... his eyes popped and he drooled most of the time" (16). As the book continues Lee begins to uncover the real Boo. He is an innocent and childlike character and he starts to show through subtle acts of kindness that he cares for the children and his appearances grow becoming more public ... sick, he never hurt anyone. Yet, the whole neighborhood locked their doors and closed their windows because of something they were told by another person. Tim was misjudged and considered dangerous, when really he was just sick. Even though his appearance in the novel was brief he was still ... the moc...

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... Alabama. She is intelligent and by the standards of her time and place, she is a tomboy. At the beginning of the novel, Scout is an innocent, good-hearted five-year-old child who has no experience with the evils of the world. This innocence of children is one of the first issues recognised ... their understanding of the world. As a result of this transition another issue is created, that is the threat that hatred, prejudice, and ignorance posed to the innocent. People such as Tom Robinson and Boo Radley and not prepared for the evil they encounter, and, as a result, they are destroyed. Fr...

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... human. Atticus is the great one, but Miss Lee illustrates Atticus as being old and symbolically weak. Scout is the wise one but is young and innocent. Boo is the savior but he is initially feared. The most important theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is the one of good and evil. It ... evil. They then become more adult and lose their childhood innocence as they experience the sub-theme of the danger that hatred and prejudice causes to innocent people like Tom Robinson. Jem loses faith in the human race after witnessing what happens to Tom Robinson as a result of ignorance and racism. Atticus...

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... up so when Tom Robinson does get killed the reader realises that Tom Robinson was a "mockingbird". What the symbol is supposed to be showing is how innocent the mockingbirds are and this is done through the actions of the two acclaimed "mockingbirds", Tom and Boo. The quote mentioned above is really saying it ... harm. So the people like Tom Robinson and Boo are people who have not done anything to anyone except good things. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are innocent people and are victims of prejudice. Tom Robinson is a "mockingbird" because he has no choice where he is on the "social la...

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... up so when Tom Robinson does get killed the reader realises that Tom Robinson was a "mockingbird". What the symbol is supposed to be showing is how innocent the mockingbirds are and this is done through the actions of the two acclaimed "mockingbirds", Tom and Boo. The quote mentioned above is really saying it ... harm. So the people like Tom Robinson and Boo are people who have not done anything to anyone except good things. Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are innocent people and are victims of prejudice. Tom Robinson is a "mockingbird" because he has no choice where he is on the "social la...

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... a general consensus in the town that Tom is guilty and its Atticus's trying to make sure Tom is found guilty but Atticus knows he is innocent. The mob goes in and threatens Atticus. The author shows prejudice through three main characters, Author Radley, Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson. The most ... ;Negros" are bad people therefore Tom, never gets to create his own identity. He is not given a chance to be seen as a good honest person. Fear in 'To kill a Mockingbird' leads to narrow-mindedness and ignorance. Fear is the cause of most people's actions but also the effect of ... white...

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... of having raped a white man's daughter. A racist, all-white jury convicts the innocent Robinson, despite Finch's heroic and impassioned defense. Harper Lee's message about fairness in To Kill a Mockingbird is that societies views and actions towards a person, are based on their skin color, who they are, and their personal image. This ... is the most prominent occurrence of injustice at the time, there are other forms of prejudice that portray the unfavorable effects that were endured by innocent characters. These blameless individuals were referred to as mockingbirds, since it was a sin t...

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... of higher education or intellect than the household maid. If a black were to say or convey that they were higher or of equal stature with a white person they would be frowned upon and ridiculed. "Yes suh. I felt right sorry for her, she seemed to try more'n the rest of em" ... Tate. There wasn't much hope if any for Tom to win the juries verdict; the trial was more to make a point and show Tom Robinson is innocent and did not rape Mayella, even though both Atticus and Tom knew he would be convicted. "...Atticus Finch won't win, he can't win, but ... well, were making a step-it's just ...

