Topic Sentences in To Kill A Mockingbird

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Explore the ways Harper Lee presents conflict between racial groups in To Kill A Mockingbird, focusing on the way Tom Robinson is presented.

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The liberal children
Harper Lee portrays the children as more liberal through the use of the quote "Around here once you have a drop of ***** blood that makes you all black". It also refers to the "one-drop rule".
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The Structure of the Court Scene
Harper Lee structures the court scene effectively by cross examining Tom Robinson last. As well as the way he is being described as "innocent" by Harper Lee, he also has no or little chance to defend himself.
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The Accident and it's effects
Harper Lee makes us feel more sympathetic for Tom from the use of an accident in his profile, allowing us to feel more sympathy for him. When he admits he felt sorry for Mayella, Harper Lee has managed to make the character of Tom even more kind.
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The Description of Tom
When Tom Robinson was introduced to us physically, Harper Lee used adjectives such as tense and vulnerable to present and further enhance his risk of exploitation and exposure to racism through the courts.
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The use of the word "N*gger"
Harper Lee uses the word 'n*gger' in differing points throughout the book. She begins with Atticus informing Scout it is wrong to use that word, despite "everyone" using it.
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Introduction of the black community
Calpurnia effectively introduces her "****** church" to the narrative at a crucial point, before the "race relations" between the community are thrown about by the Tom Robinson trial. This structure encourages the innocence of the 'blacks' to flouris
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Atticus and Tom
Using Atticus defending Tom as a metaphor, Harper Lee suggests that not all people in the world are bad, and that there is some possibility for the world to change.
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The use of the Mocking Bird as a symbol
Uisng the early-referenced moral of "killing a mockingbird", Harper Lee challenges perceptions of Tom Robinson and the black community later on in the book by comparing these to mockingbirds.
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Harper Lee structures the court scene effectively by cross examining Tom Robinson last. As well as the way he is being described as "innocent" by Harper Lee, he also has no or little chance to defend himself.

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The Structure of the Court Scene

Card 3

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Harper Lee makes us feel more sympathetic for Tom from the use of an accident in his profile, allowing us to feel more sympathy for him. When he admits he felt sorry for Mayella, Harper Lee has managed to make the character of Tom even more kind.

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Card 4

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When Tom Robinson was introduced to us physically, Harper Lee used adjectives such as tense and vulnerable to present and further enhance his risk of exploitation and exposure to racism through the courts.

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Card 5

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Harper Lee uses the word 'n*gger' in differing points throughout the book. She begins with Atticus informing Scout it is wrong to use that word, despite "everyone" using it.

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