(Score for Question 1: ___ of 9 points) 1. Atticus says that Mr. Cunningham is basically good but has blind spots like everyone else. What does Atticus mean? How is Atticus different from the men at the jail at night?…
Harper lee demonstrates her view of 1930s alabama through three main points: gender, race and education, when exploring each individual point lee uses characters with 2 dimensional personalities (the exceptions being Scout, Mayella Ewell, Aunt Alexandra and The Cunninghams), lee's characters fit into one archetype from each of the following character archetype pairs (black/white, rich/poor, kind/nasty, educated/illiterate), at each the introduction of a character lee establish's them as either a"good guy" or a "bad guy". When exploring race, Lee uses characters who share traits such as being educated, kind, illiterate or mean but differ in their race. This helps Lee demonstrate how being black classed someone as the lowest kind of folk on…
The Unknown Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel filled with the persecution of innocent people represented as mockingbirds. The Author, Harper Lee, created a community of people who are persecuted, judged, and attacked despite their innocence. Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol of innocence. In the book she says mockingbirds are innocent and commit no evil act.…
This group of fourteen finch species (Source 2) all diverged from a common ancestor of finch that was most likely from the mainland. Some of the population became trapped on different islands far apart and adapted to their new environments with features that now catered for that. For example different sized and shaped beaks that suited what food sources they have readily available to them on the island. Due to the isolation they have become their own species now unable to interbreed due to allopatric speciation.…
Prabhdip Kang Kang 1 Mr. Shurrie 2015/11/24 ENG2D0-D To Kill A Mockingbird Everyone gets old, whether it be physically or mentally. In the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, many character show maturation. All characters show physical maturation, and mental maturation. Some characters stand out.…
The War of Racism While many themes exist throughout the book, To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, one that plays an especially important role in the book is racism. It plays such an important role because of the era Harper Lee, put the book in. Taking place during the nineteen thirties, down south in Alabama, racism occurred in everyday life for all these people. Only later would a shift of thinking come where blacks were no longer looked down upon, but that would have to wait several years. For now, during the time the book takes place racism is alive and well.…
The factors that influence our moral growth are essentially our external influences. External influences determine what situations we are put in, and the decisions we have to make, which results in growing morally. Our aspects of morals are determined by what we value, but different people with different external influences value different things. Our morals get expanded by experience. If we cause something, and experience a bad effect, chances are, our morals won’t let us do that again.…
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.…
The Brown Pelican The brown pelican is an interesting bird that plays a vital role in the plot of The Pelican Brief. It’s a large bird with a near extinction event behind it. It was one of the main causes of the Louisiana trial that caused two judges to end up dead along with two lawyers, a hitman, a CIA operative, and and a law school professor. It is also just an interesting American bird.…
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the 1930’s in a city called Maycomb located in the deep south. Scout, the main character, and her brother, Jem, grow as people as the novel progresses. Throughout the novel it displays a community that is very close yet diverse in many ways. Scout begins attending a public school and begins to realize all this. She realizes there are poor people and the color of a person’s skin matters in the society they live in.…
To Kill a Mockingbird: Similar Creatures “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us” (103). This quote from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird refers to the notion that mockingbirds are harmless creatures, they do nothing but sing and bring happiness to the world. Although mockingbirds are harmless and benevolent they are still susceptible to a hunter’s gun.…
Through life, the perception a person has rules over everything they know while also emphasizing how they are perceived by others. Furthermore, perception can bring people to wrongly judge what they see in the world. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the perception of a child in a town full of rumors to fully affirm Arthur “Boo” Radley as the true mockingbird. Considering that the perspective of the novel is told from a child, it can be hard to see Boo Radley as anything more than a menace in the beginning.…
In this novel, the author, Harper Lee, displays interesting literary devices to help contribute to the themes that she is trying to convey. Lee so beautifully uses these techniques to develop not only her storyline but also her broader message. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the author uses literary devices such as motifs, symbolism, and characterization to convey the theme of racism during the scene at the jailhouse.…
“Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional” (Chili Davis). As the quote explains how aging is mandatory and maturing is not for everybody, it ties into Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and the growing up process for many characters. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee portrays growing up by showing how characters that matured, have a fresh look at the world accordingly criticizing its flaws.…
“Thomas Jefferson once said all men are equal,” (Lee 204). This is how the world is meant to be. Everyone should be treated with respect, even if they are different from us. In the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, it tells the story of how racism can have a great effect on society. First and foremost, we should never name call, or label anyone just for having an opinion.…