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... Atticus proves he is not a follower by defending Tom. Several children and adults torment Atticus and his family because he is doing the right thing for an innocent black man. The rest of the town does not believe defending someone that is black is the proper thing for a white lawyer to do. By Atticus ... she no longer wants him to read to her. Atticus teaches his children to respect others even if they do not always respect them. Atticus believes when a person hurts you, you do not hurt them in return or get angry, you must kill them through kindness. That really gets to a people and wi...

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... face it sooner or later and it might as well be tonight. We don't need her now" (137). Aunt Alexandria doesn't like a black person raising Jem and Scout so she tries to get Atticus to fire her. Tom Robinson symbolizes a mockingbird that never did anything wrong, but still many ... people don't care of his guiltiness and just want to see him dead. He symbolizes the mockingbird, an innocent bird that never harms anyone, because he has the same characteristics. Miss Maudie says: Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to ... . - 90 Tom Robinson shouldn't die for being a mockin...

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... Scout (Jeanne Louise), and a role model for Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus runs the race of persistence and perseverance when he is defending Tom Robinson in an innocent case of rape. The outcome of the race that Atticus runs is that Tom Robinson is found guilty. Atticus faces many obstacles throughout his life but most ... of the obstacles that he faces, even if it takes lots of perseverance. In the courtroom he keeps trying to give evidence that Tom Robinson is innocent and that it is Bob Ewell who beats up Mayella. Mr. Finch was very unsuccessful in this case because the jury found Mr. Tom...

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... Scout that mockingbirds do nothing but "sing their hearts out for us" (p. 100), making music for us to enjoy. They represent a gentle and innocent creature and the destruction of these birds is a senseless act of injustice. The slaughter of a mockingbird can be likened to the bigoted treatment of Boo ... with a blanket as she witnessed the burning of Miss Maudie's house, the reader becomes aware, long before Scout does, that Boo is an affectionate person. He watches the children from a distance because he is too shy to come out and make friends. Because of Boo's unsociable manner he is ...

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... intelligence, calm wisdom, and exemplary behavior, Atticus is respected by everyone, including the very poor. He functions as the moral backbone of Maycomb, a person to whom others turn in times of doubt and trouble. Jem - Scout's brother, still in the midst of growing up, meaning in his puberty. ... rumors say. Scout eventually starts going to school, where she learns a lot of new things that she had never known before, a word called prejudice. An innocent 6 year old is brought out of innocence and brought into the "real world", with all it's new experiences and injustices. She watches ...

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... "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird," to explain a lot of parts in the story. A good example of this is when the people of Maycomb convict Tom Robinson, who is just an innocent man was going about his business and is basically being charged for being black. In this way the people are "killing a mockingbird." What is meant by this is that when ... he was just protecting the children, which in a sense would be the same as "killing a mockingbird." So, in away the two characters (Boo and Tom) are "mockingbirds," who are just innocent men, trying to live their lives the way they want, and in T...

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... be applied to people? Characters who others distinguish as bad but who are in reality good. Such as Arthur Radley, ( otherwise known as Boo Radley) a person who other citizens make wild accusations about because of his reclusive lifestyle. When Jem gave a description of Boo, he said that Boo would dine on raw squirrels and ... birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit "em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." (90) As mockingbirds are innocent, and only sing for us, they represent the innocence of the town. blue jays are pretty birds and at first glance they do no...

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... When looking from the mind's eye view of a child, life seems simple and innocent. It is not until a child encounters a traumatic event will the mind set change. Every child is born with such innocence; yet, no person grows or matures until they have lost such innocence. Scout loses her innocence after the ... their true selves so they hide behind the story of Tom Robinson. Scouts innocence is to show readers no to judge people before knowing the real person behind the mask. After losing her innocence, Scout sees how hypocritical and deceitful people are, " Jem how can you hate Hitler so ...

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... he entered a new one, which was similar to his old on. He knew that protecting the man was going to be hard, because he was familiar with a statement that a black person spoke to him before. The statement was "any such false accusation without regard to race is of course abdominal. However, given the history of this country, black targets are placed ... white girl, Mayelle, but a lawyer tried to prove her wrong. As it turned out, it was actually Mayell's father who physically raped her, and blamed it on a black person. Even though he was innocent, he was punished by the man's law. He wa...

