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Why Walk in “Shoes” When You Can Walk in Perspectives Many characters in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, demonstrates different characteristics, though Harper Lee’s main focus is to portray the theme of one must walk in someone else’s shoes to understand his or her intentions. Characters such as Boo Radley, Mayella, Tom Robinson, Scout, and Atticus best demonstrate what it means to have different intakes and perspectives. Lee, in many cases, also show events at which different characteristics…

Chapter talk (2, 3) It is now September and Dill returns to Meridian. Scout prepares for for her first time at school. When Scout gets to school, her teacher is mad at her for knowing how to read and, write in cursive instead of in print. Scout tells Jem about this during recess. Jem dismissed this as Miss Caroline Fisher trying a new teaching method. After recess, Scout gets into arguments with Miss C. Fisher. Miss Caroline is concerned with Walter Cunningham because, he has not brought a…

The Japanese Marques The Japanese macaques, also known as the Snow Monkeys, are cute looking monkeys that are native to Japan. What makes them special? These are the only nonhuman primates to live in such a cold climate – they live where snow covers the ground for several months, which gives them the name ‘Snow Monkeys.’ While most monkeys in the world live in the areas within the tropics and subtropics, these primates live in cold regions where the temperature may dip as low as 14 degrees F in…

Courage Courage: the ability to do something that frightens one. Everyone has to be courageous at one point or another. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, there were several times that characters had to be courageous. In order to stand up for something you believe or smaller things like presenting in front of your peers takes courage. One way or another you must be courageous. In the book “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee, people like Scout, Boo Radley, and Atticus all do…

Loss Of Innocence Swinging in the back yard waiting for the clock to strike 5, sits a young child old enough to wonder why the mockingbird sings every morning. Jean Louise, also known as Scout, becomes a young women throughout the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Scout faces many obstacles, such as a brother growing up, a court case that takes a toll on the family, and learning that there are different life styles in the town of Maycomb. Scout, her brother Jem, and Dill have one goal…

Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Jeff Nichols’ film “Mud” are set in two different eras, revolve around the lives of two very different characters, and explore different themes. However, one theme that is prevalent in both texts is that of the adult world being a confusing and frightening place from a child’s perspective. Nichols and Lee use different stylistic devices which impact their audience in different ways, but are effective in showing that the adult world can be a…

A mockingbird is a powerless, innocent creatures who does nothing but sing its heart out. Killing one or even hurting one would be like hurting a helpless baby. Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol which signifies that everything is good and harmless in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. This book takes place in Maycomb, a small racist town. The mockingbird is first mentioned when Atticus tells his kids how it is sinful to kill a mockingbird. Lee intelligently demonstrates innocence in…

Everybody has a bad day and when people are having a bad day they tend to not think of other people and only think about themselves, than they might complain about other people’s actions that negatively affects you. My point is, even though they are annoying you or making your life more frustrating for the moment, you have to take their perspective into account,there just doing the same thing you are trying to get through there day.You never know how how bad there day could be or situation there…

From the Eyes of a Child Imagine a little white girl is sitting in a courtroom, surrounded by the black community, witnessing the conviction of one of their brothers in a crime he did not commit. Imagine that child being teased and threatened by others because her “nigger-lover” of a father is defending the same man. This child is facing the evils of the world, like the hypocrisy of her neighbors, and the only way for her to defend herself is to grow up. Harper Lee uses this imagery to give the…

Today, millions of students are reading books in school that they find boring and unrelatable. Students sometimes find it hard to connect to the characters and the situations represented in the books they read for class. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not one of those books. This book has relatable characters like Scout and Jem who go through situations that student can find themselves relating to. To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book with life lessons that will always be relevant…