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Human Indignity “Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.” (Martin Luther King Jr) Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines, and Fences by August Wilson are all pieces that are set in the South during the darkest times of segregation and racial violence. Devil in a Blue Dress takes place in 1948, a time where blacks are neither accepted nor enslaved. Although they are not…

says, "This morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he'd get him if it took the rest of his life." Mr. Ewell was furious with Atticus and wanted to kill him because of the outcome of the trial. (Lee, 290) If Jem was on the jury with eleven other boys like him, Tom would be free and the vote would be fair. All the men that were actually on the jury for the trail, based their vote and opinion off of racism. Because Tom was black there was no…

Atticus takes a stand “Simply because we’re licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win” (Lee 101). In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the main characters, Atticus Finch, is given a case to defend a black man. This changes the people of Maycomb, Alabama’s views on Atticus. Many call him names and mostly white people hate his choice to defend Tom Robinson. Taking the case put his children, Scout and Jem, in danger. However, Atticus knew that…

“Not guilty of a crime or offense.” When you think of what innocence is, that’s the definition that pops in most people’s heads. However, as is with most words in the English language, there are multiple definitions of a word that can come into play depending on the context it is being used. Robert Cormier’s After the First Death, is a prime example of how knowing the context behind the characters in the novel, gives a different side to innocence that isn’t as straightforward as simply being not…

Crowd or Mob, Group or Outsider A crowd can easily turn into a mob because of uncertainty and or anger. Support for this statement is shown in the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton, a story about a boy in a lower social class who gets involved in a killing which leads to the death of some of his friends and a social class fight. It is also supported by the play “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street” by Rod Serling which is a story about a town in which weird events happen and chaos takes…

There are many parenting styles and methods in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The topics that will be focussed on are the respect, integrity, and different values Atticus, Bob Ewell and Walter Cunningham instil in their children. The many different adults as parents in To Kill a Mockingbird highlights distinctive methods on nurturing children, reminding us that the future of children heavily rests on the influence of parents. The first and most important influence is the…

In Harper Lee 's legendary novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the underlying theme is to find our metaphorical 'mockingbirds ' throughout the story and who they represent. In her words, "Mockingbirds don 't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy... they don 't do one thing but sing their hearts our for us" (Lee 90). She describes three people in particular who fit into this category, Atticus Finch, father of the story 's narrator, Scout, and her brother Jem. Next, Tom Robinson, a black man…

discriminatory thoughts of a particular group of people, has been a common thread in To Kill a Mockingbird. In the book by Harper Lee is set in Maycomb county, Alabama during the 1930s a time when racism was very prevalent. Although bigotry and discrimination were pointed towards blacks, other accounts towards whites were also heard of, though not as commonly. In this book harper lee touches on other types of prejudices other than racisim.Such as alien prejudice towards a character named Boo…

successful teacher and he LOVES to play video games. Saying things like this is jumping to unfair conclusion. This is being prejudice to everyone who plays video game. Being prejudice is a very common theme in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” By Harper Lee. For example when the boys didn’t even give Boo Radley a chance, or when the whole town turned against Atticus and his family. Another example is when Aunt Alexandra told Scout she couldn’t have Walter Cunningham over because he was poor…

environment and experiences. The people who surround a child play a critical role in their development. This is true in To Kill a Mockingbird as six-year-old Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, learns to overcome the social issues in Maycomb County. Harper Lee illustrates a small town around the year 1930, during the Great Depression, filled with traditions that the Finch family find challenging to abide by. Many of Scouts relationships affect her in various ways such as her older brother,…