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Racism is like a mockingbird, it mimics other people. Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird uses many literary terms such as symbolism to get her message out. In the 1930’s The Great Depression was not only going on in the town of Maycomb County, Alabama. Scout Finch, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill go on many adventures that do not only lead them to learning new things about their town, but valuable lessons of life. Like most books there are movies, however they are not always the…

He is one of the fears you have in your imagination And that should explain a lot of your fears . Do you remember the boogeyman from your childhood? There are many kinds of boogeymen; each one different and similar in every culture, El Cucuy, Butzmann, Hombre del Saco, Namahage. These monsters can be very scary especially to young children. You can find tales of monsters in every culture . The Boogeyman tale , and about an article from Scientific American that analyzes all kinds of…

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, is a novel about a family consisting of Scout, her older brother Jem, and her father Atticus. It takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression. Tensions rise in Maycomb due to all of the segregation that takes place between the blacks and whites. The Finch family, which is white, is put to shame when Atticus defends a black man in court. Throughout history, racism has gotten better overall since the Civil Rights Movement of the1960’s, but racial…

Someone once stated, “Courage is the ability to do something difficult even when there’s a risk.” Courage plays a large role in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Throughout the novel, courage was seen through the characters Jem Finch, Scout Finch, Boo Radley, and Atticus Finch. These characters all demonstrate excessive ideas of courage as the novel goes on. Through the characters minds there is fear involved, but was overcome by their courageous actions. To begin with, Jem and…

I am reading “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, and I am on page 187. This book is about Jem and Scout learning more about what their father is involved in and how to take all the criticism from different people. Also about, becoming a little more independent in life, because in the beginning of chapter ten, it says that Jem just wants to do things himself now and doesn't want to hang out with his sister. It also shows how much of a real impact Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra are in their…

(A playful writing influenced by A. A. Milne’s ‘Winnie the Pooh and Beatrix Potter’ Stories) I gaze from my window to see a slight rustle in the conifers, picking up my binoculars with curiosity I notice a wood pigeon fluttering about; my imagination gets the better of me, thoughts rolled into a story. I don’t believe in happy endings; but I will try and write something with a good end to it and no better way can a story be brought to life than through the antics of wood pigeons. There was a…

Boo Radley is the Mockingbird Most young kids are afraid of what they can not see including the boogieman, ghosts, and other imagined scary characters. Boo Radley is a mysterious character because he is never seen outside his house. Jem and Scout are afraid of Boo because their imaginations have pictured him as a creepy monster. Boo has suffered a horrible life damaged by his cruel father’s punishment to an incident with the law when Boo was young. Boo’s character is actually a symbol for…

Courage requires a great deal of motivation in order to be exhibited by someone; however, that person may endure the cost of demonstrating this characteristic. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, courage is a key element in the shaping of the main character’s childhood, Scout Finch, as she witnesses courageous acts almost every day of her life, in various ways, by the people surrounding her. She realizes that courage must be portrayed in order to sustain an ideal life. In a segregated town, in…

When your parents or guardians usually just make empty threats and meaningless promises of punishments, there is really no reason to stop misbehaving other than the potential scolding, right? Such is the the case for Kenny Watson’s older brother, Byron Watson, before being sent to Alabama to his grandmother after the last straw. The novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, written by Christopher Paul Curtis, is a historical fiction that tells the story of a Negro family, also known as the…

Everyone is prejudice, whether we admit it or not. Even though we may try not to, we judge based on appearance. We do this as humans. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, prejudice is very relevant. It is far worse than judging by appearance. Jim Crow laws were set in place and blacks were heavily discriminated against, sometimes to the point of death. Racism and discrimination are normal in the 1930’s, and are still occurring in our world today. A form of prejudice in To Kill A…