The Truman Show

telling the audience how to fix what we 're doing wrong. She does this through Jem and Scout. And through the teachings of Atticus, Aunt Alexandra, Jem (teaching scout), and Calpurnia. In To Kill a Mockingbird the Finches, Jem, and Atticus, to change and show what 's wrong in Scout. Atticus has given Scout…

Then that is different because you get a chance to see what the person is like based on them not on skin color, or money. Throughout “To Kill a Mockingbird” Scout is a naïve girl who would like to have all the information about something so that she can make her own perspective about it but in the beginning she made childish accusations. As the story progressed she was shown the true colors of people and understands how life is in Maycomb County, Alabama. Near the end she makes better…

In the first part of the novel, the first impressions of Radley are made. Though they are not easily forgotten or hastily changed, they are progressively altered as Radley's true nature reveals itself. Evidently, it is Atticus who first tries to discourage the children from their fantasies about the Radleys. However, through the events with Jem's pants, the neighborhood fire and the presents in the tree, the children themselves begin to realize that Radley is more of a friend than a villain.…

175) this quote emphasis lack of education because of his surroundings.His environment where he grew up in seems to take a big toll on his criminal records. Perry seemed to blame everything on his past because of “no rule or discipline, or anyone to show me right from wrong” (pg 54) Richard Hickock grew up with a good family but had a bad habit of writing bad checks. He portrays himself as a smooth-talking petty criminal but in reality he was cruel. He also loved to steal until the point he made…

J.K Rowling says, “I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” Novels carry a lot of knowledge, which students can benefit from. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee is not taught by many teachers due to its controversial topics. Why should the education board deprive teenagers of such a versatile learning tool? To Kill a Mockingbird, is written perfectly for a teenager, takes place in a very significant historical era, and teaches many crucial…

Lee develops a multitude of characters all of whom show either compassion or a lack of compassion. The amount of compassion Lee gives each character depicts whether we like or dislike a character, this style of writing is powerful because it teaches us that by having a lack of compassion, people start to…

The famous author, Sail Sheehy, once said,“If we don’t adapt, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” These ideas are relevant in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Considering the circumstances of the novel, when people struggle, the ones around them will most likely struggle also. When people are contempt, it is most likely owing to the fact they believe they are superior and think that person is misanthropic. However, in reality, they inhabit the following…

couldn 't be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it 's a white man 's word against a black man 's, the white man always wins. They 're ugly, but those are the facts of life”. (Lee 220) In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the characters show how discrimination is caused by those that are afraid of who others really are. The character who best explain and represent this theme are Arthur (Boo) Radley, Calpurnia and Tom Robinson. Particularly, Boo Radley was often made out to be a…

At the conclusion of chapter twenty seven of To Kill a Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee, begins and and also introduces the final four chapter of the novel by having the main character, Scout, say “Thus began our longest journey together”(page 340). This particular quotation is significant in reflecting the main plot of the final four chapters of the novel in a literal way, and also in a more metaphorical way; reflecting and conveying the main message, or moral, expressed throughout the major…

anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb” (Lee 11). This shows that Boo is locked up because, he never leaves the house, and he never sees the outdoors and the people who he lives around. The second reason that Boo is locked up is that Jem and Scout have never seen him. In the book it says, “People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him” (Lee 10). This shows that boo is locked up because Jem is ten years old and he has never seen Boo so he has not…