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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD!
i need help with my english essay! i have been doing bad in english and i need some basic ideas for this essay.
here is my assignment:
Atticus says to Jem, "remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 90). This becomes a major metaphor throughout the novel. Explain why Atticus says this and then "climb into [the] skin" of at least two other characters in the novel and explain how they are human mockingbirds (Lee 30). Remember one does not have to die in order to be "killed". You must use at least three quotations in this essay and include proper citation.
PLEASE! anything at all is greatly appreciated. I will not copy exactly what anyone says in my essay :)
i just need some suggestions for characters i should use and why
thank you SO much
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Boo Radley - > held hostage by his father, essentially "died on the inside" because of being stuck inside and never being allowed to live his life.
Tom Robinson - > was killed despite being an innocent man.
Basically, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is sing & they don't cause trouble for anyone, so there's no reason to hurt/kill them.
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we are doing this book in my english class too. atticus means that it's wrong to harm an innocent thing. he uses this as a metaphor for boo radley and tom robinson. scout and jem and dill basically attack boo radley by trying to make him "come out" (because of his peculiarity) and pester him even though he never did anything to anybody. the people of maycomb attack tom robinson for not doing anything, just because he's black and somebody said that he raped a girl (which he didn't do). tom robinson and boo radley never did anything bad to anybody else, and that's why atticus defends tom robinson in court and tries to get scout and jem to quit bothering boo radley. i hope this helped :)
edit: i just thought of something else, but it's kind of small. in scout's 3rd grade class later in the book, the holocaust is mentioned. hitler's persecution of the jews is also an example of harming an innocent thing for no reason. it's a small part but it may help you a little bit.
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