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To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

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As we are coming to an end of our , “To Kill a mockingbird” unit, I have realized that we have gained many sorts on knowledge from this book. In other words, the novel contains multiple different life lessons or themes that is shown throughout the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” Some examples of a theme include respect, racism, responsibility, helping each other, encouragement etc. Moreover, this novel talks about a girl name Scout that lives with her brother and dad Atticus, they live in Macomb county during the great depression. Then there is some trouble and Atticus is asked to take Tom Robinson's, case a colored person, because he was accused of rape. However, the 2 themes that saw that caught my eye are threaded through the novel is courage and respect/empathy. …show more content…

One example of this can be found in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” on page 100, paragraph 3-4, which states, “Of course they do, Scout.” “I’m simply defending a negro-- his name’s Tom Robinson” This represents courage because when Atticus took the case of Tom Robinson he knew he was gonna lose the case not because he didn’t have enough evidence but because of Toms color of skin. In other words, this was during Jim Crow laws, meaning then because he was a colored person and not white he would lose, even if he is innocent.But Atticus did not go down without a fight. Additionally, the lesson that the children learn is the sense of justice and to have self

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The central idea of To Kill A Mockingbird is Bravery. A quote used in the story that Harper Lee uses to show this central idea is “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” (30/34). This quote shows how some people can be brave. Many of the characters in the story were brave but the three i'm going to focus on are Atticus, Jem, and Arthur also known as “Boo”. Atticus, the father of Jem and Scout was very brave throughout the story.

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