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). ... Throughout Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley emerge as mockingbirds, symbolizing the prejudice and discrimination of Maycomb County. ... Yet, he was accused, beaten...

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

Atticus Finch is a complicated character in "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... "He doesn't believe in killing just to kill. He says that killing mockingbirds is a "sin"" because they don't hurt anyone in any way. ...

• Word Count: 1941
• Approx Pages: 8
• 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. ... To Kill a Mockingbird only benefits the teen mind because of its strong messages. ... Rape is understood by teenagers well before the tenth grade year, just as profanity is, when To Kill a Mockingbird is taught. ... 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

Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has remained enormously popular since its publication in 1960. ... To Kill a Mockingbird has endured as a mainstay on high school and college reading lists. ... Major Themes The central thematic concern of To Kill a Mockingbird addresses racial prejudice and social justice. ... The concept of justice is presented in To Kill a Mockingbird as an antidote to racial prejudice. ... " To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of heroism and the idea of role models as well. ...

• Word Count: 2287
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," a mockingbird symbolizes an innocent person who is unjustly persecuted. ... Similar to how Tom Robinson was treated in To Kill a Mockingbird, Emmett Till's murder was beyond horrific, and Bryant and Milam let their anger and racism take hold of them and do things which can never be justified. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch does such a good job of proving Tom Robinson innocent that the jury seems to at least spend some time contemplating (Lee). ... The racism and prejudice expressed in To Kill a Mockingbird is not fictional, and Emmett Till shows t...

• Word Count: 1440
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

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
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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 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
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Critical Essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. ... In, To Kill a Mockingbird, the socioeconomic status of the white community is depicted with the Finch family as the upper-class. ... In the seventy years since the fictional scenes in To Kill a Mockingbird took place small steps in the improvement of the race relations might have taken place, but it's not even close to enough. ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• 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
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Author Biography Harper Lee, born April 28 in 1926, is an American author mainly known for her one and only novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". ... The third significant event happens when the judge declares Tom guilty, and later that day he is shot and killed because he tried to run. Then, Bob Ewel attempts to attack Scout and Jem, but is fought off and killed by Boo Radley. ... He wants to protect their innocence because, in a way, they are mockingbirds to him. ...

• Word Count: 1573
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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (referred to as TKMB) by Harper Lee and the film a Time to Kill (referred to as TTK) by John Grisham, racism is made relevant. ... This signifies that they are going to do horrible things to the family or kill them. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird the inhabitants of Maycomb County are not very friendly to black people; they despise colored people and do not see them as equals. ... This group wants to kill Tom Robinson merely because the man is black. ...

• Word Count: 2234
• Approx Pages: 9
• 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

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? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For example, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird takes the reader on a journey of exploring the moral nature of human beings and discovering what it is that makes people the combination of good and evil that they are. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird shows the reader that no person is only good or only evil, but a combination of the two. ...

• Word Count: 1455
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• Has Bibliography
• 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...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a story of the coming of age of two children who begin to realize the cruelty of people in the world. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming of age as Scout and Jem encounter the problems brought upon by the attitudes of the elders and peers during the ongoing of the trial. ... In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird there are two discussed opinions of how to treat other people. ... The effects of the Great Depression are evident in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a depiction of the wrongful convicti...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is set in the sleepy Southern town of Maycomb, in the 1930s. ... The main message that Harper Lee is trying to convey through "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that one should stand up for what they believe in, even if it is done under the surface, or with less gusto, amply demonstrated through the characters of Atticus Finch, who fought for Tom Robinson as hard as he could, Mr. ... 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 morali...

• Word Count: 1682
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Heroism of Atticus Finch: Essay The racism which was prevalent in many small American towns in the 1930s is expertly illustrated in Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Even the title of the novel reflects Atticus's principles; he will not shoot a mockingbird nor condone anyone else who does so, because mockingbirds do nothing but sing beautiful songs for us, and it is wrong to kill such a bird. ... , he has resolved never to kill another living thing or use a gun at all unless it is absolutely necessary, for he sees his talent with a gun as an unfair advant...

• Word Count: 1341
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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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Belonging can also be achieved in finding a sense of community within a group, as evident in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Forrest Gump.... "To Kill a Mockingbird" shows strong evidence that creating a community can form strong bonds, and allows for everyone to feel that they belong and play a pivotal role in the group. ... A sense of belonging, however, can be achieved with the acceptance of a community, as roles are recognized and an understanding of worth is developed, as shown in both "Forrest Gump" and "To Kill a Mockingbird....

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Discrimination and prejudice were very common acts in the early and middle 1900's. Prejudice in this book is displayed by the acts of hate and misunderstanding because of someone's color. People of color were the majority that were treated unfairly. During this time in the southern states, black peo...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Even though To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize Award, the Alabama Library Association Book Award, and the Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the novel still receives shouts of criticism because of its "immorality" and "racist attributes" (Karolides et al.). Banning To Kill a Mockingbird gave southerners the excuse to avoid hearing a part of American society they did not want to hear. ... Similar to To Kill a Mockingbird, the same advocations apply to I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. ...

• Word Count: 2168
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published in 1960 during a time of racial strife: the Civil Rights Movement was at its prime and tumultuous events evolved into violence, spread into states across the country and entered the American conscience. ...

• Word Count: 2326
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School