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To Kill A Mockingbird Revenge Quotes

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Revenge can lead to both violence and death Conflict between people or groups of people often result in revenge. Revenge is an action of harming someone as a punishment in return for what they have done to themselves or others. Violence and death are usually the result of revenge. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird and the film, La Haine, revenge led to both violence and death. ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, is about the lives of Scout and her brother, Jem Finch, who are growing up in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930’s. Along with their summer friend, Dill, the children become fascinated with the idea of getting a glimpse of their mysterious unseen neighbour, Boo Radley. Meanwhile, Jem and Scout’s attorney father, Atticus Finch, has decided …show more content…

Bob didn’t care who he took it out on. He becomes very angry when Atticus decides to defend Tom Robinson – he hates the fact that Atticus is a white man who is defending a black man. He becomes even angrier with the outcome of the case, not being satisfied with the guilty verdict against Tom. Even though Tom is not acquitted, it is clear that he is sentenced because he is a black man who was hanging around a white woman. Every man on the jury and every person in town knows that he didn’t do it. Because of this, Bob Ewell becomes furious and feels humiliated. One morning, Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post-office corner, spat in his face, and threatened him saying that he would get him if it took the rest of his life. And he did just that. On the night of the Halloween pageant, Jem and Scout become targets of Bob Ewell, who takes revenge on Atticus for the humiliation due to what Atticus did in the trial (saying that both Mayella and Bob were lying about Tom Robinson raping Mayella even though all the evidence proved that this was the truth). An angry drunk Bob Ewell attacks the children by trying to kill them with a knife on their way home from school during the night. However, Boo Radley makes an unexpected appearance, saving the kids and killing Bob Ewell in the

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He instills fear in Mayella, therefore she feels obligated to lie during the court trial, blaming Tom Robinson for raping and choking her, causing the bruises along her neck and face. Mayella stutters when being interrogated by Atticus, almost revealing a sliver of truth when she says, “No I don’t recollect if he hit me. I mean yes I do, he hit me” (Lee 248). This proves to Atticus and those viewing the trial that Mayella is indeed untruthful and nervous to deliver answers with her father overseeing her. Because she was present for the court trial, Scout Finch learns that Bob Ewell is guilty, especially after Atticus reveals that Bob is left handed.

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Boo Radley come out of the darkness and saves the children and stabbed Ewell during the struggle. Boo carries Jem back home where he tries hides behind the door while the sheriff is in the house. In order to protect Boo, the sheriff tells Atticus Ewell tripped over a tree root and fell on his own knife. Also

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In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem Finch live in the small town known as Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Over time, Scout learns about the town’s true identity. She and Jem are forced to work for Mrs. Dubose, an old woman who seems to hate children. Accompanying this, Scout and Jem are stuck fearing the lunatic who only comes out from his rickety old home at night, Boo Radley. Atticus Finch, Jem and Scout’s father, was appointed as a lawyer to help defend Tom Robinson, a struggling black man who was framed for abusing Mayella Ewell.

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In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. The people involved in the trial are Bob and Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Atticus Finch, who is defending Tom. In the trial, Bob Ewell tries to get revenge on Atticus and his family. Bob is called to testify, this reveals Bob’s true character. We learn that Bob Ewell drinks, he leaves his family for numerous days at a time, he also can get violent, and he may even be the perpetrator of raping Mayella.

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In the novel, To kill a mockingbird, by harper lee, we follow our main characters as they witness their father, Atticus, having to defend a black man against a rape charged, against Bob Ewell and his daughter Mayella. Despite the evidence showing that Tom Robinson was innocent, they still choose to charge him as guilty. Thus the trial ends. However, it seems that Bob has a grudge against everyone apart from the trial, evidenced by him stalking Helen and trying to break into the judge’s house. During Halloween night, Bob tries to kill Jem and Scout, however they are saved by Arthur “boo” radley.

