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Where is the love? - The black eyed Peas

'' People killin', people dyin ' Represents the Black community and how they are killed in our society. This also represents Tom, because he was killed because of something he didn't do.

'' Children hurt and you hear them cryin' '' Is about the children, and how they are hurt that they are calling their father a nigger-lover.  '' “He’s nothin‘ but a nigger-lover!” “He is not!” I roared. '' This also represent Bob Ewell who tried to kill the kids. ''  Bob Ewell fell on his knife ''

''Can you practice what you preach?''  Represents Atticus, who stands up for Tom and defends him. He always tells the kids to treat everyone right.  “You aren’t really a nigger-lover, then, are you?” “I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody ''

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This picture of George Floyd could be the cover of the book.

Because racism is one of the main subject of this book, we thought this cover would really be suitable. We wanted to respond to current events and since this happened today, it would also be a memorial to him.

The book describes the place of the Black men in society and the unjust legal system. As we can see this has happened for a long time, and surprisingly while living in 2020, this still happens. The picture will be a statement of the police brutality and the unjust against the Black community.

'' They got him just as he went over the fence. They said if he’d had two good arms he’d have made it, he was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him. ''

The seventeen bullets represent the time the police officer lay on George. It was both very unnecessary and deadly. The two good arms represents their skin. If he had two good arms he would survive it and if they were white this wouldn't have happened.

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Comparison with 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Comparison with 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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In the poem ‘sympathy’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar, the writer expresses how he relates to a bird in a cage, and how he knows why this bird sings. The writer writes about the similarities between him and the bird, which is mainly being locked up. Just like him, the bird doesn’t have the opportunity to do what he is capable of and is unfree. He uses the cage as a metaphor for the lack of freedom and suppression that he is experiencing. He says the reason why the caged bird sings, is because he feels the desire to be free.

And just like in the poem, an important factor in To Kill a Mockingbird is sympathy. The book describes a contrast between people who are willing to try and understand others, and people who are not. Empathy is especially important when it comes to inequality. If everyone would understanding how others must feel in their positions or, as Harper Lee described it, walking around in their shoes could do wonders in cases like Tom Robinsons.

The poem describes the writers empathy for the bird, while the book shows the lack of empathy in our society. They both are strongly connected to that one essential word, and both show how important it can be.

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★★★★✰

The book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is a beautiful book about morals and injustice. It is about a wide range of topics, but is mainly about the conflict between blacks and whites in the 1930’s. The book also includes the smaller problems that kids deal with, like making up new games or participating in a pageant.

The main character of the book is an eight-year-old child, and the book is written from her perspective. You might think that would cause the book to be immature and childish, but despite it being viewed from a kid’s point of view, Harper Lee still managed to capture the seriousness of racism and other problems in our society. That Harper Lee was able to do that is very admirable.

Something like inequality is, of course, a very heavy topic. But because a child is describing this issue make it a little bit lighter to read and easier to follow. If the main character would have been an adult, it would have been way to heavy and the book wouldn’t have enjoyable.

However, the first half of the book can be a bit boring. That part describes the life of Scout, the main character. She lives a pretty normal life, and there isn’t really anything happening that you wouldn’t expect. Of course, the first half of the book isn’t completely useless, because it does make you understand Scout better, and you get a very good idea of what life was like a century ago.

Overall is the book very well written. Harper Lee has found the perfect balance between serious matters and the simple life of a child, and described it beautifully yet straight forward. It educates you about racism in the past, and how it is still very present in today’s society. The book is suitable for both young-adults and adults, so it can be recommended to almost everyone. To Kill A Mockingbird is a classic and deserves the praise it’s been given.

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The ten year old Jem, his six year old sister Scout, their dad Atticus and the cookin Calpurnia live together in Maycomb County. The story comes about with Jem breaking his arm, it goes on about how this happened in a time of two year. Dill is a summer friend of te kids, he then visits Miss Rachel. Together the make a play to unmask the unseen neighbour of three houses further, Boo Radley. The mother of the kids died when Scot was born. Their father, the old advocat Atticus is still alive, but he leaves most of the education up to Calpurnia. At a given moment Atticus has to defend a black man Tom Robinson, from the suburb. He gets acused of raping a white girl, Mayelle Ewel. When Tom was walking to work, he always came across her house. Many people say Tom raped her, including by Scout described as a terrible man named, Bob Ewell. Atticus knows he is going to lose this, because Tom is black,  but tries to pled him free. It has to be happened with a right hand, but Tom can’t use it because of a crash. Atticus demonstrates that the withnesses are lyin, but the jury pleds him guilty. Bob Ewel can’t handle the fact that Atticus himuliated him, and swears to get revenge. Atticus is called a ‘nigger lover’ by the white community in Maycomb.  Jem and Scout try to take it up for him, but he tells them to always stay nice. Tom Robinson was shot seventeen times, because of the try to escape out of prison. After a halloween party, Scout and Jem are walking home. They walk through the park, but have a feeling they get followed. Scout wearing her ham costume, hears Jem screaming. It goes really fast and at all of a sudden they are home. Bob Ewell tried to kill them, but tripped and fel on his own knife. Boo Radley saved them and the kids really like him.

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The title ‘When you see them’ would also be suitable for the book.

That title refers to understanding other people and walking around in their shoes. In this case it would refer to realizing that people from another race aren’t as different as some characters in the book might think. Racism is one of the main themes of the book, so the title would be fitting.

It also occurs in the book, in a conversation between Scout and her father:

‘’Atticus, he was real nice.’’

‘’Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.’’

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The comparison of 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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The comparison of 'Sympathy' by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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I chose the poem Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar. He is a Black author from the village Dayton. In this poem he verbalizes how he and the bird look a like and he feels why the bird is singing. ‘’ I know what the caged bird feels’’ He feels like the locked up bird. In this society the writer doesn’t feel free to express himself. He can’t do what he wants and is unfree. The cage symbolizes the opression that he experiences. The bird sings because he wants to be free, so does Paul Laurence. He wants this from out of his heart, and desires to be free. The poem talks about compassion, which is one of the main factors in the book. It talks about different kind of people with different kind of views of the people in the book. Not everyone wants to open their eyes and understand the struggles of the rest of society. Not everyone has the best with you and not everyone understands you. There are many people with a lack of empathy, so is in the book. Take as example the ‘’ wintesses ‘’ of the case of Tom. They don’t acknowledge nor feel pity for Tom.  They have to walk in the shoes of the opressed to understand their struggle. Walking in the shoes of another is very important and so connected to this book and the poem. They show how important it is to symphatize with one another.