks?" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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? ... He says that "I hope and I pray that I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness and most of all without catching Maycomb's usual disease- He means that he hopes that the children won't listen to ruthless gossip but, if they have a question, then they should go to Atticus, as he would give th...

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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. ... This theme adds to the play's power because the question of fate is still debated today. ... 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. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

At the same time, when faced with such questions as to "how could I degrade myself in such a manner as to defend man who was "clearly guilty" I used to think that in many ways that they missed the point. ... I had been hopeful that in a court of law, truth would be the only standard and was disappointed when prejudice was allowed to get in the way of that and to me, that trial was indeed that hunter aiming and in the end shooting, one of the most innocent of creatures - a Mockingbird. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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

As the character of Atticus Finch recognizes in "To Kill a Mockingbird"", cases such as defending negro Tom Robinson against the charge of rape in his home town of Maycombe "come along once in a lifetime" (link to text/quote)and there is no turning away from such moments. ... Standing up against Maycombe's narrow-mindedness however also causes some townsfolk to question their inherent racism. ...

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• 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. ... Mrs Merriweather for instance never questions her actions, or what she says. ... 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...

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• 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. ... Mrs Merriweather for instance never questions her actions, or what she says. ... 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...

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