Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry And To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout Finch a seeker and adventurer,teaches her readers to never give up and always have your head held up high,no matter what faces you in the future. For example, during the great depression, the tom Robinson trials and when Boo Radley had to kill Bob ewell.All those events cause her to have a Different Point-Of-View than

Scout sees that Miss Maudie does not believe in rumors, and it proves Miss Maudie a very upright person. She also adds later on, “‘No child…that is a sad house. I remember Arthur Radley when he was a boy. He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did…’” (61). Scout finds this concept unfathomable, because it contradicts everything she ever heard about Boo Radley. However, because she regards Miss Maudie so highly, Scout begins having a new perspective on things after this point. Even though she still takes parts in various situations when with Jem and Dill attempt communicating with Boo, she thinks more before acting, and participates only so she avoids teasing from Jem rather than with the intention of humiliating Boo. While not participating at all would display greater maturity, the fact that she thinks more before acting and takes more things into consideration shows that Miss Maudie does indeed have an affect on her. It illustrates Scout’s developing character, as she no longer judges Boo Radley, and she learns from Miss Maudie that she should not judge any one, but rather try understanding them before criticizing them.

Jem and Scout, being brother and sister, share many common characteristics in To Kill A Mockingbird; one of the large comparisons being that they both commonly but not always interpreted a situation similarly.

The books To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men were written during the Great Depression. Both of these books tell a story in which the characters are living through these tough conditions every day, from having no money to being racially discriminated. To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men convey considerable understanding of a turbulent era in American history.

Both Satrapi and Lee incorporate the prejudicial values of the main character’s individual societies. The authors use a child’s perspective in their texts to explore the discriminatory societies. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the story is told from the eyes of the youngest character, Scout. From this point of view, the author allows Scout to use her adult hindsight to enhance the themes of discrimination the novel. Scout’s own progressive values are expressed through hyperbolic statement, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view,” which characterises her as an

Growing up in social environments that are heavily influenced by class systems definitely impacts young peoples’ perspectives. This influence contributes to struggles Hazel from Watership Down, Scout from To kill a Mockingbird and Ellen from Ellen Foster, face, especially handling social order in a nondiscriminatory way. However, Hazel and Scout have family and friends who advise them, whereas Ellen has no one. Ellen Foster presents the most hopeful chance of the end of racism because she suffers and has no one to guide her, yet she remains strong and persistent in her efforts to become less prejudiced.

Many of the characters have parallel personalities which can be a reasoning behind their strong intertextual link and some of the main ideas were the same in two texts. Both deal with racism and discrimination in small country towns and both explore the distant relation between law and justice. Prejudice being the main coinciding theme, as well as showing signs of irony and hypocrisy, both are written in the same narrative voice, in a childlike tone. For most part, Lee makes sure Scout gives the readers the events from her childhood perspective as she understood them at the time, rather than imposing a commentary from the older perspective of her when she is telling the story, which makes the narrative perspective naïve. Perkins engages the audience with a warm-hearted and pure character Charlie, who likes to learn new lessons in life. As he is older naturally, he has more experiences in life and is able to pick up the discrimination obscured around him. This is shown through the fact that at first, the protagonist Charlie realises that Jasper is not what society deems him as “a thief, a liar, a thug, a truant. He’s lazy and unreliable. Jasper Jones is the example of where poor aptitude and attitude will lead”. Through the use of the protagonists the theme is presented in a way that allows the reader to realise the harsh reality, yet it is still demonstrated in an approachable and relatable way, further enhanced by the first-person narration of the texts. The discrimination

Near the end of the book Cassie bumps into Jeremy Simms sister and her dad comes and pushes Cassie off the sidewalk.“It was then that I bumped into Lillian Jean Simms… Mr. Simms glared down at me “When my gal Lillian Jean says for you to get yo’self off the sidewalk, you get, your hear.” This shows her losing innocence because she now sees how terrible white people are to push a 9 year old girl off the sidewalk because someone bumped into her. Lillian and her dad are very racist so now she knows not to mess with her and not to talk back.

These ideas are channelled from her father, Atticus. He explains to his daughter what his views on empathy are, “You never really understand a person, until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb inside his skin and walk around in it” (39). This quote is very deep, and really expresses the cold blood definition of what it means to be empathetic, and Harper Lee uses this quote to foreshadow the climax of the novel and to show how wise Atticus is. Scout, even at this young, tender age is given advice that will guide her and help her in tough situations through the novel. This is showing her first glimpse into what empathy is, and also a way of warning of what the future has in store.

empathetic to a story they don't know; this can be seen through the interaction with Scout and

Cassie Logan followed her convictions when she knew what her and her classmates were being called wasn’t right. In the beginning of the book, Cassie Logan and her brother, Little Man, started school. They were put in the same class this year. They finally got somewhat “new books”. Little Man, being the clean freak he is, noticed how dirty the books were. When he opened it, he screamed with anger. On the inside of the front cover there was a word, a word that was very offensive to all blacks. Cassie saw what Little Man was upset about, and she and Little Man both refused to take the books. Miz Crocker did not like their behavior, so she decided to talk to their mother. Miz Crocker threatened to whip Little Man. When she did this, Cassie stepped in and said “Miz Crocker, don’t, please!” I cried. Miss Crocker’s dark eyes warned me not to say another word. “ I know why he done it.” (Taylor, Chap. 5)This quote shows that Cassie wasn’t afraid to get a whipping as long as Little Man wouldn’t get whipped as well. After Miz Crocker got done talking to Mama, Cassie wanted to go tell Mama about what really happened. When she walked in the classroom, she saw and felt this, “Mama remained at her desk, sitting very still. For a long time she did not move. When she did, she picked up the seventh grade books and began to glue again. I wanted to go and help her, but something warned me that now was not the time to make my

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the greatest novel to Teach kids about diversity and the complex relationship with racism. It details the life of Jem and Scout, two siblings who grow up in a time of racial inequality and unrest. Jem Finch is what most would call a typical young boy; fascinated with sports, guns, and being tough. Scout Finch, on the other hand, is an Atypical tomgirl, tough enough to handle anything that comes her way. Yet, both of their childhoods are different from many of their friends and families that live in the town of Maycomb. Harper Lee creates these characters to portray the internal and external conflict that many young adults encounter when their morals clash with the cultural norm. We see that " you really don't understand a person till you climb into his skin and walk in it" (lee 30) Through Jem’s and Scout’s voice and characterization, Lee reveals how average day kids can change the course of people’s live.

Scout usually never defends someone unless it’s family or Dill. After this conversation it shows that Scout learned to treat people better. She doesn’t care about class or how other people live. She justs wants a friend to play with. Later on in the book Scout becomes friends with the people she fights

No matter where or who a person is, they are always learning something, either about themselves or about the environment around them. In Harper Lee's heartwarming novel titled To Kill A Mockingbird, the main characters Jem and Scout grow and mature throughout the story as they learn both more about themselves and the world around them. As the story progresses, they learn many life lessons including those about prejudice, people and how they have been categorized and judged, and, last but not least, gender issues.

They are victims. A victim is someone or something that is hurt by some unpleasant occurrence.The books To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men both depict several instances where people are victims. Both of these books tell a story in which the characters live through these tough conditions every day, from having no money to being victims of racial discrimination. To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men convey considerable understanding of an unstable era in American history through common events and lifestyles of people that lived through these times.