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them she is not grieving. She tells Scout, “Don’t you worry about me, Jean Louise Finch. There are ways of doing thing you don’t know abou. Why, I’ll build me a little house and take me a couple of roomers and-gracious, I’ll have the finest yard in Alabama. Those Bellingraths’ll look plain puny when I get started!” (Lee 75). She teaches the children that even negative situations can have its benefits. Scout and Jem need to realize this, especially during the future…

Throughout the entirety of the book, Aunt Alexandra remains one of the most dynamic character in To Kill a Mockingbird. When she comes to stay in Maycomb with Atticus and the children, Scout says, ¨Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand in a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me” (150). In the beginning of her appearance as a character, she constantly criticizes and judges Atticus, Jem, Scout, and the various citizens of Maycomb. For this reason, she doesn't fit well…

Boo Radley is a mysterious character. No one really knows him, mainly because he is locked up in his house most of the time. Many people have not seen him, and some people made up rumors of how he looks and acts. The people who have seen him before know what kind of person he is, and know that the rumors are not true. Scout learns something from Boo. That lesson has contributed to her coming-of-age experience. Scout and Jem were attacked when walking home from the school auditorium (add reason…

Guy Montag was new to the idea of reading forbidden books, so, if given the chance, what would someone experienced with reading choose to save? The books chosen to be remembered for the fall of society should be important, as they need to prevent the corruption of the new society. What books have such strong messages that they should be deemed more significant than others? It is my belief that, if only three books were to be saved from fiery death, I would pick to save To Kill a Mockingbird by…

The novel of To Kill a Mockingbird often uses a mockingbird as a symbol for innocence. Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol for innocence in the novel and often portrays certain characters as mockingbirds in different situations in the novel. They are mockingbirds to show a bond between two characters and one character protecting another. Scout is a mockingbird when Jem doesn’t let Scout come with him to retrieve his pants. When Scout says that she is going with Jem to retrieve his…

of the time.” (Lee, p 11) In other words, Jem told Scout that he thought that Mr. Radley punished Boo to keep him from getting out of the house. This makes the reader think that Boo is much worse than he actually is. The main setting, Maycomb, Alabama is vividly described in the beginning of the novel. Lee beautifully sets the story up, describing the town, the history of the Finch family and the town. According to the description, Scout is trying to…

told a radio interviewer in 1964 about her novel, which has since sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. It’s no wonder why many have been affected by the recent death of the “last centuries most beloved author”. Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama in 1926, the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham (Finch). Growing up, Lee was surrounded by the stresses of segregation, which can be seen in her most famous work To Kill a Mockingbird, a reflective text…

In To Kill A Mockingbird , Scout possessed some similar childhood experiences nevertheless traits like the author,Harper Lee. The majority of the book displays Lee’s childhood into Scout’s childhood. The other roles in the book, see Scout differently than others.Atticus, Scout’s father , is well known for explaining situations to her when she doesn’t see them eye to eye.Calpurnia’s, the housemaid, analysis of Scout is naïve, little girl. Absorbing the judgements from other characters,Scout is…

" Think of laughter as the unofficial language of Earth" Marc Nobleman said (in the text Made You Laugh. This is could be an example of way authors like to use various forms of humor in text. When the author uses humor, he/she uses it to communicate a universal truth. Authors may use different types of comedy to get across a point like low comedy and high comedy. Different types of comedy can give the reader a different insight on the topic. Furthermore, on types of comedy, low comedy is known…

To Kill A Mockingbird Summary To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a young girl named Scout who lives in Southern Alabama in the 1930s with her brother, Jem, and her father, Atticus. The main idea in this story is the loss of Scout’s innocence. This main idea uses symbolism, which is using something to represent something else. In this story, one of the symbolisms is the mockingbird as Scout’s innocence. The other symbolism is the loss of her innocence as the death of the mockingbird.…