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    The use of Equality, Respect, and Integrity in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book set in the 1930s that centres around Macomb County. This book follows the story of Scout and her childhood adventures. Her father Atticus Finch is Scout’s single surviving parent and he tries to teach her several values. Atticus Finch teaches Scout equality, respect, and integrity through direct and implied conversations. Scout learns equality when Atticus repeatedly…

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    To kill a mockingbird by Lee Harper you would think there is actual mockingbirds like the animal but no there isn't it is a symbol for how some people get treated for doing nothing or just minding their own business. The mockingbird symbol represents people who do nothing but either try and be helpful are so innocent to somethings they don't understand exactly what's going on. My first example of a person who is a mockingbird is Tom Robinson. He is a mocking bird because of the color of his…

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    To kill a mocking bird To kill a mocking bird was a tragic story full of events depicting the life of people of color in the 1930’ although racism is a very alive theme in the novel it also has a under lying theme and meaning created by Harper Lee’s character,Atticus Finch,in the importants of morals and respect of all people no matter who they look or what they say. Harper lee did a amazing job setting up this theme by making Atticus a poster child for it and showing scout and jem…

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    To Kill A Mocking Bird, written by Harper Lee, continuos to be a valued novel by readers as it explores the challenges of inequality in our world. Although written 54 years ago, the novel resonates with the audience today, as they would recognise inequality, gender and racism, as they are still three major issues faced by many individuals in our communities within the 21st century. Inequality is faced in our everyday life, there will never be a ‘stop’ to inequality, as it covers a range of…

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    how people found ways to survive horrifying situations and atrocious conditions. Siddhartha, a fiction story by Hermann Hesse, tells the tale of a young man that looks for pure happiness, a difficult journey that takes him his whole life. To Kill a Mocking Bird, also fiction, by Harper Lee is about a small town divided by race when a white girl accuses a black man of rape. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a true account by Jung Chang about the hardships of a grandmother, mother, and…

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    Moral Development In the book to kill a mocking bird Scout has changed or she also got more mature throughout the story. One reason is that Scout starts to learn about how the people of Maycomb feel about blacks. Scout also changes due to the fact that she did not know who Boo Radley was then she was willing to walk Boo Radley home. The third reason why scout has changed is due to the fact that she has got more time to mature. The last reason why Scout has changed throughout the book is that…

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    of information in the world. They can provide thought-provoking information. Often books are banned due to “inappropriate content.” Or “controversial material.” Books began getting banned in the US in 1624. Some examples of banned books include To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, and 1984 by George Orwell. (“Banned & Challenged Classics.”) I believe that books should not be banned. Books contain a wealth of knowledge and perspectives. Though these books…

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    The title to kill a mockingbird relates to tom Robinson and boo Radley because it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because their innocent and have done nothing wrong. Just like tom Robinson was innocent and did nothing wrong. And how boo Radley didn’t really do anything to anyone they both did good things for no real reason other than just to do it out of their own will. Hey both relate and represent a mocking bird n both ways tom Robinson was a victim and was also a witness that was not only…

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    The book To Kill a Mocking Bird written by Harper Lee was published in 1960 but set in the 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama¬. Jim Crow Law was controlling Alabama in the 1930s, which restricted black people’s rights. There were racial segregations happening due to this law. There were different doors for black people, they weren’t able to eat in the same room. When black people tried to ride the bus or train, they needed to use the back part. Moreover, due to the Great Depression, in this period, black…

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    insidious, but with the same result: their particularity as human beings was reduced to a lazy, abstract cliché (‘the eternal feminine; the Jewish character’) that served as a rationale for their subjugation.”( Simone de Bouvoir, 7) . Notably, To Kill a Mocking Bird is a novel that addresses anger against racism, Lee exhibits the racial relations in the Southern America. The story events resolve after placing the first Jim Crow law; the law passed in many states; especially the South. The…

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