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To Kill A Mockingbird Quote Analysis

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During my three days of shadowing, I learned so much from Cassie about leadership, volunteering, and being a role model. I never realized how much hard work Cassie puts into her daily life with having a title and working two jobs. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” That quote holds true for Cassie. To the casual observer ,Cassie seems to have a normal teenage girl's life; however’ by walking in her shoes’ I found that not only does she work two jobs and attends school full- time, she puts in what is basically another full- time job in preparing for Teen Miss United States. This has shown me if I really want something I have to be willing to make sacrifices and put in time and effort to achieve my dreams. The first day of shadowing Cassie started early as we ventured to Cooperative Christian Ministries, also known as CCM, to volunteer. CCM is a nonprofit charitable organization located in downtown Hickory where local families in need come to receive food on a monthly basis. Cassie and I had the job of filling shopping …show more content…

On the way to interview practice, Cassie and I had a conversation about her platform, and she said to me: “What seems like a small act of kindness to one can make a huge difference in the life of another.” Cassie is planning to spread her platform nationwide with the title of Teen Miss United States. To be Teen Miss United States, Cassie must prepare for the most difficult area of competition, interview. Cassie meets with the former Miss All Star United States, Rebecca Stewart. For interview Cassie must study current events, her platform, and everything about herself. Then Rebecca, posing as a judge, asked Cassie a series of questions to insure she will be ready to face the real

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To Kill a Mockingbird: In To Kill a Mockingbird there are plenty of lessons that you learn reading the book. The one I am going to talk to about is always being nice by seeing things from other’s point of view. There is a quote from the book “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. This quote is saying be nice to everyone, because you don’t know what they’re going through. The quote was from Atticus.

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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee talks about discrimination based on gender role, age, and skin color. The characters in this book all have different personalities that influences others. Maycomb, Alabama in 1930’s is where everything happened with slavery and struggling with being poor. The characters Scout, Jem, and Dill had a strong bond and had lots of courage. Shows that justice means other things to other people.

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Among various volunteering experiences, McKenzie says on a typical day she goes to the Montgomery County Job Center and does nails there. Her work as a volunteer entails decorating nails at birthday parties and participating in fundraisers to raise money for nail polish supplies. According to McKenzie, the most valuable parts about being a volunteer includes all of the friendships and relationships she has established with other volunteers and as well as some of the patients. For McKenzie, working with Alanna and the Polished Girlz has impacted her as a person as it allowed her to, “be more open and receptive to the thoughts, feelings, and needs of others”. In regards to seeing a young person such as Alanna undertaking such a huge and powerful project and vision, McKenzie says, “she makes me feel inspired to start something too, but I’m just not sure what.”

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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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#1 QUOTATION “Jem had probably stood as much guff about Atticus lawing for (black people) as had I, and I took it for granted that he kept his temper.” (Lee,136). #2 CONTEXT The context behind this quote is that Mrs. Dubose makes fun of Scout, Jem, and

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Kaleb Fisher, Henlie Guy, Jason Harris, Rowan Scripps, Coleman Wright Ms. Brewer Honors English 9 28 February 2023 Excerpt 8 Analysis Essay In Harper Lee's fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus argues that Tom Robinson is an innocent man. In the novel, we meet Tom an African-American man accused of raping Mayella, a young white women. Atticus is appointed as Tom’s lawyer and this is Atticus’s closing statement. Atticus claims that there is no real evidence to convict Tom and he has done nothing wrong.

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In the argument between Mr.Gilmer and Atticus In to kill a mockingbird about Tom Robinson being found guilty for raping Mayella. There was impressive work of rhetorical analysis (Logos, Pathos, and Ethos). This argument takes place in a courthouse in Maycomb which if packed with the people of Maycomb. The argument between Atticus and Mr.Gilmer was about Tom Robinson to find out if he truly raped and abused Mayella. In the argument between them both used Logos, Ethos, and Pathos.

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Jem Finch matures during To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. When the story begins, Jem is immature and does not understand how to be a good role model he enjoys childish games and has a concrete view of life, as the story goes on Jem starts to go through puberty and becomes more moody, but with this he develops the understanding of the events that take place to his family and starts to become disgusted by the town injustice, he slowly begins to make decision which lead him separate himself from young Dill and Scout but also become a good role model. Throughout the novel Jem finch grows mentally, socially and physically from having a childish view on life to maturing into a well-behaved, strong headed young man. Socially you see jem

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To begin with, Cassie is the witness to the violence and injustice of the South as she becomes aware of lynchings, of the curtailment of her father and mother 's freedom, and of the severe punishments meted out to blacks accused of wrongdoing. Cassie grows up over the course of the year, learns some sad truths, and experiences the strength and love of her family. For example, when Papa tells Cassie and Stacey that T.J.’s in jail now, awaiting a severe punishment, possibly death. Stacey runs away at this news, heading into the forest. Cassie cries, but she goes to bed, thinking about everything that happened the night before.

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True is Immortality, False is Gone Do you think that how many bias you have? If you have a bias, you cannot see the fact properly. We are living in an informative society, and even now much information is being created. If we hope to obtain the knowledge, we can get as much as we want.

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Everyday, she excels in her job of caring for the children and making a difference in the community. Due to her kindness she would always bring thoughtful gifts for the children. She doesn 't have to do the classes with the children everyday but she continues to do it like Sylvia says “school supposed to let out in the summer I heard, but she dont never let up” (Bambara 96). The lessons learned while earning her degree has lead her to becoming a positive role model in the children 's lives; nonetheless, teaching them lessons that may never learn from others. She shows her passion in the story by saying “she said, it was only her right that she take responsibility for the young ones’ education.

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“Nobody actually wants to grow up. We just want the freedom to use our youths. ”-Unknown. This quote represents Scouts character. How she wants to understand the world yet she doesn’t want to grow up.

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Dialogue in To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is told through the perspective of a little girl named Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout. The setting is in Maycomb, Alabama, in the early 1900’s. Harper Lee uses the author 's craft of dialogue to achieve three3 goals. The three goals she is trying to achieve are to teach empathy, promote a theme and to get the readers to predict what will happen next in the novel.

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“I have not seen you since you were so little!” uh-oh the parents suckered this person into another mind scrambling family reunion. Where people they could have swore saw them last month at Christmas swear they have not seen them since they were “this big”. That right there is human relationships at it’s finest. “Human relations is the skill or ability to work effectively through and with other people” (“Human Relations and You”).

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