... language, and morals. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a debatable book on the required reading list for the tenth grade curriculum. Scout, or Jean Louise Finch, tells the story of Maycomb County in a way which is easy for the reader to understand and connect to. Although the book is ... A teenager does not entirely understand what types of situations others around them are experiencing, but Harper Lee's inspiring book gives light to those reading and teaches them about values. Atticus respects those around him, even though the characters may be bad people or have done bad things....

• Word Count: 1863
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time". This was the perception of Boo Radley from the one of the children in Maycomb County. Boo Radley is the ghost of Maycomb County, or so the children believe. Most children run when they pass in front of the Radley home, fearing that Boo Radley will come and ... his father's leg. Boo was then locked up in the courthouse basement. When Boo was finally taken back by Mr. Radley, no one ever saw him again. One summer when the children were playing in their tree house, they noticed a little boy sitting in the garden. The boy's name was Dill. He was...

• Word Count: 1409
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... a role model of moral virtue and impeccable character for lawyers to emulate. To Kill a Mockingbird has endured as a mainstay on high school and college reading lists. It was adapted to film in 1962 as a major motion picture starring Gregory Peck. Plot and Major Characters To Kill a Mockingbird is set ... 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. Together with Dill ... ...

• Word Count: 2287
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... a young, adventurous girl, Scout, giving the novel an innocent and uncorrupted perspective of the society. Due to the abundance of prejudice in Maycomb County, many people were judged without getting known and, therefore, were outcasted. The novel refers to these people as Mockingbirds, hence the title. Atticus ... public. 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. Scout's father, Atticus Finch, a brave, courageous, and courteous man is an example of a...

• Word Count: 1674
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

... " is used as a metaphor for the good and innocent, such as Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, who are as a result of the evil encountered in the prejudice people of Maycomb County, destroyed. 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 ... in a small Negro colony. He is respectful and righteous, with only a good heart with good intentions. Tom Robinson is a symbol of goodness, as is the entire Negro population in Maycomb County, who are portrayed as idealists witho...

• Word Count: 1371
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... hate from the white people of Maycomb before the trial proceedings. There is even a plot by a lynch mob consisting of white men, to murder him when he is at the county jail. Tom Robinson's case is hopeless. Bob Ewell knows that his word will be deemed more credible than that of Tom's simply because he is white and Tom is black ... 's appointed lawyer, Atticus Finch has a very convincing defence. Mayella has bruises on her right side of her face meaning a left handed person has hit her. Tom Robinson's left hand is 12 inches shorter than his right hand. Bob Ewell is left handed and given h...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... until you consider things from his point of view ..until you climb into his skin and walk around in it". [p.35]) On the other hand, some other citizens of Maycomb county do not agree with this. Scout and Jem's aunt Alexandra is one of these people. So close to Atticus, her views are the complete opposite. She believes that boys should ... to cover this up ("Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey ..he can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does." [p.207]). There are some folks in Maycomb county like Dolphus, who aren't biased against Negroes, but don't show it directly....

• Word Count: 1315
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... still did not even contemplate going to college. Instead, he spent the winter in an apartment in New Orleans. During his stay in "The Big Easy-, he spent his time reading, writing short stories, and working on a novel. He was only seventeen years of age. At the same time, he was working at "The New Yorker- where according to St. James ... such as Willa Cather-. Capote's career at "The New Yorker- ended when he fell asleep during a speech from Robert Frost, who promptly showed indignation by heaving the book he was reading at Capotes head. By the time Truman was 17 years old, he was alre...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... fist and fury; it is a man with a gun in his hand. There is nothing admirable about sitting quietly or walking away from brewing conflict. Scout Finch, a young girl from Maycomb County, Alabama, would disagree with these statements because she regards her father, who "hated guns and had never been to any wars," as "the bravest man who ever ... ability to be strong in the face of adversity, unkindness and pain. Another very important event to reinforce the ideas previously presented is when Atticus sat in front of the county jail in order to protect Tom Robinson from the expected lynchin...

• Word Count: 2284
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... schooling. He is introduced to such characters as Mr Mell, the wooden legged, flute playing Master at Salem House. David spends a small amount of time with Mr Mell during the summer holidays. He has been sent to school early by Mr Mudstone as a form of punishment, and is made to help out with the general upkeep of the school whilst the ... as "...Her ruler gave me half a dozen quick, little pats" These shows humour by Scout's description but also her naivety. Miss Caroline also informs scout that she should not be reading the material she does. Harper Lee shows her discontent in describ...

• Word Count: 1997
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• Grade Level: High School

... Scouts question as to why he decides to defend an African-American saying, "The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in a legislature" (Lee 75). Atticus taking the Tom Robinson case is an act of being courageous, especially in a time of racial segregation. Atticus tries his best by following his ... ...

• Word Count: 1350
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... grounds or before sufficient knowledge." This type of prejudice was what Arthur "Boo" Radley had to endure every day of his lifetime in the town of Maycomb County, Alabama. "People determined to preserve every physical scrap of the past" (185). The residents of Maycomb are, for the most part, paper-cut copies of the typical Southerner ... ...

• Word Count: 1638
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• Grade Level: High School

... seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy, and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County- Maycomb was an old and tired town, the same families had lived there for generations and the pattern of life had not changed and there was no desire for any ... ...

• Word Count: 1551
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... . This fire incident had revealed the coexistence of evil and good. The main theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is to explore the moral nature of the people of the Maycomb County, whether these people are essentially good or bad. The people's affectionate willingness to help one another in times of trouble had revealed that the people of Maycomb were not essentially ... ...

• Word Count: 2032
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• Grade Level: High School

... a very sick woman and that the term "nigger lover" reflects more on those that use it than on those to whom it applies. At each visit Mrs Dubose keeps Jem reading longer and longer until a month after his last visit Mrs Dubose dies. The children eventually understand that the reason Mrs Dubose was so spiteful was because she was in pain ... . She was determined to break free of her addiction to morphine before she died and Jem's reading sessions helped her to do this. Both children were able to see real courage in action. Mrs Dubose bears her pain and fights her addiction in order to kee...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... of bewilderment were short lived. This was beyond me." (Lee 61) Early in the novel Scout and Jem are very close. They spend a lot of time together, especially in the summer. Jem acts as kind of a protector for Scout. As they grow older they begin to drift apart, not for any other particular reason just because of the fact that they ... ...

• Word Count: 1479
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Rhoda Brook is the ex-lover of the rich farmer. She, now 12 years later, has his child and has long since been discarded by him. She is essential to the story as it is based around the consequences of her obsession with ... ...

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... . Even Atticus' family sees the situation this way, which explains Scout's fight with her cousin. Harper Lee's choice of first person narrative through Scout makes for some minor complications when reading. Because Scout is such a young girl, she does not fully comprehend the meaning of many of the events taking place. The trip to Calpurnia's church is the perfect example. To ... ...

• Word Count: 1364
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• Grade Level: High School

... and proper southern girl. Her social identity is also much different from that of the girls in the town. She is unusual for being such a tomboy. One quickly realizes while reading To Kill a Mockingbird that Scout is who she is because of the way Atticus, he father, has raised her. He has taught her to be who she is, and not ... ...

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... start that it would be a terrible and painstaking process, but that didn't stop him from going each day to read to her. Although he complained on a regular basis, he continued reading to her until the day when he was told he could leave. On the contrary, after the trial, Jem has a lot of emotions to sort out. He is both sad ... ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School