perspectives and seeing the world in a different way is an important part of life. Coming-of-age involves recognizing different perspectives. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout is an example of a character whose coming-of-age process involves gaining a different perspective. Scout’s maturity can be proven when To Kill a Mockingbird says, “I carefully picked up the tray and watched myself walk to Mrs. Merriweather. With my best company manners, I asked her if she would have some” (Lee 318)
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surrounding them. Others reach this stage by experiencing an event or events that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Examples of coming of age can be found in many stories, books, and magazines throughout literature. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and “Beautiful Brains” by David Dobbs are excellent examples of literature that contain the trait coming-of-age. Coming-of-age involves recognizing different perspectives.
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In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, there was plenty of misunderstanding, prejudice, stereotype, and bias. But misunderstanding was an idea that came up the most. To Kill A Mockingbird shows misunderstanding in society from a child’s point-of-view and not an adult’s point-of-view because adults are more mature and they don’t have as much imagination as a child does. This is shown from a child’s point-of-view because children have more creativity and are more energetic than adults. In society,
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In the novel Flush, Carl Hiaasen used revealing actions in order to introduce characters. In the beginning of the story, the beginning setting is in jail with Noah coming to visit his dad. An example of how they use revealing action to introduce characters in when Noah says “That’s because you sunk his boat”. In this passage, Noah was talking to his dad on father's day referring to how his dad sunk the Coral queen a gambling boat owned by Dusty Muleman. The author Carl Hiaasen tries to portray Paine
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In “Something Wicked his Way Comes” Jim Nightshade is part of a mythological illusion. The quotes, “they did not see how bright was the second “wax” boy’s stare was” (Bradbury 240) and “inside the wax museum, Jim had not moved, had not blinked.” shows Jim Nightshade compared to wax. Jim compared to wax can be associated to the Greek Myth of Icarus. Son Daedalus, Icarus and his father escaped the prison Island of King Mines by making wings of feathers and wax. Charles Halloway could be associated
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Is Atticus Finch a great man or is he just respected because of his race? Many great traits makeup his personality, and well being. Atticus is courageous, caring, and stubborn. Atticus Finch stands up for an African American man in the 1930’s. The 1930’s were a time when some people were treated unfairly because of their skin color. Atticus Finch is courageous because he represented an African American in the time of racism and segregation. Atticus defended Tom Robinson for the rape of Mayella
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conflicts have occurred involving race, class, and gender. People from all ages have fought and argued over the issue of equality. A person’s class, gender, or race can affect whether they are powerful or powerless. Harper Lee, the author To Kill a Mockingbird, discusses the idea of power primarily through the character Mayella Ewell. Mayella, a white woman, accuses a black man of raping her. While Mayella is white, she is not powerful because she is a low class female who must live with an abusive
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In Mary Oliver’s poem, “Some Questions You Might Ask”, Oliver discusses the common beliefs regarding souls, and analyzes them logically. The speaker utilizes rhetorical questions, as well as Juxtaposition to portray to the reader that souls are highly unknown, and they are likely not exclusive to only humans. The speaker begins the poem by juxtaposing strong rhetorical questions that force the reader to think about the concept of souls. The speaker asks, “Is the soul solid, like iron?/ Or is it tender
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We all know the old cliche to judge a book by it's cover you don't know the story in till you read it. You don't a person till you talk to them and get to know them. You can't judge a person by their appearance. In Harper lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird she drive this point home by using a racist courtroom to teach us not to judge people by the color of their skin. Harper lee uses the setting to show us racist em. She uses a small southern town, a all white jury, white lawyers and a white judge.
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An outsider is someone who is distinct or different from everyone else, who takes a peculiar approach to life than others, whether it be good or bad. Someone could be an outsider even if they were an outstanding basketball player because they have something different from everyone else. An outsider is like the dog that doesn’t get picked by people because of how it looks, it is misjudged. Outsiders are not misunderstood, they are rather misjudged by society, like the dog. Outsiders are being misjudged
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