Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The truth is hard to say. Sometimes it’s scary. Sometimes it doesn’t seem like enough. Other times, it reveals unknown strength and power. Likewise, in the realistic fiction novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino and David Petrakis use their voices to show the world that they will not be silenced. Melinda “loses her voice” due to a traumatic event. By the end of the novel, she finally finds it and exercises it against her assailant, Andy Evans. David uses his voice to teach…

Maycomb, Alabama is a stubborn town adamant about it’s societal ways. Being a southern state, post Civil-War, in a prominent time of bigotry in the United States, the social pyramid is unmelodious, unrelenting, and undeniably anchored. The vast majority of the town-folk only instigate this, causing the town to be abrasive and divided. Fortunately, there are those few people such as Miss Maudie Atkinson, who defy the societal norms and shed small beams of light and onto the town. While…

Book Title: Warriors: A Vision of Shadows: Darkest Night Total # of Pages: 303 Character’s Name: Twigpaw A is for the ADVENTURES she has with Finpaw, such as finding a frog for Dewpaw’s nest. B is for the BRANCH that fell on Finpaw’s tail, resulting in part of his tail getting cut off; Twigpaw saved him from worse injuries. C is for her COURAGE in choosing the Clan she wanted to fight for. D is for her DISLIKE of Sandynose, her mentor, who criticizes everything she does and tells her to stay…

When does a Monster cease to be scary? When does a monster leave the role of frightening neighbor to become an unsung savior? It happens when a moonless night turns into a fight for survival and the monster is willing to put aside any feelings of insecurity to protect two children he has only watched from afar. Thus is the way Boo Radley from To Kill a Mocking Bird changes his persona for jem and scout finch. Boo Radley was what you would call a recluse and never came out his house, and he like…

“I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit’em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” A quote made by Atticus that means it's a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is try to please people and produce beautiful music. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they just try to help and don't harm anyone. The book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee referred to good people as mockingbirds.…

The Brown Pelican The brown pelican is an interesting bird that plays a vital role in the plot of The Pelican Brief. It’s a large bird with a near extinction event behind it. It was one of the main causes of the Louisiana trial that caused two judges to end up dead along with two lawyers, a hitman, a CIA operative, and and a law school professor. It is also just an interesting American bird. In the book it is referenced once or maybe twice besides the fact that the brief is named after it. It…

Soren, a Barn Owl is a young baby owl who lives in a fir tree in the Tyto Forest with his mother, father, older brother (Kludd), and younger sister (Eglantine). One night when his parents are off hunting, his older and jealous brother, Kludd, shoves Soren out of the nest/tree. Soren falls to the ground unhurt but is helpless because he cannot fly. The blind snake, Mrs. Plithiver, the nestmaid who watches over the children and cleans the nest, attempts to rescue Soren but can’t. Soren,…

I predict that, despite strenuous efforts on their parts, the kids will never meet the mysterious Arthur 'Boo' Radley. One piece of evidence in support of this theory is the simple fact that Boo has hardly ever been seen outside of his home. The Radley family has always been a reclusive family on the whole, even before Boo’s incident. None of the family attended church, a noted oddity in a small, Southern town like Maycomb. They also kept their house tightly shuttered and the doors locked fast.…

The best victims are always defenseless scapegoats. Demonstrating the innocence and downfall of a mockingbird in the novel and generating the title, To Kill a Mockingbird, is Tom Robinson. The mockingbird metaphor represents a lack of justice for the defenseless, or harming the innocent. As a result of stereotyping and discrimination, people are still killing mockingbirds today, specifically people from the Middle East. The author calls this novel To Kill a Mockingbird because people knowingly…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book about three children, Jem Finch, Scout Finch and Dill Harris, and their experiences in their town Maycomb of Alabama. At the beginning of the book, the three children give off the sense of innocence and are naive to the facts of true society. Major changes are noticeably made to these three children as the story progresses. These alterations are mainly made by the influence of prejudice in their town. After being exposed to the true evils of the word…