Powell v. Alabama

The Power of False Narratives Throughout literature, and even in our own lives, we are poisoned by the false narratives and stories that corrupt our minds and control our decisions. This is the driving force in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Our protagonist, Scout Finch, makes decisions and forms opinions based on stories she hears that simply aren’t true. This is prevalent among various other major and minor characters in the novel as well. They are also extremely commonplace in…

“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…

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the most important quotes that Atticus has said was, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Page 30) this novel really shows the importance of standing in someone else's shoes. For example, Jem and Scout , other minor characters, and Atticus have all been in someone else's shoes/in a different point of view. To begin with, Jem and Scout…

The novel by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird is an awesome book that takes place in Alabama during the Great Depression. This novel is about the sister Scout and the brother Jem learning the ethic and moral from their father, Atticus. Family members, neighbors; also experiencing through the events in their life. Back during Jem’s childhood, he shows immaturity and violates his father’s words; however, as he gets older he has accomplished on how to be a responsible brother, and uses his own…

In to kill a mockingbird the narrator Scout explores and try to learn about her town, but also one question that she will ask will lead use of many questions, and the story. “What’s a nigger lover”(lee144),Atticus? It shows sensitivity will began to experience conflict through on the three years of this book. Scout will learn many lesson from Atticus, Boo Radley, the Tom Robinson cause and from her own experiences. Scout changes, grows and matures throughout the novel to kill a mockingbird.…

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…

Moral Courage American poet, E.E. Cummings once stated “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” This theme of courage in growing is seen in To Kill a Mockingbird with Scout Finch watching her father, Atticus Finch, stand up and do the right thing and in turn growing up through the entire book. Harper Lee had given To Kill a Mockingbird the theme of moral courage. This can be seen in the plot and conflict, but also the characterization Lee had given to these people. Other…

We all need to understand what courage really is. What is the real meaning of courage? How can we understand it better ourselves? Well, in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee she shows courage through her book. Lee actually defines courage with her characters. She has them test their courage throughout the book. Lee also tells us how they feel with other characters. Some of the characters that show courage are Scout Finch, Jem Finch, and Dill Harris. They mainly show their courage with or at the…

Boo Radley was totally misunderstood, they made a lot of rumors about him, one rumor was that he stalked around only at night and peeked in there window, another rumor was that he stabbed his father in the leg and that’s why he never came out of his house in the daytime. They called him a creature other than a human being. “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” At the end of To Kill A Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch finally understands Arthur Radley…