No matter what time period we are in, humans are learning new lessons from every situation they experience. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, was set in the 1960s in Maycomb, Alabama during The Great Depression. Narrator and protagonist, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch learns some important life lessons from her experiences throughout the novel. As she grows older, Scout starts to notice the world around her and witnesses the racial inequalities and prejudices towards different types of people. Her...
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the author, Harper Lee, tells a story about two young children, who live in a period of racial discrimination against African Americans. The reader learns about the characters’ experiences that shape their moral views about people of different social classes and races. Lee portrays African Americans as a segregated community that was considered inferior and constantly faced social injustice, yet they were respectful to the whites, despite the cruel and unfair treatment they...
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“What are you?” A simple yet inevitable question filled with years of confused identity, a question that I have been conditioned to answer repeatedly. Whenever I find myself with the other half, I’m made aware of my confusing pronunciation or how I find myself bowing for just a little too long in an attempt to copy others. The cries of the frustration of not understanding the language. The inability to relate to the personal, yet intertwined experiences of being Asian....
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The laws exist to be black and white, to discover a problem and remove it. In the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ a book set in the southern era in a town named Maycomb in Alabama Harper Lee illustrates that the law is a set of rules to be followed by the preceded town or area and tries to accommodate everyone, however, the law is normally favorable towards the white. For example, the law requires that Negros are to be...
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross once said, “Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be” (BrainyQuote). As Ross’ quote states, the lessons that we learn help us mature and thrive in the real world. Similarly, throughout the novel ‘To Kill a...
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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in country Alabama during the aftermath of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Gender roles and the marginalization of women are a recurring and significant element in the novel. During this time people began to examine their roles in society, one of which is the moral obligation of a woman, especially the proper manners of both young girls and women. Lee perceptively shines a constructive light on the issue...
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This essay shall be disscuing childhood and childhood innocence. It shall also look at the literature /media portrayal used , it’s plot and relation to the idea of childhood as innocence. As humans, one must be careful of the evil of this world. Abhorrent atrocity event happens everyday, around every human being. Although these dreadful and horrific events surround every human, yet children are clueless to it all. Children are filled with innocence and uncertainty of event that transpire around...
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In order to determine one's courage, they first need to explore the many definitions of what it means to be courageous. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird teaches people that courage does not mean that they live without fear, rather it's about showing bravery to stand up to it. She shows this through the characters; Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Scout Finch. To start, in this novel a significant representation of courage is seen within Atticus. In To Kill...
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The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee is a compelling and influential aspect of the coexistence of good and evil within the individual and society. It enables the readers to observe the means in which Atticus Finch endeavors and strives to fight against society as an individual through the characters, style and context. It captivates me as a reader to feel and be aware of the rooted meaning and significance of the innocence as well as the morals...
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What is the meaning of life? Like a shadow, this question follows us through our lives, even if we never turn around to see it. Life is defined to be the existence of an individual human being or animal. But life is so much more than mere existence. The true meaning of life is what we choose to give it. It’s easy to forget what an amazing gift life really is. One thing for certain in life is that it...
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We’ve all done something insensitive to somebody, whether it was out of emotion, or because we didn’t know any better. Throughout ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, the protagonist Scout Finch is portrayed as an immature, naive child. Because she has grown up with wealth, privilege, and a nonchalant father she doesn’t learn empathy. Growing up in a small town in 1930’s Alabama has also influenced her racial views. Eventually Scout is exposed to the real world, she goes from being stagnant...
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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a classic American novel by Harper Lee. The famous story focuses on the Finch family during the Great Depression, and it takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. The protagonist is a young girl named Jean Louise Finch. Most people call her Scout. She is a very developed character and the narrator of the story. Some of her qualities are she is a fighter, she is curious, and she is a tomboy. From...
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‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ takes place in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1920s. It views the Great Depression through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch. The story revolves around her father, Atticus Finch, risking his life to defend a black man and the hardships he and his children, Jem and Scout, encounter. Harper Lee, the author, creates a cast of colorful characters. Jem transitions from a young and naive kid to a mature role model. Through this transition,...
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In today’s society, there is justice in the world, but the injustice for the black race has had a negative impact on the lives of African American people. Injustice in the form of racial discrimination has affected African Americans through misrepresentation only because their skin colour is not white, being socially segregated separating them from the privileges of white people. (reason 3). The authors and directors have shown this form of injustice throughout their film and novel. Hidden Figures directed...
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In this essay I will discuss a crucial topic that does occur on a daily basis, which is racism. Racism is a term used to describe the views and actions of an ethnic group of people towards another based on the idea that the two groups are distinguished by ‘race’ and that the group with racist views believes itself to be superior to the other. Racial injustice remains a real vulnerability in our democracy, one that foreign powers are only...
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The novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee demonstrates a large extent of prejudice that prevents us from seeing the good in people. A person will never really understand another until they look at things from their point of view, by stepping in their shoes, by climbing into their skin and walking around in it. Prejudging a person will prevent them from seeing who they truly are. There is a large extent of prejudice occurring in the society of...
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‘Prejudice presents itself in multiple different forms in society'. In light of this view, compare and contrast the ways in which the novels of ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) by Mary Shelley, and ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ (1960) by Harper Lee present prejudice. Both ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) and ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ (1960) are examples of gothic novels, with ‘Frankenstein’ being a classic gothic novel produced at the height of romantic literature, and ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ is a Southern Gothic narrative. Both authors...
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