Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The poem, “The Ballad of Birmingham” and the article, “When School Was Scary” Both share the same theme which is overcoming obstacles. Although they both share the same theme, they show it differently. “The Ballad of Birmingham” Is about a poor mother’s child that died in the bomb of Birmingham, and “When School Wa Scary” Is about an African American girl named Elizabeth going into a white school during segregation. In the article “When School Was Scary” the author shows the reader that…

To say someone is a mockingbird is like saying they are the perfect person. For someone to be a mockingbird they always find the good in people and they hurt nobody, yet they often have bad things happen to them. The book To Kill A Mockingbird shows how people are mockingbirds, yet they have bad things happen to them. Atticus Finch is a mockingbird, as is Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. All these men do good things, and they never harm anyone. These men did what they thought was right, and they…

Ever wondered about how Jem’s morality, and identity changed? Well, in the book To Kill a Mockingbird influenced Jem to change his ability to judge right from wrong, and how to be a Southern Gentleman. These are connected because both talk about Jem and his morality. Jem is Scout’s (the main character) brother. They all live in Maycomb County. Jem realizes about the power of racism and how it plays a big role in Maycomb, and in African-Americans lives. It also changes how people see themselves,…

Arthur “Boo” Radley is a very unique and misunderstood character throughout the beginning of To Kill A Mockingbird novel by Harper Lee, as he is not stated quite often during chapters 1 to 9. Many people can sometimes be misunderstood in certain aspects, such as beliefs, thought, actions, etc., including me. Many new people that know, your brain automatically judges him based on his looks, before even knowing his name. Through Boo Radley’s innocence, courage, and thoughtfulness, he saves Jem and…

To Kill a Mockingbird Conflicts There is a man, Tom Robinson, a hardworking man who is helping, kind and pleasant, until this one day happened. Tom Robinson got his hand caught in a cotton gin when he was little so he couldn't catch a glass with his left hand, so he “basically” has one arm, but that doesn't lead the jury to think he didn’t commit rape. So in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there is a massive amount of racism that makes an unfair trial of Tom Robinson. He told his part of…

Mockingbirds do not do anything but good so why kill one? What bad do mockingbirds do? The symbol of the the mockingbird means innocent people that never harm anyone. It is also a sin to kill a mockingbird because of them doing no harm. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the three characters Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley represent mockingbirds by only doing good, never doing bad although they got into some situations where they could have. Mockingbird represent things…

I believe the song titled Just the Way You Are relates to the inner conflict in To Kill A Mockingbird. The inner conflict is when Atticus gets appointed to defend Tom Robinson in court and Atticus chooses to defend him willingly, and Scout in the beginning thinks very lightly on the situation and she doesn’t quite understand why Atticus is defending a colored person, she later realizes what Atticus is doing is right and she would like him to stay the way he is since he’s a great father. This…

To Kill A Mockingbird is a book that is placed in the 1930s which is in a little town where Atticus Finch lives. Atticus Finch had gotten inform that he had to defend Tom Robson which is a African American which was accused of rapping a white girl. Even though Atticus knew he was not going to win the case for defending Tom Robinson, It was worth it for Atticus because he wants his kids to look up to him for try to help Tom Robinson and Atticus follows the golden rule. Atticus is a person that…

Have you ever considered what other people value the most in their lives? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many of the characters throughout the plot take into consideration different values. The word value means relative worth, merit, or importance. If a person has values, it shows significance in how they live their lives and who they are. Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird all have values of their own and show them in the story. One example of people showing their values…

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…