The Pupil By Henry James

Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw” a young Governess is hired by a wealthy man who is the uncle to two children that live in Bly, the estate and setting in which the story takes place. In the ghastly tale by James, the Governess begins to notice things that are out of place. The old manor is home to a host of souls that have perished previous to her arrival, which leaves the governess on edge as she becomes more and more aware of the odd happenings in Bly. The story focuses on the haunting of the Governess by the former valet known as Peter Quint and the previous governess Miss Jessel.

The brain is an intricately designed organ that helps in the aid of daily life. It is able to control all other organs and bodily functions and even manages all actions, memories, or feelings that can be experienced. It is essential in the functioning of daily life. However, there are times in which it can be deceitful, sometimes even showing things that are not even there. This causes one to doubt the very nature of things and can even explain why it is that things such as ‘second thoughts’ or ‘fear’ crosses the mind. Henry James, the author of The Turn of the Screw, uses these “defects of the mind” to destroy the barrier between reality and fiction. The Turn of the Screw exists in a reality that is retold more than once and in many instances, it depicts the twisted perception of a protagonist with an "overactive imagination" and even goes as far as to show how the reader perceives the certain perceptions of others. How one is able to view a certain 'reality, ' solely depends on a person 's reaction to certain situations as well as the mental stability during the action or moment. Galileo Galilei even stated that “tastes, odors, colors, and so on resides only in one’s head.” James tries to make us doubt whether reality is all it seems to be by interfering with the mental health of a person, giving way to many theories or conjectures through the use of perception.

During the course of the novella, “The Turn of the Screw”, by Henry James, the governess continuously encounters ghosts that seemingly only appear to her. As the story progresses, the governess starts postulating a relationship between Miles, Flora, and the supposed corruptive ghosts. However, due to the fact that the ghosts are not seen when others are present at the time of the sightings indicate that they fail to exist. Moreover, through the evidence presented in the text, the governess is an unreliable narrator and her actions should be judged as insane due to her delusional mental condition.

Another particular important Victorian teaching was low crime-tolerance. Once more, a man by the name of Mr. Peter Quint was explained to be ‘too friendly’ towards one the two children. Peter Quint, implied many times to be an inappropriate man by the house’s caretaker Mrs. Grose, was also implied to have an inappropriate tongue. It is later found out to be the reason why Miles, was expelled from school. This fact isn’t highlighted by James’ in the actual novel, but rather a fact the reader comes to figure out gradually despite the governess’s obliviousness. Not to mention, the small fact Miles was also implicated to be victim to some sexual harassment and possibly even molestation by Quint. The governess’s lack of remorse, Mrs. Grose’s lack of involvement in the crimes she knew were committed by the dead folk the crazy governess claimed to have seen, and even the master of the house and his children, all appearing to be

To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a coming of age novel in which we follow Scout Finch, a 5 year old girl, over the span of 3 years. Scout lives in Maycomb, a small town in Alabama, in the 1930s. Maycomb society is typical for any southern American society in the 1930s, racism, sexism and prejudice are very evident. In the beginning of the novel, Scout is a concrete thinker. In the middle of the novel, Scout is a critical thinker. At the end of the novel, Scout is a complex thinker. Scout’s thinking style has grown throughout the novel, especially in regards to Boo Radley and Tom Robinson.

In previous eras, anti-Black sentiment was widely acknowledged and sometimes encouraged in the United States. Black defendants have endured a long history of discrimination and inequality in the white dominated criminal justice system. To this day, it is impossible to determine if jurors present an unbiased trial for defendants regardless of their racial background. Although an undercurrent of racist attitudes may continue to influence modern courtrooms, racial prejudice in today’s juries is not as salient and widespread as it had been in the past.

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was written by Harper Lee and published in 1960. The story depicts a family consisting of a father, Atticus Finch and his two children, Jeremy Finch (Jem) and Jean Louise Finch (Scout) in a racist southern town called Maycomb during the Great Depression. The major plot in the novel is one where Atticus, a lawyer, chose to defend Tom Robinson, an innocent black man accused of raping a poor white woman. Atticus’ choice to defend a black man was not well received by many in the town. Many criticized Atticus for taking such a controversial case, especially with young children. Important themes in the novel include ones about morality, equality, sin and parenthood. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus was an admirable father, proving to be instrumental to the growth of Jem and Scout.

“There 's four kinds of folks in the world. There 's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there 's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, and kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes,” (Lee 230). To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is a must read novel and an unforgettable classic that was an instant success which touched the hearts of many at its release in 1960. Written to connect and demonstrate living during much discrimination and racial tension taking place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama during the height of the Great Depression. Jean Louise (Scout), the narrator of the novel, is a part of the Finch family, along with her older brother Jem Finch and her father Atticus Finch. Jem and

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch and her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, lived in town name Maycomb in Alabama. Because of the Great Depression everyone in Maycomb is suffering. The people who are farmers in Maycomb had a hard time harvesting. However, Atticus’s job, a lawyer can support his family’s needs. Jem and Scout met a boy named Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood during the summer time. Dill, Scout, and Jem became curious about the rumors of Boo Radley, who stabbed his father in the leg. Jem, Scout, and Dill tried getting Boo Radley out of the house. Atticus told the kids to stop bothering Boo Radley and try to see life from another person’s perspective before making judgments. Later on, Scout and Jem found gifts that were left for them in a hole of a tree on the Radley property that was eventually filled with cement by Boo Radley’s brother, Nathan Radley. Scout and Jem begins the adventure of experiencing adulthood.

