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Harper Lee
Jem Finch displays immaturity particularly towards the beginning of the novel. When Scout begins telling the story, Jem is only ten years old. As a ten-year-old boy, Jem displays immaturity by...
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, and passed away on February 19, 2016. Lee was the author of two books—To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) and Go Set a Watchman (2015). Both books are centered on...
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Harper Lee
Atticus means that Scout helped Walter Cunningham realize that Atticus was just a person. Atticus does his best to try to teach Scout empathy. He tells her that she will get along with a person...
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Harper Lee
Atticus Finch is the most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird barring Scout, the narrator. Atticus is father to Scout and Jem, and is an attorney in Maycomb, Alabama. In this capacity, he...
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Harper Lee
I assume you have read, To Kill a Mockingbird. In that case, let's focus on To Kill a Mockingbird to explore why Harper Lee is such a renowned author. The novel has sold millions of copies; it is...
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Harper Lee
Cecil Jacobs is Scout's classmate. He lives on the same street as her, though he is further down and closer to the Maycomb post office. Both Scout and Cecil are in the same class with Miss Gates as...
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a work of fiction, but draws heavily on her own childhood experiences. The character of Scout Finch is based on Lee herself, who used to watch her father...
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Harper Lee
In chapter 23, Jem is discussing the intricacies of the Tom Robinson trial with Atticus when his father ends up telling him that one of the Cunninghams argued for an acquittal. Aunt Alexandra...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
One main theme that emerges from this portion of To Kill a Mockingbird is the idea that people are not always what they seem. Earlier in the text, Scout and Jem describe their neighbor, Boo...
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Harper Lee
The children of Maycomb enjoyed Halloween. For many years, "Halloween in Maycomb was a completely unorganized affair" (Chapter 27). Children in the area were often mischievous and pulled elaborate...
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Harper Lee
At the time (and about the time) Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, justice was reserved only for white people. The story illustrates this point: Tom Robinson, a well-known, upstanding black...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
In chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Cal takes Scout and Jem with her to church. Atticus has to go out of town for business with the State Legislature, so he leaves Cal in charge of the...
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee's greatest contribution to American Literature has to be To Kill a Mockingbird. The book's impact was felt then as it is today, echoed in reviews that the book received: "A hundred...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
In Chapter 7 of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem, who still view Boo Radley as an unknown, and probably evil, force, begin to find several items in the knothole of a tree....
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Harper Lee
For a person to act responsibly in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930's, she must have the courage to be just in standing up for others, especially when doing so goes against the traditions and customs...
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Harper Lee
In Chapter One, Scout does give a brief history of her family and Maycomb. In that history, she does link Atticus' ancestor, Simon Finch, to General Andrew Jackson who fought in Alabama during the...
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Harper Lee
Although the Civil Rights Act of 1875 improved conditions for African Americans, in the South Democratic whites gained control in the South and proceeded to pass legislation that disenfranchised...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Although she has spent her entire lifetime in the Deep South, Scout Finch is only six years old when the novel begins, and thus has relatively little knowledge or awareness of the social structures...
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Harper Lee
In the novel, Attics explains to Jem that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird even if he shoots other birds. Specifically he says, "'Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.' That was the only...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
The trial of Tom Robinson affected almost everyone in the town by requiring them to look at issues of race more critically. When Atticus Finch decided to defend Tom Robinson, it turned the town of...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Keep in mind that a novel of this length and complexity often has several conflicts, therefore there are multiple story-lines. The easiest way to track the plot of a long and complex novel like...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee's coming-of-age novel, To Kill a Mockingbird follows the traditional plot structure outlined by Gustav Freytag's pyramid. This involves the common patterns beginning with the exposition...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
The voice of the young, ingenuous child precludes bias and cultural conditioning, two serious blinders to objective judgments. So, with Scout's voice, the reader is presented the microcosm of...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem's understanding of courage changes. As a dynamic rather than static character which means that he changes rather than stays the same, Jem as a...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Discussing both characters is too much for one question. Please ask for an explanation of the other character in a different question. When Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird begins, Jem...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Aunt Alexandra feels guilty because she had believed Bob Ewell might eventually try something like this. In Chapter 29, she says: "Atticus, I had a feeling about this tonight—I—this is my...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Jem is twelve years old at this point. He's just getting into his teenage years; this can be a difficult time of personal growth and transition to adulthood. Jem tries to adapt and assumes a more...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel of growth and maturation because it focuses on the coming of age of young Scout as she comes to understand the world. An example of Scout’s maturation is her...
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch is an honest man because he acts on his conscience rather than what others expect. Throughout the story, Atticus Finch catches a lot of grief for following his conscience rather than...
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee did, in fact, study at Oxford University, but only for one summer. She spent one year at Huntington College, then went to the University of Alabama. She attended Oxford as part of a...
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee wrote on published work: "To Kill a Mockingbird". Although she wrote several essays, and began work on two more novels, she never finished another novel and never published again.
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Harper Lee
In my version of the book, the front of the house is described on page 8, and the back of the house is described on page 52. The condition of the house helps the children to imagine Boo as a...
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Harper Lee
The tension in this portion of Chapter Six begins long before the chapter begins. The stories about Boo Radley stabbing his father and their mysterious solitude sets up the fear and intrigue that...
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Harper Lee
In to Kill a Mockingbird, morality is important. Atticus was asked to be Tom Robinson's lawyer. Of course, Atticus accepted because Atticus is good. He would do anything to keep everything in good...
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Harper Lee
he is a man, He has high moral standards and believes in justice. he represents the good of society. and he's the only one who would represent a black man and the truth.
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Harper Lee
First of all, a mockingbird is a symbol of something that brings nothing but pleasure and joy into our society and does us no harm. They are not necessarily harmed by society. It is a sin to harm...
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Harper Lee
Harper Lee's use of symbolism in To Kill a Mockingbird is one of its defining characteristics. Even the title of the book is an example of symbolism; the mockingbird represents innocence. In the...
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Harper Lee
Since the novel To Kill a Mockingbird spans several years in the lives of Jem and Scout Finch, it makes sense that the two children should mature somewhat during the duration. Since they both...
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Harper Lee
I can assure you that if you actually were able to get Harper Lee to respond to you, you would certainly deserve that "A." Miss Lee, 84, is a NOTORIOUSLY PRIVATE person; she gives very few personal...
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Harper Lee
As time went by, Jem came to realize that Boo Radley was not the terrible "boogie man" that he and Scout (and Dill) had imagined. It began on the night that Jem lost his pants, when he returned to...
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Harper Lee
Becoming a lady is not one of Scout's foremost goals in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, but there is plenty of pressure for her to become one. Below are six examples. Although...
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Harper Lee
Atticus is a man of integrity. He is a man who believes in fairness, truth, and justice. When dealing with Scout and Jem, Atticus impresses on them the right way to live. He corrects Jem and...
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Harper Lee
In these chapters which spans the summer between Scout's first and second grades at school, the children are trying to learn more about Boo Radley. In typical childhood fashion, they find Boo...
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Harper Lee
The novel means different things to different people, but generally it is seen as a "growing up" story with a strong message against racism, intolerance, and cruelty. I think you must be asking...
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Harper Lee
Atticus has just very efficiently shot the rabid dog that had the entire street terrorized. When he came back to find Jem "paralyzed" with awe that his father could shoot and had never...
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Harper Lee
"Miss Caroline Fisher," Scout's first-grade teacher who is a newcomer to Maycomb. She misunderstands the social order of Maycomb and punishes Scout for trying to explain it. She also...