The Truman Show

story follows the 3 characters Scout, Jem, and Dill through their interesting lives in Maycomb.They live in a town filled with racism, social class, and discrimination. The story illustrates the imperfections of the tiny town. To Kill a Mockingbird shows of the lives of African Americans and…

TKAM Essay How does prejudice affect the way we as humans get along? In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a young girl named Scout lives with her brother,Jem, and her father, Atticus, in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930’s. Throughout this book, Scout learns a lot of important life lessons. Prejudice plays a huge role in the book and serves as examples to Scout learning the way things are no matter if they are fair or not. Not only is Scout learning important life lessons on being fair and…

strongly influenced by all of these people as well as all of their morals no matter if they are good or bad. Throughout this influential novel Harper Lee uses the themes of prejudice and morals to depict the racist and bizzare ways of the South, and to show what was thought to be right and wrong. Prejudice is a preconceived opinion that isn't based on reason or intelligence, but biased feelings. Many people in…

felt that Tom Robinson was innocent after Scout opened him up to the truth. The negative event of Tom being acussed of the rapeing Mayella, and everyone atomatically believing he did it caused Scout to open up to the truth. Scout opening up helped her show Mr. Cunningham how to open up also. They had been waiting all day for the verdict. Scout had been very tired and some in the courtroom had fallen asleep. ‘“Ain’t it a long time?”’ (Lee 281). The jury is trying to convict Tom Robinson, but…

The novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings tells the story of Maya Angelou’s early life, full of overpowering situations from her childhood. Maya and her brother, Bailey Jr., face many difficulties but manage to come out ahead. Angelou tells their tales with a sense of wry humor, related to the reader through diction and imagery that leaves a lasting impression. One of the first difficult situations Maya faces was a rape when she was only eight. “Then there was the pain. A breaking and entering…

In 1960, Harper Lee published “To Kill A Mockingbird”. After release, To Kill A Mockingbird was voted best fiction novel of the year and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 because of it. To Kill A Mockingbird discussed two main and interwoven themes, empathy and inequality. These themes were shown through the lens of Scout, a young child growing up at an extremely difficult time. To Kill A Mockingbird revolves around the struggles for equality, both in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of society.…

perspective. To begin, One of the protagonists in the movie Pleasantville is named Jen. In the beginning of the film Jen is a shallow teenager, who is self centered, dim witted, and appearance focused. After Jen travels into Pleasantville, a tv show set in the 1950s, Jen understands the benefits of knowledge. In addition, she becomes more aware that there is more to life than boys and hair, and decides to go to college for her own academic benefit. One scene from the movie that…

Owens, Papa” (Zusak 50). Rudy, like Hans is a representative of those who aren’t afraid to rebel, which is surprising since Rudy is the representative of the perfect Aryan race. Zusak uses Jesse Owens, a black American athlete that Hitler despises, to show how ignorant and innocent children can be but what they say will help them learn as they grow older. “I’ve made many mistakes in my life but not joining the Nazi Party isn’t one of them… You coward” (Zusak 104-105). In Nazi Germany, it takes…

Just because she was related to Tom, Mister Ewell vented his anger on her by constantly harassing her and silently cursing at her. As Mister Link Deas said: “You don’t have to touch her, all you have to do is make her afraid…” (249) This example shows us that racism can be displayed when a person lets something like frustration take over his or her temper and…

case when Marcus and Eddie, two teenagers decide to do stickups and accidently shoot a black male bus driver. Marcus is accused of doing the shooting because the color of his skin and as a result his career takes a turn for the worse. It just goes to show that people should not be treated poorly because of their differences. Marcus a kind and great student athlete, has to endure some racist acts that leave him…