The thinning fog laced between the leaves of the pecan tree. Morning dew dripped down onto the blades of grass that wove around the tree’s roots. It was a typical Maycomb morning. The street was dark and empty. The woman who always hummed old hymns in her flowers was silently sleeping. The woman who hurriedly walked across the street every morning to tell the latest gossip was snoring away in her bed. The man who kept his reading lamp on through the night was beginning to stir in his bed, and his children, who ran to him every afternoon, were tucked in warm beds dreaming about the day ahead. Rays of sunlight were beginning to splash onto the porch. It was time to go back inside. One last look around the street, and the door closed. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch asks her neighbor, Miss Maudie, if she thinks Boo Radley is crazy. “If he’s not, then he should be by now. The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets-” (Lee 46) This novel is told from the perspective of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, a young girl who begins to see the different sides of human nature. In the beginning of the novel, Scout becomes fascinated in a ghost. She had heard rumors and accounts of people seeing him. She heard he ate cats and tapped on windows in the night. The all allusive Boo Radley had become an infatuation. During the evolution of the novel, the attributes of Boo Radley are revealed in small acts of

Some lessons can 't be taught, simply lessons have to learned. The exceptional novel of a small town in the south, To Kill A MockingBird, written by Harper Lee goes into the lives of children in the early 1900’s. Love and hate, curiosity, innocence and experience can relate to the lives of three children; siblings, Jeremy Atticus Finch, (Jem) and Jean Louise Finch (Scout), and their summer friend Charles Baker Harris or for short, Dill. With the children 's mother passing as young children their father, a well known neighbor and lawyer in Maycomb County, Atticus Finch fathers the children as they grow up. The town 's old legend of the Radley 's House, the home of the Radley Family, with town rumors that what lives

The 1960’s text To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a classic novel in modern American literature. In the novel Lee addresses many key issues in our past society but many of those are still occurring today such as racism, inhumanity, violence, gender inequality and justice. The story is told through the eyes of a 6 year old girl, Scout Finch. Scout lives with her father, Atticus, a lawyer; her older brother Jem; and their Negro cook, Calpurnia. Lee uses Scout to express the story in a way that allows the reader to connect with the story. The audience becomes close to Scout. Her innocence, loyalty and forgiveness of the world’s injustices make her character endearing and easy to relate too. Lee uses Scout to view the text in a relatable way. This is an effective way to draw the reader to this novel.

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in a small town in Alabama. She was the youngest of four children and grew up a tomboy. Her father was a lawyer and participated in state legislature, while her mother suffered from a mental illness and rarely left the house. In her twenties, Lee moved to New York City to pursue her career of becoming a writer. She made some friends who offered to let her live with them for a year so she could focus solely on her writing. During this time, she was introduced to a publisher and wrote her award winning To Kill a Mockingbird which is the book that precedes Go Set a Watchman. Even though To Kill a Mockingbird was published first, she wrote Go Set a Watchman first. The editor told Lee to make the main character younger. After working it for a couple years, To Kill a Mockingbird was published.

In order for him to analyze his situation better and feel more confident in his surroundings, he keeps his narrative strictly to what is happening. Pemberton examines the other characters by purely looking at their physical appearance and their actions. He does not let details such as the mother and son’s social standing or their beliefs have an effect on his judgement of the boy’s learning capabilities. The diction Pemberton uses to describe himself, such as “timid” and “modest”, reveals Pemberton’s character as being prone to nervousness, and one of the ways he copes with this nervousness is to be analytical and examine his surroundings so he knows how to act around the other characters and how to make the child teaching goes smoothly and effectively. He contrasts with the mother, who focuses on the more emotional side of the situation and is vague with her answers, stating that Pemberton’s pay will be “all quite regular” without specifically explaining what the pay is. Pemberton’s personality clashes with the mother’s, but is similar to the son’s. The son, while more bold than Pemberton, is straightforward with his answers, like when he was asked about his mother’s fan, he replied “with the casual observation that he couldn’t find it.” Pemberton’s personality is more compatible

And to make matters worse, they are in the midst of childish acts that exceeds one’s expectations of normal grownup behaviour.” Rumours started to circulate that the rival school across town had employed what they called a Real English Teacher”(S. 1 - Ll 3-4). Jealousy, as seen in kindergarten, where the cool kids have the best toys, and if you want to be in the inner-circle, you need those toys. It is really shameful to read and the facts are, that these acts lead to the bad relationship between Miss Coral and Mr James. Because even before he had given lessons at the school, he was better off and there is absolutely no talk about equity. He nags and behave inappropriate, for instant he complains about his salary and apartment, even though she is paid way less and lives in a smaller apartments, which she shares with others. He is the new building and she is the slum, he is the picture of ingratitude that is still getting all the credit, whereas she is gratitude and kindness receiving nothing in return. Their relationship is really the opposite of what you would have expected, if you believe in the good of