Alabama

Equality and Justice - false promises a nation was created to protect. The historical drama, Selma (2014), directed by Ava DuVernay, depicts some of the struggles African-Americans faced in the pursuit of equality and justice during the mid 1950’s to 1960’s, and the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in his attempt to overcome such inequalities. During this time period, racial segregation was prominent, especially in the southern states. The government justified such segregation based on the…

tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage.”Scout was very mad about miss caroline. Keep in mind miss caroline was new and from northern alabama so she didn’t know the rules around maycomb. Miss caroline goes strictly by the rules. When Scout warns Miss Caroline about Walter Cunningham because he can’t pay her back, Miss Caroline refuses to listen scout and instead punishes her by…

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a fictional book set in the small segregated town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930’s. Narrated by young girl named Scout Finch who is growing up with her older brother Jem and friend Dill. Scout explores with little understanding the concept of racism through the town gossip, and her own first hand experiences. She begins learning more about her father Atticus Finch, an attorney who strives to prove the innocence of Tom Robinson, a coloured man,…

Farther north, the consequences would have been less severe as the racism was less violent in the north than the deep south. Maycomb county is in Alabama, a state that no one would argue is not a part of the south. Had this trail taken place in Vermont, a state that no one would argue is not part of the north. The north did not segregate with state legislation and many states prohibited segregation…

Mockingbird is a book written by Harper Lee. Later adapted into a film of the same name, To Kill a Mockingbird follows our protagonist Jean “Scout” Finch and her small family, consisting of her father and her brother, as she grows up in a small town in Alabama during the 1930s. Using scenes from the film, I will be discussing Scouts personality, as showcased by her actions and through dialogue, and attempting to decipher and explain her personality traits using the behavioral/social learning…

Every state has its own laws and ways it can run these branches of government. The state of Alabama legislative branch is slightly different from the other 49 states. Alabama’s legislative branch has more authority than the executive branch. The balance of power of the state of Alabama lies within the Legislative branch, because it has more power and can overrule the Executive branch in many ways . In Alabama the official…

Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” traces the story of Arthur Radley’s subtle change from the beginning of the book to the end. He goes from being viewed as a horrible monster who comes out at night, to finally being understood as a recluse who encases himself to escape the ever present racism and hostility in MayComb. As the story commences Arthur is akin to a caterpillar undergoing metamorphosis, even though he does not really change much, yet he is viewed and perceived as something-or…

Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird and The Black Eyed Peas’ song “Where is the Love” both tackle the problem of racism and overall intolerance of others. Lee’s novel takes place in the 1930s and focuses on the Finch family as the father, Atticus, takes on a case where he is defending a black man from the accusation of a white man and women. On the other hand, “Where is the Love” addresses discrimination as a whole and seems to question your empathy for other people. When placed side by…

Courage The dictionary definition of courage is “the ability to do something that frightens one” (courage). But maybe that is not the only definition. The concept of courage is essential to understand the book To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee develops the theme of courage throughout the actions of the characters Atticus, Mrs. Dubose, and Boo. Atticus displays a great deal of courage from the beginning of the book until the very end. He first demonstrates…

The stories Saving Sourdi and A&P have two interesting main characters Nea and Sammy. Nea is a young Asian American girl that is from South Dakota and Sammy is a Nineteen year old boy from Massachusetts. In both of their stories they try and rescue people from situations that they make out to bigger than it is. Nea trying to save her sister and Sammy trying to save three girls that come into his store. They are both rescuers in their own sense but, they both ultimately end up falling short.…