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for the black people as justice is biased between races. During trial, the white people’s racist and stereotypical attitudes are portrayed through Mr Gilmer as he interrogates Tom Robinson. As he asks him questions, Mr Gilmer uses the repetition of “boy” to downgrade Tom, suggesting he is a human of lower value who is not deserving of respect. This highlights the negative attitude many have towards those who belong in a social minority. This idea is portrayed again and is further accentuated…

This chapter focuses on the narrator’s point of view, description of the town, and how the town was formed. The story begins with the narrator, Scout, a daughter of the Finch’s family. Scout talks to the minds of the audiences through an adult-like voice and with a mature viewpoint since now she is older and telling herself about her childhood. She starts with telling how the Finch’s family has landed on this land near the Alabama River. While describing the Alabama, the narrator mentions the…

Mockingbird by Harper Lee, explores the ideas that go through Jean Louise (Scout) Finch’s mind as she, herself, is becoming a woman. “‘Are you--’ [Mrs. Dubose] pointed an arthritic finger at me-- ‘what are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if somebody doesn’t change your ways--a Finch waiting on tables at the O.K. Cafe--hah?’” (Lee 135). Scout is a young girl growing up in a prejudice society that is very quick to…

How can there ever be love in a world full of darkness, oppression and hate? In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout lives in a time period full of hatred towards certain people, such as African Americans. She and her comrades (Dill and Jem) grow up right before our eyes, learning the trials of life. However, not everything has a light at the end of a tunnel. Even after the evils of hatred and the prejudice tainted them, there is always a home for them to go back to, the home of…

characteristics are men and women having a vagina or penis and other bodily parts. Second sex characteristics are the physical differences between male or female and are not related directly to reproduction. These characteristics become clear at puberty for a boy it’s a variety of vocal tones, body hair, and for a girl the development…

Both my parents wanted me to join extracurricular activates during my early school years. In middle school, I’ve decided to join my middle school band for three years and middle school orchestra program for two years, which I participated in city parades, competitions and concerts that help me understand music better. At the same time enrolling in United Middle, I was enrolled in my TexPREP from 2004-2006, during the summers I’ll learn about different subjects from Engineering to Math, which…

Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13” (Elder). This reference shows both the racism and the economic collapse occurred in the nation during the 1930s. The 1930s was a difficult time for most people in America. It was the era of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, which cost many workers their jobs and many farmers their farms. The 1930s was also a time of pervasive and sometimes violent racial prejudice. Blacks were scorned upon and stereotyped…

rebel as a way of finding there personalities. The 1950s in America was a time in which strong societal values were held and anything…

in him for the reasons of wanting to unveil his mysterious characteristics of being depicted as a monster who feeds on squirrels. As the story unfolds, she realizes that her father’s insight was correct while she was conversing with Jem, he says, “Scout, I think I 'm beginning to…

Mockingbird essentially starts the good and evil of a small town that evolves around two young kids who are learning the difference between good and evil. To Kill a Mockingbird stands on the grounds of prejudice and racism. It begins with a girl named Scout Finch and her brother Jem, they live with their father, Atticus Finch,…