Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Quote Analysis

“Knowledge is power” Sir Francis Bacon. Atticus, a character in To kill a Mockingbird, understands that his knowledge has the power to do many things, including influence the lives of many people. Atticus does his best to influence his children, and educate them every chance he gets. Atticus does his best to teach his children what is right and what is wrong, and in doing this Atticus made one point immensely clear. It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird.

One of my favorite quotes is “Don’t stress. Do your best. Forget the rest,” because it reminds me not to fear things that are coming my way. It reminds me to just stay positive and do what is best for me. I also think that this quote can relate to the book Anthem because Equality has has feared in most of his life, but when he learns to break away from that fear he finally feels free.

Steinbeck wrote about many different characters who are full of dreams which sadly none of their dreams came true. Everyone has a big dream that would like to accomplish one day but sometimes , when we get lonely our dreams don’t come true. Through these characters John Steinbeck shows the effects about true loneliness.

Power, it is something that everyone wants, it classifies us. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is about a powerless black man, Tom Robinson, accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. Because of Mayella’s class and gender she is powerless, but her race makes her have a little more power.

In Runner, Robert Newton conveys that Charlie the protagonist is bound to mature early to make completely selfless choices. When his father dies, Charlie is contrived to fill his father’s boots, meaning he had to take up his father’s role of being the financial provider of his family. Additionally, Charlie makes an altruistic choice by running for squizzy Taylor. Lastly, Charlie makes the self-sacrificing decision by gambling his large saving from Squizzy on the Ballarat Mile. In summary, Newton demonstrates that Charlie is forced into adulthood early through necessity and make self-denying decisions due to his family's desperate circumstances.

One of this novel’s themes is the ability to redeem oneself by removing political and religious barriers and fighting for what is right, without allowing obstacles to prevent such action. In the first quotation presented, Amir redeems himself for hiding money beneath Hassan’s mattress to frame him for larceny. Years later he has “planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress” (pg. 254), this time it’s to provide for an impoverished household. This is Amir’s way of starting to apologize to Hassan. The subsequent quote presents Amir realizing that the only way to be released from his past is by repenting. Amir says ““I have a wife in America, a home, a career and a family”. But how could I pack up and go back home when my actions may have

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest takes place at a mental hospital in Oregon state hospital in in Salem. This book follows the day to day life of a group of patients of how the go from acting like machines to becoming their own person. The author uses machinery to show that everyone is the same and has to be a perfect robot. When they are able to fit in and just go with the crowd, they are not humans. As the book moves on with McMurphy, the machinery quotes goes down and it shows how people are being there own person. "The ward is a factory for the combine. It's for fixing up mistakes made in the neighborhood in the schools and in the churches, the hospital is. "(Kesey 40).

In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the atmosphere of discrimination normalizes the use of slurs, and the ostracization of certain members of the community, for the children in the novel. To Kill A Mockingbird, written in 1960, set in the fictitious town of Maycomb, Alabama. This novel, from the perspective of the character Scout, is a tale of identity, injustice, and inequality in a time of heavy discrimination. In Lee’s novel, the use of slurs is a common occurrence in the town of Maycomb. Scout, as well as the other children in the novel, are exposed to adults and their peers using these slurs, and, consequently, slurs become a desensitized part of everyday language. From the beginning of the novel, Boo Radley is an enigma to Scout,

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”(Lee,Chapter 3). This famous quote is used by Atticus Finch to explain to Scout why people should show empathy to others. Sadly, this principle is not followed by many of the citizens in Maycomb County, especially a weak and mistreated young girl named Mayella Ewell. She attempts to use her class, gender, and race to win a trial against Tom Robinson, an African American male, which she wrongfully accused of raping her. Does Mayella have enough power to overcome her situation? Mayella’s race provides temporary power during the trial, but gender and class leave her unable to change her predicament. To

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the characterization of Aunt Alexandra helps to reveal the theme of how reputation contradicts identity the theme is presented throughout the plotline of To Kill a Mockingbird. The way Aunt Alexandra shows this theme vocally is when she expresses her opinion to others of how family reputation should be followed by each family member. An example of this is when Scout is talking to her cousin Francis after they have eaten at the Finch's landing. As they were talking Francis brought up the subject of her dad and his case. After hearing what Francis says she gets mad at him and he replies that was what their Aunt Alexandra had said. Scout's cousin Francis says, "Grandma say it's bad enough he lets you all

Throughout the 1900s, various individuals in the United States had opposing views of what defined freedom. This includes freedom of speech, expression, religion, and opinions. Mental freedom is of the utmost importance because it defines someone and their personality. It portrays how external actions affect an individual internally, reflecting their emotions and beliefs behind what they are experiencing. In Bob Marley’s song Redemption Song, he says to “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery.

It is a widely accepted notion that working hard will automatically pay off. This may not be difficult to believe since putting in the extra effort and studying more for a quiz usually results in a better grade and carefully looking over work before submitting it makes it more likely to get published. Countless famous individuals have vouched for this idea. Lailah Gifty Akita once said, “Without discipline, hard work, and commitment, we will never have realized our dreams.” This quote clearly states Akita’s belief that hard work and effort will translate into prosperity.

Attention Grabber: In 2011, 8% of American believe that racism isn’t an issue in the United States. Today, about three percent of Americans believe that racism is not an issue in the United States. And, in 2011, 16% thought that it was a ‘small problem,’ and 58% of Americans today state that racism is a ‘big problem’ (went up 10 percent since 1995). This could be due to the United States’ previous president, Barack Obama, being elected into office in 2008.

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.” These words of Niccolo Machiavelli perfectly describe a situation in the book To Kill a Mocking Bird. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee is about a small town in Alabama with a racial issue during the great depression. Through the use of irony and tone the author proves that you don’t know someone until you walk in their shoes.

Rules, regulations, and laws. From traditional culture to justice, these systems are what society has created in order to keep chaos abbey. By demonstrating the rights and the wrongs, society considers that it could attain a problem-free world if everyone sticks to the rules and expectations. But what occurs if someone does not abide by the principles? From the book “The Kite Runner”, author Khaled Hosseini evokes the consequences of violating the unspoken societal laws.