Southern American English

In a story by Harper Lee called To Kill A Mockingbird, children grow up together in a town called Maycomb. The story takes place during the great depression. Since this was a very judgmental time, the children grow up learning a lot from their family and friends. They need to make many decisions as to what to believe and not believe. For example, they often learn stuff from their father who doesn’t believe people should be judged on status, but they also learn from their aunt who is the complete…

They put a curly, honey blonde wig on you, the color of hair you use to have before you dyed everything raven black. Your tight, sickening pale skin clung to your pores, and placid expression. Your eyes, which used to be a brilliant and enchanting blue, were closed so that those of weak mind, didn’t have to see the naked truth of pain. They tried to make you look alive, plastering your skin with artificial liquids. They gave you red lips; ironically the same color as your blood. You look like a…

Theme Analysis Paper Even the bravest people have fear. Beatrice was born into Abnegation, but her aptitude test results show that she is Divergent! She tries to blend in by picking Dauntless, but Erudite is planning a war on Abnegation. Beatrice will have to stop Erudite and save Abnegation despite her fear. In Divergent by Veronica Roth, it shows that bravery does not mean an absence of fear. Beatrice is brave in this novel. When Beatrice goes to take her aptitude test she had to drink a…

Empathy is challenging to give or have when one has not taken the time to think about the different situations each person has experienced in their lifetime. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she demonstrates how fully knowing a person can be difficult to do, especially when untruthful statements block the real facts about that person. Through the use of the characters Scout Finch and Dolphus Raymond, Lee portrays that empathy and understanding who someone is, is not easy to do until…

Throughout this journal, one can predict the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. First, they are scared of him in many ways. In addition, the narrator says “But to climb the Radley front steps…something their neighbors never did” (Harper Lee 11). The quotes from the book shows how the neighbors are scared of them by never climb their front steps and say hey to the Radleys and the neighbors might affect the kids. Next, there are rumors about Radleys that had…

learning about the southern ways of life and tells it through a contemporary piece of southern gothic literature. Stown revives southern gothic literature in a more modern piece. Most of elements fit into the literal definitions of southern gothic literature but with a more modern twist. Stown is a contemporary piece of southern gothic literature because it has a southern setting, decay, and violence. A main characteristic of southern gothic literature is its southern settings. Southern gothic…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book about three children, Jem Finch, Scout Finch and Dill Harris, and their experiences in their town Maycomb of Alabama. At the beginning of the book, the three children give off the sense of innocence and are naive to the facts of true society. Major changes are noticeably made to these three children as the story progresses. These alterations are mainly made by the influence of prejudice in their town. After being exposed to the true evils of the word…

If you think you have squirrels in the attic? You probably do. Either that or you or you have been providing shelter for a pretty big rat. If that is the case, I'd rather have to deal with getting rid of the squirrel! Squirrels are very active in the morning and afternoon. If you hear noise in the attic during that time frame, it is likely a squirrel. A tiny footstep in the night is apt to be a mouse or a rat hunting something to eat. Both critters could be damaging your home, but we'll…

What to expect when reading ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ The things you should expect when reading ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ are the themes. The themes that are most recognized in this book are reunion, coming of age, and love and sacrifice. You can find theses themes in almost every chapter in the book. In this book, it’s full of these themes to make the audience understand what the characters are really going through and makes them who they are. In Harper Lee’s novel, ‘To A Kill Mockingbird’,…

Think of the year you were born and where you lived. The year of your birth says a lot about you and how you grew up, along with where you lived growing up. This is the setting of your own life. If you born in the twenty’s you would live a much different life compared to someone who was born in the seventy’s. Also, if you grew up in the south or west or even a different county your life would be very different then those who live elsewhere. All these factors change how your life was growing…