...TO Kill a Mocking Bird Essay In the novel "To Kill a Mocking Bird" courage is displayed by several characters in many different and unique ways. The characters I found most fascinating displaying an overwhelmingly strong amount of courage in significant ways include Jean Louise Finch (Scout), Jeremy Atticus Finch ( Jem), and Atticus Finch. These three characters are a family which displayed Courage in very unique ways which help amend themselves and others which possibly look up to them (changing opinions for the better). Firstly, Scout demonstrates courage in very momentous ways which include reading to Ms. Dubose, resisting fighting others, and confronting the mob outside of Maycomb jail. Despite the fact that Scout wasn't punished and forced to read to Ms. Dubose; she went there in want of helping her brother out who was punished and forced to read to her ( their thoughts of Ms. Dubose being mean and cruel change when they find out her true desire of dying drug free). Scout's resistance to fight after remembering Atticus's words shows very amazing courage because her favourite thing to do was get into fights with others and show her strength( I drew a bead on him, remembering what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away, "Scout's a cow- ward!" ringing in my ears. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight). Another very momentous way scout demonstrates courage is when she stands up to the mob confronting Atticus at Maycomb jail ; despite being...
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...Our solar system consists of its 8 planets and the sun. Though how do the planets hold themselves in motion. It is simply one of Newton’s laws of motion. As we know now the solar system is heliocentric meaning the sun is in the middle. The mass of the sun creates up 99% of entire solar system. Newton’s law of gravity is that the mass of an object helps determine its gravity. The sun is so huge that over a million earths can fit inside of it. Then you have gravity, gravity is when a bigger object pulls smaller object towards it, which is why we stick to Earth and not float off. So why don't we just get sucked up into the sun? Well the earth is in constant orbit around the sun and every orbit it brings itself a bit closer So thanks to Newton’s first and second the mass of the Earth makes us resist the suns gravitational pull, but not for long as an object in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by a force. Then the sun's gravitational pull grabs hold of the Earth and we go around again and again. This is the same for every planet in our solar system and the planets with higher mass are able to resist more and since they are farther the suns gravitational pull is weaker on them. Over the millions of years the constant change eventually led our solar system to be like...
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...In Harper Lee’s 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, and in Robert Mulligan’s 1962 film adaptation of the same name, although there is a lot of similarities and differences, it is still a very good storyline. Even though many things are left out of the 1962 film, the plot is still well developed and has the same effect on the audience. Three main things that were left out of the movie include: Mrs. Dubose being addicted to opiates, Mrs. Maudie’s house burning, and the children role playing the Radley family. These still have the same effect because they are less dramatic than all the other scenes. In the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Mrs. Dubose is portrayed as being addicted to opiates, yet in the later produced motion picture this information is left out. Mrs. Dubose is a widow who lives in Maycomb, Alabama. She had been addicted for many years and had been told she would not live much longer. Jem has to go read to Mrs. Dubose because he messed up her yard. While Jem reads to her it helps her to forget to take her morphine. Atticus told Jem and Scout “not to hate Mrs. Dubose, because she is a strong woman and it takes courage to quit an addiction.” Although it is in the book to build Jem’s character it is not portrayed in the movie, for in the film Jem’s character is adequately developed through other means like, him being present for the explaining that Tom Robinson had been killed to his family. The understanding of Jem’s character within the book and the film refers to...
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...In Harper Lee’s rites-of-passage novel ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’, the theme of prejudice and injustice is portrayed in many aspects of the narrative, and suggests that out-casts and misfits of society cannot escape the callous effects of discrimination in the conventional town of Maycomb. Through the protagonist’s eyes Jean Louise Finch also known as Scout, we are shown the harsh and insensitive circumstances the victimized in Maycomb. Lee also gives us insight of hope and optimism through individuals who persevere for justice and equality. In the novel, we see Arthur (Boo) Radley constantly victimized by the prejudice of Maycomb’s society. Boo Radley is not accepted nor does he fit into society and from his unusual ways he is wronged and deceived. Boo Radley isolates himself from the people of Maycomb. If Boo chooses to go outside, he will be unfairly viewed as a visitor from abroad because of his mysterious ways. He remains in his home all day and all night because he knows that his society will ridicule him. After being isolated for so many years ‘Arthur Radley was not seen for fifteen years’, Boo is developmentally challenged and has lost his basic social skills. Boo is the object of rumours and is viewed as the town’s erratic figure. The town blames and accuses Boo for any petty crime or unexplained phenomenon. Under the influence of the adults we also see the children speculate over Boo. They describe him as a ‘malevolent phantom’ ‘six-and-a-half feet tall’ with ‘bloodstained’...
