Growing Up In 'To Kill A Mockingbird And Bangs'

We often don’t realize the harmful aspects that come along with growing up. Billy Collins’ poem, “On Turning Ten” elaborates on this idea and conveys how these aspects affect us. In his poem, the speaker is about to turn the age of ten, making him realize he is no longer like his younger self. As the speaker explains the frightening idea of turning ten, he also reminisces about his happy childhood. The speaker then explains his sadness over losing the innocent part of his younger self and soon realizes the difficulty of aging. By using metaphors and imagery, Collins communicates that as we lose our innocence when we grow up, it negatively changes our perspective of maturity from an oblivious view to a harsher point of view.

The only difference between the mom and dad and the child is that they grew up in different generations. Mom and dad's generation wore older style clothing because they were in an earlier generation than us. "Who half the time were soppy-stern (ll.7), and half at one another's throats." (ll.8) the parents of our parents were much stricter in punishments. They would get straight to the point and beat their kids if it was needed. Instead of talking to their children they would physically try to change them because that is how discipline was taught in generations before us. The parents would yell and scream at their children hoping that they change for the better when half the time screaming did not help the situation at all. "Man hands on misery to man (ll.9), it deepens like a coastal shelf" (ll.10) these lines are saying how a dad passes down his experience to his son. As the son gets older and older the dad teaches the son more and more about life and what to expect out of it and what can be done to make you a better person. It is similar to the ocean floor because the father keeps teaching the son more and more and it is like an endless cycle. "Get out as early as you can (ll.11), and don't have any kids yourself" (ll.12) Larkin is definitely trying to warn us not to have kids if we can't manage them. Larkin is saying that the only way to have children is

Using personification Brooks describes how the “backyards” compare to a person who does take risks and a person who does not take risks. Starting with a person who lives “Where it’s rough and untended and hungry weeds grow,” normally weeds are not hungry to grow, but this refers to the girl’s growing desire to go into the backyard (1). The rough and untended yard refers to how people take risks which can make their futures less clear than one who lives in the front yard. A person who has a “rough life” may have experienced the negative effects of taking risks because all risks may not benefit one’s life, but one can learn from a mistake. On the contrary, the “front yard” is more tended to and smooth which refers to people who do not take risks, so their lives have a clear direction. Then, the girl envisions herself in the back yard “[wearing] the brave stockings of night

As we get older, we mature from major events in our life and that is referred to as “coming of age”. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem and Scout experience many good and bad events changing their perspective on the injustices and how the world works. In the passage of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the literary element of setting, conflict, and character development construct the theme of not to judge a person by how they act because they have problems of their own which is the case for Mrs. Dubose.

“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” (Lee 101) In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, a black man named Tom Robinson is being accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. White man, Atticus Finch, was given Tom Robinson’s case and was determined to fight for Tom’s innocence. Even if fighting for Mr. Robinson meant putting his children Jem and Scout in danger, he would still be teaching them right from wrong.

Billy Collins’ “On Turning Ten” is a coming of age poem from the perspective of a nine-year-old boy who is unenthusiastic about his tenth birthday. Collins’ “On Turning Ten” uses structural irony to juxtapose childhood with coming of age to suggest that the uneasiness of the inevitable passing of time is difficult to come to terms with, as the imaginative nature of youth is lost. The speaker uses various literary devices to strengthen the use of structural irony throughout the poem.

Joyce uses the background of the narrator’s neighborhood to show progression in the piece as well as enhance the concept of growing up and childhood. The piece begins by describing where the narrator grew up, as well as how he would play with the other children in his neighborhood, as described in “The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed” (Joyce

Did you know in the book to kill a mockingbird jem had many coming of age moments?In the novel has many moments were the children had shown that they are becoming mature.

As shown, the literary element in chapter 12 shows coming of age in setting, character, and conflict. The setting seems to be a happy cemetery to Scout.When they were at the church, Jem and Scout was noticing that Calpurnia has a different perspective compared to Lula. Conflict is seen in life and it makes Jem and Scout uncomfortable when they face different perspectives. Rather than just seeing the literary element in chapter 12, we can see how coming of age experiences affect young

Much like youth, a mockingbird is pure. It sings and spreads joy, but like everything in society, everything - even all that is beautiful, must die. Written by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that captures the conditions and hardships of the American South during the early twentieth century. It particularly describes the childhood of two children, Jem and Scout Finch. As a concept that interwines itself into the progression of the story, the departure from childhood acts as the ultimate theme in the tale. Over the course of three years, Jem and Scout develop the characteristics of man and woman, gaining wisdom, and facing the violence and discrimination in Southern society- conclusively

To read To Kill a Mockingbird is to understand the true meaning of growing up. As we grow up, our perspectives change and what we used to find good, was evil all along. For Jean Louise Finch, evil was something hidden, something that youth couldn't really grasp. Even though she was incredibly mature, she had a lot to learn and certain experiences awaited her arrival. Since this book is just a huge flashback, she goes over what she learned over the years. Some of those things being to never kill a mockingbird and to learn how to walk in someone else's shoes.

The poet subtly hints at the many ways the speaker feels trapped or controlled in her life. Since Daddy’s death, the speaker only has her memories of him and uses metaphors to portray bits and pieces of those memories, whether they’re positive or negative is up to the reader’s interpretation. In the lines, “Any more, black shoe / in which I have lived like a foot / for thirty years, poor and white, barely daring to breathe,” the speaker compares her father to a black shoe, with her being the foot that is trapped inside of it, unable to move or free itself (Line 2-5). The poet uses this metaphor to show how the speaker was very much under her father’s thumb. The line, “You died before I had time,” could be interpreted to mean that the speaker was going to try and amend things with her father (Line 7). The speaker also uses a metaphor to describe how hard it was for her to communicate with her father, saying, “I never

Throughout the poem, the mother explains to her son the conflicts she has endured. The mother uses a metaphor to explain. She starts off by stating, “It’s[life] had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor...” In that quote, the mother explains that she had had to deal with less than ideal situations, like worn down houses.

How do different poets explore the themes of childhood and growing up? Explore three poems in detail and refer to at least three others.

When you were a little kid, only in elementary school, you had a very different mindset and point of view of the world and people around you. Once you start to grow up more and meet new people outside of your community, you become much more aware of your surroundings and what the people of your town are actually like. Since you have grown up nothing is sugar-coated, now and you are able to see what the world is actually like without any barriers. In the story To Kill a Mockingbird, that is how life was like for Scout Finch and her brother Jem Finch. Scout and her brother grew up in the year 1930 in Maycomb county, in the beginning of the story they were like any normal kid of their age, they liked to play and didn’t know much about the people of Maycomb. When summer approaches Scout, Jem, and Dill become more and more intrigued about the people of Maycomb especially Boo Radley. As the story progresses Scout encounters more experiences that help her better understand the town of Maycomb and the people within it. By the end of the story, they come to a point where they finally see the world and people around them for what it really is. As one reads To Kill a Mockingbird Scout’s maturation develops at the following points in the story: When her Aunt Alexandra comes to live with the family, as Scout learns more about Boo Radley, and during the Tom Robinson case.