Ang Lee

it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world. She was even lonelier than Boo Radley, who had not been out of the house in twenty five years. Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her,” (Lee, 256). This quote explains that because she’s treated like the trash she lives with, she gained feelings for the first person who treated her like a decent human. Arthur “Boo” Radley is a man who has been in his house for the past 25 years. He…

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks" (Lee). In the fictional novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee explains racism in the eyes of a young girl and how racism has affected society. This takes place in the 1900s in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb County. In chapter 7 when the knot-hole in the tree gets filled up, Jem learns from Mr. Nathan Radley’s excuse of the tree dying that people can manipulate the way they think. During the talk between Jem and Mr. Radley, Jem…

The Fall of the House of Usher is a story written by the American author Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe as many of us know was a famous author because all his stories and poems were written in a sense of terror or mystery and that's what caught the attention of many people. As many of us know Edgar Allan Poe wrote his stories in a sense of terror and mystery and "The Fall of the House of Usher" was not an exception. This story also contains romanticism due to the age it was written, at first…

Maturity is a flower that doesn’t grow in everyone's garden. Take me for example, in first grade I would chase the people and give them hugs on the playground every recess. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Jem finch starts without a flower of maturity and empathy in his garden. Over the course of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Jem Finch changes from a boy into a young man by developing a feeling of empathy and developing a sense of maturity. Over the course of To Kill a Mockingbird Jem…

Melivia Mujica February 22, 2018 Prof. Ms. Haight English 1302 The comparison of the Raven and Ode to Nightingale “The Raven” and “Ode to a Nightingale” both use birds as central symbols/images. To give the reader a better picture of the what is happening and giving a central ADD MORE ..... In the poem “ The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe the character goes through this emotional ride of missing and not knowing if his deceased lover was in a heaven. The raven is a symbol of his depression haunting…

Loyalty is not a word, it is a lifestyle. This is shown time and again by the characters in The Godfather by Mario Puzo. The Godfather is a crime novel written by Mario Puzo and was first published in 1969 and later inspired a film of the same name in 1972, sequels to which were made in 1974 and 1990. The story of The Godfather follows a mafia family in New York over the span of a decade. The family in the novel…

Racial discrimination represents an issue which damages the foundation of any civilized society – it turns people against each other and has no basis except ignorance and thirst for power. Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man” approaches this problem through the eyes of a young black man, at the beginning of the twentieth century in America, an invisible entity without a voice in a divided society, in which political decisions are made by the white people in power. The main character is…

self-worth, physical and psychological integrity, and empowerment. All people have the need, even if it is very small, to have dignity. It doesn’t matter if they are good or evil people, they all feel the need. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she demonstrates how Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, and Bob Ewell show Good, Evil, and Human Dignity. Tom Robinson is a black male that was put on trial for accused rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of Bob Ewell. During the time that the…

six-and-a-half feet tall, judging his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch... There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). When Boo comes to their aid at the end of the book, Scout learns that he was nothing like they described him. He was a good man who was unfortunately the victim to the gossip of the town. The reason he had become so feared by the townsfolk…

Task 1 He was a calm and nice man. He codes have brutal political discussions but even after a hardpoliticaldebate,hewouldgivetheotherpoliticianaunifyinghandshake. Hefights the battle for black rights and even after 27 years in prison he was ready to go for the goal. Most people would come out and be hateful and want to take revenge on society after 27 years in prison, but not Mandela. When he came out he were filled whit courtly, humble and good- humoured. And all this courage and the way he…