Ang Lee

On August 28, 1955 an event happened that changed lives and sparked the beginning of the civil rights movement by opening the eyes of thousands. Emmett Louis Till, whose nickname was Bobo, was a 14 year old boy from Chicago, Illinois who traveled to Mississippi with his uncle, Moses Wright and cousin, Simeon Wright. Emmett’s goofy personality and the ways of the south did not mix and created much tragedy for thousands. Although it was a horrific, tragic event it opened many doors afterward that…

Jean-Louise into the perfect lady and in years to come, a trophy wife. Although Scout is not a girly-girl and the entire town knows it, especially Miss Stephanie. She told Scout, “Well, you won’t get very far until you start wearing dresses more often” (Lee 230). Though, throughout the book Scout had short spurts of being an absolute tom-boy and spurts of trying to become a pristine, young, lady. One of the great adventures that the trio began was about a fellow neighbor, Mr. Nathan…

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming. - Helen Keller In the book to kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee there were many examples of courage. The main person who displayed this was Atticus Finch. But a character that I think doesn't get enough credit for having courage is Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. Mrs.Dubose was a woman who knew she was going to die. She had a terminal disease, probably cancer, but wanted to die drug free. I think Mrs.Dubose shows a tremendous amount…

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mayella Ewell’s is not a powerful character. The three categories to decide this are her class, race, and gender. In Maycomb, Alabama, a poor girl named Mayella Ewell has accused Tom Robinson of rape. Mayella is most powerful in race, because she is a white woman. Her being a white woman helps her. The case of Mayella being raped by Tom Robinson is based on race because, he is a Negro and does not have the power she has. Mr. Gilmer is questioning…

The author of Year of no Rain a great book was put together by Alice Mead. This Author put this book together really well she used great description and great detail. The book almost looked like a movie while reading it that's how descriptive it is. In 1989 a attack happened in Sudan on a toun. In this book it shous how to push through with two very brave characters and some of there friends Stephen and Naomi. In the book Year of no rain by Alice Mead, Naomi and Stepan have different points of…

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, gossip plays a major role in creating and feeding prejudices that isolate members of society. The main character of the book, Scout, was a child when her father became involved in a controversial case in their hometown. What people said about her father quickly took precedence in her life, and the lives of the family her father was defending. Before her father became involved with the case, Scout was introduced to the neighborhood gossip the story of Boo…

Secondly, the two stories have differences and similarities between the setting. One similarity that fits the settings includes both being friendly towns. In the novel, the setting is described as a friendly town with old ladies baking cakes and sheriffs who say folksy things. In the short story, it's starts in small town with old ladies and kids baking cakes and giving them to people they know of. For example in “A Christmas Memory” the cousin says “Friends. Not necessarily neighbor friends…

Life sucks. It’s fact. Things happen, we don’t like it. But as my mother told me one time, “It’s how you react to the things that suck in life that determines whether you’ll be happy or sad.” We can’t blame it on other people. Unless of course, that girl from 2nd grade threw a book in your face. Then yes, you can blame it on other people. So when I was asked what I wanted my legacy to be, about a million cliche things came into my head. But then I decided, I knew exactly what I wanted my legacy…

Atticus Finch Atticus Finch a loyal white man that is defending a colored man. Atticus was a white lawyer that is defending a black man for a something he didn't do. As Tom Robinson trial drew closer to time the more the town of maycomb didn't like Atticus. The town of Maycomb became to not like Atticus but still Respected him because they thought it was wrong for him to defend an African American. Atticus went ahead and done what he thought was right because he knew that if he didn't he would…

of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” These are Atticus Finch’s words of advice to his daughter. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, perspective is a recurring theme throughout the novel. Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, serves as the main character and as the narrator. Readers see her grow up as a young girl in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the nineteen-thirties,…