Jane and Finch

Not everything a person learns happens in school. The teacher does not always have to have a teaching degree. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird a southern gothic by Harper Lee, Scout, her brother Jem, and their father, Atticus, all go through a life changing experience that tear their town in half. Atticus takes on a case that defends, Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a young white girl, Mayella Ewell. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows the theme of education through Miss…

The novel, The Third Eye, written by Lois Duncan is a real cliffhanger. The book tells the story from a girl perspective, Karen. Karen is an 18-year old that has visions, but her “gift” might bring danger to her family. Karen is babysitting at lunchtime, and the kid runs off with his friends and goes missing, but with her visions she can help find the boy. Also when Karen is going to work, something awful happens to her. She wonders if anyone will ever find her. The setting takes place in a…

Readers can view Atticus as a positive parental figure for a variety of reasons. One example that proves this is that Atticus cares about his children. Although Atticus is not like every parent (that show their affection) Atticus shows his affection in his own ways. Some parents hug and kiss their children, but not Atticus he shows his affection to Jem by ruffling his hair. Another way that Atticus show his affection toward his children is by letting his kids run free and letting them be who…

Imagine a world where books are forbidden, everything is fast paced and firemen don’t put out fires they make them. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury published in October of 1953, there is a main character named Montag. The book is about how Montag learns to like books. The characters in the book try to either teach Montag to like books or steer him away from books. One of the characters, Clarisse teaches Montag that not everything has to be fast paced or you don’t have to follow…

It is a harsh truth to believe that humans have created a reality where people think that being black or white matters, but in the real reality around us it doesn’t because we are all still human. Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, expresses the ideas of race and racial segregation and its prominence to the society of the 1930s. She explores the ideas of critical race theory through racial inequalities, which improves the ability understand the racial hierarchy and how race is socially…

Atticus Finch, a distinctive character in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The setting of this book takes place during the 1930s in Maycomb County, Alabama; In this period of time, the Jim Crow Laws still existed, especially in the South. The Jim Crow Laws were regulations that enforced the racial segregation between the blacks and whites. Besides this, the country was going through the Great Depression. This was the worst economic downturn in America. About 15 million Americans were…

On the surface, J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan is a classic tale that demonstrates the prominence of traditional gender roles. Within these confines Peter Pan comes across as a fearless leader and father figure to his lost boys. Even though he is objectively brave and presents as a strong male lead, Peter Pan is actually a very vulnerable character who is oblivious to his situation, and constantly sweeps the tough issue of growing up under the rug. Throughout the story, Peter uses various coping…

ATTICUS FINCH – THE VIRTUES OF MORAL MAN Casey van der Merwe 201202300 Although Atticus Finch “has become the personification of the exemplary lawyer in serving the legal needs of the poor”, it has been argued by many that Atticus Finch was nevertheless still a part of a sexist and racial legal system. The question arises whether Atticus demonstrated the virtues of natural or positive law theories. Although Atticus was surrounded by a society as well as a legal system which could be described as…

As a philosopher, Allan Bloom said, “reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice”. Harper Lee explores prejudice and how it affects society in her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The main character is a young girl named Scout, growing up in the 1930’s in Maycomb County, Alabama. Her father, Atticus is a lawyer, and tries to raise his kids to be unprejudiced. Having been raised this way, Scout and her brother…

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is an award winning novel that tells the story of the Finch family in 1930 Maycomb, Alabama. In their neighborhood there is a house at the end of their street, the Radley house. Rumor has it Mr. Arthur, also know as Boo Radley, is a monster and Scout and Jem Finch are curious to find out more. Meanwhile their white father, Atticus Finch, is defending an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, in the racist environment of the South. This book portrays many of…