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Questions to Debate
The African-American characters in To Kill a Mockingbird appear only to contribute to the development of the white characters, rather than as individuals in their own right
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To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that the criminal court system is broken, but that it’s still the best chance for justice. To Kill a Mockingbird contrasts two kinds of justice – that of the courts and that of individuals – to show that they both have strengths and weaknesses.
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The children in the novel reveal what the adults can’t see, through their innocent perspective on events. The novel’s association of children with fairness suggests that a sense of justice is innate, not learned, and therefore adults must have learned to be unjust.
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Atticus presents himself as morally consistent – the same at home as on the streets – but really he has two moral systems: one for himself based on strict rectitude, and one for others based on sympathetic understanding.
While the film in general presents honesty as a virtue, it also suggests that honesty is not always the best policy. |
A specific fear fuels Maycomb’s desire to convict Tom: the fear that if Mayella’s accusation is revealed as false, other African-American men will commit the crime of which Tom is falsely accused.
A significant part of growing up for Scout is losing her fear of the unknown |
By having Atticus be a figure associated both with justice and with compassion, the novel suggests that the two ideas are not mutually exclusive. Tom’s compassion for Mayella and Atticus’s compassion for Ewell both get them into trouble, suggesting compassion can sometimes be dangerous
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To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that depending on the family a person is born into, s/he may be doomed from the start: personal merit can’t overcome a poor inheritance. The way family is used in the novel suggests that characters find it easier to think about people as groups rather than as individuals.
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To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that questioning the "polite fiction" of "Southern womanhood" (15.39) has the potential to undermine not just gender attitudes, but racial ones as well. Scout’s reluctance to be feminine both asserts and denies her maturity, and is a way for her to try to grow up on her own terms.
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A Game To Help With Describing Impact on Audience/Director's Intention
This game will help you build your sentences to ensure that you include film techniques and make a note of the impact on the audience at the same time.