Alabama

Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, and her parents were Frances Lee and Amasa Coleman (Byers 220).Writing was interesting to Harper Lee when she was just seven years old (Mancini 10). Lee became so interested in writing that she started developing stories of her own (O’Neill 16). She was the youngest of out all four children (13). Nelle was related to Robert E. Lee who was the civil war commander in the Confederate Army (Byers 220). “A neighbor of the family, Marie Rudisill,…

The author of To Kill a Mockingbird is Harper Lee who also wrote Go Set a Watchman. The story of To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the 1930’s, which was also during the Great Depression. Atticus, one of the main characters, is a lawyer who has two children named Jem and Scout. A boy named Dill comes to Alabama to visit his Aunt every summer. Dill, Jem, and Scout have started to become interested in Arthur (Boo) Radley and who he really is. The three children had heard rumors…

Wesley is often restrained from being himself as his wife, Ruth, starts to complain about his life choices. Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird, is a father of two children, Scout and Jem. Atticus is well respected lawyer and citizen in Maycomb, Alabama. He is an intelligent and patient man who has good morals and values, he that individual where one can turn to in difficult situations. Charlie often relates his father to Atticus Finch, he sees him as sensible and logical as he describes,…

[Attention Getter] Have you ever heard of Atticus Finch? If you know anything about classic American novels you probably have. Atticus Finch is a character in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This novel is based in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. His daughter, Scout, is the narrator of the book, but he still plays a huge role. In this book, Atticus guides his children through the early years of their lives, giving them life long advice, all the while keeping his busy job as a…

It may seem that Maycomb, Alabama is a sweet and innocent town when really it is not. The theme of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” is the Destruction of Innocence. Examples of this theme is Tom Robinson who was innocent of a crime, Jem, Scout, and Boo Radley lost their innocence due to the town, and Bob Ewell who is the destroyer of innocence and caused people to lose their innocence. Tom Robinson was very kind and innocent black man who was falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit and who…

others when he does notdon’t have to and stands up for what iswhat’s right even when everybody else is against himthem. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch acts as an everyday hero through conflicts that arise in 1930s racist Alabama. Atticus Finch practices law and is appointed to defend a black man. When racist troubles arise, Atticus exhibits courageous, respectful, and responsible traits throughout this novel. Atticus’s first virtue is courage. When Atticus agrees…

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is a historical fiction novel set in the mid 1930’s in a small town named Maycomb, Alabama. The protagonist of the story is Scout Finch, and the antagonist is Bob Ewell. The conflict arises when Atticus Finch, Scout’s father and civil rights activist, agrees to defend a 25-year-old African-American named Tom Robinson who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus, and they spend their days…

them she is not grieving. She tells Scout, “Don’t you worry about me, Jean Louise Finch. There are ways of doing thing you don’t know abou. Why, I’ll build me a little house and take me a couple of roomers and-gracious, I’ll have the finest yard in Alabama. Those Bellingraths’ll look plain puny when I get started!” (Lee 75). She teaches the children that even negative situations can have its benefits. Scout and Jem need to realize this, especially during the future…

A critter in your attic may seem harmless at first, but it can be a major problem down the road. You might think that it will get out on its own, then you realize later on that your ceiling is already rotting from the critter’s urine and feces, your electrical wires are gnawed off, and your roof shingles are damaged from claw marks. Fortunately, Critter Getter, one of Southeast Alabama's foremost squirrel removal experts, has some tips for getting rid of the pest without having to kill it:…

at Boston University. On the 15 January 1929 Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta Georgia. He entered Morehouse College at the age of fifteen and graduated in 1948. In 1954 he accepted a job at the Dexter Avenue Baptist church in Montgomery Alabama, during his sermons he would often encourage his congregation to get involved in community and social matters, speaking about the importance in voting. In 1955 Martin Luther King Jr returned to Atlanta Georgia taking his place at the pulpit…