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In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee suggests the prejudice attitudes of most citizens in Maycomb affect Atticus by motivating him to share and spread his substantive grip on reality in hopes to change the common man's…

Kill A Mockingbird, author Harper Lee portrays Southern Alabama life during the great depression. The great depression struck during the 1930s, many people lost jobs, were living in poverty and debt, and had no source of income. Many were affected during this time, especially farmers in the south. The characters lived in Maycomb County, Southern Alabama. During this time, people of color were separated and racism was a big issue. In the title To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee uses the mockingbird to…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch teaches his children the importance of empathy before judging others. Atticus, a main protagonist in the novel, teaches his children, Jem and Scout, that looking at their perspective and never others is horrible. Scout, the main character of the novel struggles to understand the importance of empathy, making the story bias at times. In the first few chapters, Scout is told not to judge others, however she does not fully grasp the…

isolates few. Prejudice negatively impacts and isolates generations of humans by letting fear of wealth, male dominance, and race influence. Throughout the novel, Harper Lee demonstrates the many forms of prejudice, the three most prominent forms were sexism, prejudice against status and racism. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates the cruel outcomes of prejudice through the characterization of the citizens in Maycomb…

Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee describes Boo Radley in several ways. However, the three characteristics of being caring, protective, and afraid really stand out more than the others. This is due to specific events and quotes that happen throughout the book. Starting out with these characteristics we have the obvious one of Boo being afraid. Now throughout the novel were told that Boo is forced to stay inside, which supported by the fact that he is never seen outside of the…

People never really know what an invasion feels like until, they come face to face with one. An invasion that is almost impossible to stop. When attaching birds cover the sky in England during December. In the short story "The Birds," by Daphne Du Maurier the main character, Nat hocken, repeatedly lied to his family because, they needed to remain calm, the children were too young to understand, and he knew that him and his family was in danger. Nat Hocken had a family and he needed them to stay…

All four characters are present in the first pages of the novel. Even though the author decided not to give a long description of each character, it is easy to understand that unlike his brother and his sisters, Edmund is an ambiguous character who can be perceived as mean, grumpy, and nasty. The author described the personality of each child, in a subtle manner. Indeed, in the first chapter, the children discuss which animal could be hidden in the mountains, each child thinks of a specific…

Everyone goes through a dreary point in their lives. In these times, it is critical to remain hopeful and search for the light at the end of the tunnel. To remain focused on the silver lining in the dark rain cloud. “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier conveys imagery by contrasting hope in dark times through yellow, hopeful, marigolds against a decaying, rotting, town. Mrs. Lotties beautiful, flourishing, yellow marigolds contrast against the rotting house they stand before. Yellow, representing…

On August 28, 1955 an event happened that changed lives and sparked the beginning of the civil rights movement by opening the eyes of thousands. Emmett Louis Till, whose nickname was Bobo, was a 14 year old boy from Chicago, Illinois who traveled to Mississippi with his uncle, Moses Wright and cousin, Simeon Wright. Emmett’s goofy personality and the ways of the south did not mix and created much tragedy for thousands. Although it was a horrific, tragic event it opened many doors afterward that…

Jean-Louise into the perfect lady and in years to come, a trophy wife. Although Scout is not a girly-girl and the entire town knows it, especially Miss Stephanie. She told Scout, “Well, you won’t get very far until you start wearing dresses more often” (Lee 230). Though, throughout the book Scout had short spurts of being an absolute tom-boy and spurts of trying to become a pristine, young, lady. One of the great adventures that the trio began was about a fellow neighbor, Mr. Nathan…