Has there ever been a moment in your life where you find yourself constantly at your loved one’s aid when he or she is in pain? It’s probably because you want to do whatever you can to relieve the pain your loved one is suffering through. People would, at no limits, defend those they care about. This appears in stories including To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, “Once Upon a Time” by Nadine Gordimer, and “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln.
There were a few instances of such actions found in To Kill a Mockingbird. One of those instances occurred when Francis, Scout’s cousin, began picking on Scout’s father, Atticus. Throughout the book, it’s apparent that Scout loves Atticus,
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As Jem and Scout walked home from the pageant, there was a peculiar being, who was later revealed to be Bob Ewell, following them. On their walk, Bob attacked them, but another person, Boo Radley, jumped in to save them. Although Boo had no real verbal communication with Scout and Jem, he still grew a rather odd relationship with them. This led Boo to rescue Jem and Scout, ultimately saving them, with Bob dying in the process. Boo developed such a relationship with Jem and Scout, he went in to protect them even though he was putting his life on the line. It went so far that a person died at the scene. (Lee …show more content…
Their relationship was too precious to Juliet, so to honor their marriage, Juliet ingested a potion to make her appear dead before her and Paris’s wedding. If the potion failed, her last resort would’ve been to kill herself (Shakespeare 258). With rumors of Juliet’s death, Romeo came back to Verona to see his “deceased” wife once more, and he said, “Shall I believe that unsubstantial Death is amorous and that the lean abhorred monster keeps thee here in dark to be his paramour?” (Shakespeare 272). Romeo still wanted to be with Juliet, not allowing anyone else in the afterlife to be with her. To resolve this problem, he killed himself to be with Juliet on the other side. His love for Juliet caused him to kill himself so he and Juliet could still stay
At the end of To Kill a Mockingbird Scout and Jem were almost brutally stabbed and suffocated by Bob Ewell. However, Boo came out of his house them. This took him so much courage as he was afraid of the world outside of his “prison”. His love for the children drove him to do this. Even though in the beginning he did a small bit of bad, he is truly a“mockingbird”. Boo was even referenced by Scout as a mockingbird after he saved Jem and her’s life by killing their attacker. When Boo’s actions were to be covered up, she stated, “Well it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird (by giving Boo undesired attention), wouldn’t it?” (Lee 370). Miss Maudie's quote morphed into describing Boo, just one of many ways it was seen in the book.
However, all the neighborhood legends about Boo were contradictory to what Boo’s true nature was. He rescued Scout and Jem from being murdered by Mr. Ewell, and in the brief time he was physically present in the book, he showed no signs of malice. He was almost brought into the spotlight because he was the one who stabbed Mr. Ewell in order to rescue the children, but that would hurt Boo because of his content life of solitude. “ To my way of thinkin’, Mr. Finch, taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an’ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight-to me, that’s a sin.” (Lee 369-370). Scout also observes on the same page when Atticus tells the cover story to save Boo, “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”. Scout was right to say so because it is true that Boo would have suffered a great deal when he was the one who saved the lives of Jem and Scout. Boo Radley
In this story, the two main characters remind me of people that I know. Jem reminds me of myself because he always expresses his feelings of hatred towards injustice, as do I. When I hear or see injustice, I try to get it out of my head as fast a possible because I don’t want to remember something as horrible as somebody getting sent to jail even though they were innocent, whether it’s on a television show, or in real life. So, when Jem yelled at his sister Scout for brining up the injustice that happened to Tom Robinson I would have acted the same way because like I said I want to forget it as fast as possible or I will dwell on in indefinitely. Also, another thing Jem and I have in common is that we both want to be the
