What have I done? Its all my fault. Your dead and its all my fault. You tried to escape, but they shot you, they shot you seventeen times. They shot you dead. I’m the reason you were in prison. If I had ne’er of kissed you, then you would not have been in that situation. If my father wasn’t an abusive mongrel that was drunk the whole time, he would’ve never blamed everything on you. I don’t know how I can live now that your gone, and it’s my fault. I had a hope that maybe the court would do a re-trial and you could win and be released, but what was I thinking? You’re a nigga and this town is full of nigger haters. Bloody Maycomb! I hope that you received that fist letter that I wrote you because it took me a lotta time and effort, especially
Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is recounted by Scout, who at the time was six years old. This book follows her journey in growing up and eventually losing her innocence through realising the evil in the world, mostly portrayed by the racism and prejudice surrounding her. A mockingbird is a metaphor for the destruction of innocence. There are three mockingbirds in the text: Boo Radley, Scout Finch and Tom Robinson. Boo has done nothing wrong except sit in his house and 'mind his own business', and has done nothing to hurt anyone else. All that has happened is he has been accused once again of crimes he did not commit. Scout is a mockingbird because she is thrust in the middle of all of the adults and their prejudices. Tom has done
From reading the excerpt once, a monologue is a key concept to the development of the novel. Capote initiates monologue to show the characters’ unspoken thoughts. Monologue reveals characters secret thoughts or intentions. Perry Smith is the vulnerable sidekick who goes along with Dick. Trying to leave the murder of the Clutter family behind, Perry tormented with the never ending feelings of guilt.
Thank you for taking an interest in the role! I really appreciate it. — So I have some background for the Emilia role, but it's open to creative freedom. She, Brandon (me) and the Kit all grew up on the bad side of town (I haven't picked a location yet, as I wanted everyone's input once I got the group together) She and Brandon are very close, almost like siblings, and he's very protective of her; they have a relationship like Dom and Mia from Fast and the Furious.
Telling our stories is composed of nine chapters where he shares some of his stories from his vast collection. This book is the result of decades of research and collecting of traditional narratives. The author, Louis bird seems to have felt responsible for preserving the traditional oral stories of his culture. These stories may have otherwise been lost as the elders who told them passed away. “It is my wish and hope to save the stories that have been passed on to us by our grandfather’s and their grandfather’s” (louis bird; www.ourvoices.ca). Each of the nine chapters contains a useful introduction by an editor.
charged at Chris, and Lee with inhuman speed. Lee placed Harper down from his shoulder and reached into his waist to pull out a handgun, but before Lee or Chris were able to fire their guns there was a large hail of bullets from outside. There were bullets breaking the glass windows of the school as it shredded the dogs’ skin like paper. Chris tackles Lee down to the ground trying to protect him from any incoming gunfire. The heads of the dogs start to burst like balloons covering the entire room in enormous amounts of blood. Chris, Harper, and Lee are covered in the blood and body fluid of the dogs. Chris whispers into Lee’s ear “Stay down” he cautions him of the danger of the men standing outside the building. The men outside bash open the
During your confrontations with Scout in Maycomb, you bring up the various points about Scout’s actions and how they are not pleasing to you, such as being friends with Walter Cunningham, and wearing breeches and overalls. During all of this, you bring up the problematic assumption of how she should dress and behave because of the gender roles which surround society. You first make this assumption when you are with Scout during christmas, when you said that Scout could never hope to be a lady because she wears breeches. This caused Scout to be more volatile, which led to Scout fighting Francis. Another time when you make this assumption is when you talk to Scout about Walter. You assume that Scout will pick up Walters bad habits which will ruin the Finch family name. This led to Scout resenting you even more than before. The last time you made the assumption is when Atticus talks to Scout and Jem about acting better because the Finches were created from generations of breeding. This led to Scout again resenting you, and even taking some of it out on Jem through fighting.
As a reader, it is important to be aware of the impact of the narrative voice in a text. Discuss in relation to the narrative voice in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’.
I have made the town of Cresco a better community by showing my traits or characteristics of an Eagle Scout. Every day I look for an opportunity to help someone in any way I can. The boy scout slogan is to do a good turn daily. This is something I do or try to do every day. Weather it is opening a door for someone or helping an elderly person carrying something. To me doing things like this is what brings our community together as one and makes it strong. Being an Eagle Scout I have high expectations. These expectations are what I hold myself to every day along with the boy scout slogan. With that being said, for my Eagle Scout project I replaced the horse shoe pits at the parks in town with permanent bean bag boards. I, along with the assistant
A Bildungsroman is a literary genre that focuses on the development, psychologically and morally, of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood, also known as coming of age. The character development plays an extremely important role in the novel. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, each of the main characters change during the events of the story. The children, Scout and Jem, change immensely compared to the other characters. Due to Jem’s puzzling personality and character, Scout showed the most change between the two. Scout transforms from a small, innocent little girl to a mature and experienced young woman.
I hope this letter finds you well, and that you can read my handwriting! I’m writing this note to you for two reasons that give me so much joy to tell you about.
Children look up to their elders for wisdom and advice. They rely on someone experienced and with authority for guidance on how to live their lives. However, sometimes the people who are accountable for youth mislead them; they may have good intentions, but are not mature enough to exemplify their values and morals, or they simply are ignorant. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra plays a negative role: she is a proper, southern lady with a strict code of behaviour and etiquette, but is too closed-minded and obstreperous to change her ways or view the world from others’ perspectives. Calpurnia takes on the position of a positive role model by disciplining the children in the Finch household. Miss Maudie takes on the role of a
Setting the scene Phil is a landlord of a very large 3 bedroom house in Toowoong. He inherited the house from his parents. He has two tenants, he has been invited to attend a party that evening by Dan who is one of them.
I grew up in a home where my parents taught us to serve our country, community and those around us. They taught me through example, my father was a scout leader when I was a child. He often took me camping and to merit badge Pow Wow’s. As a boy I began to dream about becoming a boy scout. When I became old enough I joined the cub scouts. While in Cub scouts I learned about being part of the pack, about working together to accomplish large projects, to work together to accomplish a larger goal. Then when I was older I was able to join the boy scouts they taught me about being a citizen in the community, about being a good neighbor. They taught me about doing a good turn daily, and being prepared. When I was 13, I became a life scout. Being a life scout is not anything special, other than I was able to start working on my eagle project.
I didn’t know any better. I didn’t know it could kill me. One time when I was 8, I was playing with some chapstick. I was putting It on everything when I decided to take a bite out of it. I ended up getting really sick and almost dying.
How does Jem change across the course of the novel? What key events cause that change?