Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

The Idea of Bravery In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story of two kids about their life growing up in the south during the Great Depression. Jean “Scout” Louise Finch and Jeremy “Jem” Atticus Finch, Scout’s older brother, are under the influence of their father, Atticus Finch. Atticus is a conspicuous lawyer who teaches his children life lessons throughout the course of three summers. Jem, Scout, and their friend, Dill, learn about racism, tradition, and standing up for yourself.…

Josh Kennelly Mr. Mariano English 9 18 December 2017 Conflict and Purpose In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout encounters many conflicts throughout the story. Scout interacts with many people in Maycomb County. The troubles and problems she experiences are part of growing up. Her father Atticus helps her trough many of these problems. These conflicts better shape the way she is. Some of those problems include Scout failing to convince her father to not let her go to school, Nathan…

According to psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut, “Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person”. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the Finch family, consisting of Scout, Jem, and their father Atticus, are unlike most families in the prejudice and racist town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Different from other families in their small town, the Finch children are taught to tolerate other people’s differences through empathy, and…

Jem Finch is a courageous, smart, and tough character from To kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Throughout the book Jem ages from ten to thirteen over the course of three years. As the novel progresses, Jem’s idea of bravery dramatically changes. At the beginning of the novel, he thinks he is being brave by touching the side of the Radley house. His point of view of bravery then changes greatly when he sees Mrs. Dubose fight her addiction and go though withdrawal, and when Scout confrontation…

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand”, Neil Armstrong.Mischievous curiosity has bewitched a young girl in the town of Maycomb, always eager to discover. This boundless awe to understand has led Scout to search for justice in an unforgiving bigoted town, which shows positive role modeling influences one’s true nature. First, when Scout realizes that Atticus has more abilities than she thought. Scout begins to grow a deep respect, correctly nourished it…

Particular events often alter people's personal perspective on how they view and handle the world. In this award winning novel, Lee displays this at the beginning of her novel when a six year old Scout is portrayed as very self absorbed and conceited young child that is not intersect or affected by others personal emotions towards her. This drastically changes when Scout starts school and is embarrassed when her teacher confronts her about already knowing how to read and write…

Generations of racism led up to the trial of Tom Robinson in Maycomb County, Alabama. Harper Lee wrote this great novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. This story takes places in Maycomb County, Alabama in the 1930’s. This story shows the main character, Scout Finch gradually growing up. Her father Atticus, has different views than the majority of other people in this time period. This makes this a bildungsroman novel. Within To Kill a Mockingbird, several life changing events and pieces of advice from…

To kill a mocking bird character study: Jem To kill a mocking bird, letter: from Jem to Tom Robinson Dear, Mr. Robinson I am sorry for all your troubles sir. I hope that you trial goes well and that they may find that Miss Mayella may be found falsely, and that you are set free. I know that you are innocent and I hope the Atticus may find you innocent, I know he will. My father is a mighty good lawyer sir and I’d bet anything that he will prove that you are an innocent man. I know you didn’t…

To Kill A Mockingbird The people who are quiet and observant are the people who change the world. This statement is true because when people take the time to actually listen to others, they find a way to do something that will contribute to mankind. Quiet people have really loud minds and they wait to express themselves when the time is right. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the author shows examples of how the quietest people are often the most powerful. Atticus…

The characters in the book To Kill a Mockingbird try to change their ways, so people’s prejudice doesn’t affect them, but most of them can’t overcome the prejudice because the town they grew up in is full of prejudice and for them to stop being prejudice would be hard for them, since it’s engraved into their society,therefore is shows that people's prejudice is hard to defeat. To begin with, on the first day of school Scout’s teacher, Miss. Caroline discovered that Scout was literate and she was…