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To Kill A Mockingbird Innocence Quotes

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Have you ever misjudged someone or something based on what other people said? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee teaches us about the innocence of growing up by showing us the fascinating change in all of the characters throughout the book. Harper Lee includes Scout, Jem, and Atticus to show that no matter how old or young, we all have things to learn from each other. In chapter nine, Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson in the upcoming case against him. When Atticus first takes the case, he was judged harshly and insulted with such cruelty, Scout heard what people said and she herself, failing to understand, began to judge her father as well. Atticus, realizing that she was just a child and didn’t know what she was talking about, taught her one of the most important lessons in life. Not to judge someone without “walking in their shoes.” (Lee page number). Despite Atticus’ effort, Tom is still unfortunately falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell. It’s important to …show more content…

Dubose continuously insults Jem and Scout. One day, as Jem and Scout were walking by, she insulted Atticus for taking Tom’s case. Jem made an attempt at defending his father by destroying her camellias (type of plant). Atticus thought his way of handling Mrs. Dubose was unwise, and to try and prevent him from acting like this again, he sent Jem to Mrs. Dubose’s house to read to her. Shortly after Jem ended his reading sessions with her, she unfortunately passed away. It was then revealed she was a Morphine addict, and Jem was there to help her get rid of her addiction (him reading to her, kept her mind off of Morphine). Atticus just wanted Jem to see what “real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” (page number). Atticus didn’t want Jem to think that courage and power came from a gun or a weapon, and wanted him to see how courageous Mrs. Dubose was for trying to stop her addiction despite the fact that she was going to die

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Harper Lee is a very famous Author who wrote the book to kill a Mockingbird. The title of the book mean to kill innocence because a Mockingbird is a symbol of innocence. The book takes place during the Great Depression in Maycomb Alabama. In her novel to kill a Mockingbird lee uses Tom, Atticus, Boo Radley as the human embodiment of the Mockingbird.

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“I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”(page 119) In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the mockingbird is one of the most symbolic objects in the novel. It represents the innocence of someone not affected by the evilness of society. In the novel, there are three people, or mockingbirds, that are innocent affected by society.

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In the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the idea of innocence is said in the most wises quote “it is a sin to kill a mockingbird”. Lee develops the idea of the point of view and symbolism throughout the novel. Throughout the novel, Scout is portrayed as innocent, since it is told by Atticus, a child, meaning that scout won't be able to fully understand all the racism happening in Maycomb. Scout won't have a fully understandable meaning of all the bigotry until after the trial, she finally realizes after Tom Robinson's trial and sees how unfair all this is.

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Furious, Jem decided to rip the tops of her white camellias off. Scout narrated, “He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs.Dubose owned” (Lee 118). Going through puberty, his innocent perspective of the world was getting chopped away, just as the white camellias got chopped down. Atticus found out and made Jem go read to Mrs.Dubose for 2 hours every day after school and on Saturdays for a month. A few weeks after the reading month was over, Mrs.Dubose had died.

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Mockingbirds: Emblems of innocence in To Kill A Mockingbird There are many mockingbirds in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The image of mockingbirds represent many people in the story and how many people take advantage of them for their own benefits. Scout, a young girl who lives in Maycomb is the story’s protagonist. She lives with her brother and father and occasionally meets Calpurnia their cook. For instance, Tom Robinson and Calpurnia are treated differently because of their skin color, however they are very close to the Finch family.

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To begin with, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates the idea that the effects of racism can result in loss of Innocence. Firstly, Scout is being bullied at school by kids who are annoyed that her father, Atticus is defending a Negro. As Lee writes, “He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers. I denied it, but told Jem. ‘what’d he mean sayin’ that?”

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“Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone,” said Mary Astor, once one begins to wonder about the world around them, they begin to lose innocence. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is an example of a coming of age novel. Scout develops socially throughout the novel from naive to a more understanding Scout. In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is naive child in the town of Maycomb.

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“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them” (Lee 374). Scout, the main character of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, realizes that her father, Atticus, was right and that Boo Radley, a neighbor she had only heard rumors about, is different in real life than she thought he was. Many times, people see things differently than they actually are. For example, sometimes people misjudge others abilities because of their appearance.

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Jem couldn’t comprehend why she would say negative things about Atticus. Later after her death, though, he finally sees the reasoning behind her actions. When Jem receives the camellia from Mrs. Dubose, he thinks that she is trying to make him feel guilty about what he's done. The camellias also hold bravery, that Mrs. Dubose wants to pass on to

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The mockingbird is a symbol of innocence because they don’t harm or bother anyone. So why is the title of Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird? It means to kill innocence. But what in this novel is innocent? Some of the characters are like Dill, Scout, and Boo Radley.

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At the trial, Mayella was blaming Tom, “will you identify the man who raped you… I will that’s him right yonder… is this the man who raped you…it most certainly is”(Lee 248-249) Mayella was frustrated with the questions Atticus was asking, so when she was asked who hurt her she immediately breaks down in frustration and tells everyone that it was Tom who hurt her. Mayella was becoming emotional and she didn’t see that Atticus was trying to show a little compassion so she got mad and quit answering questions. She blamed Tom immediately and he was suddenly guilty, therefore losing his innocence forever. Additionally, as Judge Gantry was polling the jury the responses were, “guilty…guilty…guilty…guilty” (Lee 282)

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Have you ever done something you regret, and wish you could fix it? To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a coming of age story about Scout and Jem, two kids living in a town infested with racism. Although the book was published in 1960, it emphasizes the absurd reality that people experienced during the great depression in 1930. Lee uses the elements of conflict, setting, and character in chapter 11 to display maturing as being the bigger person and learning to compromise to be successful in life. To begin, Lee makes it translucent that they have conflicts with Mrs. Dubose perpetually when they encounter each other.

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“In the corner of the room was a brass bed, and in the bed was Mrs. Dubose. I wondered if Jems activities had put her there and for a moment I felt sorry for her.” The reason why Jem and Scout were at Mrs. Dubose’s house, was because Jem and Scout were walking by her house when Dubose started yelling at the kids saying that Atticus is not any better than the “niggers and trash he works for.” Jem lost his temper and takes Scouts baton he bought for her and snaps it in half. Jem destroys all of

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The Fall of Innocence To Kill a Mockingbird is a book of progression and important themes that are still in use today. Throughout the book, we see the fight between the lower-class and upper-class citizens. We even see lower-class citizens turn to other people considered lower-class. As explained by Jem, the town is split up into four classes, the ordinary upper-middle class, the poor who make an effort, the poor who make no effort, and citizens who are black. If you try to bring yourself above or act above that class, you are ridiculed and shunned for it.

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Whenever they would walk past her house, she would shout hateful and insulting comments at them. Atticus told them to not let her comments affect them. One day, Mrs. Dubose made a comment about Atticus defending Tom Robinson. The comment was hateful and racist toward Atticus and Tom. Jem was angered by her comment and fueled by rage, cut down all of Mrs. Dubose 's camellia bushes.

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