Truman Capote

Title The definition of courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. Courage is shown many times throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. During the time in the book it is hard for some families because of socials classes. To really be courageous, someone has to go against the norm. In the novel, Tom Robinson, Atticus, and Boo Radley are all courageous people and it is shown through their actions. Each of these people try and help people even if it is not what the…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes the childhood of Scout Finch and growing up in a small southern town. Throughout the story, Scout’s father, Atticus Finch, was characterized as a model parent through many scenes and stories. Providing contrast, Bob Ewell, the father of the poorest white family in Maycomb, was shown as a counterexample to the qualities of a good father. To Kill a Mockingbird explores the theme of being an objective, just, and loving father through the character of…

In John Steinbeck's nobel prize acceptance speech Steinbeck claims that writers who do not believe in the capability of man’s perfectibility aren’t dedicated to literature. Although Steinbeck made this claim, after reading his fictional novel, Of Mice and Men, he doesn’t convey his same belief with the characters in the book. The book is filled with characters that are flawed in some way or another. Some may have that capability but there are some that don’t in this book by Steinbeck. With that…

As I read Chasing Lincoln’s Killer I found myself going along with the detectives and killer of President Lincoln. First as the story in the book starts you are with John Wilkes Booth when he finds out that president Lincoln is coming to the play that night. So he is rushing around town to get his plan together by recruiting his team for the triple assassination of the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. While you tail along for the first few chapters of only Booth and his…

Confrontation Versus Accommodation Desmond Tutu says “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chose the side of the oppressor.” Scout, main character of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Skeeter, main character of the movie The Help by Tate Taylor, both demonstrate their agreement to this statement in different ways. To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in the 1930s during the Great Depression and Jim Crow laws. Discrimination and prejudice thrives in the small,…

Symbolism The title, To Kill a Mockingbird, has little connection to the actual plot, yet it holds great symbolic weight in the book. The story is based off of innocents destroyed by evil, making the mockingbird the symbol for innocence. A number of characters can be represented by a mockingbird throughout the book, including Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and the mad dog. The connection made between the title and the main theme of the novel is made explicit in the novel multiple times. After Tom…

All men were created equal but throughout history that became just an idea not a fact. In the south racism has always been an issue, especially in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Racism is shown through Aunt Alexandria’s treatment towards Calpurnia, the outcome of Tom Robinson’s trial and simply in town life. Calpurnia is the colored woman who works for the Finch family as the cook. She has worked there for many years and is part of the family. When Aunt Alexandria moves in she is rude and…

Zion Laoo William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, is about the struggle of applying order, leadership, and civilization when there is no higher order to answer to. At a young age children learn the basic rule of being a good citizen by learning the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Robert Fulgham’s points out this early development of order in his poem, “Everything I Ever Learned I Learned in Kindergarten.” Fulgham’s poem points out that we learn to clean up our own mess,…

In Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mocking Bird," the main character, Scout, changes a lot as she grows and learns new things. As you follow her life, her views as a child versus her views as an older girl, are quite different. Even as a young child she is very capable of understanding some things, that would be missed by other children. Even so she is still a child, and is entitled to her fantasies. This is impart because of her curiosity and willingness to learn, and partly because of Atticus. As she…

Alice Walker, who was conceived in Eatonton, Georgia in 1944, is a Pulitzer Prize winning creator. Walker's innovative vision is taken from her past encounters and she utilizes them as a part of her books. "The Flowers," a short story from the accumulation titled In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women, was composed about Myop a ten year old African American young lady whose guardians were poor tenant farmers in country Georgia amid an increased time of racial viciousness. “The Flowers” is a…