The Hitchhiker By Lucille Fletcher Analysis

The intriguing novel, To Kill A Mockingbird is written by the prestigious author Harper Lee. Lee has utilised the lifestyle and attitudes towards ‘African-Americans" in the 1930's to create a novel which presents the reader with Lee's attitudes and values. The dominant reading of the novel is focused on the issues of racial prejudice, but there are also a number of other alternative and oppositional readings. Examples of this are the Marxist and feminist readings which can be applied to the text.

As Stephen King once said, “The trust of the innocent is the liar’s most useful tool.” In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee, Jean Louise Finch, a young girl who also goes by Scout, experiences many things such as racism, friends, and family. Her father, Atticus Finch, is a lawyer who is sacrificing his reputation to defend a black man, Tom Robinson. Scout and her friends take it upon themselves to uncover the mystery of Boo Radley. In this book the mockingbirds represent innocence. Many characters take on the role of the “mockingbird". Exploring Lee’s title, to kill a mockingbird is to kill innocence.

Lee implies that people learn lessons through life experiences that school can ever teach. Throughout this novel, Atticus taught his kids many lessons that was hard for them to hear at times, but it later on helped them in the story. Or it helped them grow up and mature. On page 40 of To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus was explaining to Scout that Miss.Caroline was new and didn’t know anyone, and she especially didn’t know the Cunningham’s story, Atticus states, “Atticus said… but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part” (40). This quote by Atticus is meant to explain to Scout that Miss. Caroline just made an honest human mistake. He tried to get Scout to realize that if he put herself in Miss.Caroline’s shoes then she might better understand the confusion. Obviously you can’t really be in her shoes, but he said it figuratively to show her why it was important to give her another chance, or at least try to be nice and listen. Atticus taught this to Scout at home later on that night. At her school after that she tried to just get by in her class. Lee also shows mainly throughout that the school system doesn’t help when it comes to teaching children life lessons. As shown in the earlier quote Atticus, had told Scout to jump in Walter’s shoes, and walk around in it. This other quote shows how Scout actually takes into consideration of Atticus’ words, and chooses to not bother Jem because she tried to imagine what it had

"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (pg. 119.) Miss Maudie spoke the previous quote with deep thought going into each and every word. She wasn't just trying to teach Scout a lesson, but she wanted there to be a powerful meaning behind it. Miss Maudie's main purpose was to stress that you shouldn't kill something that is doing no harm. Everyday "mockingbirds" are killed, broke down, and mistreated by society.

Everyone tries to avoid bad things in life, but our world is faced with lots of bad or evil activity and Lucille Fletcher´s ¨The Hitchhiker¨ is no different. The character Ronald Adams is faced with an unknown man, Ronald first sees the man on the Brooklyn Bridge and swerves to miss the hitchhiker .As Ronald swerves, he get into a car accident as Ronald sees the man continually the hitchhiker will bring Ronald insanity on the drive to New Mexico, Ronald sees this man many times; he continues to go crazy; he has mood swings and tries to find the man. As Ronald drives, he obsesses over the hitchhiker. In ¨The Hitchhiker¨, Fletcher uses the hiker to represents, evil in order to build suspense in the short story.

The ambition of oneself to pursue justice and righteousness may result in prosecution. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, and movie "A Time to Kill" by Joel Schumacher, each demonstrate one’s open-mindedness and forward thinking leads to penalization through protagonists Atticus Finch and Jake Brigance. Both egalitarians take the position as an attorney for an African American and are prosecuted in the process.

In “En Route” by Abigail Zuger, Zuger compares two doctors one is Dr. Data and the other is Dr. Confidence. She describes them as people who follow the rules to strictly instead of showing a little more compassion for patients. Zuger describes Dr. Data as a “fact man, who is evidence based all the way” pg. (825) and she describes Dr. Confidence as a “Standing joke” Pg. (826) she also says “He seems to know no actual medicine at all” Pg. (826). Zuger says that neither Dr. Data nor Dr. Confidence will last a moment in her world because she treats her patients like people and not just as a simple patient. She actually connects with her patients, not like Dr. Data and Dr. Confidence who would basically spit their patients out of their consultation

The season 2 finale of Way Ward Pines leaves a cliffhanger so huge that left fans anxious. The curious case of Wayward Pines season 3 is a question on everyone’s minds. The executive producer, show runners and writers decide to bring comfort to viewers.

“It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. ‘It ain’t right,’ he muttered”...

Though every word should be used, many of the more interesting words fall into disuse. Similarly, many people go through life without being acknowledged. A word to describe these demure people who have no one to dance with and are usually alone is wallflowers. In her poem “Wallflowers,” Donna Vorreyer expresses her idea that every word, like every person, should be welcomed into people’s lives. Beginning with a cherishing tone and then one of concern, she entices the audience and highlights the importance of unused words. She aspires for people to employ unused words in their lives. Because Vorreyer uses an extended metaphor, a direct juxtaposition, and a subtle shift, she illustrates how people need to make room in their lives for things that go unused.

Although the research shows that this story is not true, by analyzing it, I found it to be interesting and also very informative. I believe that this tale was told to inform drivers which launched a public awareness while driving in the dark. The urban legend of the Vanishing Hitchhiker serves several purposes. One of the purposes is to install a widespread belief in ghost. It also can be interpreted as a lesson in morality and question a person’s belief to whether something is living or dead. Most importantly, it serves as a cautionary tale of the dangers of letting any random stranger into your

Annie Dillard’s effective use of language and style reflect and further the opinions she voices within “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”. She knows how to reel the audience in and then strengthens her points with such detailed descriptions of every little thing. A common theme throughout this classic is about seeing and gaining the ability to be able to see things for their beauty and what they really are. Dillard also wants her audience to see the things that are usually not noticeable or sometimes even taken for granted. Things such as objects, events and creatures, Dillard does a great job at making the words on the pages jump out and come to life. She first points out the tomcat. She vividly describes how this big bloody-pawed tomcat would lay

In Lucy, Jamaica Kincaid explores the disillusionment faced by the eponymous character upon immigrating to the United States. The novel's style of narration allows Lucy’s thoughts and emotions to remain hidden. Despite this intense privacy, Lucy's disillusionment is clear. She had hoped that moving around the globe would solve her problems but she still struggles with homesickness and her relationship with her mother. Her move is disappointing. The erasure poem And Coldest also engages disillusionment. The poem suggests the speaker has become disillusioned by observing the world, and indicates their plan to be “shut tight.” The poem inspired me to consider the causes of Lucy’s disillusionment, and her failure to address her own emotions. As a recent immigrant, the causes of Lucy’s disillusionment are somewhat obvious. More enigmatic is her self-avoidant, “shut tight” attitude. In this paper, I argue that Lucy’s disillusionment causes her to avoid the discomfort that comes with self-reflection.

In both the text “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee and the film “A Time to Kill” directed by Joel Schumacher, similar ideas are presented using language devices and stylistic features in differing ways to appeal to their target audience. Each have very similar storylines in which a white lawyer defends a an African-American in a prejudiced court case. Racism is a key idea presented strongly in each due to the eras they are set in. The era and country set in each story provide a strong base for the prominent issue. With the unpleasant happenings in each text and through the racist acts the idea of compassion shines through. As well as compassion being a significant idea, forgiveness is also presented through the racists acts.

The story, in the eyes of two innocent children Scout and her brother Jem, of the discrimination and hypocrisy throughout the town. Maycomb County, Alabama, faces an African American’s injustice while the children learn valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. All the while, we are learning from it. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of morale, justice and equality.