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        <title><![CDATA[Dolphus Raymond is a local "drunk"; or at least, that's what everyone...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dolphus Raymond is a local "drunk"; or at least, that's what everyone thinks. He is a white man from a good family, but he has chosen to live on the black side of town with his mistress, who is also black. There, they raise their children, &amp; live in relative peace. He is a source of rumor &amp; speculation amongst the townspeople, because of his chosen lifestyle.
His secret? Mr. Raymond is not an alcoholic. In fact, all he carries in his...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain who Mr. Dolphus Raymond is. What's his secret? Why do you...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Explain who Mr. Dolphus Raymond is. What's his secret? Why do you suppose he shares his secret with the children?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's title is a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee's title is a running theme and symbolic statement about man's treatment--or mistreatment--of his fellow man. It is a terrific title, since it sparks interest and intrigue because of its unusual nature.    Early in the novel, Miss Maudie (not Atticus!) explains to Scout that

"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens. They...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has created a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has created a group of characters with great depth and emotion. Few, however, change drastically over the course of the novel, in part because of Scout's innocent,predetermined narrative style. The main characters--Atticus, Jem, Scout, Tom--remain strong throughout. Aside from Boo Radley, who goes from the perceived scary monster to a character of great sympathy and gentle nature, perhaps...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    Women are still considered the fairer yet weaker sex in Harper...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    Women are still considered the fairer yet weaker sex in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The author certainly treats women with a more even hand than a male writer might have, but the fact remains that in 1935, the female of the species did not enjoy equal status with the male counterpart. Perhaps the most obvious example is that women were not yet allowed by Alabama law to serve on a jury; thus, the all male delegation during...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Has your opinion changed about any of the characters in To Kill a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Has your opinion changed about any of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird since the beginning of the novel? If so, which one(s) and why?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Do you think the title of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Do you think the title of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is appropriate? Explain your answer.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is an example of society's viewpoint on southern women at the time...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is an example of society's viewpoint on southern women at the time of history in To Kill a Mockingbird?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It may be worthwhile, too, to look at the character who says this....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It may be worthwhile, too, to look at the character who says this. According to a number of sources, Dill is a stand-in for Truman Capote. In my (admittedly limited) understanding of Capote, he seems to cultivate a aesthete-like standard of conduct. Like Oscar Wilde before him, he can present half-serious quips such as the one you've quoted.
See. for example, a previous discussion of Dill's lies.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    The knothole in the tree on the corner of the Radley lot becomes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    The knothole in the tree on the corner of the Radley lot becomes the message center for communications between Boo and the Finch children in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.  In Chapter 4, Jem and Scout had received some chewing gum from the knothole, as well as some shiny pennies. Later, they received some carved dolls, a medallion and an alumninum knife. But, after leaving a note for Boo one day, the kids discover that the...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what did Nathan Radley do to the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what did Nathan Radley do to the tree with the knothole in it?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    Like in the real world, the Maycomb schoolyard in Harper Lee's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    Like in the real world, the Maycomb schoolyard in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a hotbed of juvenile gossip and life experience. In Chapter 3, Scout exercises her tomboy and fighting skills. She bests young Walter Cunningham and then discovers that he is the son of Atticus' client by the same name; afterwards, she takes him home for lunch and learns more about the other side of Maycomb life in Old Sarum. Walter also...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    We can assume that Harper Lee, author of the novel, To Kill a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    We can assume that Harper Lee, author of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, based the main characters of the story on herself.  Like Scout, mischievousness, tom-boyish tom-foolery and a precocious maturity and intellect were all traits of the young Harper Lee during her youth in Monroeville, Alabama. And like Atticus, Ms. Lee nearly became a lawyer before dropping out of school.    Although Nelle Harper Lee has retained a...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[I would argue that telling the truth is never actually cynical. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would argue that telling the truth is never actually cynical.  However, I can see where it might appear to be that way in one particular kind of circumstance.
Telling the truth could seem cynical when truth hurts an idealized view of something (like a hero) that someone holds.  That's because it would seem like it's meant to tear down idealism, which to me is the opposite of cynicism.
Some examples:
Telling a kid there's no Santa Claus...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[    Although cover-ups are common to many less-than-honest law...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[    Although cover-ups are common to many less-than-honest law enforcement officers, it doesn't come natural to Heck Tate, the congenial but businesslike sheriff of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Although the reader may be left questioning who really killed Bob Ewell--Jem or Boo--it is actually the narration by the still innocent Scout that leaves the reader in doubt. Sheriff Tate is aware that only Boo Radley would have had...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[IS telling the truth cynical?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[IS telling the truth cynical?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who is Heck Tate really protecting in Chapter 30 of To Kill a Mockingbird?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Who is Heck Tate really protecting in Chapter 30 of To Kill a Mockingbird?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Harper Lee the author of the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Harper Lee the author of the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird is compassionate. She created a novel with numerous characters who had varied struggles, and she portrayed most of them in a sympathetic and very human light. Even the trashy Mayella Ewell was partially portrayed as a victim of her father’s alcoholism and rage. The mean spirited Mrs. Dubose is humanized through the respect Atticus feels for her as she fights against her...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[After reading the book To Kill a Mockingbird, what kind of person do you think the author was? What makes you feel this way?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What lessons does Scout learn from the school yard in To Kill a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What lessons does Scout learn from the school yard in To Kill a Mockingbird?]]></description>
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