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... Tom is given a fair trial but the white jury is not in support of his testimony. Even though it is obvious to the reader that he is innocent and to everyone in the courtroom at the time, he is consequently found guilty and the case is lost. Scout then recognizes that ... innocent people get tried for things they didn't do. The author portrays the relationship between this and to the killing of a mockingbird. "To kill a mocking bird is a sin ... hear." (Pg100) Scout also begins to understand peoples actions, the way they live and why. Thus she begins to stop pestering Boo Radley. She unde...

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... Tom is given a fair trial but the white jury is not in support of his testimony. Even though it is obvious to the reader that he is innocent and to everyone in the courtroom at the time, he is consequently found guilty and the case is lost. Scout then recognizes that ... innocent people get tried for things they didn't do. The author portrays the relationship between this and to the killing of a mockingbird. "To kill a mocking bird is a sin ... hear." (Pg100) Scout also begins to understand peoples actions, the way they live and why. Thus she begins to stop pestering Boo Radley. She unde...

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... would be looked down upon and probably shunned from his society. Atticus probably considered this, and then decided that it was worth it to know that he had saved an innocent man from death. Scout asks Atticus why he needs to defend Tom. "For a number of reasons[...] The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town"(75 ... his peers. When he says that he couldn't hold his head up in down, he says it meaning that he couldn't hold his head up knowing that he sent an innocent man to hang. This is what makes Atticus such a great man. Atticus is not only a excellent citizen in...

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... to cry during the trial of Tom Robinson. His simple and childish mind couldn't comprehend why a man such as the prosecutor would be so mean to another person. As Mr. Link Deas said, "Things haven't caught up with that one's instinct yet [he won't] cry about the simple hell people give other people ... Dill began to lose some of his innocence at this very time. Acting as the story's narrator, Scout tells the actions that occurred through her young, innocent eyes. Because of this, much of the story actually seems simpler than it actually was. Take the trial for example: because of the way...

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A songbird's melody can evoke happiness in anyone, as can the smiling face of a child. The mockingbird sings for the sake of singing, and an innocent child possesses an innate joyfulness, as natural as instinct. Yet a mockingbird's song dies as easily as innocence. In the beginning of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout and Jem are ... that her father approved of. Yet he was in the mob that was seeking to lynch Tom Robinson. As Atticus later explained to her, he was still a friend and a good person, but sometimes when you're in a group, you do things and make decisions that you wouldn't ...

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... , and they still went out of their way to help people that treated them different. Tom Robinson eventually lost his life by helping a white woman, who lied to hang an innocent man. She also covered up for a lazy white man who drank too much. This, in my mind, was the worst objection of justice ever. An example of viewing things differently ... them all. The children also show that there is hope in the future for people to be nonjudgmental. They didn't understand how a jury could convict a man whom they knew was innocent and it astonished them. Atticus explained to them that it has happen...

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Relationship Between Setting And Theme Tom Robinson was prosecuted although he was innocent. The jury who had listened to his trial was made up of all white men. A major theme in To Kill A Mockingbird is racism. The town of Maycomb was filled with ... the same views and that parents will teach their children what they think is right. If some differs from an idea from the community, people will gang up against that person. One of Scout's schoolmates harrassed her and announced in the school yard that her father defends negroes. Scout had to stand up for her father many times and even struck ....

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... statement he says, "I felt right sorry for her- (200). In Maycomb, whites were extremely higher in class than blacks, so for a black to say that he feels sorry for a white person was startling. But looking at what Tom says we know how he really feels. We know that Tom is not trying to trick the jury into thinking he was ... innocent or he wouldn't have said this. We also know that Tom is a good man because he doesn't want to embarrass Mayella. He is careful on what he says and says ... things. Tom is simply disguised as an evil man because he is black. If you take your time to look un...

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