Identity In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout was the narrator in the Killing Mocking Bird and had many conflicts throughout her life. Like for a(n) example where if Scout would return to the first day of school or not. Also where she holds herself from fighting the people that insult her father. Another conflict is that where Scout feels guilty about harassing Boo Radley when she finds out he’s a friendly man and not the person everyone thinks he is. You don’t know what he has dealt with until you stood in his spot and in his shoes. I believe she has the most conflicts throughout her early life but those are the most important ones.

Explore the methods by which writers develop the theme of identity in the light of this statement.

In the movie “looking for alibrandi the director presents the viewer with the idea that people can attain an enduring sense of both identity and belonging. The director believes that many life experiences compel us to alter our sense of self. Both text, movie and the story of my friend suggest that our identity changes depending on

Human beings have full control over their identities after they have received knowledge and have become shaped from external stimuli. These stimuli include the teaching process of humans which comes through tradition, schooling, and the actions of other humans and the influence of the organisms around them. Andrew Solomon, through “Son,” was able to use his experience of growing up and labeling himself as a gay dyslexic to show how his environment and knowledge had shaped his identity and how it was viewed by others with different identities. In “An Elephant Crackup,” Charles Siebert was able to explain how the other organisms or humans are able to form new identities for elephants over time by shaping them a new environment and having the elephants process it. In “Mind’s Eye,” Oliver Sacks had different case studies of blindness from different people and was able to show how each one experienced their blindness help shape and express their individual identities. The stimuli that becomes processed by a person in the situations, accounts, and studies of these works assist in the role of explaining the formulation of an identity.

Our identities are key to our understanding of the world. Mental models through which information is processed are built off of life experience, taught ethics and morals, and upbringing. Identity is discussed in the following texts - The Politics of Exile by Elizabeth Dauphinee, “Unlearning the Myth of American Innocence” by Suzy Hansen, and “Letter to America” by Aida Hozic - through various themes of American culture. Dauphinee, in particular, examines the depth of personal identity and its ability to change. All three works consider the many components of personal identity and its formation as well as its undoing.

One’s identity is the most important part about them. Without one’s identity, there is nothing about them that makes them who they are. This is why the struggle to find one’s identity is one of the hardest struggles to take place within someone. Because the struggle to find one’s identity can be so difficult, a lot of writers today have used this motif in their books, as this has become a topic many readers can relate to. A book that highlights this topic very much is “The House on Mango Street”, by Sandra Cisneros. This book is about a young girl named Esperanza, who moves to a new house and a new community, and struggles with finding her identity and fitting in the community. The book is written in a series of vignettes, or small poems

An authors values and ideas originate and stem from their personal, historical and cultural context. By comparing the two authors Tim Winton (from an Australian context) and Zohra Saed (Afghani/New York context) we are able to see how similar values are shaped through identity/contex. Winton uses various literary techniques to embed personalised values into his texts such as place, family, and identity in “Big World”, 2005 and “The Turning”, 2005. Zohra Saed has implanted her values of culture, family, memory and identity into “What the

An individual's identity is how one perceives and differentiates themselves from others in their society. Outside factors such as family, friends, and society can have a major impact on how one views themselves. However, identity ultimately comes down to one’s own personal beliefs. In Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild, Krakauer investigates the life and death of Chris McCandless, a young man whose actions allow him to pursue a unique identity, but also lead to his untimely demise. In Stephen King’s short story “Survivor Type”, King envisions the affects one’s morals and values can have in grave situations, especially concerning the identity of an individual.

The third most prominent theme in To Kill a Mockingbird is names and their power and significance. Multiple times throughout the book, we see that the names being used have a big impact on the county’s social pyramid. For example, when Atticus is cross examining Mayella Ewell, he respectfully calls her things like “Miss” and “Ma’am.” However, Mayella is offended by the names, and yells, “Long’s he keeps on callin’ me ma’am an sayin’ Miss Mayella. I don’t hafta take his sass, I ain’t called upon to take it” (Lee 243). Mayella isn’t used to being respected like that. When in a professional setting like a courtroom, the respect and maturity being shown towards her catches her off guard, and she mistakes it for disrespect. We see another example of the significance and power of names in To Kill a Mockingbird when Scout, Jem, and Atticus visit family for

The narrators from each book, Sara and Nick, are looking to find their place in the new world culture. They both represent the changing culture of 1920’s America, a time of great excess, a shifting of American values and views of morality. Young people

Within dystopian literature, identity is something that can be seen as an individual’s most core and precious element. Exposed against a scarcity of freedom in self-expression, we can begin to fully appreciate and understand the importance in the role of identity as well as its robustness. The role of identity and its manipulation is often explored within dystopian literature to exemplify weaknesses in human psychology as well as to destroy false images of strength and superiority that we apply to ourselves. In both The Road and

The quote here explains how the actions of someone can benefit them but affect others, or the other way around benefit others and affect you. This quote is said to fit right in the story, due to having five characters that often face the quote above. Edie meets five people and his actions reflect on how one of those five people either benefit from it or get affected by it. In this case Eddie tries to keep it simple and peaceful with the five people or the first person he meets Blue man a circus freak. Eddie was told that each five people will teach him a valuable lesson about his live.

As the man explains what he did to Ed, he finishes by saying, “I did it because you are the epitome of ordinariness…. And if a guy like you can stand up and do what you did for all those people, well, maybe everyone can. Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of” (Zusak 353). Therefore we learn that this man did not want Ed to end up like his father; dead and an absolute no-hoper. This was all set up so Ed can get out of his normal life and become a person who can live up to other expectations.

" This was the internal conflict that Eddie was struggling with due to the fact that he felt like he never did anything in his life, this was because he had impacted so many lives, however it simply went unnoticed. His life played out exactly how it was supposed to. Overall, I believe the book was a perfect example of the quote “when you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes.” Told in the unique way of flashbacks, Eddie is able to realize his impact on others. Moments that may have initially struck him as another day of his boring life, he gained insight through the other five people that put meaning to specific moments.

The theme of this book is that life has a meaning and that every interaction with another person is part of a collective life that we all experience together rather than the products of our own life paths. As the protagonist, Eddie’s journey through the story shows that the strangers that he had encountered in the course of his life had each left a mark on his life and was thereby not as inconsequential as he had thought. These people shaped him into what he became and also taught him vital life lessons such as lost love and forgiveness. The transformation that Eddie underwent also helps to consolidate the theme of purpose in life by taking him