The Kill

“It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird”. This means that is a sin to ruin something, or someone that is innocent, that does no harm, or just does there best to help everyone. This metaphor applies to everyone, and everywhere as in any community, anywhere there will be people and things uncorrupted by the world, and in most every case there innocence is lost in the process of life. This metaphor is used a lot in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, By Harper Lee. Sometimes, it is meant literally in the…

violence is that the second one has a higher level of depth and significance than the first. I have read many books that depict both these types of violence, some examples include: Harry Potter, The Outsiders and To Kill a Mockingbird. But the book I specifically wish to focus on is, To Kill a Mockingbird. In that novel, the first type of violence is depicted with the death of Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson dies because of a…

Literary Term #1: Dramatic Irony Dramatic Irony: Audience or reader knows something that a character in the story does not. Example: “‘Bruce Lee ain't gonna let this slide.’ I thought about that. He was right” (297). Coben, Harlan. Tell No One. New York: Bantam Dell, 2002. Print. Function: This passage within the novel displays a significant example of dramatic irony because a character, known as Tyrese, is referring to another character, whom is a character that they do not know, that attacked…

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a memorable and life-changing novel that presents important concerns relevant to today’s society. Set during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Lee examines the issues pertaining the existence of social inequality and the coexistence of good and evil in America’s Ddeep Ssouth through the eyes of a young girl, Scout Finch. The novel remains relevant and didactic to readers’ in present time, by challenging the reader’s perceptions of race, family structure,…

live on his own because of his disability. When George kills Lennie at the end, I consider that as an act of mercy because first of all the Mob was about the make Lennie suffer for what he did to Curley’s wife, second of all Lennie became a danger to the society and for himself third of all George couldn’t take care of Lennie anymore and Last George knew that he won't be able to make Lennie’s dream came true. First of all, since Lennie kill Curley wife’s accidently, George had to go hide in the…

It is a dirty word. To take a life is regarded as one of the gravest crimes one can commit. It is a capital sin. Yet, people kill. Why is it that something universally regarded as “bad” among human beings is still so common? What brings people to kill? According to the dictionary, murder is to kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation. So not only do you have to kill them, you have to plan their demise beforehand. Johnny had no intention of killing Bob. When thrust upon a situation like…

The novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was written from a child’s point of view at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Harper Lee used actual event in her life to fabricate the foundation of the novel. It expressed the views of racism concerning justices with a gothic mixed in the context. The novel was centered on a child seeing everything in black and white. Lee used characters to symbolize mockingbirds. The novel experienced character persona of good and evil. There were similarities…

Odyssey Is the portion of the book when Odysseus announces that he has returned. He announces his return by kill Atinoos and then killing the rest of the suitor. He then makes the Maids clean up the mess in the hall then Telemakos decides to hang the disloyal servants. They then torture Melanthios and kill him getting rid of any unloyal patrons in Odysseus's great hall. I believe Odysseus kills the Maids because they never did anything to help Odysseus or his family they just continued to care…

man talked to John and asked him about his work and when John responded the man was surprised. He asked if he knew about what the manager did and John said “ummmm sorta why do you ask?” The man said that is where he kills his victims. The man said “I will pay you 100,000 dollars to kill him, he is a very bad man that doesn’t deserve to live.” John was very interested in the offer because that is a lot of money. He accepted and the man said “good good you will be paid as soon as the job is…

Throughout the play we see how Hamlet is having his issues on how he will kill King Claudius and if he should actually kill him. Being in an emotional state after his father's death, he is now faced with act that will by law have him kill him. When the ghost orders him to kill King Claudius, Hamlet is now in his mind obligated to do this requested act. The causes of Hamlet to procrastinate in killing Claudius, is the fact that Hamlet has religious views and that he has multiple obstacles that…