... Proclamation, Jim Crow Laws and the abolishment of slavery. This is reflected in the text through the representation of individual, social and political relationships, which can be highlighted through further analysis of the morals and values associated with social class, racial inequality and familial bonds within these relationships. Lee's characterisation, themes and setting serves to demonstrate how literature can be used ... inequality and familial bonds had a significant impact on the individual, social and political relationships of America in the 1930's. The representation of th...

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... Gregory Peck. Plot and Major Characters To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the small, rural town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s. The character of Atticus Finch, Scout's father, was based on Lee's own father, a liberal Alabama lawyer and statesman who frequently defended African Americans within the racially prejudiced ... and befriend seven-year-old Dill Harris, a boy who has arrived in Maycomb to stay with his aunt for the summer. Lee has stated that the character of Dill is based on young Truman Capote, a well-known Southern writer and childhood friend. Together with Dill, Sc...

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... again, Walter," Atticus said pleasantly. "Heck Tate's around here somewhere." The reader is able to see from Atticus" dialogue, the calm and humane character that he is; we see that his courage is used with words, in that he doesn't resort to or condone violence in any situation. Another technique ... in the darkness. "I pushed my way through dark smelly bodies and burst into the circle of light." The light is symbolic of Atticus" character, which is depicted by both the reader and the other characters in the scene. Therefore, we see that this passage was very successfully in achieving ...

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... like that, presenting a clear hypocrisy. Marji, similar to Scout, is more progressive and "avant-garde" than the religiously intolerant and oppressive Iranian society and is therefore able as a character to challenge her society by pointing out its hypocrisies. Both Satrapi and Lee use the values of their protagonists in comparison to their public worlds to present the inequalities of ... in surprise, for Calpurnia rarely commented on the ways of white people." Calpurnia doesn't eat with Scout's family, or speak out against Atticus or Aunt Alexandra, despite her strong character. Lee us...

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... like that, presenting a clear hypocrisy. Marji, similar to Scout, is more progressive and "avant-garde" than the religiously intolerant and oppressive Iranian society and is therefore able as a character to challenge her society by pointing out its hypocrisies. Both Satrapi and Lee use the values of their protagonists in comparison to their public worlds to present the inequalities of ... in surprise, for Calpurnia rarely commented on the ways of white people." Calpurnia doesn't eat with Scout's family, or speak out against Atticus or Aunt Alexandra, despite her strong character. Lee us...

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... more important than your fear." In his story Thunder on Sycamore Street, Rose also expresses ideas about fear and courage through the literary element of characterization throughout his story. The character Arthur Hayes would never stand up for himself and then finally at the very end he was able to overcome his fear and do what was important, and right. Lee ... also uses characterization in his book To Kill a Mockingbird. The character Atticus Finch relates to the quote because he is a lawyer and he has to defend a black man. He too did what he knew was right and overcame the fears of ...

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