When Atticus Finch tells his children, "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), the mockingbird motif becomes apparent. ... The full significance of Atticus's remark, "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p. 99), is explained by Miss Maudie Atkinson. ... In a desperate attempt to escape from prison, Tom is shot and killed. ... Hence, the title To Kill a Mockingbird is concerned with what the poet Robert Burns called man's inhumanity to man and what Mr Dolphus Raymond calls "the simple hell people give oth...

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Mockingbird Characters Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, a small town similar to Maycomb, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee began writing To Kill A Mockingbird in the mid-1950's, and she completed the novel in 1957. ... The main theme of the story is the coexistence of good and evil, and this theme is depicted in the title, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy That's...

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To Kill a Mockingbirn by Harper Lee The title of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, has very little actual relation to the plot of the story, however, it carries a significant amount of symbolic weight in the book. ... Thus, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is to destroy innocence. ... The novel suggests that "It is a sin to kill a mockingbird", sin being something that is morally wrong, meaning that although it isn't against the law or illegal to persecute an innocent, it is still immoral. ... Boo Radley is the other key mockingbird of the novel. ... Unlike Tom Robinson who was k...

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To Kill a Mockingbird deals with Southern life during the 1930 "s. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."... Bob Ewell is the blue jay of Harper Lee's, To Kill A Mockingbird while Tom is innocent and faulty accused, he is not. ... Throughout Harper Lee's, To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus is the voice of reason. ... Atticus kills the dog, like he kills the racism and prejudice, not letting it spread to his children. ...

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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee in 1960, explores the values and attitudes of America in the 1930's through the portrayal of relationships. Mockingbird was written to portray the period of the Great Depression, the Emancipation Proclamation, Jim Crow Laws and the abolishment of slavery. ... Mockingbird allows us to understand the relationship between parents and children during this period and the associated morals and values. ... The social relationships represented in Mockingbird serve to explore the values and attitudes in America in the 1930's. ... This is ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird was written in 1960 by Harper Lee (a law student from schools such as the University of Alabama and Oxford University). ... To Kill a Mockingbird also sold more than two and a half million copies within one year of publication and had of 14 different printings. ... In the story to kill a mockingbird is a representation of innocents destroyed by evil, the "mockingbird" comes to represent the idea of innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ...

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Harper Lee employs many literary elements that pull readers into her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... There are many symbols in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Foreshadowing occurs many times during To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Many literary elements are used in To Kill a Mockingbird to tie the whole story together. ... Overall To Kill a Mockingbird is a great book that uses literary elements to tie everything together....

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Harper Lee's critically acclaimed novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, looks deeply into the beliefs and opinions of the characters and further analyzes the prejudice, racial stigma, and social barrier that took place. ... Atticus tells the kids "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird" because "they don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy" (Lee 119). ... Throughout Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley emerge as mockingbirds, symbolizing the prejudice and discrimination of Maycomb County. ... Yet, he was accused, beaten...

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To Kill A Mockingbird Q. ... In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are many symbols used, one of these is the Mockingbird symbol. ... The symbol of the "mockingbirds" is used throughout the text when Scout says, "It's a sin to Kill A Mockingbird". ... In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are really only two "mockingbirds" mentioned. ... In the end, it is a sin to kill a Mockingbird....

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ENGLISH ESSAY TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD " Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a Mocking Bird" The mockingbird represents innocence. Like hunters who kill mockingbirds for sport, people kill innocence, or other people who are innocent, without thinking about what they are doing. ... The mockingbird motif arises numerous times during the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... He didn't hurt anyone, but he was shot , just like a sportsman would kill a mockingbird. ... She told Atticus, "I know, it would be sumtin like to kill a...

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Atticus Finch is a complicated character in "To Kill A Mockingbird." ... "He doesn't believe in killing just to kill. He says that killing mockingbirds is a "sin"" because they don't hurt anyone in any way. ...

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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are many symbols used, one of these is the Mockingbird symbol. ... A quote, which comes up numerous times in the book, is "It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird." The symbol of the "mockingbirds" is used throughout the text when Scout says, "It's a sin to Kill A Mockingbird". ... In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are really only two "mockingbirds" mentioned. ... In the end, it is a sin to kill a Mockingbird. ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird is a very deep and complex book with many messages explaining the authors" views on various life themes. ... To Kill A Mockingbird illustrates how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird by the examples of Tom Robinson and Boo Radely's life choices and their willingness to help others. ... For example, after Tom was killed for attempting to escape from prison, Mr. ... Scout realizes that Boo has technically committed a crime but by covering it up Boo would not be "killed" like the other mockingbird in the story. The theme of how killing something that only tries to b...