Romeo and Juliet both suicide after seeing each other dead. After Romeo hears about Juliet’s death, he goes to her tomb to see her one last time and kiss her before he suicides. “Here’s to my love. O true apothecary,/Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die”(V.iii.119-120). Romeo should have overlooked his quick thoughts of suicide, and should have realized how much he still had to live for. The aftermath of this action was that both Romeo and Juliet both end up dead in the final tragedy. After Juliet sees Romeo dead, she decides to kill herself with a dagger. “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dagger,/This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die”(V.iii.174-175). This evidence is an example of the consequences that can occur after a hasty, sad-driven decision. If Romeo did not suicide while under the influence of his emotions, both Romeo and Juliet would have lived, and the ultimate, final tragedy of the play would have been avoided, but instead, Romeo’s emotions misguided him to choose the awful decision of suicide. These actions reveal how quickly sadness leads to horrendous repercussions due to the actions that it
In the case of to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee crafts a clear idea of family dynamic between the main characters, using the parent-child relationship between Atticus, Jem, and Scout as the main example. Atticus, who raised Scout and Jem as a single parent, passes his morals to his children in order to help them see the world in a more productive and open minded way. While talking to Scout about how to better get along with people, Atticus explains to her that “ ‘[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 39). This advice from Atticus affects Scout and her outlook on how she has dealt with others, and this change is how her family, mainly Atticus, impacts her and makes her a better person. This family influence also applied to Jem. For Example, when Bob Ewell dies and Heck Tate is trying to explain to Atticus why Jem should not come forward as guilty, Atticus tells Heck Tate that he needs Jem to be treated fairly: “ ‘If this things hushed up, it would be a simple denial to Jem of the way I've raised him. Sometimes I think I’m a total failure of a parent, but I’m all they've got. Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so that I can look squarely back at him…” (Lee 366). Atticus wants Jem to be treated like an adult because Atticus raised Jem to take responsibility for his actions, and although he questions how he raised Jem and Scout, he wants to stay committed to what he is trying to teach them. This family relationship shows how Atticus taught his children, but also
As the play starts to end Friar says “A thing like death to, chide away this shame, that cop’st with death himself to scape from it; and if thou darest, I’ll give there remedy.” (Act 4 scene 1 page 65). As friar said this, he was basically telling Juliet he has a way out of this marriage with Paris, but they are too hasty with death, they could've thought of another idea like running away and not having a big trouble at the end. As Romeo sees Juliet in the ending act he does “Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark! Here’s to my love [Drinks] O true apothec’ry, Thy drugs are quick. [kisses her] Thus with a kiss I die. [Dies]” (Act 5 scene 3 Page 80). This reveals that Romeo found Juliet dead and kills himself her his love for her, it also shows that Romeo made a decision way too fast and put no thought in it. But as the play ended Romeo and Juliet kill themselves for each other and ends up to be a really bad
Juliet took a Potion that put her into a deep sleep, which in result made her family think she was dead. Also making Romeo think the same thing, he went to her grave site to take his own life, there he had an encounter with her fiancé, Paris, and they engaged in a fight and shortly after killing Paris Romeo took his own life. A short time after Juliet awoke from her deep sleep she discovered that her husband and fiancé were dead and took her own
As Shakespeare writes in Romeo and Juliet, “There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls”(5.2.84). This shows Romeo buying poison which he will use later to kill him self. When Romeo arrives to the fake grave of Juliet he takes the poison and kills himself. As Shakespeare writes in Romeo and Juliet, “Here’s to my love. O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thou with a kiss I die”(5.3.119-120). After Romeo killing himself Juliet awakes from her sleep and see’s Romeo is dead and kills herself to. As Shakespeare writes in Romeo and Juliet, Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O, happy dragger, this is thy sheath, there rust, and let me die. This shows Juliet killing herself after seeing Romeo
