Camellia

Dubose’s camellias displays that although he is maturing, Jem was still a child. He let his anger take over even though it went against his father’s wishes. Believing he was protecting his father’s dignity and pride, Jem reacts harshly to Mrs. Dubose’s taunts. He does…

In Harper Lee’s novel, the title “To Kill a Mockingbird” is directly referred to early in the book when Jem and Scout are given air rifles for christmas. They are told by their father, Atticus, that to kill a mockingbird would be a sin. To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee. I think the meaning of the title to kill a mockingbird is a mockingbird itself is a delicate, peaceful, innocent, and pleasant animal, what I think it means is that characters like Boo Radley and Thomas Robinson the story…

The Civil War and Reconstruction had far-reaching results in terms of race relations in the United States. After the Civil war in 1862 several legislations were passed to help the freed slaves. The Civil Rights act of 1875 prohibited segregation in public areas and many amendments gave African Americans more rights (Brinkley, 2014). Even with new legislations the status of the newly freed African Americans didn’t change mush until the twentieth century. The reconstruction was to provide a new…

belonging, which is anchored by physical location, hinders the family’s ability to assimilate into Australian life. Skrzynecki’s choices of plant species residing within the persona’s garden are all foreign to Australian soil. His use of “roses and camellias” and “potatoes… and sweet corn” provokes certain irony concerning the persona’s struggling to belong, as the garden full of non-native plants flourish in the Australian soil. It is evident that despite their initial attempt to belong to…

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, the author tells a story about a widowed attorney and his two kids. They all reside in Maycomb, Alabama during the period of the Great Depression. Scout and Jem Finch learned the lesson to not judge others very quickly in the book. The children learn this lesson through and elderly neighbor, by the name of Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. Mrs. Dubose reveals the theme that any negative judgement and/or racism towards someone’s outside appearances are…

given new life. All of the trees begin to show new buds and come to life. The early spring flowers begin to bloom and everything is bursting with color. You have the Daffodil’s and Iris which tend to be well known, and you also have the Crocus, Camellia, Snowdrop, Chionodoxa, Scilla, Anemone, and many more start to bloom and share their vibrant colors. During mid spring it’s as…

SBD/TP-Whether Atticus is standing up for what is right, or taking one shot that might not hit the target, there is no denying that he is brave. A1-One day Scout (Atticus’ daughter) comes home from school and tells Atticus about Cecil Jacobs, (boy who goes to school with Scout) calling him a “nigger lover”(75). A2-Whenever Scout asks her dad why he chooses to defend a black man, Atticus tells her, “The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county…

Atticus showed respect to everyone. Throughout the novel a lot of people didn't respect Atticus. Mrs. Dubose a cranky old lady told Jem “ your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for” (Lee 102). Jem cut all of Mrs. Dubose's camellias, but Atticus wasn't happy about it. In reply Atticus said to cut a sick old lady's flowers is inexcusable, this shows that Atticus is a respectful person. In addition, Atticus respected Mayella, when he crossed examined her. While Atticus crossed…

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand” (Lee 149). Harper Lee portrays Atticus as the ultimate courageous man. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates the importance of viewing things through another perspective and seeing things through different eyes. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that portrays the prejudice and injustice towards blacks during the Great Depression. Atticus Finch is called to defend Tom…

Most people ignore racism because they think it only hurts a certain group of people. When Harper Lee was writing To Kill A Mockingbird she was opposed to this idea. Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird for people to learn that racism can hurt everyone even the most innocent. Racism can hurt the victims, the innocent and the racists. To start, racism can hurt the victims. In Maycomb County, it seems that everyone in the community gossips and talks about coloured people in a negative way. The…