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The novel title "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is the representation of the most meaningful statement produced in the novel. ... To kill or harm them would be a sin. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Through their actions, they killed a mockingbird. ... The title "To Kill a Mockingbird" played a major part in the lives of Tom Robinson and Arthur Radley, as they were both victims of the sin. ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird "Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact... Probably one of the best works ever written that accurately portrays life, To Kill A Mockingbird won the "aww- and "ahh- of many critics and the hearts of many readers back then and is still achieving the same remarkable feat now. ... True enough, it was "a sin to kill a mockingbird, that doesn't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy, doesn't eat up people's gardens, doesn't nest in corncribs, and doesn't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us....

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this quote has offended enough people, that the Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has been placed among the list of "most frequently banned books"(Lee). ... Through reading To Kill a Mockingbird the reader gains insight into the life styles of southern Alabama. ... To Kill a Mockingbird gives insight into the human experience. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is perhaps greatest book ever written. ... This is why the banning of To Kill A Mockingbird is such an absurdity. ...

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It took her two and a half years and the help of her editor, Tay Hohoff, to re-write the novel and finalize To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Examples of this prejudice are repeatedly displayed in Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Symbols played an important role in To Kill A Mockingbird. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."... Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird should most definitely be included among a list of works of high literary merit. ...

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It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a story of innocents destroyed by evil; the mockingbird came to represent the idea of innocence. Therefore, to kill a mockingbird means a loss of innocence. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."" Throughout Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird, it was observed that nearly every character was a mockingbird in disguise. ... To kill a mockingbird was to destroy their innocence. ...

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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus tries to teach is kids the correct skills in dealing with situations such as racism, prejudice, and even how to fight back with non-violence. ... Another skill that Atticus tries to teach is kids is not to harm mockingbirds. In the beginning of the book Atticus says that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because it never harms anyone and does nothing but create music for people to listen to. Mockingbirds is a synonym in a way, because it can represent people also such as Tom Robinson or even Atticus himself. ... Atticus is also a mockingbird in a way b...

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In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how prejudice and racism affected black people. ... Miss Maudie says: Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird... - 90 Tom Robinson shouldn't die for being a mockingbird, but racists can't look past the color of his skin to see the harmless and innocent mockingbird. ... White Southerners can't see past skin color to distinguish a mockingbird from a guilty person. ...

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To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel in that it portrays life and the role of racism in the 1930's. ... Scout connects Boo with a Mockingbird. ... For example, on page 94, Atticus says his most important line in the book, " remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Before reading To Kill a Mockingbird, the title itself means nothing. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee takes place in Maycomb county, Alabama in the 1930's. ... In To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus told Jem "I"d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you"ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (page #90 ) In a sense Tom was like a mockingbird because he did nothing wrong. ... Ewell tried to kill both Scout and Jem Boo stopped him and killed Mr.Ewell in the process. ...

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Critical Analysis of To Kill A Mockingbird The relationship between form and content in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird can be analyzed by studying the narrative point of view, extended metaphor, tone, and irony. ... Mockingbirds are first mentioned when Scout and Jem receive air rifles for Christmas; Atticus tells them to "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Miss Maudie explains to Scout why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, she says "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. ... ...

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"To Kill a Mockingbird" The early 1960s was perfect for Harper Lee's novel of Southern racial injustice, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The most important character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout Finch, the young daughter of Atticus Finch. ... The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is Depression era (early 1930s) Maycomb County, Mississippi. The point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird is that of Scout Finch, who serves as narrator. ... The three main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird are prejudice, as illustrated by the town's attitudes about Tom Robinson and Boo Radley; the t...

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In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes the concerns that arose in her life, which taught her lessons about life in general. ... In To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the major theme statements is, "hypocrisy and prejudice are hard to detect in one's own behavior." An additional theme reflects back to the title of the novel, "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... (33) It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. ... Literature such as Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird is a helpful way for a reader to learn new issues that affect their relationships with other people. ...

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