Character Analysis Of Theodore Freak, By Theodore Finch

To hide our guilt and put the blame on others has always been in human nature, To Kill A Mockingbird, demonstrates this throughout the book giving life to the famous quote, “to kill a mockingbird is a sin”. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, has character Tom Robinson, a black man in a racist town, Maycomb, Alabama a victim of racism and being taken advantaged upon for his skin colour. Boo Radley, an antisocial, kind-hearted man being a symbol of good-hearted nature is also victim to mockery for the way he lives his life. Finally there is Dolphus Raymond, a man who has chosen to act as a drunk for a reason why he should love his black wife. All these characters have one thing in common, they all have have stayed out of the town's business and have done nothing but gone about there in peace. Though they live in peace by themselves, they are mocked, oppressed, and deemed unlivable with because of what they look like or how they live.

“The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance” – Shannon L. Alder. The novel, Hoops by Walter Dean Myers, follows the life of Lonnie Jackson, a high school student from Harlem who has an unusually impressive talent for playing basketball. Lonnie’s goal in life is more than just being one of the best players to ever hit the court; for Lonnie wishes to create a new life for himself– one that is free from the struggles of Harlem streets. This goal along with his environment bring constant conflicts in Lonnie’s journey, which gradually develops his character from self-centered to compassionate. Lonnie’s professional relationship with Cal Jones as well as his bond with Paul and Mary-Ann guide him on how to both become a respected player and how to grow up into a noble man.

“Mom said to Smell Factor, ‘Hey. Hey! Stop playing with your food.’ Smell Factor was head-banging with the feed music and turning his bunny plate around and around with his little pudgy fingers.”

According to The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 7 in 10 black people feel that their race has been a disadvantage in their life (np). This statistic is clearly evident in A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines. Set in Louisiana, the book centers around a black community that was trying to survive in a society set up to defeat them. A young black man named Jefferson was convicted of a murder that he didn’t commit and was sentenced to death, all because of his race. Jefferson was called a hog in front of the entire court, and Grant, a teacher, was given the job of making Jefferson into a man before his execution. Other people of color in their community struggled to feed their kids, get a proper education, and live

The worker contacted Jimmy Stephens who is the father of Wanda Stephens. Mr. Stephen stated “Wanda is a very good mother, one of the best I’ve ever seen she keeps those children clean, her house clean, and my grandchildren are very well mannered and well behaved. “Wanda doesn’t do any drugs or drink, she doesn’t let that stuff around her and the kids. And my granddaughter Briana has never displayed to me she could or do anything inappropriate with other children and Briana has always been open to speak to Wanda about anything if something was wrong she would of talked to Wanda because that how close they are.”

The famous quote from Anne Frank, “parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands,” couldn’t be truer to Harper Lee’s character, Scout Finch. Throughout the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Scout Finch changes and grows both emotionally and socially with the help of her friends and family.

Counting by 7s’ main character is Willow Chance, a little girl who has lost two sets of parents in her short life – she never knew her blood parents and her adoptive ones die in a terrible accident. She is all alone in the world apart from Dell, a school counsellor whose therapy methods are completely unprofessional; and from a couple of new friends she has met recently. Those friends are the siblings Mai and Quang-ha (who is also seeing Dell for his disruptive behaviour) who end up convincing their mother Pattie to take care of Willow temporarily.

To really understand someone's point of view, you have to walk in their shoes. People cast blame without knowing the whole truth. Sometimes the truth is that the person blamed is as innocent as a Mockingbird. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch was used to teaching us good behaviors such as being a committed and loving father, treating everyone fairly and equally, and standing behind his beliefs.

“Treat others the way you want to be treated.” These words are a famous saying; but, not all people treat others the way they would want to be treated. In fact, Julian in the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio, and Alexia often called Lexie, in the book Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea, share lots of similarities. Lexie is a girl who has divorced parents going through rough times and becomes a drama queen while, Julian is rich and has a mother who fights for his actions. Lexie and Julian are both really similar because they're both very mean and popular.

Scout Finch was an amazing character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. As the narrator of the story, she allows the reader to truly get inside her mind and see what she was thinking the moment she went through them. The story took place in a small city called Maycomb during the Great Depression. Scout was 6 years old when the novel began, so the reader can imply she’s going to be one mischievous character that we will later see grow into a fine young lady, and that’s exactly what we saw. During the duration of the novel, Scout goes through things and learns lessons that help shape her to fit her role in society.

In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus raised his kids different then most townspeople would expect. For example, he doesn’t make Scout act like a girl, he lets them run all around town, and they are influenced by an African American woman. He doesn’t make Scout act like a girl. Scout doesn’t act or dress like the typical girl during that time period. A lot of people would disagree with the way she acts.

Jimmy Carroll is a teenager who had many bad experiences all through his high school year and that affected him mentally. With all the drugs that he in talked to help his relief and stress from his problems it affected him physically. Jimmy and his best friend Bobby told each other everything however they weren’t like atypical best friend. They did everything together and after Jimmy’s best friend Bobby passed away everything started to go downhill from there.

To Kill a Mockingbird I believe that Atticus Finch is a very empathetic character. Finch shows many ways in which he empathizes with others around him. This display of empathy is very prominent in his work and in his everyday conversations with his children. This impacts the novel because he wouldn’t have ever taken the case of Tom Robinson, proclaimed so many of his wise quotes or even handled Bob Ewell with such grace. Atticus has become the face of empathy in this book and without it the book wouldn’t exist the same way we know it.

Inspiration can come in many forms. It can be defined by various characteristics that cause us to think about what we as a person would do under the same circumstances and hope that we as a person can live up to that. Inspiration is the moral courage to stand up against all odds and prove that humanity, justice, honesty, and compassion prevail. Atticus Finch, a single father and lawyer of integrity did just that. He is a true brilliance of what moral courage is. Searching for the meaning of encouragement, I found a quote by Eric A. Burns, Gossamer Commons, 08-12-05 that concludes, “Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.”

Classic stories have a protagonist who involuntarily steps into struggles, obstacles, and times of self-reflection. The reader envisions the character throughout the plot fighting barriers and instinctively discovers how the character progresses from the beginning, many times having to face personal conflict, to see positive change in the end. In Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird, the main focus and perspective are from Scout who comes face to face with challenges along her journey. She must learn to become the person who she wants to be without the negative impacts of the environment and traditional values she succumbs to. Through the significance of the Cunningham’s, Reverend Sykes, and Miss Maudie, the juxtaposition Scout embraces among these characters help her grow to understand the importance of seeing the