An assessment of the symbol of the mockingbird in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee Atticus advises his children one day that if they go hunting for birds to "shoot all the blue jays [they] want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird"...

The Mockingbird, in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, 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. Atticus stands firm in his affirmation of innocence and urges h...

To Kill a Mockingbird Persuasive EssayIs prejudice fair? Are children taught good moral values at a young age? In the novel, ToKill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee discussed the 1920's and 1930's. A man named Atticus was awidower and raised two kids by himself. Atticus tries to teach Jem and Scout goo...

The novel To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is the story of Jem and scout Finch and their childhood in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. The title To Kill a Mockingbird has a thematic significance throughout the story. The characters, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch portray "mo...

The book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, was a very exciting book. It held my attention until the very last page. The book is centered on the life of a little girl while growing up in Maycomb County, Alabama in the early twentieth century. To Kill a Mockingbird is made up of two parts. Par...

The book "To Kill a Mockingbird" tells of many good examples of prejudice toward African-Americans and people they're associated with. During the trial, the town people, family members, and friends show prejudice toward Atticus for defending Tom, and toward Tom for just being an African-American. ...

In this essay I discuss the opinions of who the characters in To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, think is responsible for the death of Tom Robinson. Responsible, is defined in the Collins Dictionary as, "Having control and authority; reporting or accountable" I illustrate who the immediat...

To Kill A Mockingbird By: Harper Lee I read To Kill A Mockingbird because I liked the movie. Jem and Scout had a Negro cook, Calpurnia, who taught them not to be prejudice. There father, Atticus Finch was very smart and played with them and read them stories. Scout learned to read before she...

Harper Lee's 1960 novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, focuses on the lives of two young siblings, Jem and Scout Finch, as they mature in a small rural southern town. Taking place during the hard time of the depression, these two young souls are surrounded by underprivileged neighbors, prejudice, and the...

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, there are two parts that ultimately come together. One part deals with Boo Radley and the other part deals with the Tom Robinson trial. Due to the fact that there was two separate parts in the novel, there had to be a shift of emphasis from one to ...

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a perennial favorite of high school students because the story includes many issues people deal with in their own life and that they can associate with. Scout, the narrator, grows up and matures throughout the story just as the readers have through their lives....

To Kill a Mockingbird can be regarded as a commentary of the American judicial system. I learned that justice in the 1930's was very different from justice today. Back then; justice had a lot to do with a person's sex, social class, and race. Their color and appearance in the courtroom ...

To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, was set in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. It was the 1930's, merely after the Great Depression. There was a lot of segregation and racism of blacks. Many of the families struggled for money. The fortunate people of Maycomb had cars, but most ...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem is the sister of Jean Louise Finch. In the book, Jem's Father, Atticus, is a lawyer defending a black man named Tom Robinson. The entire town thinks that Atticus is crazy for defending Tom. Tom is being accused of raping and beating a white girl named Mayella Violet...

To kill a mockingbird, a novel written by Harper Lee, tells the story of Scout Finch, and her brother, Jem, and their experiences of benevolence, bravery, and their loss of innocence. They learn through father, Atticus Finch, that the world isn't always fair and that prejudice exists whether they l...

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, numerous issues such as racism, discrimination, and social classes are explored. The story is set in the small southern American town of Maycomb in the 1930's, where most of the population shared similar ideas on such issues. These ideas are ex...

The film "To Kill a Mockingbird" was based on Harper Lee's novel. It is set in a quiet Alabama town in the 1930s. It portrays deep racial problems and social injustice that existed in the South during Depression. It also shows poverty and growing up themes as it is told by a seven-year old girl call...

"To Kill A Mocking Bird" is a well known novel written by Harper lee. The novel portraits prejudice, injustice, and class distinction between the black and white people during the 1930's. In this novel, Harper lee used the "Mockingbird" as a symbol of innocent, beauty, and h...

Tolerance/IntoleranceIn To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there was tolerance and intolerance from the people of Maycomb County towards different races. Harper Lee shows us the type of intolerance in the novel. She also shows us signs of hope in the plot and characterization.There were types of...

There are those who seek the truth and those that choose to deny its existence. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Oedipus the King by Sophocles, various themes relating to truth are present; in particular, there is a focus on the overall theme of the rejection of the truth. Each piece of wo...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDOne of the major masterpieces of American literature, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee originally as a love story, was published in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. It also won an Academy Award when it was later made into a film starring Gregory Peck. The stor...

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows us the evil of racism. Discuss. To Kill a Mockingbird contains various evidence to support that racism is evil. The Chambers dictionary describes evil as; 'something which produces unhappiness or misfortune; harm; wickedness or depravity; victimisat...

To Kill a Mockingbird is a book written by Harper Lee. This book is told through the eyes of a six-year-old girl by the name of Scout Finch. It tells what she experiences with her brother, Jem, and their good friend, Dill. The setting of this book is in a town called Maycomb, Alabama in 1930. Th...

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, symbolism is the key literary device. Symbolism is when one thing stands for another. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This is because mockingbirds do not harm anything, they just sing to you. The mockingbird symbolized both Tom Robinson and...

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is more about prejudice than simply racism". Discuss making reference to specific characters and events to support your answer. Just as it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, so is it to act with a prejudiced attitude. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper...