Southern blot

Nelson Mandela said, “...that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear” (Greenberg). This perfectly describes one of the themes from Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Most of the characters sometime in the book have to find inner courage to face fear or opposition. However, one figure stands out from all the rest of the characters. Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley is the most courageous of all…

The Prevalence of Prejudice In To Kill A Mockingbird Prevalent means most frequent or commonly widespread. Prejudice is a strong unreasonable feeling of disliking or not trusting someone. The novel: To Kill A Mocking Bird, by Harper Lee, is a story in the setting of a fictional sleepy town called Maycomb in 1930's Alabama. The novel is about a young, intelligent daughter of a lawyer, called Jean Louise Finch, (known as Scout) and her adventures in a world of injustice and racism. Prejudice is a…

Standing accused of something never feels good, but being convicted of a crime that a person didn’t commit or feeling pain that they do not deserve feels even wrongfully worse. Throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, characters’ lives are greatly affected in many ways by injustice. In the decision of his court case, Tom Robinson is accused and convicted of a crime he did not commit. Jem and Scout are attacked wrongfully by Bob Ewell, who tries to get back at Atticus. Rejected and hated by…

To Kill A Mockingbird Questions ZhiQing Li Chapter 1 Who is narrating the story? Why are the kid so interested in Boo Radley? What is Calpurnia to the kids? Do they consider her a part of the family? Chapter 2 Why was scout looked down upon just because she learned how to read before the other kids? Was the reason why Ms. Caroline failed to understand scout is because of her lack of experience? Does scout recognize the failure in the education system? Chapter 3 Why did Calpurnia…

Fear in To Kill A Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator, exemplifies fear throughout Maycomb by way of many different characters. Within in the first few pages of To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout, the narrator says “But it a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb county had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (6) This is illustrated in many examples throughout the novel. To start, the people of Maycomb county quiver…

Society doesn’t worry about people with disabilities. Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, follows the theme of “sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it’s communities that handicap them.” Christopher is put in a school where he is not thought of to be as smart as some of the other students because of his disability. His dad disables him by telling him a bunch of big lies when he told Christopher to never lie. Mark Haddon disables Christopher just by…

"My Epic Hero" Every hero has had a life changing situation that has well, changed their life and created the type of person they are now. Whether it was a fight they lost, or won or someone they defeated or a journey it turned their whole life around. Their perspective on life was no longer the same. That is exactly what happened to the Greek hero Odysseus. Odysseus was not always a hero. He was just like any other commoner, he lived with his wife Penelope, and son Telemachos. Odysseus was the…

Jem’s perspectives In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird, Jem matures in many ways, one of these ways is his perspective of their neighbor Boo Radley. He starts out believing what most others believe going along with the fact that boo is a terrible monster. Jem is a young boy who wants to know everything and because of this throughout the start of the novel he will tell scout facts that he made up or tell rumors that he has heard, “he died years ago and they stuffed him up the chimney.” In…

Living in the south during times of racism was difficult for the people of Maycomb county. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and has 2 children named Jem and Scout. They learn many lessons about family, life and love while their father has to defend Tom Robinson during the trial. There are many themes that the author develops throughout the story. Some of these themes include hypocrisy, innocence and racism. Atticus illustrates the characteristics of bravery in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird by…

The short story “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes and “The Six Rows Of Pompons” by Toshio Mori have a common theme which is with a good leader leads to responsibility. In both of the stories the to people that teach the two younger kids in the story how to be more responsible. In “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes the main character Roger Gets taught respect. A quote that shows he got taught responsibility is “The boy wanted to say something else other than “Thank you, m’am” to Mrs. Luella…