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Harper Lee uses the tone of the specific phrases that Miss Maudie says in the passage to present Maudie’s views of Maycomb County. “We’re the safest folks in the world,” I think that Miss Maudie means that the people of… Continue Reading →

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Hypocrisy is shown in Chapter 24 through manner in which Mrs Merriweather speaks about the Mrunas and then the black people in Maycomb County. ‘Oh child, those poor Mrunas,’. Mrs Merriweather says this when Scout asks her what they’d been… Continue Reading →

Harper Lee has shown the children’s change in character by making them lose their innocence. ‘His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd’ This quotation is descibing Jem as he is leaving… Continue Reading →

Harper Lee uses Miss Maudie (a character known to help move the story along) to describe the courthouse as a ‘Roman Carnival’. This description of the courthouse makes it seem much more primitive and barbaric as the Romans used to… Continue Reading →

Calpurnia’s identity is shown as quite unknown and lost in Chapter 12 in To Kill A Mockingbird. ‘That Calpurnia led a modest double life never dawned on me.’ This shows that Calpurnia was living a double life which she didn’t… Continue Reading →

I think that Harper Lee presents courage in Chapter 11 by introducing Mrs Dubose and making Atticus tell Jem to read to her despite his fear of her. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting… Continue Reading →

I think that Atticus keeps his marksmanship a secret from his children because he does not want them to grow up knowing that his achievement was being a ‘dead shot’. I think this because Atticus realised that this was a… Continue Reading →

We learn that Atticus is a very intelligent man who is well aware and is a good role model for his children. ‘But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years… Continue Reading →

Boo intrigues the children because he hasn’t been seen in Maycomb County for many years so the children are curious to find out what he is like. Furthermore, the rumours which have been created by other members of Maycomb society… Continue Reading →