Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), written by Harper Lee, the theme “Help others even when they cannot help themselves” becomes relevant. Atticus Finch, a lawyer in his late forties with two young children, is trying to better himself and the lives of his children. In the story, three different situations show readers the theme and can help them understand the story in a different way. The three situations conclude to Atticus helping Tom Robinson with the trial, Boo helping…

The Socs and the Greasers always have major conflict due to many reasons such as their style, their wealth, and who is better. Both Johnny and Ponyboy are Greasers along with their other relatives. Greasers is a wild gang that has an edgy style with their hair long hair slicked back with a generous amount of grease, hence the name given, Greasers. On the other hand Socs are completely different when it comes to their looks. Socs wear basic madras shirts and usually are wealthy with light colored…

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, portrays a young girl and her journey through the racist southern town she inhabits. Harper Lee uses her characters in the novel to present a prejudiced place occupied by people of changing opinions and people of traditional opinions. Jem Finch, Scout’s older brother, is a boy coming-to-age as he begins to learn of the unfairness in Maycomb. After Jem touches Boo Radley’s house, he takes a big step towards becoming an adult. Although, during…

In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, the author tells a story about a widowed attorney and his two kids. They all reside in Maycomb, Alabama during the period of the Great Depression. Scout and Jem Finch learned the lesson to not judge others very quickly in the book. The children learn this lesson through and elderly neighbor, by the name of Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. Mrs. Dubose reveals the theme that any negative judgement and/or racism towards someone’s outside appearances are…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee follows the life of Jean Louise Finch or “Scout” in her hometown of Maycomb. As she and her brother Jeremy Finch or “Jem” grow up they learn what their town and its inhabitants really are and it kills their view of what they thought was the perfect town. Through experiences, both of them lost innocence. Also, Arthur or “Boo” Radley was sheltered from the outside for almost all his life. Because of this, he has not yet learned about the impurities of his town,…

Did you know that people could be mocking bird? Well I'm about to tell you three men that are mockingbirds in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The first person is Atticus Finch hes a lawyer and a good man who helps no matter who it is. the second is Tom Robinson who is a normal man who dose as much good as he can and unfortunately is scrutinized for being an African American. The third is Boo Redley is a good man who is more or less a hermit that helps in times of crisis. Atticus Finch is…

In the brilliant and memorable novel To Kill a Mockingbird a theme in this book occurs often. In the book Atticus Finch tells his children that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird and the reason being is because all they do is make beautiful music for everyone. Atticus saying this relates so much more to the book than originally thought. There are three main characters in this book who are metaphorically mockingbirds. Being a mockingbird is not having wings or a beak, but truly doing only the…

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman presents two opposing views of the American dream, one from the eyes of Willy Loman and the other from the eyes of his son, Biff Loman. Over the course of one day, Willy’s concept of success is expressed through his failures to attain it throughout his life, while Biff’s perspective is dynamic and throughout the day he comes away with a different idea entirely of what it means to be successful. Biff’s eye-opening moment comes as he recognizes the true reality…

Although Harper Lee conveys Atticus’s character as a wonderful father that is morally just, she also creates his character to be an honorable man despite the social expectations of Maycomb. Atticus’s respect and honor highlights the good left in Maycomb County by his teachings of viewing the world from someone else’s perspective. Atticus’ most famous quote is, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in…

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, the narrator, tells the story of her childhood in the town of Maycomb County during the Great Depression. One person who greatly impacts Scout’s life throughout her youth is Miss Maudie Atkinson. Miss Maudie is a friendly neighbor of the Finches who respects the Finch children and is quite honest with them, despite their young ages. A woman who exhibits high integrity, Miss Maudie is also sincere and has strong moral principles. She continually…