Underwood takes a stand and insists that it’s unconscionable to kill a disabled person, invoking Atticus’s own adage that killing a mockingbird is a sin.Mr. Underwood Quotes in To Kill a MockingbirdThe To Kill a Mockingbird quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Underwood or refer to...
Ewell fell on his knife (in truth, Arthur Radley killed him to save the children), telling Atticus to let the killing slide so that Mr. Ewell can pay for the pain, suffering, and ultimate death he brought on Tom Robinson. Bob Ewell Quotes in To Kill a Mockingbird The To Kill a ...
Jem realizes that Atticus is someone willing to do the difficult things other people would not, such as killing the rabid dog no one would face. Later, Jem exemplifies his father's courage when he refuses to leave Atticus's side when the lynch mob comes to kill Tom Robinson. Jem and ...
Mockingbirds are symbolic in the novel of innocents: they only exist to "sing their hearts out for us," and hence should never be killed. To kill one is akin to killing pure beauty, something Bob Ewell constantly does in the novel. Bob Ewell is not only an alcoholic who drinks up h...
Getting Boo sent to jail or killed would be like killing a mockingbird. Boo is truly a good person. He left gifts for Jem and Scout in the trunk of a tree, he wrapped a blanket around them when Miss Maudie's house caught on fire, and he saved them from Bob Ewell when he tried ...
prejudice inTo Kill a Mockingbirdis the prejudice against race. The prejudice against race can be shown through the trial of Tom Robinson. Atticus said to Jem, “‘As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life… don't you forget it whenever a white ...
Identify and analyze three significant moments dealing with race in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. How might the killing of a mockingbird be a metaphor? Give 3 quotes or examples from Tom Robinson's trial in To Kill A M...
has an objective that is indirect conflict with the hero’s, and in order for them to reach their goal, they need to make sure that the main character is unable to reachtheirs. This might be through killing them, humiliating them, discrediting them, or otherwise forcing them into ...
After failing to convert Peter into his heir, he started to provoke Peter into killing him in a story called A Death in the Family. Norman was sick of his life and wanted to die at the hands of Spider-man. He tried to get Peter so mad that he would do this. First by releasing ...
He deflects the efforts of the protagonist Luke by killing Obi-wan, but also deflects the antagonists' efforts by squabbling with Empire officers, and even suggesting that Gran Mof Tarkin let Luke et al leave the Death Star with the tracking device, which allows the rebels to find and ...