Greetings ladies and gentlemen. I, Rocio Mattei, stand here beside you today to present 2017’s most prestigious award. This award is given to someone who has a brave, courageous, and naïve personality. As most of you know this award is well-known as the BCN Award. This year the person chosen to receive it is a young girl who has demonstrated a brave, courageous, and naïve character. This young child only does well for Maycomb County. Before calling her up on stage, let’s first take a look at how her character and past actions have won her this distinguished award. This young lady’s brave and courageous character is first noticed when she confronts the lynch mob. We observe this behavior because one of the men from the mob gets hesitant, impolite,
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She sometimes doesn’t know or understand the threat she is surrounded with. This young lady is naïve, but then we see how she has developed into a matured woman. She’s like this because she really doesn’t understand or know that there is racism and that white people are given privileges and superiority over black men and women. It is not until the Tom Robinson case that she begins to understand how the real world functions and the problems people face day to day. This is when she starts to lose her innocence and her naivety. Another scene where she portrays her innocence is when she asks her father, Atticus Finch, to explain to her what is rape. Atticus replies the following to her daughter’s question: “He said it was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent.” Her reaction is ultimately naïve: “I didn’t know what he meant by that! Well if that's all it is why did Calpurnia dry me up when I asked her what it was?" This shows us that she didn’t completely understand the concept of rape because she answered calmly. We can also see that she has lost her innocence when a reporter told me that she walked Arthur Radley, also known as Boo, to his house after the attack. At a young age she knew Boo Radley as this scary, dangerous boogieman, but now she has grown up and knows who he truly is, a protective and innocent man. This brief and concise speech describes why this young lady should win this award.
She sometimes doesn’t know or understand the threat she is surrounded with. This young lady is naïve, but then we see how she has developed into a matured woman. She’s like this because she really doesn’t understand or know that there is racism and that white people are given privileges and superiority over black men and women. It is not until the Tom Robinson case that she begins to understand how the real world functions and the problems people face day to day. This is when she starts to lose her innocence and her naivety. Another scene where she portrays her innocence is when she asks her father, Atticus Finch, to explain to her what is rape. Atticus replies the following to her daughter’s question: “He said it was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent.” Her reaction is ultimately naïve: “I didn’t know what he meant by that! Well if that's all it is why did Calpurnia dry me up when I asked her what it was?" This shows us that she didn’t completely understand the concept of rape because she answered calmly. We can also see that she has lost her innocence when a reporter told me that she walked Arthur Radley, also known as Boo, to his house after the attack. At a young age she knew Boo Radley as this scary, dangerous boogieman, but now she has grown up and knows who he truly is, a protective and innocent man. This brief and concise speech describes why this young lady should win this award.