The novel, I Hunt Killers, written by Barry Lyga is an interesting mystery. The book tells the story from the point of view of Jazz Dent, son of infamous serial killer Billy Dent. Jazz see’s every crime scene from a killer’s point of view, since Billy showed him everything he knew. Now, bodies are piling up and Jazz has to show everybody that the horrible gene doesn’t run in the family. The setting takes place in the quiet town…
Throughout The Killer Angels, you follow the experiences of soldiers during the civil war, and their trials, injuries, and casualties. The civil war was America's bloodiest war with a devastating amount of deaths, injuries, and diseases. During this time medical procedures were harmful and unsanitary. Nevertheless this caused a majority of deaths due to dire infections. While reading The Killer Angels you learned how the characters are administered care for.…
The first victim of the murder was Abby. She left the house, then returned and began tidying her bedroom before she was murdered. Andrew was the next victim following his wife, Abby. He had left the house and went downtown, while everyone else stayed inside the house. Once he returned, he went upstairs to his bedroom…
To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee shines a light on social problems of 1930s Alabama. One element Lee focused on was the injustice of the legal system caused by these social standards. Lee uses the characterization of Mayella Ewell and societal gender roles, the conflicts initiated by the setting between 2 different races in Tom Robinson’s Trial with the Ewell family, and the conflict revolving around Arthur being Mr. Ewell’s killer, in order to suggest that no person is treated the same by the law due to social standards. In courts, no person is treated the same, every gender has their own standards set by society.…
When we think of murderers we often think of maniacal and evil individuals. Through the way that many works of literature and cinematic pieces depict murdered, we often see them as absolute evils. Murderers are flawed humans, albeit more than usual, they are not the absolute evil in fall in more of a gray area. Within Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, readers get an in-depth look at a pair of murderers and are able how one can fall down such a wicked path. In his novel, Capote recounts the events of 1959, when four members of the Clutter Family were murdered and the investigation that followed.…
Harper Lee effectively uses character development to express the theme of: it’s human nature to stereotype people based on society’s standards, as opposed to seeing everyone equal despite their appearance in chapter twenty of To Kill a Mockingbird. To support this theme, Harper Lee uses character development as a way to emphasize the importance in this insight to human nature. For example, Mr. Raymond is portrayed as the town drunk, with an impassive manner. He likes to drink, to pretend, and to be himself. However, in this chapter we learn that he doesn’t drink alcohol in his old sack; instead it’s coca cola.…
The mockingbird is the dominant symbol throughout the novel. All mockingbirds do is sing, and bring pleasure. They don't destroy plants. All mockingbirds do is try to bring joy. Some people can be described as mockingbirds too.…
Good role models appear abundantly in literature to teach lessons to both the characters in the story and to the reader. Many of these role models are a parent of the protagonist. For example, Hans Hubbermann (from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak) displays how a father should act through his relationship with his adopted daughter Liesel. He always shows her kindness and love, encourages her to view people in different and better ways, and teaches her to read, which she wants to do more than anything. Similarly, Atticus Finch is a great father figure to Scout and Jem.…
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, a mockingbird symbolizes innocence. According to Atticus, “It is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Pg 119). Three examples of mockingbirds are, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley.…
As Bethany Hamilton once said, "Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. " What people don't know is that fear can have a huge impact on your life, just like courage. Fear can have a negative impact on your life but that fear drives courage. Bethany Hamilton was explaining how you need fear to get through life's scariest challenges.…
Harper Lee once said “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” This problem still happens today, everyone judges a person without evening knowing them. When someone judges someone with tattoos and piercings they automatically think he is a bad guy but that isn’t always true. Their point of view can be totally wrong but they would never know. They will never get to truly know the person because their point of view shows them as bad people.…
Harper Lee Harper Lee was a motivational writer, who wrote about the Civil Rights Movement era and the struggles that changed how I now view those times of inequality. In this paper, I will talk about Harper’s beginning and end. I will also be talking about the journey of and what inspired her worldwide known book, To Kill a Mockingbird. (Lee-Mockingbird)…
I am going to be questioning two reasons why Mayella lied at the trial. The first reason she lied was because she was afraid of her dad. During the trial Atticus asks Mayella “’Do you remember him beating you about the face’” (Lee 247). Mayella responds with hesitation and says “’No, I don’t recollect if he hit me.…
INTRODUCTION In this project I am going to focus on the “Trial Scene and its relationship to the rest of the novel in novel TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE”. She wrote this novel in 1960. It was reached to great success and won the PULITZER PRIZE, and known as the classical novel. The plot and character are closely relate to authors family.…
To Kill a Mocking Bird is one of the most widely recognized pieces of American literature. Through the eyes of a child, Harper Lee takes the reader on a journey that examines one of the most controversial topics in history of the nation – civil rights. From Scout’s innocent perspective, Lee challenges cultural norms and stereotypes, and asks the audience to question their personal concepts of courage, justice, and morality. Summary Lee begins by introducing the audience to Scout, her family and Dill, and the notable inhabitants of Depression-era Maycomb, Alabama.…