Powell v. Alabama

Tolerance is one’s ability to accept other people’s ideas or methods, especially those that they do not agree with. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Scout is taught about tolerance as she is being introduced to an environment different than what she is used to. She has to learn how to control her actions as she matures, which leads to her having to adapt to changes in the way she acts around people. Atticus had to teach Scout how to tolerate people, even if she did not…

When children are brought into this world, the only thing that matters are food, family, and play. In the town of Maycomb, Harper Lee distinguished two young characters, Scout and Jem, as the primary example of innocence and youth. Jem is a growing person with a growing perspective on the world. In the story, Jem faces many situations that causes him to question the world. Jem demonstrates that experiencing racism and inequality causes the loss of a child’s innocence and the basic reasoning they…

The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was an experiment held in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1932-1972. The study contained at least 600 African American men, 399 entered the study with syphilis and 201 without the disease, used as controls. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can result in fatal consequences. It can affect many internal organs, such as the heart, lungs and brain. Instead of being told that they were part of a medical experiment and that they had contracted syphilis, these…

Everything you think, feel, and act has to be perfect. In the passage from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee explains how this little girl named Scout says thank you in her own way by sticking out her tongue to the African American servant named Calpurnia. The first element the author uses in this passage is Imagery. Lee tells you an Image of scout drifting into sleep, when Atticus came inside Jem and Scout’s room. For example she said “... When the memory of Atticus calmly folding his…

Opening Doors of Sickness Sickness plagues our world, whether someone is ailing, mentally ill, or morally disgusting. It is one of the more miserable aspects of being human, and we’ve all had to experience it. In Maycomb, a fictional town that serves as the setting and as a character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, “closed doors meant sickness and cold weather only.” (Harper Lee, pg 11) This is so that the ill person could be in hiding from the rest of Maycomb. Doors are closed for all…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout Finch are exposed to two very different parenting styles. Although Atticus and Aunt Alexandra are siblings, they differ in every way. However, the most important difference on Jem and Scout are the parental views of Atticus and Aunt Alexandra. Atticus represents the new, modern, progressive style of parenting while Aunt Alexandra believes the old fashioned, traditional ways of the Old South. Atticus cares more about behavior than fitting…

I am attracted to the Boy Scout program by the campouts, service projects, helping Cub Scouts, and the normal fun things Boy Scouts do. I began Cub Scouts and that helped me get a feel for what Boy Scouts is. I did all the ranks from Tiger to Weblo 2, although I did not create an Arrow Of Light when I crossed over to Boy Scout. I joined Boy Souts and thought it would be "lame", but that was the total opposite of what I thought, that also attracted me to Boy Scouts because I learned what you do…

the information about something so that she can make her own perspective about it but in the beginning she made childish accusations. As the story progressed she was shown the true colors of people and understands how life is in Maycomb County, Alabama. Near the end she makes better decisions and the ideas that come to her mind make her seem more mature. After Tom Robinson gets shot Scout matures into a woman mentally and the court trial was the route that showed her the people and…

During the 1900s America violated loads of rules with African Americans with the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment in such ways that you could not even imagine. "The U.S. Public Health Service discontinued a successful program to document and treat syphilis in rural African American populations" (Reverby). According to this citation the purpose of the experiments was to document and treat syphilis among African Americans. However later on in the trials when penicillin became the drug of choice to…

The Positive Miss Maudie How can someone have such a positive outlook on life when they have been through so much? In to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Miss Maudie is a neighbor to the Finches. Miss Maudie is a kind of mother figure to Jem and Scout. She helps them get through tough times in their life and is always there to give them advice. Miss Maudie is a caring, wise, and care-free woman who is usually socializing with her neighbors and positively affects the novel by…