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Imagine you caught your child doing something considered taboo by all of society. Would you lie to cover up your shame, or would you face the rest of the world and own it? In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout are the children of lawyer Atticus Finch, but they are not the problem. Mayella Ewell is a 19 year old poor white woman who claims that Thomas Robinson, a black man, beat her then raped her. But, this might not be the case. As Atticus goes to work to prove Tom…

“It is a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (119) Most of the foreshadowing in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, comes in the form of references. What are most often referenced, is Atticus talking to his children about how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Though many characters fit the characteristics of a mockingbird, the person this book revolves around is Tom Robinson, and how he was accused of something he did not do. Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird, multiple passages in the book,…

“I concluded to myself if I were the hunter, I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament” (Beah 218) Ishmael said, thinking of his memories as a soldier. This quote is something that he has learned from being a soldier. In the memoir A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael was a normal kid living in Mattru Jong. The RUF rebels attacked his village and he was separated for his family. Ishmael spent long months of fleeing from…

Ireland today is the contrasting placement of loyalty between Unionists and Nationalists. Ulster Unionist, who comprise almost exclusively of Protestants, place their loyalty to the British government and have demonstrated their loyalty and belief that Northern Ireland should re, a part of Great Britain through the signing of the Ulster Covenant in 1912 and consequent strike in retaliation of the Sunningdale agreement in 1973. The other ideology that exists mainly, but not exclusively…

Who was your favorite character in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe ? Was it Peter, the oldest brother? Was it one of the sisters? Or most unlikely, was it Edmund. After reading The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, one question must be asked: how can Edmund see the bad side of everything? Even though his pessimism and untrusting behavior can be his downfall, Edmunds cunning nature gives a fresh breath of air from his siblings naivety - which Peter demonstrates perfectly, “Still- a robin, you…

Life Lessons Learned By Scout Scout is a girl that doesn't think what she says but improves later on.She is a dynamic character and changes throughout the story.Therefore, she has many specific life lessons during “To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee” In addition, she learns that in life you will need to think before you judge a person and understand what courage is really all about. Scout is different from others she is pretty young to understand what is good to say and bad to say to a…

In Jacqueline Kelly’s book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, the author quotes Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species at the beginning of each chapter. The quote above is from Chapter 14, “The Short Hoe.” In choosing this quote Kelly references Darwin’s pragmatic view of nature, in which animals or creatures likely do not care about what they look like, except to the extent that their form serves function or purpose. For example,, animals may look like their surroundings so that they are hard…

“The Ireland which we have dreamed of would be the home of a people who valued material wealth only as the basis of a right living, of a people who were satisfied with frugal comfort and devoted their leisure to the things of the spirit” one author said (Hennessy). This couldn’t be more evident than through the life of Eamon de Valera, the most important person in Ireland history. Ironically, Ireland wasn’t his birthplace, as you would assume; instead, de Valera was born and raised in The…

Boo killed Bob Ewell in a self defense move for him attempting to kill Jem and Scout, only because atticus went against Bob Ewell in the court case trying to do the right thing, while Bob Ewell was trying to hide the fact that he was beating his own daughter. But she knew if she would’ve told the truth Bob would’ve beat her, so instead she lied on Tom Robinson to get herself out of trouble. If Boo Radley had killed Bob Ewell purposely, Sheriff Tatis would’ve arrested him on the spot, but since…

To Kill a Mockingbird: Similar Creatures “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us” (103). This quote from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird refers to the notion that mockingbirds are harmless creatures, they do nothing but sing and bring happiness to the world. Although mockingbirds are harmless and benevolent they are still susceptible to a hunter’s gun…