...society and influences their views to believe what is correct or incorrect. Society has a role in everyone’s life,...
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...can’t. Among the many characters found in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is my favorite. She is the narrator of the novel, and her point of view can be amusing, but she also shifts your own point of view to consider things from hers. Scout is a young girl who ages from eight to nearly ten throughout the story, and embarks on a journey of adventure and discovery. Scout is a young tomboy who is bursting with curiosity, and always learning something new. Her naivety is amusing and childish and she expresses it frequently. “Miss Caroline, he’s a Cunningham.” (Scout 20). She expects everyone to know everything, often landing herself in awkward situations and receiving punishments for her efforts. Scout unintentionally wraps herself in trouble and always has to find a way out of it...or learn a lesson. This habit of hers is amusing and entertaining to...
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...who we want to be and to understand the meaning of our childhood. On our short journey in the world we meet many people and are around others that have a place in the adult we are going to be. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the author suggests that when we are children, we are exposed to many situations too large for our understanding but that it takes experiences to comprehend the meaning of such situations. This is revealed through the narration of Jean Louise Finch and her take on events in the novel. When children are young they view things from a very innocent and naive point of view, yet they are very set in their ways. Scout Finch is presented throughout the novel as a young tom boy living with her older brother and father. In the novel Scout approaches things in a rebellious way, she acts very quickly on her emotions and doesn’t think before she says things. Scout has a history of fighting, wearing overalls and not caring about the way she looks or how she presents herself. She is not doesn’t like being something that she isn’t and in Scout’s case she doesn’t like being a lady. “There was no doubt about it, I must soon enter this world, where on its surface fragrant ladies rocked slowly, fanned gently, and drank cool water. But I was more at home in my father's world” (313). Scout’s curious mind carries her through life asking questions that fathom even her role models. Scout blossoms in the book to come to an understanding of the meaning of being mature...
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...Pure, glistening, and iridescent is the time one is wholly innocent. Adolescence lasts only a few brief years; then begins the impending journey of leaving naivety to contribute to society. Along this passage, the traveler must endure, question, and experience both the mountains and the valleys life has to offer while being guided by escorts such as morals, mentors, and memories. The adventurer’s early findings are their foundation. From there, all discoveries build on that foundation opening the door to make the transition from adolescence to a less innocent status. Scout and Jem Finch, two of the protagonists in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, must endure this evolution with the help of their father. Atticus, an honest and righteous...
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...experiences of characters, good and bad alike. Most specifically, Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch embarks on a journey throughout the story in which she gains the ability to do just this. Living in the 1930’s town of Maycomb, she witnesses the harsh racism towards those of color, and experiences other strict societal norms that the time period entails, such as gender roles, which she doesn’t seem to abide by. As a risk-taking child, growing up under the influence of her older brother Jem, the two children attempt a fairly...
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...During the plotline of this book, To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus defends a colored man, Tom Robinson. This decision will not only change Tom’s life, but Atticus's life, the lives of his children, and the view of the town. However, was it a good idea for Atticus to defend Tom Robinson? Yes, it was a step in the right direction getting away from discrimination and towards equal treatment. Being a moral man it gave him the right lessons to teach his children of right and wrong. Even though the real world at that time was racist and dangerous for those that didn’t share the common view. To begin with, even in today’s society we are a far way away from a perfect non discrimination society. What Atticus did by defending Tom Robinson was one step in a journey of a thousands...
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...in the first grade I joined the Cub Scouts. That marked the beginning of my long and fulfilling journey to becoming an Eagle Scout. After a few years of Cub Scouts I was eligible to become a Boy Scout. I attended meetings and camps and finally climbed the ranks high enough to become eligible to apply to become an Eagle. Earning my Eagle Scout award was one of the greatest accomplishments of my life, and it marked a transition from my childhood to adulthood. The road to becoming an Eagle Scout was not easy. It took a great amount of time and dedication. As a Cub Scout I learned the basics, such as treating others with respect and how to build a fast pinewood derby car. Boy Scouts was much different than Cub Scouts. During Boy Scouts I started to learn how to be a man. Every year I would continue to see my friends drop out of boy scouts for many different reasons, but I pushed forward with my eyes on the ultimate goal of Eagle Scout. For my Eagle Scout...
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...of holy order that all young Singapore pre-National Servicemen had to undergo as a preparation before the actual military service. He was certainly ahead of his time and who would have thought the institution he created in 1967 is now one of the leading institutions that shape character and leadership for people of all walks of life and age. My early experiences and exposure of the outdoors was through Boy Scouts. I was conscripted into the boy scouts unit when I was in secondary 2, though there was no scout unit in my secondary school. This was to be made possible as I joined an Open unit, which was open to students of secondary school who had no scout unit in its premises. My very simple reason for wanting to join the Boy Scouts unit were to have a chance to experience the outdoors, get close to nature, be skilled in craftsmanship (I learnt that I would learn to tie knots, pitch tents, use a stove, operate kerosene lamps, learn some survival skills and many more), as well as forge friendship and brotherhood with others. I was curious about expeditions, mountain climbing trips and wondered what it would be like to trek through one. My years in Scouts opened my eyes and ears and introduced to me a world I had only read in books and seen on television. I recall my experiences at Mt Ophir and Gunung Tahan with a lot of fond memory. I also recall our trips to Pulau Tekong when it was still open to civilians before it was gazetted by the government for military training. I recall...
