To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Introduction

In a story by Harper Lee called To Kill A Mockingbird, children grow up together in a town called Maycomb. The story takes place during the great depression. Since this was a very judgmental time, the children grow up learning a lot from their family and friends. They need to make many decisions as to what to believe and not believe. For example, they often learn stuff from their father who doesn’t believe people should be judged on status, but they also learn from their aunt who is the complete…

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly” - Henri Bergson. One of the main themes in the book, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, is growing up. The main character, Tom, matures quite a bit during the book. This school year, I have as well, academically and socially. Tom grew up and revised himself throughout the book. One of the substantial ways he grew up in, is honesty. In the beginning he tricked and lied to Aunt Polly right and left!…

When people ignore simple rules, that God instructs man to follow, the consequences can be great. To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, demonstrates just how severely others suffer from people’s poor choices. The theme of injustice is found multiple times in to Kill a Mockingbird. The citizens of Macomb’s smallest actions have a great impact on their friends, family, and even people they don’t know. Unfortunately many of the citizens of Maycomb didn’t realize just how greatly their…

Gianna 12/26/16Eng. comp. litJillian Price In the book TKAM by Harper Lee, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson had many similarities. Boo Radley's efforts were needed to look after himself and others such as Jem finch and his younger sister Scout. When Boo Radley was protecting himself it went to new outcomes such as Boo Radley being sentenced to a judge from the law, to the boys' school. Boo was sent because of attacking his father years before that made Boo get shut up in his home. Boo had no…

Analyzing the West Memphis Three On May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boys, Micheal Moore, Christopher Byers, and Steve Branch were reported missing. Shortly afterward, their bodies were found in the woods of West Memphis, Arkansas. Not only, but all three of the bodies were naked, bloodied, and mangled. It was not the average murder case, all three of the bodies appeared to have been tortured prior to their death. As a result, the grieving and horrified West Memphis community, quickly and…

I think that “Tell them Not to Kill Me” was one of the most interesting stories we have read. It is not really confusing but I think that it is open to different interpretations. The story started with Juvencio begging his son Justino to tell the sergeant not to kill him. At first you may feel sorry for Juvencio but soon after the pity starts to disappear. Justino do not want to tell the sergeant not to kill his father because then they will know that he is Juvencio’s son and he may possibly be…

There is no doubt that I’ve been through a lot. Only 9 years old, and Atticus says I’ve been through more than any adult ever has or should. I can tell he’s worried about me. He thinks I’m emotionally scarred or something. After all, I’m still his little girl, the one who would crawl into his lap and learn to read the newspaper with him. He’s the one who gave me the idea for this memory box in the first place. Atticus said that it would help me cope with everything I’ve been through, if I put…

A hot summer day in Wylie, Kentucky, two twins, Quinn and Jake, decided to go to the park. Quinn and Jake met a strange, but nice man. Little did they know he was on the hunt. On the hunt for children. The man walked up to the twins and introduced himself. “Hi, children. I´m uhhh your new friend.” The children were frightened by the strange man, but they let the fear go and kept talking to him. Until, one day, Officer Harris got a report, two children went missing. Wanting to take the case into…

The scene of Miss Maudie’s abode on fire is significant because it is when Scout and Jem have their first interaction with Boo Radley. Although the children did not get to see Boo Radley, they recognize that it was the closest they have been to him. Realizing how close Scout was to Boo reveals Scout and Jem are still childlike because Scout’s “stomach [turns] to water and [she] nearly threw up” while Jem jokes about the situation. Scout and Jem in this chapter of the novel have not matured…

In the poem “Silhouette” by Langston Hughes there are a few prominent themes. One of these themes is the racism, which was present within the American South. The phrase “they’ve hung a black man” references the lynching, which occurred in the American South, and the location of the poem is revealed through references to a “southern” lady and “Dixie,” a name for the American South. There also appears to be an implied racism in the fact that the “gentle” woman is being asked not to swoon over the…