The word shape has numerous meanings, but the one that stands out most to me is “express in words: to shape a statement.” This definition relates to shaping one's life, and more specifically, shaping one's life through words. This can be done in different ways, from what you say to others, to what you say to yourself, to what you say without using words at all. No matter how it is said, anything that shapes your life is a gift. Gifts help shape people's lives and journeys and without them people couldn't succeed.
While numerous unexpected gifts are given to Jem and Scout in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the important gift that shapes their lives the most is mystery. What makes this gift unique is that it is given through …show more content…
They are becoming anxious, unhappy and afraid after working to hard to hide the murders they didn’t commit and trying to prevent another. The truth coming out becomes a very important gift. It teaches them about themselves. It teaches them that they can be strong, brave, they can take care of themselves and that they can be anything they want to be. We hear about this when Louise finds out she can start along her path of medicine at a time where it was improper for girls to do so. “Pocked Louise, with her interest in medicine, was especially thrilled to learn all that their new headmistress could teach them about anatomy and diseases.” (Berry, pg 339) It also teaches the girls important thing about other characters in the book. It taught them that people aren’t always what they seem and that they can do things you might never have thought possible with the right motivation. An example of this is how love motivated Amanda Barnes to kill Mrs. Placket just so she could marry Mr. Gooding. This connects to the theme of illusions vs. reality. The girls thought they knew Amanda Barns, but in many ways this was just an illusion of
While numerous unexpected gifts are given to Jem and Scout in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the important gift that shapes their lives the most is mystery. What makes this gift unique is that it is given through …show more content…
They are becoming anxious, unhappy and afraid after working to hard to hide the murders they didn’t commit and trying to prevent another. The truth coming out becomes a very important gift. It teaches them about themselves. It teaches them that they can be strong, brave, they can take care of themselves and that they can be anything they want to be. We hear about this when Louise finds out she can start along her path of medicine at a time where it was improper for girls to do so. “Pocked Louise, with her interest in medicine, was especially thrilled to learn all that their new headmistress could teach them about anatomy and diseases.” (Berry, pg 339) It also teaches the girls important thing about other characters in the book. It taught them that people aren’t always what they seem and that they can do things you might never have thought possible with the right motivation. An example of this is how love motivated Amanda Barnes to kill Mrs. Placket just so she could marry Mr. Gooding. This connects to the theme of illusions vs. reality. The girls thought they knew Amanda Barns, but in many ways this was just an illusion of