Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Menacing a Mockingbird This novel is titled To Kill A Mockingbird because Lee suggests that killing something that only does good, and causes no harm, is prejudicial. To Kill a Mockingbird, by author Harper Lee, is a novel centered around a black man accused of raping a white woman. The narrator is a young girl named Scout who has a brother named Jem and her dad, Atticus, is a lawyer. In this novel, Harper Lee focuses on the meaning of the mockingbird: it is pleasing to us and does no harm.…

Boo! The monster. In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout learns she shouldn’t judge people because they aren’t like what everyone thinks. Scout did a play making fun of Boo Radley and would go to his house and taunt him,but Boo saves Scout in the end. Scout would act out a play with her brother Jem. This play would act out the rumors about Boo and his family.”Scout, how’s he gonna know what we're doin’...He died years ago and they stuffed him up the chimney.” This quote allows the reader to see that…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the character Jem Finch exhibits courage, which gives him strength to overcome difficult obstacles and protect his family, for many reasons. He shows courage when he is told to go and read to Mrs. Dubose every afternoon. He also shows courage when he stands up to Atticus at the county jail. First of all, Jem shows courage when he is told to read to Mrs. Dubose after school every day. Mrs. Dubose called Atticus mean names several times, and it…

You can never judge a book by its cover. Harper Lee uses a lot of figurative language and irony throughout the story in order to help readers and the characters, understand more about looking at a situation from other people's perspective. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the author emphasises the prospect of climbing into someone else's skin by showing how Scout was able to see things through Boo Radley’s perspective, when Jem read to Ms.Dubose, and by making readers understand…

There are two sides too the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, there is a very optimistic view, as well as a pessimistic view. The town of maycomb is divided into two sides, which is the whites and the blacks, but there is also another two sides to this town, and that is the division between optimistic and pessimistic people. Now there is not an actual physical division between the optimistic and pessimistic people, but they are divided mentally. In almost all cases of this book whenever there is…

ALONG FOR THE RIDE Sarah Dessen Sarah Dessen is the writer of several young adult novels, including The Truth About Forever, This Lullaby, and Just Listen. She has written books for almost two decades. Along for the Ride is the ninth book written by Sarah Dessen. She was born in Evanston, Illinois on June 6, 1970. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with the highest honors in creative writing. She now lives in North Carolina (where the book is set) with her husband, daughter…

A crippled black man named Tom accused of raping a white girl in 1930s Alabama town: Maycomb, and a creepy, mysterious man, Boo, that saves two children from the clutches of a drunken man: these men are the mockingbirds of Maycomb County. Mockingbirds are known to be likable animals that do not build nests or deface property; they only sing for everyone to hear. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, harmless characters are symbolized with a common songbird. This is demonstrated through Boo…

Mockingbirds A single bird’s twitter sounds through the woods. Never will this bird harm any, it simply sings a song. Joined by many others, the chorus of mockingbirds reaches past the forest, and into the world. Throughout the book To Kill a Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee commonly expresses a theme of harmlessness in the characters through “mockingbirds.” This common theme appears in many scenes and characters, and is used to represent the misjudgment of the world. Although the…

In both John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” and John Updike’s ‘Separating” the characters of the stories start off with a certain perspective on life which gradually changes. Neddy starts off being youthful, strong, and athletic and by the end is a old, broken man. On the other hand, Richard knows he is separating with Joan and seems to be ok with it, however by the end is not sure it is the right decision. Both characters are unable to understand the damage of their lives that they have done…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates the life of a girl named Scout in Maycomb county. Throughout the novel she faces many situations in which she gains a new worldview, but loses innocence. Though there are many different types of situations she is thrown into, the most common type she sees is discrimination. After seeing Tom Robinson’s trial scout realizes the unfairness in the world due to discrimination. Lee uses Tom Robinson’s false conviction and the breaking of Jem’s…