Lee Gutkind

Commitment Essay “She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society.” -Atticus. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, was published in the year of 1960. Written beautifully about the pros and cons of racism with plot in-between, Harper Lee accepted the Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize is an award that recognizes an achievement in either a magazine, newspaper, and or online journalism. Ever since publication, the book has become a classic…

Although a variety of different lessons are told by significant characters, some are more pivotal than others. As the author states, “Atticus was feeble… our father didn’t do anything… or do anything that could possibly arouse the admiration of anyone” (Lee 89). This tone of voice that Scout take contradicts the tone from previous chapters and also the way she had at first described her own father. Compared to earlier in the novel, she at this point seemed embarrassed and mad at Atticus for…

Remember when your first grade teacher said “Always help yourself before others ?” What if that was just a way to cover up the true instincts of humans, selfishness. As caring and considerate as we might look on a day to day basis, in struggle for survival the fastest to bring out their inner instincts win out at the expense of their rivals. Elie Wiesel, in his famous memoir Night showcases the true nature of humans with the character Elie. As we follow Elie through traumatising events during…

What do The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Of Mice and Men have in common? Each of these stories involves the idea of unfair treatment of the innocent based upon who they are as a person. Although two seperate authors wrote these stories, they still caputured the hard ship and the misconceptions of the people involved. These three stories follow different people, a family, two friends, and a young girl who all either see unfair treatment of the innocent or are the innocent treated…

Francine Prose appeals to ethos in multiple personaes in her essay I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read, including being a professional researcher, a former high school student, and a parent. In the second paragraph of page 91, Prose appeals to ethos as a professional researcher who looks for comprehensive sources of evidence to increase her credibility. Prose lists the sources of the “photocopy pages” she has collected before she states her observation. By saying “what emerges from these…

The Crucible “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and ability to affect those around him positively”(Bob Marley). John proctor was not a wealthy man, nor was he perfect, but he fought against the corruption within the court system. Proctor achieved moral integrity by admitting to his mistakes, and his refusal to confessing a crime he did not commit, he found self-respect when he did that, he would of rather died than be tortured his whole life based…

The Unknown Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel filled with the persecution of innocent people represented as mockingbirds. The Author, Harper Lee, created a community of people who are persecuted, judged, and attacked despite their innocence. Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol of innocence. In the book she says mockingbirds are innocent and commit no evil act. The birds only sing their songs for people to hear. The people of Maycomb are no exception, they live out their days…

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird innocence is spread throughout the novel. Innocence connects to the mockingbird since all they do is sing for us. There are three examples of innocence within this novel; Boo Radley, Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson. Boo Radley is one of the examples of innocence. For example, when Jem goes back to the Radley house to get his pants, he does not speak to Scout about what had happens until a while later saying, “ When i went back, they were folded…

In this thriller novel, Shelter by Harlan Coben, the reader is able to stand alongside the main character, Mickey Bolitar, and his quest on solving the mysterious disappearing of his new girlfriend, Ashley. This essay will feature the setting, major conflict, as well as my own personal opinion of this book. The book first introduces itself by telling us of Mickey Bolitar’s situation when he first meets the Bat Lady, allowing us to know that this was in the past. As his father has died, his…

Mockingbird Harper Lee uses her words to add a depth to the story. She uses types of imagery to add layers to the book which when the reader peals those layers back will reveal a deeper meaning to the story. In this novel Lee uses personification in her writing. She wrote “The house died” (13). This gives the house a human like quality making it more relatable to the reader which in return makes the reader more immersed into the story . Simile is also used in this story to compare two things.…