Atticus...the Brave Did you know that courage is evoked when something frightens someone? Atticus shows courage throughout the novel in the midst of his fears. Thus being, a single father, a lawyer for a black man, and keeping everyone safe. In fact, Atticus wasn’t the only person who displayed courage. Despite the courageous events made by the other characters in the novel, Atticus still exhibits the most types of courage. Atticus demonstrates moral courage when defending Tom Robinson’s case.
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The Scarlet Ibis is a short story about a baby named Doodle who’s born with disabilities and how his brother and family treat him. Doodle is very determined, and wanted to be like everyone else. He learns and copies many things that his brother did. Throughout my essay I’m going to show how Doodle becomes a part of the family and learns how to do many things that are hard for him, but simple tasks that are easy for his family and regular people. Doodle is determined to learn new things. Since
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Tom Robinson is a great guy. That’s half the reason I agreed to help him. No matter what race, religion, etc. that you are should make others think they can make your life miserable. Although I know that Tom and I most likely won’t be winning the trial, I still feel the need to do this for him. If I don’t, I know that I will look back and realize that I should have helped him because I know he won’t have the right to a fair trial and no other attorney will want to help him. What upsets me the most
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In the book, The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen, Hannah Stern, changes drastically. She started out as an ill-mannered and arrogant 13 year old, but towards the end she became more appreciative and knowledgeable about her religion and family. The book begins with Hannah being disinterested in, and even embarrassed by, her Jewish heritage and family. “All Jewish holidays are about remembering, Mama. I’m tired of remembering” Says Hannah (Yolen pg 4). While at the dinner table Hannah is very
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The former correction officer Brian Coll was sentenced to 30 years in prison after kicking an inmate in the head while being held down by other officers. Ronald Spear died due to the kick from Brian Coll. Ronald Spear was a pretrial detainee at Rikers island in the infirmary unit when he was killed in 2012. Coll and Spear got into an altercation where Coll tackled Spear while other inmates got control of the situation. During the altercation this is where Coll repeatedly kicked spear in the head
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One example that people have to be adults to understand the world is Scout, a young 7 year old who does not always understand everything in front of her. In one case was when Scout had dinner with Walter Cunningham. “Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what on Sam hill he was doing” (32). Scout does not realize how rude she is being in this setting. She thinks that she is just asking a everyday question
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In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the character Boo Radley is widely misunderstood by Scout, but as the novel progresses, her changing perspectives of him show how she is growing up. Boo Radley is originally thought of as a myth- a “malevolent phantom” that was locked away inside the Radley house, but when Scout and Jem start finding presents in the knot-hole of a Radley oak tree, Scout realizes that it could be no other person than Boo who was leaving the presents (9). A few
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As racism has changed, it has become more discreet, causing younger people to be ignorant to the racism that is being practiced today. Harper Lee does an astounding job of weaving racism throughout her novel To Kill A Mockingbird. In Maycomb County, snow is an extremely rare occurrence, so when snowflakes fall from the sky, siblings Jem and Scout Finch have a magical first experience with snow. Naturally, the young children decide to build a snowman. “‘Jem, I ain’t ever
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In life there are people who test and push others and then there are those who can help others. In To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows this. Prejudice in this novel is described as the "simple hell people give other people without even thinking." The novel powerfully portrays examples of reachable and social prejudice through the experiences of the characters: Tom Robinson, Scout, and Boo Radley. In this novel, Lee puts one man on this road of a simple hell. A very poor family that doesn't
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In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how the theme of ignorance and be connected to many different topics relating to the original theme. Ignorance can be tied with many other topics throughout the entirety of the book. Such as guilt or knowledge. Those are two many that could be discussed. Closely linked to the theme of prejudice, are issues of guilt and innocence, for the same ignorance that creates racist beliefs underlies assumptions of guilt. The most obvious instance is the case of Tom
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