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    "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (pg. 119.) Miss Maudie spoke the previous quote with deep thought going into each and every word. She wasn't just trying to teach Scout a lesson, but she wanted there to be a powerful meaning behind it. Miss Maudie's main purpose was to stress that you shouldn't kill something

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. The novel tells the story of Jem and Scout Finch two children who are forced to grow up and face the harsh realities of the world when their dad is chosen to represent a man in one of the biggest cases their small town of Maycomb, Alabama has ever seen. The themes present in To Kill A Mockingbird were relevant when the novel was written and are still relevant today. Themes such as Prejudice, Love and coming of age are present in To Kill A Mockingbird and can still

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    Attention Grabber: Would you ever kill a mockingbird? A Summary: Thesis: Shooting a mockingbird is a sin and can be a saying or literal. In To Kill A Mockingbird there are “mockingbirds” such as Boo Radley, Tom Robinson and Atticus. Killing a mockingbird is a sin because they do nothing to you. All a mockingbird does is sing it's beautiful songs, it's an innocent creature that should not be killed. Body 1: One person in this book that is a mockingbird is Tom Robinson. The most important, is that

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    “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a piece of literature which expresses many themes throughout the book. Three main themes out of the many themes expressed in the novel are human dignity, prejudice, and innocence. “To Kill a Mockingbird” uncoils in the perspective of Scout in which she faces the true reality of the world. The novel displays three years of Scout’s life in which she matures and gains an involute understanding of the world. This novel is set in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s

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    To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about the reality of the society against minority. It describes them as the mockingbird who suffered from the society. Three characters are described as a mockingbird in the novel. Arthur-Boo Radley is the first mockingbird persecuted by the prejudice and stereotypes of others. Atticus Finch is also a mocking bird who suffered from racism and stereotypes of Maycomb. Tom Robinson is the last mockingbird of racism. Therefore, Arthur-Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, and Tom

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    children learn valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. All the while, we are learning from it. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of morale, justice and equality. Harper Lee uses her novel to teach us important lessons from the characters presented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus, a fair and moral character, whose parenting style is unique, lined with honest and example, teaches us to follow his ways. Scout, an innocent girl who

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    In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee segregation plays a huge role throughout the story. The Jim Crow Law also lay along these lines too. The Jim Crow Laws were laws that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. In Harper Lee’s book black and white people are often separated. The Jim Crow Laws were first created in the Southern United States to separate black and white people from even the slightest contact. We recognize this many times throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, for example, whenever

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    Major Themes In To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird, is a symbolic novel by Harper Lee. It expresses many viewpoints on a small county called Maycomb, with residents of all types. However the continuation of racial discrimination, the presence of good and evil, social inequality, and lastly the importance of moral education is what separate some residents from others. Thus, there are many themes in To Kill a Mockingbird that were displayed through characters and events that occurred in

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    n the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee demonstrates that important life lessons that are taught at young ages from experience or words of wisdom can impact an individual. In the novel, Harper Lee tells a story about a five year old girl named Scout experiencing problems during her childhood and how the events that occur make her understand the community around her. Taking place in the South during the 1930's, it is a time that brims with great prejudice and racial injustice. The novel

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    “’Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,’” (119). The book To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, takes place in the 1930’s. It is set in Maycomb County, Alabama, and is an engaging “coming-of-age” novel. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, having good manners, different types of prejudice, and the importance

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