Jennie Finch

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, gossip plays a major role in creating and feeding prejudices that isolate members of society. The main character of the book, Scout, was a child when her father became involved in a controversial case in their hometown. What people said about her father quickly took precedence in her life, and the lives of the family her father was defending. Before her father became involved with the case, Scout was introduced to the neighborhood gossip the story of Boo…

Secondly, the two stories have differences and similarities between the setting. One similarity that fits the settings includes both being friendly towns. In the novel, the setting is described as a friendly town with old ladies baking cakes and sheriffs who say folksy things. In the short story, it's starts in small town with old ladies and kids baking cakes and giving them to people they know of. For example in “A Christmas Memory” the cousin says “Friends. Not necessarily neighbor friends…

Atticus Finch Atticus Finch a loyal white man that is defending a colored man. Atticus was a white lawyer that is defending a black man for a something he didn't do. As Tom Robinson trial drew closer to time the more the town of maycomb didn't like Atticus. The town of Maycomb became to not like Atticus but still Respected him because they thought it was wrong for him to defend an African American. Atticus went ahead and done what he thought was right because he knew that if he didn't he would…

Acts of Honor Made by the Greasers Are the Greasers still honorable, even though they make poor decisions? People can still can make bad choices and make it all up with one big honorable action. The book, The44444444444444444444 Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, show that Greasers consists of hoodlums who break the law. The Greasers smoke, steal, chase kids around, and do much more bad deeds. Even though Greasers are hoodlums, they are still honorable because they show honesty and bravery, they stick…

In To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley is represented as mockingbird due to his destruction of innocence and the fact he has never tried to do anything but help people. The town of maycomb has discriminated him for so long he has stayed inside his house but when scout and jem start poking around he tries to protect them through the events of the novel. Boo Radley represents a mockingbird because he always tries to help and protect jem and scout, he never attempted to harm anyone, and due to his…

Jem has evolved so much since the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird, he has been through a lot of emotions and events. He went through many things as a child., that helped him grow into a young man. Although, Jem has evolved he has been through a lot throughout the book, including breaking some rules, and realizing a thing or two. In the novel To KIll a Mockingbird, several characters have changed but the character that has changed the most is Jem because he didn’t play with Scout anymore, he…

` Personalities and ideas are shaped within and affected by the environment in which the person grows. It’s common for a person to ask a simple question such as “Where do you come from?” to get a basic understanding of the other’s personality. However, when being raised in a small town such as Maycomb in To Kill a Mockingbird, one could be easily be brought up into a hatred fueled life. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the author utilizes the theme of maturation throughout the novel to…

Atticus Finch and His Beliefs The character I have chosen to analyze for this assignment is Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus Finch. I chose the title “Atticus Finch and His Beliefs” because Atticus strictly adheres to his beliefs in his everyday life, in his position as a member of the community and also as a father to Jem and Scout, which are used by the author to teach the reader lessons throughout the first part of the novel. Three traits that Atticus demonstrates during the first part of…

Although Graff cares deeply about Ender and wishes he could protect him from the harm and stress that lies before him, he recognizes that Ender might be his only hope to defend Earth from the buggers. Ultimately, Graff decides to sacrifice this one child’s happiness by putting him through the extremely rigorous and damaging training process. While he struggles with great discomfort over harming Ender, Graff’s actions are heroic because Ender becomes a strong leader and strategist who succeeds in…

To Kill a Mockingbird Jem explains how he is a gentleman like his father and is starts to be mature throughout the story than Scout does. Jem starts to do things that Scout as a kid would do. He starts to set an example to Scout and Scout is confused why jem is acting “different”. Jem acts more mature and starts to understand more serious situations that him and his family faces. In the beginning of the story, Atticus shot a mad dog which was a serious decision and Jem handled the…