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    next to a large thumb, the poem “I Look at the World” by Langston Hughes, the excerpt from Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick, and the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee all illustrate what it means to be oppressed. The tiny person in the image, the person from the poem, the person from the the excerpt, and characters from To Kill a Mockingbird have been discriminated by the people in their society. Source #1, an image of a small person standing under a giant thumb, depicts a scene where

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    Growing up in social environments that are heavily influenced by class systems definitely impacts young peoples’ perspectives. This influence contributes to struggles Hazel from Watership Down, Scout from To kill a Mockingbird and Ellen from Ellen Foster, face, especially handling social order in a nondiscriminatory way. However, Hazel and Scout have family and friends who advise them, whereas Ellen has no one. Ellen Foster presents the most hopeful chance of the end of racism because she suffers

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    To kill A Mockingbird is a book about a family who goes through a lot. This book tells us the story of two children, Scout and Jem, who are the children of a lawyer by the name of Atticus Finch. Their mother has been dead for a while. I’m am writing of how Scout would be different if her mother was still alive. She could be different by not cursing. She could be more ladylike her Aunt Alexandra. She also would not behave like a boy. “If I didn’t have to stay I’d leave. Jem, that damn lady says Atticus’s

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Reading broadens our minds and touches our hearts. It creates greater understanding and compassion in the reader through its characters and themes. Write an essay that addresses the ideas expressed in this statement with reference to your class novel. “You never really understand a person, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” With over 30 million copies sold worldwide and claiming title to the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is

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    1. To Kill a Mockingbird is a very well-written novel and it has definitely made an impact on me. I am going to remember reading this novel when I get older, because it is the way that Harper Lee wrote it and which choices she made. Harper Lee made it so memorable that even my mom remembers reading it in High School. To Kill a Mockingbird has been talked about by some other famous people too, such as Oprah Winfrey. From Scout, Atticus, and Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy, Oprah Winfrey talks about getting

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    Kathleen Dichoso “To Kill a Mockingbird” Critique Presented with the issues of a complex social, ethical, and moral values of individuals and society, To Kill a Mockingbird continues to captivate those who are exposed to its enthralling story. Written by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird revolves around the time of prejudice and discrimination in the South. In a small town in Alabama, a women named Jean-Louise, recalls her days as a young child back at her house with her father Atticus, her brother

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    and Prejudice In the book To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus tells Jem and Scout to shoot at tins cans in the backyard. He goes on to say, “ Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mocking bird.” “(Lee 103)”Miss Maudie explains it to the kids and says, “ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t do one thing but to sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” “(103)” In the story there are

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    The novel To Kill a Mockingbird was rather a very interesting book to me, which I personally liked the book overall. As I read the story, there were different themes like courage and integrity that I personally enjoyed as they unraveled . I noticed the courage that were in the young children, Jem, Dill, and Scout when they tried to get Boo Radley to get out of the Radley home and not only do you see that in the children. Scout has her courage and sticks up for her classmates and keeps her head high

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    Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird” explores key ideas exposing the human condition and the difficulties faced when one is forced to challenge their morality. “To Kill a Mockingbird” remains relevant in today's society as this novel effectively addresses preconceived issues of religion, racism and, the overriding theme of bigotry in our world, no matter the era in which we are living. Lee uses a variety of techniques to convey the social injustices and inequalities of the world in the 1930’s, whilst

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Mockingbirds are birds that does one thing; Making music for us to enjoy and nothing else to harm us. In the remarkable novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the mockingbird is used as symbolism for real people. Including the human mockingbirds, the novel represents other pieces of the prejudice such as racism and hypocrisy. In the little town of Maycomb in its 1930¡¯s, the prejudice was an accepted concept for every individual and Atticus even called it a ¡®disease¡¯

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