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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, the author believes that harming the innocent is not ok if they didn’t do anything to deserve it. One example from To Kill A Mockingbird that proves this is when Atticus doesn’t allow his kids to torment Boo Radley. The author states, “i’m going to tell you something and tell you one time: stop tormenting that man” (Lee, p. 54) This supports the theme because Atticus doesn’t want the kids messing and bothering Mr. Arthur when he hasn’t bothered anyone and doesn’t deserve the tormenting. Another example from To Kill A Mockingbird that proves this is Tom Robinson's trial.

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the most famous books ever written. It is about Scout Finch and her brother Jem Finch. Scout and Jem live in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930s, where racism is everywhere. Scout and Jem have adventures in their town with their friend Charles Baker “Dill” Harris, which include harassing Boo Radley, the neighborhood freak, and dealing with their proper Aunt Alexandra. When a black man named Tom Robinson is accused by Bob Ewell of beating and raping his daughter Mayella, Scout and Jem’s dad Atticus, who is a lawyer, defends him.

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When ordered to remove Boo from the jail, Mr. Radley imprisons his son at home, and abuses him until he is a shadow of the person he was. This is terribly unfair and unjust. However, we do find justice in the story. We see if first when Boo Radley saves the children, killing Bob Ewell in the process.

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Although Jem did not even touch Bob Ewell, Atticus thinks that if his son actually laid a hand on Bob, it would cause a lot of controversy throughout the town. This would result in Jem to be looked down upon since his dad served a black man and cause even more drama in their family life. Since people around town already disagree with Atticus’s actions, Atticus believes that they will start to judge Jem and how he lives his life based on how Atticus has raised him. Their neighbors think that a child should have no purpose in showing up in the trial of Tom Robinson and how he is crazy for “murdering” someone even though it was Boo Radley instead. Overall, it spreads a message of doing the right thing even if its the hard decision because if Jem had actually murdered Bob, Atticus wanted to confront him and face it seriously rather than to hide it away so Jem could live a somewhat normal

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Friendship in To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel ,written by Harper Lee, about Scout, Jem, and Atticus living in Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. Scout learns about how friendship is important during the town's suffering. During the novel the siblings finds out that friendship has no limitations. Because of this the siblings overcome social classes, ages, and appearances to find true friendship.

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In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch displays his honest opinion and always tells the truth. He is a man of his word even if the situation is one that could put his children through trouble. Atticus’ children were attacked by Bob Ewell one dark night, and Mr. Ewell ended up under a tree stabbed in the chest with a knife. Sheriff Heck Tate observes the scene and suggests that Bob Ewell has fallen on his knife. Atticus believed that his son killed Bob Ewell, and did not want Jem to get away with committing a crime.

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Option 2 Literary Analysis To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set during the 1930s in a small town in Southern Alabama called Maycomb. The story is told through the narrator, Scout, a young girl who lives with her father, a lawyer, and her older brother Jem. As a child, Scout is portrayed as a stubborn and obnoxious little girl who loves to read, play with her brother Jem, and fantasize about her mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. However, her life gets turned upside down when Scout’s father agrees to do something that is deemed unacceptable in the south; he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of raping a white girl. Instantly, Atticus and his family go from being respected and beloved by their town, to being

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Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set sometime in the 1930s in Maycomb County Alabama. The story is told through the point of view of Scout Finch who lives with her father, Atticus, and brother, Jem. The kids like to play pretend with their friend Dill about the man who lives in a scary house down the road, Boo Radley. The kids come in a few close counters along the way during these games in which Atticus does not approve. Scouts’ father, a lawyer, is appointed by Judge Taylor to defend Mr. Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a young girl.

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The Co-existence Of Good and Evil In Human Morality: To Kill A Mockingbird Analysis Essay Set in the rural southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, To Kill A Mockingbird is seen through the eyes of Scout Finch and her older brother Jem, Maycomb appears to be friendly and peaceful. However the children are exposed to the dangers and the truth of their community. As they mature and learn important lessons from others, they’re exposed to prejudice, inequality, racism, social class and injustice.

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