... uneducated, having attended school for only three years. Her career choices are limited. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Mayella and the black people of Maycomb are equal in terms of limited opportunities. Mayella's life has been plagued with poverty and abuse which is why she is ... . Ultimately, the main factor that contributes to Tom's untimely death is his race, which makes him deserving of sympathy. Boo Radley is practically enduring solitary confinement in his own home. Boo Radley has been locked up in his house since he was a kid, "Mr. Radley's boy was not ... seen ag...

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• Grade Level: High School

... say that courage is being able to face their fears. Others say that courage is a person with a strong heart. Being a courageous person means that you are able to bravely face the negative pressures, challenges and adversity that comes in life. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus is a very courageous character, Atticus tried every way to help others were in ... special people to do certain jobs in this world. Not every man could put aside everything he has ever been taught his whole life, and represent a black man like Atticus did(Lee). To ignore all the cruel thing...

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• Grade Level: High School

... father, a liberal Alabama lawyer and statesman who frequently defended African Americans within the racially prejudiced Southern legal system. Scout and her brother Jem are raised by their father and by Calpurnia, an African-American housekeeper who works for the family. Scout and Jem meet 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 ... as subjects of history, reduced to mere objects who are ...

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... their mother is dead. Their father fights to raise them as unprejudiced members of society, which forms the main conflict of the novel. A small town girl named Scout is subject to the savageness of the townspeople as her father Atticus Finch tries to defend a black man named Tom Robinson. The opinion and influence of Scout's peers, elders, and her father all play a huge role in her and ... any other particular reason just because of the fact that they are getting older and their interests are changing. Scout describes her feelings about a friend that she and Jem both share. His name is ...

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... just a case of black and white. The entire novel is about prejudice in it's many forms, the most prominent case of prejudice is the racism and hate between the blacks and whites.The book is set in a small town in Alabama called "Maycomb", like most small southern towns in that time, has a problem with widespread racism toward blacks. The novel focuses on one family, the Finches. In the family there are ... three charecters, Scout, Jem and Atticus. Atticus (the father) is a lawyer and is defending a black man in court (Tom Robinson), something that was not often done in the south due to ...

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... preposterous and to accuse him of rape was a perfect cover to all of the things that had happened to her in the past. In the Scottsboro Boy's trial the women were prostitutes and it seemed like a perfect idea to place the blame on the black men. The cases seem very similar to every aspect. In the novel Tom Robinson placed an appeal but was killed in jail while trying to escape ... before he could go through with the appeal. In the Scottsboro Case the men were finally let free ... after one of the women who before ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," a mockingbird symbolizes an innocent person who is unjustly persecuted. Based on this definition, one of the clearest examples of a real-life mockingbird in history is Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy brutally murdered in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman. Emmett exemplifies an unjustly persecuted innocent person in that key facts and circumstances were ignored ... by Milan's shed. Till was either shot in Milam's shed or by the Tallahatchie River. The group drove the truck back to Bryant's store, with Till still in the back, where severa...

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