The title of To Kill a Mockingbird refers to the local belief, introduced early in the novel and referred to again later, that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee is subtly implying that the townspeople are responsible for killing Tom Robinson, and that doing so was not only ...
and that Boo is actually responsible for killing Ewell, thus saving her and Jem's lives. In spite of Atticus' insistence to the contrary, the sheriff refuses to press charges against Boo. Scout agrees with this decision and explains her understanding to her father. Boo sees Jem one more ti...
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 Mockingbird The To Kill a Mockingbird quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Underwood or refer...
That’s Atticus’s attitude towards the mockingbirds, the African-Americans, the men who are feared and disgusted by the uninformed. And that’s also the author wants everyone to be. That’s also the aim of not killing a mockingbird. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule i...
Killing the mockingbird: Systems failure and a radical hope for re-grounding responsibility and access to health care in a Mallee town communityAboriginal healthinstitutional racismsocial exclusionsituated knowledgeresponsive attentivenessaccessreconciliationThe plight of Aboriginal health and the question of ...
After the trail, Bob Ewell is furious with Atticus’s accusations and seeks revenge. One night in the midst of a drunken rage, Bob Ewell tries to kill Scout and Jem. Suddenly, Boo Radley appears to save the children, killing Bob Ewell in the process.The town’s sheriff turns a blind ...
Heller repped Aaron Sorkin in his deal to adapt "To Kill a Mockingbird" for Broadway. JUSTIN G. HAMILL Partner, Latham & Watkins Hamill observes that while China is formally opening its local media and tech econ- omy wider, there's a chill from the larger U.S.-China trade bat- tle. ...
Blog “A salvatory of green mummy”: John Webster and Corpse Medicine Jacobean dramatist John Webster approached the taboo and the questionable with inexhaustible determination, plunging the contemporary reader into those dark, uncomfortable spaces we prefer to skirt around, never lingering for… ...
Students are already killing other students. And I’m not talking about mass shootings, I’m talking about gang violence or neighborhood violence that has now been allowed to leak into many schools where it never was before, where problems are exacerbated and perpetuated without swift and ...
A BOOK YOU SHOULD HAVE READ IN SCHOOL – To Kill a Mockingbird A BOOK CHOSEN BY YOUR SPOUSE, PARTNER, SIBLING, CHILD, OR BFF. Lilly and the Octopus A BOOK PUBLISHED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN-You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt