Lee J. Cobb

It is hard to fully understand any story, especially the dramatic, yet deeply moving To Kill A Mockingbird. However, Harper Lee elucidates the story’s theme and plot line by letting a six year old become the narrator of the story. As Scout narrates the story, she not only explains the events, but also shows the impact of the events along with showing a child’s perspective of common prejudice in her hometown, Maycomb. As a result, as time passes, the reader can witness and understand the process…

“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” by Karen Russell, is a short fiction story that was published in 2006. It depicts these young girls and their struggles of transitioning from two different life styles. These girls were raised by wolves in the woods and overtime they inhibit the style of living like wolves. They were unfamiliar with the human ways, until they were forced to go to a place that changes them. St. Lucy’s Home was a place for girls raised by wolves. It consisted of nuns,…

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many quotes. The quote “you never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” sticks out the most. The thing that makes it stick out the most is about how true it is. In our generation we usually judge people by the way they look or dress but will never get to know them. Some other quotes similar to this quote are “ i had to put ourselves in her shoes…

Throughout the novel,the town of Maycomb lacks and understanding toward Boo because they gossip and create false rumors about him and he acts differently than the other citizens of Maycomb, so it’s harder for the town to understand him. The people of Maycomb can't see what Boo goes through, or even walk a day in his shoes. They judge him, make a mockery of him and make up crazy rumors about him. Understanding someone may seem like something that isn't very important, but in fact, it is, without…

“Like Mike” a sports fantasy begins with introducing Calvin Cambridge (Shai Moss), Murph (Johnathan Lipnicki), Reg Stevens (Brenda Songs), and Ox (Jesse Plemmons) who are all orphans who lost their parents at a young age. Calvin, Murph and Reg all are close friends while Ox is an antagonist towards Calvin. They’re all fourteen years old and live at the same orphanage. Ox who is an antagonist towards Calvin challenges him in a game of basketball for his jersey so that he can rip it up. Stan…

Edward Humes vents his disappointments about the juvenile justice system in No Matter How Loud I Shout. As a counselor and teacher of juvenile delinquents in LA County, Humes depicts huge numbers of his experiences. He talks about the general juvenile justice system in the United States, yet additionally limits it down to the system of his district as he depicts one year of cooperations with seven delinquents. All through, Humes brings up a significant number of the weaknesses that he has gotten…

Jones is not the only author who has published a novel about the child murders. Toni Cade Bambara has done the same through her posthumous novel, Those Bones Are Not My Child. Amazingly, the same paradigm of black patriarchal and matriarchal leadership during a crisis seen in Jones’ book, occurs in Bambara’s book. Yet, some may argue that my reading of the roles and perceptions of gendered black leadership in the domestic sphere during a crisis is actually troubled—not corroborated—by Bambara’s…

The memoir, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson published in 2014 generally focuses on an unjust and merciless trial held from 1988 to 1993. It is informative and insightful because the author thoroughly discusses the flaws of racism and corruption in the judicial system. Stevenson struggles against inequality, abusive power, poverty, oppression and injustice which reveals his own brokenness. Stevenson’s message is to show us our brokenness so we can learn to embrace it, which “creates a need and…

throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In her novel, her character Atticus states, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” Harper Lee through her character Atticus was talking about a common theme of empathy that still applies in modern time. If one swallows their pride and puts his or herself in another’s situation, they can begin to understand the difficulties people go…

is completely silent when Atticus asks her if Bob Ewell was simply accusing Tom to defend Mayella’s crime: “No answer. ‘What did you father see in the window, the crime of rape or the best defense to it? Why don’t you tell the truth, child[...].’” (Lee 187). Mayella shows a lack of a real, true, response to any of Atticus’ pressing questions, implying that Bob and Mayella are lying about their accusation. Scout is able to see Bob’s cruelty during the case; he is willing to condemn another man…