Scout and Jem are asked/encouraged to think about Boo Radley as a man, not a monster. Calpurnia makes certain that Scout does not treat Walter Cunningham like he is lesser than the Finches. Atticus advises the children that they are needed/demanded to trear black people and even people like Mrs. Dubose with…
One of the biggest controversies to address in the psychological world is if humans have the ability to change. When being literal, the answer is obvious. Of course people grow taller, lose their hair, grow older, etc. But what of one’s personality? As this is plainly impossible to agree upon, people looking for an answer to this insatiable question have agreed upon a compromise.…
Deaths in the Holocaust was something that occurred on a daily basis, that’s a well known fact, but there were also many survivors when the camp was seized. Although, Elie Wiesel’s stunning and well-written novel, “Night”, is one that helped him win the Nobel Peace Prize. The memoir is about the year Elie spent in Auschwitz with his father. There are tales of gruesome incidents that took place in the camp, from strenuous work conditions to just the pure insanity of the officers of the camp. In the novel by Elie Wiesel, the events in the book affect Elie because his health diminished, he lost hold of his identity, and he lost his humanity.…
Throughout the novel, Harper Lee displays various prime themes that array the segregation and setting in Maycomb, a fictional town in the heart of Alabama. This unforgettable story of a childhood in a quaint town and a watershed that changes everything, is compassionate, dramatic, whole hearted, and courageous. The coming of age symbolizes one of these many themes throughout this novel and is crucial to how the characters come together. Jem Finch is one of the significant examples that resembles the coming of age and matures over the course of 3 years. During the events in chapters 1- 31 in To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem has signifficantly grown from a childish, playful boy that he was from the begining of the novel, to a more calm, composed…
“Close that curtain, Jessie, I have no wish to regard my garden and examine the destruction caused by that, horrible little boy.” “That’s more appropriate, now where’s my tea, go and fetch it at once!” “Maids, what’s becoming of them, acting as though they are equals to us white folk, it’s simply not allowed!” Crossing my arms I lean back and ponder the situation “It doesn’t help this situation when no one listens to my opinion, sure they believe there’s a difference between themselves and their maids, however they have no idea how alike they appear.” “Finally back Jessie?…
The author of a novel chooses specific words to use frequently throughout the story in order to get their message across to the reader. Mark Twain uses the nword to give the reader an understanding of set the setting of the story. Today, the nword is a racial derogatory term and is considered socially unacceptable to use in most situations, but Mark Twain incorporates the nword in his novel to show the reader how far society has come in the last fifty years. Pap tells Huck, “when they told me there was a State in this country where they’d let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I’ll never vote again . . .…
Toms is viewed multiple ways. He is nice. He likes to help people do things and also a family man. He is also very respectful. Tom is lower than all the whites but still is respectful to them though they treat him like dirt.…
Although fictitious, the great Leonard Nimoy’s portrayal of ‘Mr. Spock’ has significantly influenced me. At one point during ‘Star Trek’, Nimoy stated, “The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.” These words have resonated in my life and in my actions. However, I reiterated the phrase to be more applicable to my life: “The needs of others outweigh the needs of myself”. When someone needs assistance with homework or money to borrow, I always put their needs above my own.…
As people grow older, so does their personality. When met with long periods of disconnection we can only compare the past personality/identity with the new present. In the short story “A Few Notes for Orpheus” by Don Bailey, the main character, Gus, is meeting his father for the first time in over two years. Throughout the story we see that Gus is unsure about his father as he links his father from the past onto the one in the present. He does this by the creating similarity of his father interacting and speaking with him as a child, and how he is doing it with Cathy.…
“One sign of maturity is the ability to be comfortable with other people who are not like us” (Kraft). This is a major issues that Harper Lee discusses in her classic coming of age novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel’s main focus is on racism and prejudice as it mostly centers on the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of raping a white women. Every character in the novel grows in some way including Jean Louise (Scout) Finch. Scout becomes less naïve, along with growing emotionally and socially.…
The Real Atticus Finch In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, it contains a character whom has many different character traits. He’s a father of two and a lawyer in Maycomb County, and is a brave, wise, and admirable character. He goes by the name of Atticus Finch. Throughout the novel, Atticus proves to readers that he is a man of his words and will stand up for what he believes in. His son, Jem Finch, and daughter, Jean Louis Finch (Scout), both look up to him as he believes that all are created equal.…
Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird and Their Eyes Were Watching God, the path to maturity is very significant. Jem Finch matures throughout the To Kill a Mockingbird and it helps the audience feel emotions about the events. Janie Crawford’s path to maturity, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, is quite different than Jem’s path. Janie matured in the aspect of love, where as Jem matured in the aspect of life. Jem and Janie’s paths to maturity are very significant to both novels and helps the audience better understand events and feel emotions.…
Have you ever seen the movie adaptation of a book you liked? If you remember it wasn’t like the original story in many ways. Since movies started being made, producers tried to translate popular stories to the big screen. Stories like Washington Irving’s ¨The Legend of Sleepy Hollow¨, ¨The Jilting of Granny Weatherall¨ by Katherine Anne Porter, and…
There is a famous saying that maturity is not defined by age. In other words, maturity is an attitude built by experiences. In the novel of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character and narrator, Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, matures through her own experiences from a young child to become a compassionate young lady. During the 1930s the town of Maycomb, Alabama deals with many social issues that involve the class system, racial segregation, cult of domesticity, and educational equality. With this said, in the novel, the main character, Scout, loses her childish innocence and matures by learning from her elders, discovering the true identity of Arthur “Boo” Radley and experiencing the unfair Tom Robinson Trial as the story progresses…
The story of Gulliver’s travels begins with a recount of how he was shipwrecked in the ocean and found his way to Lilliput. He woke to find himself tied up and being held captive by a race of people that were tiny. The Lilliputians are humans who are no more than six inches in height but they are pretentious and self-importance. They are mean and nasty, vicious, morally corrupt, hypocritical and deceitful, jealous and envious, filled with greed and ingratitude. To this small race of people gulliver is something that looks like a giant.…