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...Kim Huynh – 10 Catherine Year 10 English To Kill A Mocking Bird –Essay “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…” Discuss how Atticus posses the ability to do this, and how Scout develops this skill throughout the text. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scout narrates the story from her perspective as a young child. During the course of the story, Scout finds it difficult to understand different people and their motivations. Atticus, Scouts moral adviser teaches her a valuable lesson on how “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.”(Ch. 3 p.33) Throughout the course of the novel, Atticus conveys his ability to do this and Scouts learns to put his advice into practice with the events of Mrs. Dubose, Mayella Ewell and Arthur Radely. Atticus is able to apply this notion to his children Scout and Jem through the events that occurred involving Mrs. Dubose. She is known in the neighborhood as the ‘meanest old woman who ever lived’ (Ch. 4, p. 39). After being verbally attacked by Mrs. Dubose on several occasions about Atticus “lawing for niggers”(Ch. 11, p. 112) Jem finally loses his temper and beheads her camellias. As a result Jem and Scout have to go read to her daily. Scout never really understood the reason for this particular type of punishment however everything came out into the light following the death of Mrs...
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...The film to kill a mocking bird by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula. Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch,( Gregory Peck). Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of rape. The trial and the events surrounding it are seen through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter Scout (Mary Badham). While Robinson's trial gives the film its momentum. There are plenty of occurrences before and after the court date, Scout's strengthening bond with older brother Jem (Philip Alford), her friendship with young Dill Harris (John Megna), her father's no-nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog. The second most important storyline is Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall), the "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by Robert Ewell (James Anderson), the man who says his daughter Mayella Ewell (Collin Wilcox ) was raped by a black man who is actually innocent but still gets killed for a crime he did not commit . To Kill a Mockingbird was a great classic that won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Peck), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction and really shows throughout the film the reoccurring issues of racism, biased from social class, and stigmas to gender are tested and tried and shows how unfair the world...
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...Thesis Statement: But what particularly frightened him was the sight of a brand-new baby carriage standing there on the porch, with the smug, encroaching air of a coffin; even that was empty, as if, in the reverse course of events, his very bones had disintegrated. I. Such fancies are not foreign to young lives. A. Nature expects a grown man to accept the two black voids, fore and aft. B. In order to enjoy life, we should not imagine too much. II. I rebel against this state of affairs. A. Efforts to distinguish the faintest of personal glimmers in the impersonal darkness of both sides of my life. B. Discovered that the prison of time is spherical and without exits. III. Initially, I was unaware that time, so boundless at first blush, was a prison. A. Bright blocks of memory are formed, affording memory a slippery hold. B. The beginning of reflexive consciousness in the brain of our remotest ancestor must surely have coincided with the dawning of the sense of time. IV. Thus, when the newly disclosed, fresh and trim formula of my own age, four, was confronted with the parental formulas, thirty-three and twenty-seven, something happened to me. A. Felt myself plunged abruptly into a radiant and mobile medium that was none other than the pure element of time. B. Became accurately aware that the twenty-seven-year-old being, in soft white and pink, holding my left hand, was my mother, and that the thirty-three-year-old was my father. C. His left-hand-holder...
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...In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a poignant coming-of-age story about loss of innocence in the character of Scout. Three significant events illustrate this fact. The first example portrayed in the novel occurred when Scout went to the jail to find out what Atticus was up to, only to find that a mob had arrived to lynch Tom Robinson. This event left Scout with the notion of a mob mentality. Another event was the turning point of the story, the trial of Tom Robinson; this defining moment taught Scout of prejudice and injustice. She had only a vague notion of prejudice until the trial. And finally, she experienced a real shock when Bob Ewell attempted to kill both her and Jem. This was malice in its purest form. Ultimately, these were all defining moments for Scout, and her innocence was lost as she was forced to a brutal awareness of the draconian ways of the world. The first example occurs when one evening Atticus crept out of the house. This was unusual because Atticus never went out late at night. Scout and Jem, curious about why Atticus had left incognito, followed him quietly to see what he would do. Neither was prepared for what they discovered: Atticus was guarding the jail that held Tom Robinson to protect him from the likely occurrence of a lynch mob. Well, a mob happened to come along, and they demanded entry to the jail so they could lynch Tom. Not realizing her danger, Scout fended off the mob. In the aftermath, Scout and Jem were having...
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...It’s easy for me to apply this story to my personal life as a teacher. The district that I work in is well known for its affluent personas and well to do neighborhoods. The communities that make up the district are historically middle to upper class communities with white doctor’s lawyers and a sprinkle of Hispanic Americans and other well educated people, historically. In recent years the community has been changing and I’ve noticed a different group of people moving in. It’s being diversified to say the least. Single African American mothers and fathers are now moving in and in my opinion to an extent the community wasn’t prepared for it. The school I work in is a special school for this district. It’s surrounded by homes that are not the norm, not the upper middle class that the older community is made up of. Because the cliental is changing and lots of African Americans are moving in and the community isn’t changing it created a friction in the school at times. The students of these parents which are totally different then what the community is used are constantly faced with prejudice and discrimination. The African American students are constantly judged and have to prove they are not something before they get a chance to show who they truly are. These African American boys are fighting against stereotypes and can be put through extreme circumstances. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are similar to these African American boys at my school. They are characters...
