Bruce Lee

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome. ~Rosa Parks In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs Harper Lee shows her readers how society affects everyone good or bad. During the time of the great depression Scout, Jem, and Tom Robinson are influenced by society to think for themselves, look beyond the curtain of innocence, and take chances. Society’s rumors and lies no longer have a great affect on…

Maturity is shown throughout many parts of To Kill a Mockingbird, especially after the trial and everything the town has been through. One way maturity is shown is when Scout Finch beat up Walter Cunningham because he ruined her first day of school. Even though Scout stuck up for Walter and explained to Miss. Caroline that he is too poor to afford a lunch and shoes. Miss Caroline said, “You’re starting off on the wrong foot in every way, my dear. Hold out your hand” (Lee28). Miss. Caroline got…

First, Paula Byers stated that Nelle Harper Lee is a famous author, born on April 28, 1926, in Monroe, Alabama (220). Lee’s birth parents are Amasa Coleman and Frances Lee (Byers 220). She based Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird’s main character off of her Father (Byers 220). She also happens to be a relative of the famous General Robert E. Lee (Byers 220). Lee was an attendant of Huntingdon College, an all women’s private school located in Montgomery, Alabama (Byers 220). She attended this…

this because “Mockingbirds don 't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don 't eat up people 's gardens, don 't nest in corncribs, they don 't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That 's why it 's a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee Harper, 93) like Miss Maudie says. This same quote by Miss Maudie’s would be proved in Tom Robinson’s case because he was like a mockingbird innocent and just adding to life in the village. He didn’t do anything that would…

To Kill a Mocking Bird Outline General Statement and Thesis: Harper Lee 's novel To Kill a Mockingbird establishes the theme of intolerance through the characters of Mr. Dolphus, Arthur Radley, Atticus, Scout, and the Ewells in Maycomb County. Lee paints a picture of how they do not fit the conventional frame of their gender, family, or their beliefs. These characters are oblivious to the Maycomb mentality, hence are not tolerated for the actions they demonstrate. Body Paragraph #1: Topic…

Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, written in the 1960’s and set in the 1930’s, and highlights the social narrative of the 30’s. The novel is set in Maycomb County, Alabama a town very typical of the times. The reader is presented with the character of Atticus Finch, a middle-aged father who works as a lawyer. Although seemingly average he is although significant; as a hero. Amongst his peers he exhibited higher thresholds of empathy, which was quite high especially in the historical context.…

by Harper Lee would be nothing without change. Change makes up a tremendous part of how the characters interact with each other as well as how they grow and evolve throughout the novel. Whether it be physical, mental or emotional changes, Lee depicts how these changes affect the outcomes of prominent events that occur throughout the novel. Without these necessary changes, the novel would not have the same impact on its readers. Through transformation of the characters in the novel, Lee…

Marvel and DC Comics have had a friendly rivalry since the 1930s starting from the comic books and now going into the movies. DC characters are heroes and demigods among humans. Their stories tell how they use their powers to fight crime and that they are heroes because their superpowers. Marvel characters are the opposite they were created not as heroes but as relatable normal human beings with problems and normal stories. Their character development is about how they deal with their…

who cried upon hearing the verdict. No others had cried because everyone in Maycomb had grown accustomed to the prejudice and only children, with their vague understanding of good and evil react to such an occurrence. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a beautifully constructed novel, following the story of Scout Finch, a young girl growing up in a small Southern town inflicted by hatred and prejudice. As Scout and her brother,…

Scout is still innocent by the way she acts and by her outlook about ongoing events. Before the case started she asked Calpurnia, “Well, if everybody in Maycomb knows what kind of folks the Ewells are they’d be glad to hire Helen... what’s rape, Cal?”(Lee 124). This just goes to show that she may know of things but she doesn’t know the severity of the meaning of some of the things she knows. Her innocence is picked away with every new story and word she hears that comes from the court case. Very…