Cliff Lee

The early to mid 1900’s was a time period marked by its prejudice, extreme racism and injustice towards the african american people. Harper Lee was born in 1928, during the time period of racism, and witnessed many events that shaped her views and writing style. To Kill A Mockingbird, an example of the time period, is her most famous piece. The story is set in the 1930’s, and involves a trial of a black man, Tom Robinson. Throughout the story, people constantly refer to Tom and Atticus, his…

hero’s trait, the key to success. Cowardice is the antagonist, nobody likes it, nobody wishes to be it. Cowardice makes a meager mouse run your blood cold. Even though courage is defined by many authors differently, in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, courage is the trait to do the right thing. We can draw the definition of real courage from three characters in the story, Bob Ewell, Atticus FInch, and Mrs. Dubose. Courage can only be identified if we know what cowardice is. Dictionary.com…

on the world is very unique because he mainly sees the good out of people and treats everyone with respect “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39), as you can see Atticus is an understanding man and respects others perspectives. Not only does he respect other's perspective he also doesn’t care what you look like or what race you are, which most folk do in Maycomb county “Why otherwise…

In this coming to age story, Scout goes through many times that change her. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout changes by maturing, changing how she feels about people and learns to not act violent towards people. By the end of the book Scout matured in many ways. While being put in a stressful situation she is able to remain calm and remember Atticus’s advice; when talking about people sometimes you need to focus on the other person's feelings rather than your own. She taught the mob…

Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, Once Upon a Time written by Nadine Gordimer, Rituals of a Memory written by Kimberly M. Blauser, and Views of the Wall written by Alberto Rios all focused on the idea of locating common ground between individuals. The book To Kill a Mockingbird related to the idea of finding common ground by having the protagonist(s) understand other poeples problems and actions. Scout and Jem learned about why Mrs. Duose acted the way she did (Lee 128). They also learned…

from the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Many only know Boo for what he did to become contained within the Radley house, but don’t know his true heart. I mean how could you? Maybe he’s the only intelligent one, seeing that the county of Maycomb hides behind the doors of the court room with their hypocritical ways. Making it easy to “understand why Boo Radley stayed shut up in the house all the time… it’s because he wants to stay inside”(Lee 304). However, behind these walls of Boo…

Courage is the ability to do something that an individual knows is harmful and/or difficult. It can be found in two forms, moral and physical. Moral courage is doing what is right under any circumstances, despite the consequences. The theme of moral courage can be explored in texts such as To Kill a Mockingbird, Malala Yousafzai delivers defiant riposte to Taliban militants with speech to the UN General Assembly, and “Zach Lederer wins over nation even in loss to cancer”. To Kill a Mockingbird…

In How to Kill a Mockingbird there are many people being alienated for different reasons? For example in this book black people are disliked. In Maycomb, white people are grown up to despise black people. Tom Robinson is one of the many black people that are shunned against. Very few white people think everyone should be equal, but Atticus thinks differently. As Tom and Atticus fight in court to show people that just because you are black doesn’t mean you have to be the guilty one. Tom, a man,…

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that can give a clear lesson to further the movement for racial equality. Scout is a little girl in the south. She is the main character and protagonist of the novel. She lives with her brother Jem and her father, Atticus in Maycomb, Alabama. She is very intelligent, thanks to her father. There is a clear connection between To Kill a Mockingbird and the Civil Rights Era, as well as issues of racism today. Scout learns the town's colossal issue with class on her…

What is a hero? Is it what people see in movies, a man in tight and has super powers? A hero can come in any shape, size, gender, or race. From a superhero like The Flash or a Police Officer people see in their everyday lives, heros are found everywhere. In the the Marvel comics, Daredevil, DC comics, The Flash, and reality, Police officer, heroes are men who have shown distinguished courage or ability, and who is admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities, But a police officer does not…