In the very last scene of the play, Romeo goes back to Verona to go lay with his “dead” wife – who is actually under the influence of a death-like drug – after hearing from his servant about her death. He travels with his trustworthy servant all the way to the tomb, but when they reach the tomb, Romeo asks for his servant to leave. Romeo, in his obsession-driven self, threatens to tear his servant limb from limb and scatter his remains across the graveyard if he doesn’t leave Romeo. This shows that Romeo is losing himself. He isn’t just a man who likes the idea of love, he’s a man who drives himself insane with the idea of love. Even though his love for Juliet can be summed down to beauty, his mind amplifies his feelings for her. Towards the end of Act 5, Scene 3, Romeo drinks poison to “join” Juliet in her death. Romeo even goes as far as to call the poison a cordial because he believes that it will heal him – heal his pain of not being with Juliet. This shows that, Romeo’s obsessive nature made his irrational decision seem rational. A relationship to heal him from his pain of Rosaline turned into a relationship that ended with death. His mind created his feelings towards Juliet, yet he continued to let himself be deceived. His made-up passion-driven obsession with Juliet ultimately led to his
At the beginning Scout thought Boo Radley was a scary old man who is chained up in his basement and eat squirrels. They heard stories like he was cutting a newspaper and ended up stabbing his father in the leg. Since then their friend Dill has been working with them to retrieve Boo from his home. Jem and Scout have been getting gifts from Boo in an oak tree knothole and they think that’s his way of communicating with them. But when Mr. Radley filled the hole with cement the children experienced another time with Boo when Mrs. Maudie's house was on fire and out of the blue Scout had a blanket around her that wasn’t there. Towards the end of the chapter, Jem and Scout found themselves in a hassle after walking home from the pageant. Jem got broke
Friar didn’t want to have to marry Juliet to two people as that would be against the law. So, Friar then gave Juliet a sleeping potion where she was supposed to be asleep for 42 hours. This plan lead her family into great devastation. Friar knew that it was wrong to give Juliet the potion, but he thought that if he didn't she would proceed to kill herself right there in his cell. "If, rather than to marry County Paris, Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then it is likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to scape from it: And, if thou darest, I’ll give you thee remedy” (Shakespeare 453). Because Friar gave Juliet the sleeping potion he had to keep up his end of the deal by letting Romeo know the
Juliet help caused her’s and Romeo’s death herself. After Romeo found out she was “fake” dead he killed himself for her. Romeo says, “ Let me be ta'en, let me be put to death”( page # 162, line 17 ). Therefore, Romeo is taking his life to death after thinking Juliet is dead, which she fakes it. Romeo is leaving his life for Juliet to be dead with her. On page 154, it stated that Romeo says, “ Farewell, farewell! One kiss, and I’ll descend.”,Juliet replies and says, Art thou gone so, my Lord, my love, and my friend? Romeo dies and later on Juliet does
Boo Radley never harmed anyone, but was judged by the rumors spreading across the community. Although he was not actually introduced until the end of the novel, Boo Radley is set up to be the last discovered symbolic character for the image of the mockingbird. During the last chapter of the novel, Scout comes to the realization that blaming Boo for Bob Ewell's death would be "sort of like shooting' a mockingbird." (chapter 30). Getting Boo sent to jail or killed would be like killing a mockingbird. Boo is truly a good person. He left gifts for Jem and Scout in the trunk of a tree, he wrapped a blanket around them when Miss Maudie's house caught on fire, and he saved them from Bob Ewell when he tried to murder them. Boo Radley is a victim of Maycomb's social prejudice and a perfect representation of Harper Lee's description of the mockingbird.
Throughout the novel, he monitors the children. One day while they were playing a game, Scout tire rolled right in front of the Radley house. While there she, heard laughter coming from inside the house. She thought it was Boo, but she kept it too herself. Later in the novel, it is revealed that the laughter was, in fact, Boo. He also risks his life to save Scout and Jem while they were being attacked by Bob Ewell. Ewell attacked the children while they were on their way to a Halloween pageant. Boo ends up killing Ewell in order to protect the children. This leading up into showing how he is also
Ewell attacked them. An example of Boo saving them is portrayed in this quote from the novel, “The man (Boo Radley) was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was going around the corner. He was carrying Jem”(Lee, 263). To add, when Mr. Ewell attacked Jem and Scout, Boo stabbed Mr. Ewell with a kitchen knife, killing him. He also made sure that Jem and Scout returned home safe, carrying an injured Jem while Scout follows. This demonstrates that Boo worked really hard to save them even though the act didn’t benefit himself. It shows a true act of courage to risk yourself for