Jane and Finch

others Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, Harper Lee's, To Kill a Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior, to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, and the struggle between blacks and whites. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and single parent in a small southern town in the 1930's. Atticus stands up for those who are not able to stand up for themselves. Atticus stood up for Tom Robinson when they accused him of raping Mayla. He knew that he wasn't…

The Brown Pelican The brown pelican is an interesting bird that plays a vital role in the plot of The Pelican Brief. It’s a large bird with a near extinction event behind it. It was one of the main causes of the Louisiana trial that caused two judges to end up dead along with two lawyers, a hitman, a CIA operative, and and a law school professor. It is also just an interesting American bird. In the book it is referenced once or maybe twice besides the fact that the brief is named after it. It…

Soren, a Barn Owl is a young baby owl who lives in a fir tree in the Tyto Forest with his mother, father, older brother (Kludd), and younger sister (Eglantine). One night when his parents are off hunting, his older and jealous brother, Kludd, shoves Soren out of the nest/tree. Soren falls to the ground unhurt but is helpless because he cannot fly. The blind snake, Mrs. Plithiver, the nestmaid who watches over the children and cleans the nest, attempts to rescue Soren but can’t. Soren,…

Things are not what they seem Huck and Jim, from the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have a strong relationship despite what society says. Throughout the text, readers see that Jim acts as a father figure towards Huck, “Huck has no father. I’ve always interpreted Jim’s decision to stay with Huck as a realization that there was a child who needed protection” (Bradley18). Jim made it his duty to protect Huck; he would do anything for Huck. Readers also see Huck protect Jim as well, “… I…

I predict that, despite strenuous efforts on their parts, the kids will never meet the mysterious Arthur 'Boo' Radley. One piece of evidence in support of this theory is the simple fact that Boo has hardly ever been seen outside of his home. The Radley family has always been a reclusive family on the whole, even before Boo’s incident. None of the family attended church, a noted oddity in a small, Southern town like Maycomb. They also kept their house tightly shuttered and the doors locked fast.…

When a child sees evil for the first time, a piece of their innocence is forever lost. Harper Lee shows this concept of innocence lost because of iniquity through the young Scout. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story of Scout Finch, a young innocent child, and her coming of age encounters with racial prejudice and inequality. Scout starts as an innocent little girl, but when her father Atticus, a lawyer, is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape, she, her…

“Don't be upset, master. Just get me a pouch and have a pair of boots made up so that I can get through the underbrush easily, and you'll see that you really don't have that bad a deal.”Master Cat” said this in the fairy tale. When Master cat said this he was telling his Master what he needed to be able to catch the rodents. Trickster tales are stories about tricksters who trick people, animals, or gods to reach their goal. “Master Cat” and “Coyote Steals Fire” are two trickster tales which are…

Something More Than Just A Bug Life is beautiful, no matter what form it manifests. My scene in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem has just watched the court trial of Tom Robinson and heard that he was shot 17 times trying to flee jail. Jem has a different mindset on life, and when Scout goes to kill a rolli polli Jem yells, protesting the act. Jem thinks of all life precious, this shows maturity and growth toward becoming a man. Jem shows his coming of age in this scene…

The best victims are always defenseless scapegoats. Demonstrating the innocence and downfall of a mockingbird in the novel and generating the title, To Kill a Mockingbird, is Tom Robinson. The mockingbird metaphor represents a lack of justice for the defenseless, or harming the innocent. As a result of stereotyping and discrimination, people are still killing mockingbirds today, specifically people from the Middle East. The author calls this novel To Kill a Mockingbird because people knowingly…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book about three children, Jem Finch, Scout Finch and Dill Harris, and their experiences in their town Maycomb of Alabama. At the beginning of the book, the three children give off the sense of innocence and are naive to the facts of true society. Major changes are noticeably made to these three children as the story progresses. These alterations are mainly made by the influence of prejudice in their town. After being exposed to the true evils of the word…