Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction

In this set of materials, the reading part discusses the ways and solutions that are represented for preventing injuries to birds from building that the glass is used in them. The listening section casts doubt on the information presented in the passage and argues that this three represented solutions are not effective suggestions and utilizing of them can't be useful and effective for preventing injuries to birds. Frist, the text posits that people can replace the regular glass with one-way…

One to Five times a week someone I don’t know that well will make some statement on my appearance, whether it's my hair, clothes, body shape or actions, so I smile and laugh and hide who I truly am so people don’t judge me. This happens to people every day and some don’t even realize their hiding to avoid judgement. Although people can choose how they dress and act, they usually don’t dress and act like they want to, because they don’t want to be judged. People dress and act differently around…

The vast majority of people in the world are good, but there are always some who are bad. There are people who make peace and there are people who break peace. Different people can be represented by different symbols or other things. The mockingbird in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is used as a symbol that represents innocence and peace. Two characters from Lee’s book that the mockingbird would best represent are Boo(Arthur) Radley and Tom Robinson, for they are both innocent…

Although Capote strives to improve Perry’s story and defend him, he is obviously shown as a psychopath; therefore it is essential to understand even murders have humanizing characteristics. Capote uses litotes to achieve the affect of how others look at Perry at first before they truly know what he is capable of. When Perry is in the cell he is very quiet to Josie Meier the sheriff's wife, later when she gets home she tells her husband, “...and I decided- well he wasn’t the worst young man I…

In “To Kill A Mockingbird” the theme is the mockingbird itself. A few characters represent the mockingbird in this story. This paper will explain to the readers how each of the characters represent the mockingbird metaphor. In “To Kill A Mockingbird characters represent the theme of the mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, and Arthur Radley. Tom Robinson could be the mockingbird for multiple reasons. First he never hurt anyone in his life. He was a gentle and innocent human being, he did…

Atticus Finch is a father of two children, Jeremey Atticus “Jem” Finch, and Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Jem is the oldest son and Scout is the youngest girl, Jem and Scout make a friend by the name of Charles Baker “Dill” Harris. The children know that Atticus loves them, but Atticus does not show it very well since his wife died. Atticus has certain rules that he wants his children to follow, but when they do not follow his rules they have consequences.…

The World Isn’t What it Seems to be In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee proves the world isn’t what it seems to be through the maturation of Jem. Jem matures from the beginning to the end of the book. When Nathan Radley filled the tree hole with cement and Jem finds out what the tree hole ment to Boo Radley, Jem cried because he felt bad for Boo. Jem is maturing by feeling bad for Boo. “He stood there until night fall, and I waited for him. When we went in the house I saw he had been crying…”,…

Courage, it is defined to be able to do something that frightens one, which makes courage hard to come by. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee courage is present in multiple characters. Atticus shows determination through his job and his family. Miss Maudie Atkinson shows her bravery by deciding to state her opinion when it could make her life miserable. And Link Diez courageously stands up to a racist man to do what's right. These three characters show tremendous amounts of courage…

Steve Jobs once said, “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life...have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” By this he means don't let the voices and beliefs of others overrule yours, but instead follow your own intuition. This is exactly what Atticus teaches his children in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel, Atticus shows his children that even though everyone may be against your belief or stand on something, continue to think for yourself…

The narrative voice, or perspective, of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ is very different to that of Harper Lee’s first novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Scout is around the age of 7 and this is shown through her perspective as the narrator. Her viewpoint is naïve and very innocent and she is susceptible to all the rumours and stories about Boo Radley. In ‘Go Set a Watchman’, Scout is 20 years older. She still acts childish and there are many instances where she feels the need to…