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...In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout Finch Lives in Maycomb County, an imaginary town in southern Alabama during the 1930’s. She lives with her father Atticus and her brother Jem. The story is set in the great depression which affects the lives of the all the characters throughout the story. Scout has many teaches throughout the book which include Atticus, Calpurnia, and Miss Caroline. All of these character play a huge and effective role in Scout’s life. Atticus Finch is a lawyer for Maycomb County and is a widower due to the death of Scout's mother. He is a teacher to Scout not only because he is her father, but because of the lessons he teaches her. For example, Lee writes, “... do you think I could face my children otherwise?... I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough." (pg. 117) Later in this scene, we find out that Scout was standing hidden listening to the whole thing, and Atticus wanted that. This shows that Atticus is teaching Scout how to deal with people who dislike her dad due to him defending a black man in court. He wants his kids to do the right thing all of the time even though society disagrees....
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...Celie's hardship journey throughout the novel “The Color Purple” has similar attributes as the ones in the novel by Harper Lee, “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Both of the female protagonists have similar personalities. They learn to be strong for themselves and other people. “The Color Purple” and “ To Kill A Mockingbird” both have dynamic characters that have similar ways of becoming stronger as a person and becoming a better human being. One of the major similarities between both the novels is the setting the books are in. Both are set in the deep South.”To Kill A Mockingbird” was set in Alabama, while “To Kill A Mockingbird” was set in Georgia. The year would be around the 1930’s. The time where slavery was very much going on. A difference that Scout and Celie was they were both on different sides of slavery. Scout was white, while Celie was black....
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...William Faulkner, Harper Lee, and Eudora Welty. William Faulkner’s story “A Rose for Emily”, Eudora Welty’s story “A Worn Path”, and Harper Lee's book To Kill A Mockingbird are three southern gothic books that show southern gothic writing. In “A Worn Path”, “A Rose for Emily”, and To Kill A Mockingbird the authors use the element of horror to scare and surprise the reader. Without a doubt there are many ways to make someone think of what you want them to think of just by using words. Eudora Welty makes you think that someone is going to get killed and that the story will end sad. In “A Worn Path” the main character Phoenix goes on this journey to get her grandson’s medication. Phoenix is an old negro woman, she has hallucinations on her journey and isn’t afraid of anything. This story shows horror being used because on her journey she runs into a young white hunter and his dog. When she is walking, she hears a dog and turns around. The dog then jumps up and pushes her into a ditch. The dog’s owner comes along and helps her up. However,when he finds out where she is going,(into town), he tells her to go home because it is too far. When she refuses to go home he points his gun at her. She just stood there and stared at the gun. He said “Doesn't the gun scare you?” She replied, “No, sir, I seen plenty go off closer by, in my day, and for less than what I have done” You would think that she was going to get killed and that she would...
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...In the story by Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout matures throughout the story as she learns many morals and new values through experience and practice. To grow into the person Scout became by the end of the book, it wouldn’t have happened without Atticus Calpurnia and all their friends, family and neighbors. She observes behavior that quite often bewilders her, as she goes through a series of maturing experiences. She begins to comprehend that not all people act, or have the same beliefs as her. As she grew she started to think about other people's perspective, putting herself in their shoes. She’d learned this from her father at the start of the book. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee 30) Through compassion and sympathy with others she’s had a better understanding of their perspective. Scout learns compassion and sympathy through a few events;...
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...such thing as a perfect person, but in Jem and Scouts eyes Atticus was perfect. Harper Lee, in the book To Kill a Mockingbird, shows Atticus is a perfect father through characterization by being kind, gentle, and caring. Atticus is a kind hearted father to his kids Jem and Scout. Throughout the story his kind heartedness never changes even with all the stress that he has going on in his life. Some of this stress comes from him being a lawyer for Maycomb county Alabama. He is working on a case that causes a lot of stress and emotion. He is also always worrying about Jem and Scout. This stress escalates when Dill comes into town and becomes instant friends with Jem and Scout. He is still kind hearted though and offers Dill food because he is like a kid to Atticus. Atticus knows that Jem and Scout care about Dill so he helps him out by giving him food and looking out for him and sometimes giving fatherly advice. When Dill shows up and Scout offers him some food Atticus says to her “Scout we can do better than a pan of cold corn bread, can’t we? You fill this fellow up and when i get back we’ll see what we can see. (pg. 160)” Atticus knew that Dill had gone through a lot, and had a long hard journey. He knew that Dill needed the food and was being kind by offering it after Dill had run away. This shows that Atticus is caring even to someone who just ran away from his family. When Calpurnia and Atticus found Jem, Scout, and Dill at the trial Atticus knew that they...
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...person’s life. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many characters, specifically young Scout Finch, experience this. Scout faces many realizations and changes with the help of people, such as her father, Atticus Finch. Throughout her journey of growing up and maturing, Scout learns and experiences many things through the people around her. Scout Finch matures and changes her perspective on people, prejudices, and Boo Radley. People can have many different sides and opinions that can change and show at only certain times. While in the process of growing up and maturing, Scout realizes and experiences this in many people, specifically her aunt, her father, and Calpurnia. One thing that Scout...
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...in real life. For example, there are many controversial types of courage shown in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To Kill A Mockingbird is about the people who live in an imaginary town in Alabama, called Maycomb, during the Great Depression. When racism and justice collide head on in Atticus’s courtroom, it is important to be courageous and brave no matter what the circumstances. Three examples of courage from the book are, when Jem stands up to save Atticus at the jailhouse, Boo Radley secretly laying the blanket over Scout, and Mrs. Dubose quitting her morphine addiction. The first...
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