Harry S. Truman

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy… they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.” (Lee, 119) With an abundance of events in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird it is clear to see who our beloved characters really are. Specifically, who can be considered mockingbirds. By analyzing Atticus Finch's clear conscience, Tom Robinson's frank kindness, and Arthur "Boo" Radley's hidden affection, it is clear the three can be considered "mockingbirds" by the…

Moths are generally viewed negatively by the general public, most often associated with corruption, death, and deterioration. They are often viewed as pests, destroyers of clothing and crops. However, there is a family of moths that seems to defy the common perception of these creatures. In fact, these moths have been given the names “Emperor Moths” and “Royal Silkworms,” not only because they differ completely from most moths, but because they also are beneficial to humans. Indeed, because of…

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird and Their Eyes Were Watching God, the path to maturity is very significant. Jem Finch matures throughout the To Kill a Mockingbird and it helps the audience feel emotions about the events. Janie Crawford’s path to maturity, in Their Eyes Were Watching God, is quite different than Jem’s path. Janie matured in the aspect of love, where as Jem matured in the aspect of life. Jem and Janie’s paths to maturity are very significant to both novels and helps the audience…

Children of the Black Skirt is an Australian gothic performance. Written by Angela Betzien, published in 2005, and directed by Leticia Caceres. (Realtv, n.d.) The storyline of this historical Australian gothic performance is of three lost children discover an abandoned orphanage in the bush and learn a national history of Australia through the spirits of children who are trapped there. As their stories are told their spirits are released. These stories range from convict times, World War Two and…

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus believes “...you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” It means that everyone has something going on and even if you don’t see it, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Atticus is prompted to say this when Scout tells him that she doesn’t want to go to school anymore because Miss Caroline says she was wrongly taught how to read. Atticus tells her that they way to get along with people is to step into their shoes.…

Who is the Mockingbird? What thoughts or emotions did Atticus have when he was appointed to defend Thomas Robison of his rape charges against Mayella Ewell? The title of the book is To Kill a Mockingbird and the author of the book is Harper Lee. In the novel Atticus was appointed by the court of Maycomb to defend Thomas Robinson from the crime that he was accused of committing. My Character is Atticus Finch, and he is a lawyer from Maycomb County. He has two children, Jem Finch, and Scout Finch…

Rue 4 de Vaurobel, a six story townhome, where an innocent sixteen year old girl’s free will is robbed right from her. All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, juxtaposes two very complex and different stories; a blind adolescent girl who is trying to find her way in a new environment and an obedient teenage boy who turns soldier after learning how to configure radios. Marie-Laure and Werner’s story are from two utterly contrasting ends of the spectrum but connect during the same time…

The stories “Old Ben” and “Fox Hunt” may be different, but, the artists use the same methods to get a reader hooked on their stories. The story “Old Ben” is a narrative nonfiction written by Jesse Stuart about a boy who goes walking in the woods one day, there the boy finds a friendly black snake, the boy then names the snake Old Ben and takes him home where he keeps him in the corncrib, one morning his family’s dog starts going towards the corncrib, then the boy has to confess to keeping the…

To Kill a Mockingbird Essay What can one say about the relationship between good and evil? It is the coexistence of what is pure and innocent and what is dark and vile. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the thin line of this theme is shown throughout the novel and is hard to miss. Such as when Boo protects the kids from a fire and Bob Ewell, the mockingbird as a symbol purity and innocence, and Atticus defending Tom as a black man in a predominately white community of the…

principle are apparent in numerous religions and moral standards. In Harper Lee’s historical fiction, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, the father of Scout and Jem Finch, represents morality in the corrupt town of Maycomb, Alabama set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression and the age of Jim Crow Laws. Atticus tests the boundaries between supremacism and racial justice when he defends Tom Robinson, an African-American man accused of raping a white woman. He is an ethical man who is…