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To Kill a Mockingbird is a book written by Harper Lee. Later adapted into a film of the same name, To Kill a Mockingbird follows our protagonist Jean “Scout” Finch and her small family, consisting of her father and her brother, as she grows up in a small town in Alabama during the 1930s. Using scenes from the film, I will be discussing Scouts personality, as showcased by her actions and through dialogue, and attempting to decipher and explain her personality traits using the behavioral/social…

The text I composed my questions and theories from is “Where are you Going, Where Have you Been?” Initially, this short story captured my interest through its strikingly, realistic scenarios stemming from the protagonist Connie’s attitude towards her mother and sister along with the secret dates with boys at the diner. This text struck me as an ideal choice because of the ambiguous antagonist, Arnold Friend, this character presents several theories of different meanings explaining what the…

Fear in To Kill A Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator, exemplifies fear throughout Maycomb by way of many different characters. Within in the first few pages of To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator says “But it a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (6) This is illustrated in many examples throughout the novel. To start, the people of Maycomb county quiver…

It is the tendency of adults to preserve the innocence of children as long as possible. This is true in both “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelo. In each of these novels, adults futilely attempt to protect the innocense of the children by shielding them from the adversities of society and this is evident in Scouts experience with Boo, Jem’s maturity, and when Maya was raped by Mr.Freeman. The first instance of the destruction of innocence…

Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is a book in which Jean Louise Finch, also referred to in the novel as Scout, points out the discrimination of the people in Maycomb towards certain social groups, based on the age, gender, social class, and most importantly, racial classification. Lee’s, book, and many other famous, classic novels build up the idea of inequality. Inequality is the unfair treatment towards certain groups of people based on their race, gender, age, and social status in…

Society doesn’t worry about people with disabilities. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, follows the theme of “sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it’s communities that handicap them.” Christopher is put in a school where he is not thought of to be as smart as some of the other students because of his disability. His dad disables him by telling him a bunch of big lies when he told Christopher to never lie. Mark Haddon disables Christopher just by…

Jem’s perspectives In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird, Jem matures in many ways, one of these ways is his perspective of their neighbor Boo Radley. He starts out believing what most others believe going along with the fact that boo is a terrible monster. Jem is a young boy who wants to know everything and because of this throughout the start of the novel he will tell scout facts that he made up or tell rumors that he has heard, “he died years ago and they stuffed him up the chimney.” In…

A mockingbird does not harm anybody without reason; all they do is sing their hearts out for us. Harper lee uses the symbol of a mockingbird as two very similar characters to portray the meaning and significance of the symbol of innocence. Much like a Mockingbird, boo Radley stays in the quiet comfort of his house not bothering anyone. However, Boo Radley really emphasized the innocent protection part of a mockingbird in the scene where he saves Jem and Scout from being attacked by Bob Ewell, “.…

There are certainly some people who possess admirable qualities in this world such as honesty, selflessness, and confidence . In Harper Lee’s fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird, readers can understand this by viewing the character Atticus. Atticus plays a vital role in the coming of age story of Scout Finch. In the novel, Scout is maturing in a time of segregation and prejudice and with help of Atticus's advice begins to understand the views of her own town. Atticus displays these…

Graham Greene’s, “The Destructors”, is a story about the Wormsley Common Gang. The newest recruit, Trevor, suggests the destruction of Mr. Thomas’ home and historical landmark that they socialize around daily. The gang changes from stealing bus rides to thoughtfully organizing an act that does not only cause their juvenile gang’s loss of innocence, but will also take from Mr. Thomas, his true love for his home. This passage really covers how seriously they take this plan to ruin Mr. Thomas’ home…