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I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 42. This book is about a girl named Scout, her older brother-(Jem), her dad-(Atticus) and her nanny-(Calpurnia). They live in Maycomb County, Alabama. Scout and Jem meet a new friend named Dill. They dare each other to try and touch Boo Radley house. Boo Radley is known for being a malevolent phantom. School starts and Scout meets her new teacher named Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline meets her new student named Burris Ewell which…

To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, the book takes place in a Southern town in the twentieth century in the fictional town of Maycomb. In to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses symbolism in order to convey the idea that doing harm to people who are helpless and innocent is a horrible thing and can lead to unwanted actions. As we all know mockingbirds represent a symbol of innocence, Lee makes Miss Maudie point out that "...[mockingbirds] don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for…

The use of symbolism helps Vonnegut further convey his ideas on death and war. Vonnegut uses a bird to symbolize his speechless silence towards war. For example, Vonnegut says “everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like ‘Poo-tee-weet?’” (Vonnegut 19). Vonnegut uses birds to show that animals cannot even make sense of the massacres and devastations of war. There are…

You can never Judge a book by it’s cover, and that goes for people too, no matter what they do or say. Until you take the time to understand what’s going on in one's life, you don’t have the entitlement to judge them by their actions, and you don’t know what might be going on in their story. To kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story about a small town called Maycomb, narrated by a young girl nicknamed Scout. Maycomb is a poor one street town, that consists of racially split, judgemental…

To kill a Mockingbird can cause courage when you do something or helping someone in need that almost cause your life. There are three characters that really shows courage, they’re Scout, Jem, and Boo. They can show many different way that can shows courage to help and protect. They’ve know that can do something about this story that just only about courage from To kill a mockingbird. Jem shows courage by standing up to Atticus with all of guys who trying to kill Tom Robinson. He tried to…

Society shaped and influenced Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, because throughout all the events, Scout is learning and realizing more about Maycomb and it’s people. For example, on page 283, Scout says, “ I looked around. They were standing. Negroes were getting to their feet. In other words, Scout is realizing her surroundings and noticing something is happening because the Negroes are standing up. From this, I can infer that Scout has been influenced by the verdict because she is noticing that…

The realizer “life changes jem perspective on responsibilities” Boo, Atticus, and his environment played the most important role in changing Jem’s perspective about responsibilities in his life for others by getting shot “at” and the life lessons he learns from atticus. Aticus changed his viewpoint from believing that your social life is not better then you family. To believing that your social life is not better than you family and basic need. That he has more responsibilities like scout.…

Jean Louise Finch (Scout) had a very narrow view of the world at the beginning of the novel, over time she gradually started to understand other’s points of view of the world. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout has numerous coming of age moments in which, she comes to understand certain situations from other’s perspectives. One of these situations is the scene in which Scout assists Boo Radley to his home and has a realization outside of his house about the reasons Boo did the things he…

Jacqueline Moreno 5th Hour Monday,October 26th Type 3- The Ransom Of Red Chief In O. Henry’s short story, The Ransom Of Red Chief, the main character, Red Chief, also known as Johnny Dorset, is known to be quite talkative. Through the character’s dialogue and some inferences, O. Henry makes it quite clear that Red Chief is very talkative. In the short story, Sam and Bill quickly realize kidnapping a talkative boy was a bad idea when Red Chief didn’t stop speaking; “I like this fine. I…

Cho and Crown both love the blind kids in Korea, and neither of them want to disappoint the children. Cho maintains the illusion that the kids have of Crown because he feels bad that Crown feels like he has to lie about his home life to the children. I think Cho lies about his home life because he thinks that its terrible and the blind kids would rather hear something interesting. The blind children think of Crown as a upbeat, loving, care-giving, story-telling guy that they all love to be…