Southern Literary Messenger

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee characterizes Tom Robinson as a man who demonstrates the truth that harming something or someone who does no harm to society is wrong. Lee compares Robinson to a mockingbird in that both Tom and the the mockingbird both do no harm to society. Rather, these “mockingbirds” help people in whatever way they can. Whether it be busting up a chiffarobe or singing a beautiful song on a quiet Sunday afternoon, killing a so-called “mockingbird” is most definitely a…

Macomb, Alabama. It appears to be a dreary old town, but get to know it and its inhabitants and you will find that you can learn many valuable things from events and the unique citizens. These themes act as life lessons to Jem and Scout Finch as they mature. As we watch them grow older throughout the novel these themes have a large impact on the people they become. The most meaningful themes are that things are not always as they seem, life is not fair, and that the colour of someone's skin…

There are many people or objects all over the universe that symbolize different meanings; a rose symbolizes love; a chain can symbolize the connection of two objects. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, people all over the town of Maycomb symbolize different meanings. An example of this would be Boo (Arthur) Radley, or Tom Robinson. These two characters are represented best by a Mockingbird; an animal who is peaceful, innocent, and makes graceful music. They are both citizens of…

Choices are well known due to their ability to affect lives. Choices are sometimes loved and other times, detested. Choice, however, always leads to two ideas. Those ideas are community and identity. Those ideas are even visible in the novel A Long Walk to Water, in which the real-life protagonist Salva walks away from the Sudan civil war and later founds Water for South Sudan. Children that walk to school, as shown in the film On the Way to School also understand these ideas. But how? Choices…

Luke Bryan has worked over the years to become the successful country artist he is today. He grew up working on a farm in Georgia for his father (Luke Bryan Biography 1). In his early teens, he had decided that he wanted to have a career in music (Luke Bryan Biography 1). Luke began writing songs with some help from others (Luke Bryan Biography 1). Many of his songs made it on the Billboard Hot 100, and a lot of his albums made it on the Billboard 200 (Demings Award Section). Although Luke Bryan…

July 9th 2011, South Sudan celebrates its independence. with a population of 8 million, South Sudan becomes the world's newest Nation. South Sudan is rich in oil, but it's one of the least developed areas on earth after Decades of Civil Wars. today, some South Sudanese live on a diet of roots, water lilies, grass, and leaves. this is due to the Civil War which is currently destroying this young nation. the war has killed thousands and has displaced millions of civilians from their homes. Many…

In A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park tells a true story about one of the thousands of Lost Boys of Sudan, named Salva. Salva ran when the Second Sudanese Civil War hit his village. This story takes place in Southern Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya. He moves from country to country to get away from the war. Also Linda made up a character, named Nya. Just to incite how life was after the war. Linda Sue Park’s main character, Salva survived by being strategic, by getting help from others, and by…

I read a book called a long walk to water by linda sue parks. There was a boy named salva, he live in southern sudan and he was at school one day. It was a normal day or so he thought they heard gunshots outside. They were told to run into the bush not back home and so he did. He was considered a lost boy and he could not find his family. He was sure that his family was dead because he has been in a refugee camp for about 16 years. Then he gets adopted by a family in america and he gets some…

differ in how they started, one was because of the government and the southern rebels and the other was because of the underlying cause of conflict in the autonomy. Shots fired. People Dead. The first Sudanese civil war was a tragic time for everyone. 17 years of fighting. Genocide. People lost. Many things happened during this time. Peace agreements signed for south autonomy. Children and women used as slaves. War led by southern separatist.“With the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed and…

Not everyone takes the easy road in life, which is what separates Atticus from the rest of the men in the 1930’s. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, one can learn about making the right choices in life compared to making the easy choices.The reader will learn a lot throughout the story thinks to Atticus, from life lessons to great decisions. Harper Lee included Atticus because he plays a big factor in the different outcomes of the problems throughout the novel. Atticus…