Tomboy

The English novelist, Harper Lee, is best known for her prize winning novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” This story is based on Harper Lee’s observations and hometown events involving her family and neighborhood as a child. The stories point of view is told from a ten year old girl, Jean Louise Finch (Scout), a round character throughout the novel. A round character is a character that drastically changes as the story progresses. These changes could be from learning a lesson, or experiencing…

In the movie, Veda experiences many common problems young girls face while transitioning into a woman. On top of the “normal” issues girls face, Veda is also a hypochondriac due to her living in a funeral parlor that her father owns. She is also a tomboy and doesn’t quite fit in with other girls at school. As the movie progresses, Veda goes through a series of events that most females can identify with. Veda’s hypochondria is the very first thing we learn about her in the movie. She…

Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. Harper Lee used to be a Tomboy when she was younger, “ she grew up as a tomboy in a small town.” This is most likely because her mother rarely left the house because of a mental disorder “It is believed that she may have had bipolar disorder” and her mother was unable to show Lee everything other little…

childhood. Dillard focuses on a single device throughout the short story, character. Dillard states, “Some boys taught me to play football. This was a fine sport”(Dillard 105). The author tells the audience that this character, which is the author, is a tomboy in her younger days since football is more of a guy sport. She describes how she played different kinds of sports, for example, football, implying that she is willing to learn and try different kinds of sports. Another quote written by…

years that Pixar made a female the protagonist of a movie (Pols, 2012). The main character, Merida was a princess during the medieval time when females were to be married off at certain age and become domestic. However this was not the case Merida, a tomboy by definition, who was against the tradition of women being married off. Feminism has always and will always be proven a controversial topic until proven…

Scout was a tomboy. She did not enjoy getting dolled up. She rather hang out with the boys than the girls. Her aunt thought she needed a female role model in her life so she came for a visit. “Jem’s growing up now and you are too,” she said to me. “We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won’t be many years, Jean Louise, before you become interested in clothes and boys-” (Lee 127). Scout was not happy about this. She wanted to be her tomboy self. Later, Scout…

person they were meant to be. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character named Jean Louise Finch, called by her nickname, Scout went through many changes in the book. At the beginning, Scout was a six-year-old short-fused tomboy, and later developed into a wise young lady. A stage Scout went through in the beginning of the book was the fighting stage. On Scout’s first day of school, she was frustrated that she got of on the wrong foot with her teacher. She tried to…

The situation set-up is one in which Miley feels that Lily, in order to lead a “normal” social life, needs to embrace a more stereotypical female behavior. The show depicts Lily as a tomboy with her interest in sports and skateboarding. Although they portray her as a tomboy, she is very feminine in appearance. Still, Miley feels that Lily needs to “learn how to be a girl.” Lily is given a makeover in which she dresses and uncomfortably tries to carry herself as a more stereotypical…

There is a quarterback of the football team boy that every girl loves, the smart and sweet boy who is the total charmer, and the tomboy girl with two boy best friends. Jayden is the tomboy. She is tall, brave, and does not care what others think about her. Jayden would much rather play football with the guys than go shopping with the girls. “Devil Danny” is introduced in the novel when he moves in next…

Diary leaves off, though not with the college students. Which I view as an act of mercy on Romero's part. Instead we follow Sarge (Alan Van Sprang), going AWOL from the National Guard with a few of his fellow soldiers, Francisco (Stefano DiMatteo), Tomboy (Athena karkanis) and Kenny (Eric Woolfe). He recounts their actions from the first film, as well as the moments leading up to their decision to go AWOL. Meanwhile on Plumb island, a group of townsfolk lead by Patrick O'Flynn (Kenneth Welsh)…