Truman Doctrine

The action of killing a mockingbird embodies the idea of ones’s innocence being compromised and succumbing to evil.To kill a mockingbird is not only a sin, but also when referring to a person it symbolizes their loss of innocence which is shown in the novel by Harper Lee. This symbol demonstrates the theme of one’s purity being lost due to the exposure of evil such as injustice and prejudice. Mockingbirds are friendly, harmless birds, when killing one someone has harmed something that was…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story that follows a young girl named Scout Finch narrated by her older self. She grows up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. The biggest event the book follows surrounds the court trial of a Black man that Scout’s father is legally defending. The book revolves around the racism that is involved in the case during the Great Depression era. The first literary device shown in this book flashback. The book seems to be mostly in flashbacks from Scout’s…

To Kill a Mockingbird In 2009, the Sentencing Project discovered that two-thirds of the people in the U.S who have life sentences are non-white, showing that race has an affect on how a person is treated. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout Finch are just starting to figure things out in Maycomb County. They are finding out that not everyone is the same, and that some people have different beliefs than others. Also Scout and Jem are seeing things like race have an…

The Giver and Truman Show Imagine being pulled into a life with zero privacy. And then you find out that your friends aren’t really your friends. They’re just acting like they are your friends. And then see someone you love and care about taken away. Or to see one of your parents taken by death. Or never get to meet them. In The Giver and in The Truman Show the main character’s have to deal with these type of problems. The main character for the Giver is Jonas. In the Truman show the main…

Most people don’t actually know what courage is. Many think being courageous is just about doing something you are scared to, and of course, that is being courageous, but that’s not all it’s about. It may take some time, or even a whole book, like the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, to fully comprehend the meaning of courage. After understanding this, one may change their way of thinking about courage and courage in the world, just like Scout did. An event that Scout saw made her…

Throughout all of history, society has been the main thing shaping how people think about things and view others. Things were no different in 1930s Maycomb, as shown in To Kill a Mockingbird, when the U.S. was struggling through the Great Depression and deeply-rooted racism ran rampant around every corner. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many characters are influenced by society, but none as much as our narrator, a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, who is commonly referred to as Scout.…

The town of Holcomb and surrounding cities really focuses on religion as a society. The Clutters go to church every Sunday and the one time that they didn’t, well, they were strictly unable. With church being the center of everything, it had become part of everyone’s social life and not just their Sunday life. Even during the trial of Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, the religious aspect of the town stayed with them through it all. Throughout the entirety of the first section of In Cold Blood,…

Authors incorporate arguments into their works that readers can respond to. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the arguments presented is that people will reject the truth to please society and others. This argument is demonstrated when Dill and Scout meet Dolphus Raymond, when the court finds Tom Robinson guilty, and when Heck Tate declares Mr. Ewell’s death as an accident rather than a murder. During the case, Jem orders Scout to take Dill and leave the courtroom because Dill…

In the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, many different families are depicted throughout the book. These families, and especially the children, show how the values of the parents are reflects in their children’s behavior. Many of the children in the book act in ways of which Harper Lee clearly disapproves, while others seem to be struggle to embody the good values their parents demonstrate. In particular, Scout and Jem, Dill, and Burris Ewell provide clear examples of…

Throughout the course of the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the main characters, Jem and Scout, change their views on the not so fair world they thought they lived in. In the beginning of the book, both Jem and Scout thought everyone was treated fairly and are as innocent as they are. The author, Harper Lee creates crazy events for Jem and Scout to face, that ultimately change their views on the world and also help them grow as people. Through the use of child-like innocence and point of view,…