Journal #2 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 42. So far the book is about Jem and Scout are the two kids of the lawyer Atticus Finch who keep getting into trouble. Also, Boo Radley has been locked up for the last fifteen years, and everyone being afraid of the Radley place from his action. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. G-I predict the kids will not meet Boo Y-He has not been seen R-He is locked up R-Contact within the house is prevented…
After understanding Atticus' way of thinking, Scout thought of examples in her life. She realizes that Miss Caroline was not to…
“When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They are sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.” Every day, each individual faces both obstacles and conflicts in every aspect of life. How individuals deal with these events influences who they become and their identities. How others see people handle their obstacles and conflicts impacts their own identities and question their morals.…
“‘That's okay, ma’am, you’ll get to know country folks after a while. The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back... They don't have much, but they get along on it”’(Lee 20). Scout was put into the situation of having to tell Miss Caroline the teacher the information that no one else would inform her about. Not backing down even know Miss Caroline would not fully understand or listen.…
She was talking about how the teacher said that Atticus has taught her to write wrong. She said she didn’t want to go to school. Then they started talking about Walter Cunningham and how he is poor. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” said Atticus (Lee pg30). I think that this kind of taught Scout that she can’t just judge people.…
What would you do if you were on your deathbed; would you rely on a pain reliever with bad side effects or end all the pain and suffering from your addiction? This situation is helped described in the book To Kill A Mockingbird by the character Ms. Dubose. Ms. Dubose slowly tries to delay on using morphine everyday when she forced Jem to read to her. As Harper Lee tells the story, she is able to convey the meaning of courage through the actions of the character Ms. Dubose.…
Scout spoke up and explained how Cunninghams never take what they couldn't pay back. Because of this, Mrs. Caroline grabs Scout and whips her hand. Scout, now furious, decides to fight Walter at the playground, blaming him for starting off on the wrong foot. Jem sees the situation and says, “Come to dinner with us, Walter,” (Lee 30). His maturity is shown here by ignoring the fact of how Walter ruined his sisters first day but instead focused on the chance of giving him a meal he probably hasn’t had in years because of his family financial situation.…
Harper Lee is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning To Kill a Mockingbird. This book was recognized due to it’s racial acceptance when it was published in 1960. It is said that she enjoyed the success of the book, but she did not appreciate the attention she received. Harper Lee, due to old age, is now blind and deaf with poor health.…
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.…
In most cases, people have the freedom of choice in their lives. and there are bountiful different obstacles that people have to overcome. In both Reginald Rose’s, Twelve Angry Men and Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird, there were man vs society conflicts that brought many people to their breaking points. Both books had a strong emphasis on discrimination and prejudice. In Twelve Angry Men the jury was against the defendant for racist reasons just like the town was against Tom Robinson in the trial for racist reasons in To Kill A Mockingbird.…
Day in and day out as creatures of higher intelligence us humans expect. By living our lives in expectations us human set limitations for ourselves. Whether we look at historic examples and into the leaders of the olden days expecting that the world is pancake flat or modern-day examples where people don 't enter lotteries or play sports because they expect failure. It is clear that expecting stifles potentially great opportunities, expecting isn 't always bad and is in fact necessary to survive. The problem with expectations is that they immediately turn off some of the ambition to actually go out and achieve something, specifically expecting when it comes to appearance is very harmful because it can prevent good people from contributing…
When Scout started school— on her first day— she “started on the wrong foot (22)”. It all started when Ms. Caroline asked the children to take out their lunches. After scanning the whole class, she notices that one of the children didn’t have a lunch bucket; so, she offered him a quarter to get something to eat — he refused. His name was Walter Cunningham— Cunninghams don’t accept what they can’t pay back. However, Ms.Caroline didn’t take the memo and urged Walter to take the coin— again he refused.…
Scout was explaining to her teach why Walter would refuse to take her money for lunch. Because of the explanation she gave, her teacher hit her with a ruler. This made Scout very angry and she took her angry out on Walter Cunningham. Scout narrates, “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop.” (Lee,30).…
To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee in the early 1960 's. The story takes place in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. All is normal in this southern town until a particular court case involving an African American man named Tom Robinson comes to the attention of the residents of Maycomb. The case has also come to the attention of Atticus Finch. Atticus is a small town defense lawyer who, unlike anyone else in the town, disagrees with the false accusation of rape againest Tom Robinson.…
Scout explains to Miss Caroline that Walter is a Cunningham and " The Cunninghams never took anything they can 't pay back..." ( chap. 2, page 26 ). Explaining this gets Scout I trouble. After dinner, when Atticus offers to read to Scout, Scout tells Atticus what happened in school. Atticus tells Scout a ' Simple trick ' to getting along with people.…