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- It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds.
- Atticus on Empathy. "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ...
- Atticus on Courage. In a flash Atticus was up and standing over him. Jem buried his face in Atticus’s shirt front. "Sh-h," he said. "I think that was her way of telling you—everything’s all right now, Jem, everything’s all right.
- Atticus on Conscience. "Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong ..." "They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions," said Atticus, "but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
“Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. These lines from Chapter 10 are the source of the novel’s title and introduce one of the key metaphors of the book: the idea of “mockingbirds” as good, innocent people who are ...
87 of the best book quotes about sin. 01. “I knowed very well why [the words] wouldn’t come. It was because my heart warn’t right; it was because I warn’t square; it was because I was playing double. I was letting on to give up sin, but away inside of me I was holding on to the biggest one of all.” Mark Twain. author.
Mockingbirds don’t do anything to hurt humans, and it is up to humans, in turn, to protect them. According to Atticus, killing a mockingbird is a sin, and Scout observes that this is the first time she’s ever heard him call something a “sin.”
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This statement summarizes the crux of the events in the novel, Tom Robinson was falsely accused of raping a white girl, and it was the white girl and her father’s testimony against black Tom Robinson’s. Atticus pointed out that sad truth to Jem, who was sad about the unfair outcome of Tom Robinson’s court case who was unjustly pronounced guilty by ...
This is Atticus teaching Scout that putting oneself in another’s position helps us understand them better. The use of the word ”skin” in this statement carries both literal and figurative connotations with respect to the racial theme of the novel.
The character Maudie Atkinsonmade this statement in reference to overzealous Christians who believe that every form of pleasure and enjoyment in life is a sin.
Atticus said this while admonishing Scout for always getting into fistfights when provoked. In his gentle manner, Atticus was trying to teach Scout that the intellect is a more effective tool in fighting for a just cause than physical strength. This quote is preaching that even when the odds are against you, you should still give your best in fight...
The mockingbird is a lovely bird that makes beautiful music and poses no danger or loss to people. Atticus was telling his children not to kill such a creature because it would be cruel to kill such a dear bird. This was Atticus’s reaction to Scout who wondered how the majority of the people in their community could be wrong for believing in racial...
Aug 27, 2013 · #9 “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” When I read this quote, I thought of 2 Corinthians 5:21 which states...
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Soren Kierkegaard. Expression, Sin, States. To despair over one's sins indicates that sin has become or wants to be internally consistent. It wants nothing to do with the good, does not want to be so weak as to listen occasionally to other talk.
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