Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

the kids would played a game involves them acting out the life of the Radley. Then one day when Scout and Jem are walking from school they found a hole in a tree with candy and other stuff. Which Boo Radley’s leaving gift for them. Though takes them a long time for them to realize. The kids make schemes to get boo Radley to come out the house so they can see him. One night they sneak around to the back to the house to get a look at him through the window and they get shot at by the older…

To Kill a Mockingbird written in 1960 by Harper Lee, explores many themes and ideas. One of these themes is that of growing up. The novel’s narrator Jean Louise Finch, better known as Scout, is only a young girl during the start of the book. Scout grows up with the readers from age six to nine, and in these three years she learns many life lessons. There are different people and circumstances that each have an influence in teaching her these valuable skills. Some of the many things she learns…

A child’s behavior and ability to understand one another, reflects the lessons instilled on them by a role model. Atticus Finch, from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, seeks to convey and instill crucial life lessons to his young children, Jem and Scout Finch, multiple times throughout the book. Being the intelligent and modest lawyer that he is, Atticus is looked upon as a respected role model in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama; where there are quite a few differences among the population.…

Differences in between the lines Each story a person shall come across will always differ from one to the next. Whether it is from a different point of view of how the grammar, tone, content, theme, texture etc. is used the stories are never going to be exactly the same; they will not necessarily be different either. Many stories have very similar motives to make you think, act and feel certain ways, like the comparison between N. Scott Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” and Alice Walker’s…

In The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, readers can see Berniece struggle to let the piano go, which affects Boy Willie from buying Sutter’s land. In this play there are some religious aspects, some of which who say are attached to the piano. Boy Willie struggles to see the piano more than just an item which is in their house, he fails to see the emotional attachment within the piano, and struggles to utilize it correctly. In this play, Boy Willie comes from Mississippi all the way to Pittsburgh…

A child’s mind is like a picture you know what’s on the outside, but you’ll never know what’s in the inside. In “ To Kill A Mockingbird, “ Harper Lee uses conflict and characterization in order to convey the idea that a simple child’s innocence can be shattered from life’s problems, however they still don’t understand what’s going on yet. Harper Lee first uses an external conflict on Mr. Walter Cunningham in a gang to convey her theme. When an outraged mob went to the penitentiary…

Adversity is a state of continued difficulty or hardship that a person may experience. Both “A Time To Kill” directed by Joel Schmaucher and “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee present characters that face adversity and have different methods of dealing with the situation they face. Some submit to adversity, like Lucien Wilbanks and Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley. Others respond using societies provided systems, such as the law, like Jake Brigance and Tom Robinson do. Non-violent resistance is used by…

Innocence is a main theme in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and occurs mainly as a metaphor of being a mockingbird. It is considered a sin if someone kills a mockingbird, which truly shows how innocent mockingbirds are. Many characters are portrayed as mockingbirds as the story unfolds. ‘’Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’’(Lee 119) A mockingbird is a metaphor of innocence in the story because they never bother or hurt anyone they only…

always watching, listening, and learning; he knows the town better than anyone else. When Scout and her brother, Jem, are in trouble, it is none other than Boo who rescues them. This is not the first time he interacts with the children. “Our biggest prize appeared four days later. It was a pocket watch that wouldn’t run, on a chain with an aluminum knife” (Lee 81). When he saves the children from Mr. Ewell, he ends up killing him in the process. “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a…

Did you know that the book To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer prize in 1961 1 year after being published?! Scout changed throughout the story because she started swearing/knowing bad words, not being afraid of Boo Radley anymore, and learning not to trust rumors. She also changed because of learning that the world isn’t nice to people, she learns how to be patient, and finally that there are good and bad people in the world despite stereotypes/race. Over the book Scout starts to mature, and…