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...real-world economics review, issue no. 58 The Eurozone crisis: Looking through the financial fog with Keynesian glasses Jorge Buzaglo [Sweden] Copyright: Jorge Buzaglo, 2011 You may post comments on this paper at http://rwer.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/rwer-issue-58-jorge-buzaglo/ It is easy to become confused about what is really happening to the European economies. The media are totally focused on financial surface phenomena. Attention is given only to the developments in the financial markets, in particular the growing difficulties of the so called PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) for keeping on financing their government spending by increasing debt — as reflected by increasing spreads in interest rates (e.g. compared with German rates). However, looking just below the surface one discovers that the Eurozone is suffering from a kind of disequilibrium that is similar to the type of imbalance existing in the trade relationship between the US and China. The origin of the US-China imbalance can be found in the huge expansion of credit and debt in the US (a Minsky-type process), which financed a large consumption and import boom — including a boom in imports from China in particular. The vast import boom caused in turn a large US trade deficit and a growing external debt. External debts cannot grow indefinitely; at some point markets judge them unsustainable. With a de facto fixed exchange rate between the dollar and the yuan, the only way available...
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...To Kill a Mockingbird - Complexity To Kill a Mockingbird exhibits many characters and their roles in the city of Maycomb. Among the many characters, are Jem Finch, brother of Jean Louise Finch daughter of Atticus, and Arthur Radley a relative of Nathan Radley. All of the characters in the book demonstrate one-dimensional and three-dimensional tendencies but Jem and Arthur are those that provide the greatest insight to the latter. Jem Finch is a three-dimensional character with symbols of success, virtue and an adverse personality in To Kill a Mockingbird. For example, in the beginning of the book, Jem was aggravated by the then taunting Dill Harris (a young visitor to Maycomb) so that Jem would touch the house of Radley. By touching the Radley house, he proved that he was not afraid and could take on any challenge. When such predicaments come Jem's way he will usually be able to make the best of them successfully. In addition, Jem will lash out in complete contempt for a wrong against his moral conscience, such as Mrs. Dubose slinging blasphemy at Jem's father. A good character must have a sense of morality to defend what is believed to be right, and Jem has this emblematic realism. But, a life-like character must have their weaknesses; and he displayed that on account of Mrs. Dubose's harsh words. Furthermore, in chapter eleven of To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem has to repent his wrongdoing by reading to Mrs. Dubose. Jem's moral obligation takes precedence...
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...Lee, Harper—To Kill a Mockingbird 1960 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee DEDICATION for Mr. Lee and Alice in consideration of Love & Affection Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. Charles Lamb PART ONE 1 When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt. When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out. I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it really began with Andrew Jackson. If General Jackson hadn’t run the Creeks up the creek, Simon Finch would never have paddled up the Alabama, and where would we be if he hadn’t? We were far too old to settle an argument with a fist-fight, so we consulted Atticus. Our father said we were both right. Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings...
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...How symbolism can help you better understand To Kill a Mockingbird In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses symbolism to reveal an overall theme of human dignity. Maycomb County is a typical sleepy southern town that is blinded by the disease of racism. An innocent black man becomes a victim of the disease when he is accused of rapeing a white woman. Firstly the symbols Jem’s pants and the rolly-polly show the important theme of maturation. Furthermore the symbols Tim Johnson and the snowman highlight a theme of destroying racism. Lastly one-shot Finch and the perfect white waxy camellia symbolize true courage. Harper Lee uses Jem’s pants and the rolly-polly as symbols to convey a theme of maturation. Jem and Scout where in the Radley’s backyard trying to get a look at Boo Radley when Jem see’s a shadow the children immediately flee form the house. As the children were running through the collards as they hear the roar of a shotgun. As Jem and Scout are fleeing the scene Jem’s pants gets caught in the fence and he has to leave it in their backyard if he wants to survive. Later that night he says how he needs to go back and retrieve his pants not for him but for Atticus, “‘Atticus ain’t never whipped me ever since I can remember, and I wanta keep it that way.’” (Lee 75). He goes back to get his pants to keep his relation shit with Atticus. There is a evident theme maturation in Jem at this point, from when he thought turtles could not feel, too now when he is showing...
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...William Qi English Honors 12/17/12 Block C To Kill a Mockingbird Essay How does the theme of “appearance vs. reality’ play a role in this story? Have you ever heard of the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover?” Many people have, yet they still treat people unfairly without getting to know them. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author is able to use the theme of appearance vs. reality to portray many characters in the book in a relationship that can give readers two different sides of a person. For the residents of Maycomb County, Boo Radley is rumored to be a malevolent phantom that mutilates animals, stalks people at night, and runs with the rebellious crowds before he was locked up in his room. Although, the children have never seen Boo Radley, Jem speculates that “Boo was about six and a half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels… that are why his hands are bloodstained… There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time (pg 16).” This description shows how misguided they are due to the outrageous myths about Boo spread around town by adults. However, as the story moves forward, more insight on the real character of Boo is revealed through various incidents. When Jem and Scout were walking home one day, Jem finally confesses what happened to his pants that night when they tried to sneak a...
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