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Oct 19, 2017 · If the criteria for inclusion on a middle school syllabus was simply whether the novel provokes tough discussions, Harper Lee’s opus belongs in as many classrooms as possible. But that is not ...
- Alice Randall
Aug 15, 2018 · One might expect a book that dispatches moral lessons to be dull reading. But To Kill a Mockingbird is no sermon. The lessons are presented in a seemingly effortless style, all the while tackling ...
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6 days ago · The Gist. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that has resonated across generations, offering readers a powerful exploration of justice, morality, and empathy. Set in the American South during the 1930s, the story follows young Scout Finch as she learns about prejudice, courage, and compassion through the eyes of her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending a Black man accused of a ...
- It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds.
- Atticus on Empathy. "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ...
- Atticus on Courage. In a flash Atticus was up and standing over him. Jem buried his face in Atticus’s shirt front. "Sh-h," he said. "I think that was her way of telling you—everything’s all right now, Jem, everything’s all right.
- Atticus on Conscience. "Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong ..." "They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions," said Atticus, "but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
Why "To Kill a Mockingbird" Still Resonates Today. Posted by Margot Stern Strom on November 12, 2014. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in a small town in Alabama in the 1930s, a town much like the one in which author Harper Lee came of age. Although I grew up a generation later, I see much of myself in Scout, the young white girl who narrates the book.
Jan 18, 2016 · 6. Relevance to current times: Its heart wrenching that racism, cruelty, prejudices and discrimination talked about in the book, still exist and shockingly in the same ugly magnitude or perhaps in a more severe form. To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on the gut instinct of right and wrong.
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Feb 19, 2016 · American novelist Harper Lee sits on the porch of her parents home, Monroeville, Alabama, May 1961. -- The impact of "To Kill A Mockingbird" extends far beyond the book's pages, with one expert ...
