Lee Kun-hee

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…

Life sucks. It’s fact. Things happen, we don’t like it. But as my mother told me one time, “It’s how you react to the things that suck in life that determines whether you’ll be happy or sad.” We can’t blame it on other people. Unless of course, that girl from 2nd grade threw a book in your face. Then yes, you can blame it on other people. So when I was asked what I wanted my legacy to be, about a million cliche things came into my head. But then I decided, I knew exactly what I wanted my legacy…

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…

of folks. 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.” These are Atticus Finch’s words of advice to his daughter. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, perspective is a recurring theme throughout the novel. Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed Scout, serves as the main character and as the narrator. Readers see her grow up as a young girl in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the nineteen-thirties,…

Hi Peeps, Today's Quote "I kept making the same mistakes on God's Tests because I couldn't hear, read or spell well and I didn't care to improve. So I took hearing and speed reading classes in college and stepped up my "A" Game to move out of the Devil's Ghetto! ~ Jon Barnes The Devil's Ghetto The Devil's Ghetto is located anywhere in the world where people are doing the works of the Devil, spreading the message of hate, lust, confusion, greed, fake power, and self righteousness of pride…

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…

For example “Jem was merely going to put the note on the end of a fishing pole and stick it through the shutter.” (lee 25) This shows that everyone including jem and scout were either scared or curious about Boo Radley. This also shows that Jem was trying to harm Boo when Boo hadn't done anything to Jem. In addition towards the end of the novel Boo asked scout to walk…

racist maycomb can be. Furthermore in the novel To Kill the Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem have been growing up and he stop playing with Scout and Dill. As an example, Scout starts to notice…

the household. Although Scout thinks the case is insignificant, as she is too young to understand, Jem assures her that their father is going through a lot. “It’s this Tom Robinson case that’s worryin’ him to death-” (Lee 184). Applying the situation of the Tom Robinson case, Lee once again utilizes the theme of maturation on Jem as he grows empathy toward his father. In the same way, Scout is also forced to mature once again due to another event she…