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Four Major Themes for To Kill a Mockingbird

Four Major Themes for To Kill a Mockingbird. No one is entire good or entire evil. Everyone has a bit of both in them. If good and evil are in the same place, one will eventually win. Good and evil cannot be in the same place for long. Coexistence of good and evil.

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Four Major Themes for To Kill a Mockingbird

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  1. Four Major Themes for To Kill a Mockingbird

  2. No one is entire good or entire evil. Everyone has a bit of both in them.

  3. If good and evil are in the same place, one will eventually win. Good and evil cannot be in the same place for long.

  4. Coexistence of good and evil • Can good and evil exist together? • Does one always have to win? • What examples can we think of where good and evil are in the same place? • Are people essentially good or entirely evil?

  5. I have learned a lot about myself because of problems I have had to face

  6. Being a teenager is more difficult than adults believe.

  7. Coming-of-age story • A protagonist’s transition from childhood into the adult world • There are (pun intended) growing pains with this transition, especially as the harsh realities of the adult world set in • Where are we more likely to believe that people are essentially good: childhood or adulthood? • How are each of these coming-of-age stories? • 13 Going On 30 • (500) Days of Summer • Billy Madison

  8. There is far less racism in the world than there was when my parents were growing up

  9. Segregation between races is a thing of the past

  10. Racism, discrimination, and prejudice • Discrimination: An action • Prejudice: An internal belief • Racism = discrimination + power • Discrimination – an action based on a prejudice • Power – who has access to money, high-paying positions, etc. • Racism is a system. Whites have power over blacks. They discriminate (act on their prejudices) and set up a system in which blacks cannot be as successful.

  11. Where a person comes from does not impact where they will end up in life

  12. Classism • Racism = discrimination + power based on race • Classism = discrimination + power based on social class • Who has power in society?

  13. I will learn more about how life works outside of school than I will when I am in class

  14. Moral education • What do you learn in school vs. what you learn outside of school? • Where are you taught morals? • What can school not teach you?

  15. How our wall works • We will be growing the tree with character quotes • Periodically, you will be asked to identify key passages from or about characters that help us understand our book • In addition, you will be asked to identify specific examples of the four major themes we will be focusing on • You know… like… what this entire PowerPoint was on

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