Edgar Lee Masters

Over 1000 Jewish laborers were spared during the horrors of the Holocaust by an undeniable hero, Oskar Schindler. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is a tired lawyer who defends Tom Robinson, a falsely accused African American man. Atticus lives in a small town in Alabama dominated by traditional views and unspoken bitterness towards African Americans. Oskar Schindler lived in a postwar Germany where the Jewish population were defamed as the root of the nation’s…

after the war ended, black people still didn’t have these rights. Harper Lee tried to convey the pervasive nature of social injustice, through literature. Her most famous book, To Kill a Mockingbird, became an instant bestseller, and in 1961, won the Pulitzer Prize. One reason for the book’s success, is she wrote it for all types of readers. She wrote it to be in a child’s perspective, so it would be easy to understand. Lee also uses symbolism to make it even easier to understand. It was written…

In the novel, “To KIll a Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee many characters changed and evolved throughout the book. Jem has evolved the most throughout the book because he is growing up and becoming more like his dad. One of jem's for major events that made him become more mature was reading with Mrs. Dubose, The school play, and the court case. First of all, one of jem's first events that shows he is going into adulthood was reading to Mrs. Dubose. Atticus to Jem that,“people are…

What is similar between these two legends? For instance, one is Japanese while the other is from the book, To Kill a Mockingbird. Even though it is surprising, there are actually many similarities between the two stories. The following sections of this essay will explain each urban legend and will lead to the conclusion of how similar they are. Kuchisake-Onna was Japanese woman who cheated on her husband, who was a samurai. After the man discovered her unfaithfulness he slit her mouth as he said…

The Eye That Opened Mine A leader leads by example not by force. Breaking news: another innocent unarmed black man has been shot by a white policeman. A fellow brother Tod Clifton has been shot he was wrongfully harassed and abused by a white policeman. Clifton sold Sambo dolls on the corner, without a permit. I was horrified that one of our own has been shot down and he wasn’t doing any harm. I took my personal responsibility and told the neighborhood youth about his passing. I paid tribute to…

Theme and Tone In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and in “Courage” by Edgar A. Guest, there are many similarities in the development of the theme and tone and several reasons why Harper Lee chose to present it this way. To begin, in both pieces of literature, the theme of courage is presented in similar ways. Courage can be defined as the bravery of someone to do something. Courage is hidden in everyone but is not always used for everything. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus shows…

argue that the Captain should have shown leniency to Billy because the Captain was unaware of the tense relationship between the master-at-arms and Billy. Because he was young, his actions were often misinterpreted by Claggart, who saw Billy's happiness as insubordination. As the alpha male Claggart constantly felt threatened by Billy's charisma. Since killing the master-at-arms was a accident, the captain did not need to enforce the full extent of the law. The faultiness of this reasoning…

What is felt when reading a novel? Love or Hate? Agreement or Disagreement? In To Kill a Mockingbird, that was the question the whole book revolves around. While reading this essay, the same questions will be asked. But this time just think about, “I’d rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays if you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(119) Mockingbirds do nothing but sing and make music for…

novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the theme of the mockingbird to describe innocence and only helping others. Although this novel’s theme is mainly about racial discrimination, the theme of innocence is just as prevalent. Harper Lee displays the theme of innocence through Tom Robinson, an African American falsely convicted of rape, and compares him to a mockingbird, an innocent songbird that helps humans by delivering joy. Another character Harper Lee compares to a mockingbird to…

To start this essay off i'm going to roughly summarize the events we have been learning about. We have recently been studying the controversy of Pocahontas. The reason for this controversy is because of 2 stories that one man told. This man's name was John Smith. He was a colonist of the Jamestown settlement. He then came out with a story of what he saw. Here is a summary of what the story said,”The chief of the Powhatan greeted us with kind words, food and gifts. These people or “savages” as…