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To Kill A Mockingbird: Justice

Justice

To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird – An Essay On Justice In the secret courts of men’s hearts justice is a beast with no appearance. It morphs to serve a different cause, and it bites a different person each time. In the cases of Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell, and Arthur Radley in the novel “To Kill A…

Justice as a Theme in “To Kill a Mockingbird”

Justice

To Kill A Mockingbird

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‘The topic of justice is relevant to both individuals and society as a whole.’ In this essay, I will discuss this statement in relation to the prescribed text TKMB and two other related texts. One of these texts will be the writer’s own choice. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee addresses the…

To Kill a Mockingbird Justice

Justice

To Kill A Mockingbird

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Atticus Finch Quote 1 “Atticus, you must be wrong…. ” “How’s that? ” “Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong…. ” (11. 54-56) If there’s one thing that we learned from jeggings, Uggs, and chain wallets, it’s that the majority isn’t always right. But Atticus doesn’t need anyone to teach him…

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author Harper Lee
genre Southern Gothic; Bildungsroman
originally published July 11, 1960
description To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize.
setting To Kill a Mockingbird is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression ( 1929–39). The story centres on Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch, an unusually intelligent girl who ages from six to nine years old during the novel.
characters Atticus Finch, Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch, Boo Radley, Jem Finch, Robert Ewell
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“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”,“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”

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Pages: 281

Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Quill Award for Audio book

Literary element: In To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee selects such stylistic devices as symbolism, foreshadowing and irony to present her theme of inequality and tell the story of a brave man who fights for those that do not have a voice during the Great Depression.

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