What makes people do what they do? What makes people say what they say; furthermore, what makes people who they are? Courage is what causes all of these things. Courage is what causes Jamal Wallace to break into the apartment of recluse and former writer William Forrester on a dare before he gets caught and the whole story begins. Forrester has not stepped foot from his apartment for years, yet Wallace does not give up and eventually breaks the mold; meanwhile, Forrester creates a writer of Wallace
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Courage and fear are both very evident themes in the novel Tomorrow When The War Began. It is a story about eight teenagers from the bush who spend 5 days camping in an isolated region, come home and find their town overrun and controlled by enemy forces. Courage involves real risks or a change of heart or character, e.g. Fi & Robyn. Courage is evident when the stakes are high and necessary action is required to overcome adversity & discover personal strength. This is shown on page 133 when Robyn
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In many ways animals and nature can be used to symbolize humans. In this novel the three children learn about how there is unfairness in Maycomb. The book To Kill A Mockingbird, the mockingbird symbolizes three individual people. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee the three characters that symbolize the mockingbird are Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, And Boo Radley. The character Tom Robinson was a black man who was poor and ended up being a victim of prejudice and racism. Heck Tate was
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Standing up for something that you believe in means that you found something that is worth fighting for. The quote “stand up for what you believes in, even if it means standing alone,” relates perfectly to the book “The Legacy of Luna,” by Julia Butterfly Hill, which is about her two year tree-sit in a redwood tree named Luna. Throughout her sit, Hill encountered many difficulties including freezing rains and 40 mph winds, helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards cutting
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Innocents In the book To Kill A Mockingbird,by Harper Lee she uses a lot of symbolism throughout her story. Symbolism is a literary device where the author uses an object to stand for an idea. One of Lee’s famous symbol is an mockingbird.A mockingbird is a symbol of innocent. In her novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Tom Robinson, Mayella Ewell and Boo Radley as human “mockingbirds” to contribute to the overall theme of innocence. The first character Harper Lee uses is Tom Robinson
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about siblings Scout and Lee who learn how bad racism is in the South and how whites treat African Americans. The story is being told from the older version of Scout as she reflects on her past. During this book, the author tries to shed light on racism in the South and how some people will stand up for blacks and help them. Robert Mulligan, the director of the movie version of this book, creates a good movie but adds and removes scenes and characters who he
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In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, one of the many themes expressed throughout the book is people learn things through the experiences of our elders. First, Aunt Alexandra is teaching Scout how to be kind. When Scout wants to bring Walter home for dinner, Aunt Alexandra tell her: “I didn’t say not to be nice to him. You should be friendly and polite to him, you should be gracious to everybody, dear. But you don’t have to invite him home.” (Lee 224). Aunt Alexandra is demonstrating to Scout
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A mockingbird is a quiet animal that does does a better job at listening than other birds. In Harper Lee’s Coming-Of-Age fictional novel To Kill A Mockingbird, I feel like the mockingbird symbolizes Boo Radley and Tom Robinson the most, who were both peaceful people who never wanted to hurt anybody or anything. To harm an honest person or creature would be a sin. Scout's dad, Atticus, tells Scout and Jem, "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird
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“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is an immensely heart-wrenching and thought-provoking novel. The novel is narrated by “Scout” Finch, and includes stories about her life with her brother Jem and friend Dill. Through the eyes of these children, we learn about profound topics such as racism, justice, prejudice and social inequality. I loved this book. Although it was agonizing to learn about justice and equality, it was important to learn how the implementation of these themes had a massive
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Atticus had once said that “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,” (Ch 9, pg 76). In the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee Tom Robinson (a black man) was accused of raping Mayella (a white girl) in Maycomb County Alabama during the Great Depression. Atticus ( a white lawyer) was chosen to defend this black man in court. Many people supported this decision and many were against it due to the time period where Whites believed
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