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must do the thing you think you cannot do.” (Goodreads). Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, courage is represented by Atticus, Scout, and Boo Radley. In the novel, some of the characters learn a lot about courage. The novel takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Throughout the book, many characters have to find courage. Atticus represents courage throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. A time when Atticus shows this is when Atticus shoots Tim Robinson the mad dog. On page 127 in

Traditional New Mexican culture is the backbone of Bless Me, Ultima. Although there a lot of qualities taken from the culture, readers will view the novel from multiple perspectives and separate the realistic representations of the culture from fiction. Analyzing different elements from the novel will demonstrate how the relationship between them brings the world of Bless Me, Ultima to life. The elements of the llano, owl, and whirlwind will specifically examine Ultima and her role as a curandera

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the reader is placed into Maycomb County, Alabama during the Great Depression when racism and inequality was the norm. During this novel, Atticus is assigned a case in which he must defend Tom Robinson, an African-American. Even though he did not win his case, he learned new things and changed as a character. In the novel, Harper Lee establishes Atticus as a teacher who is also both righteous and courageous. Throughout the story, it becomes obvious that Atticus

Historical Influences in To Kill a Mockingbird The Great Depression was a devastating time where millions of Americans lost their jobs and their homes (McCabe 12). Not only did the Great Depression influence the writing of her novel, Harper Lee used other historical events to influence the creation of To Kill a Mockingbird. The Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and the Scottsboro trials are some of the historical events that inspired To Kill a Mockingbird. The first influence on Harper Lee’s To Kill

scars, disgusting yellow teeth, big bug eyes and drool dripping from his mouth, were the rumors that were spread about a man that will later show his true self to the Finch children, as a kind and caring person. The small town of Maycomb, located in Alabama, is a town where everybody knows everybody business. It is a place where rumors are guaranteed to go around, rumors about a man named Arthur Radley. Arthur “Boo” Radley is not how everyone perceived him to be in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Boo Radley as a symbol of the intolerant way the townspeople react to the unknown. Rumors are constantly spread by the citizens of Maycomb, saying how, in addition to his supposedly barbaric nature, Boo has violent tendencies and is quite hideous. Provided that nobody knows much about him, that makes it even easier to pass around these rumors. In the beginning of the book, Jem uses some of these rumors while describing Boo. Although he knows nothing

It’s a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird When Scout was growing up she thought the Radley’s house was the scariest thing in Maycomb, that is until she grew up a little and realized the scariest thing in Maycomb was closer to her than the down the street, it was happening in her own back yard. Scout prejudged Boo Radley when he didn’t deserve it, Scout learned that harming innocent people is a sin. Atticus said “…Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird

While Atticus may make some mistakes as a parent, overall he is an admirable father. This can be seen from the moment he shot the dog, and when he defended a black person in trial. When Atticus shot Tim Johnson, the liver-colored bird dog of Mr. Harry Johnson, because he was going wild, Miss Maudie pointed out that he was known as “One-Shot” for being the deadest shot in town. For some unsaid reason, Atticus had never told them of this talent, and even at the end nobody knows why, from the reader’s

Achieving a strong sense of love and belonging through self acceptance, an idea reflected in Brené Brown’s TED Talk The Power of Vulnerability, mirrors the coming of age journeys of Scout, from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, and Gene, from John Knowles’s novel A Separate Peace. In her TED Talk The Power of Vulnerability, Brené Brown explains what gives a person a strong sense of love and belonging. Brown, a self proclaimed researcher storyteller who works at the University of Houston Graduate

“Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success”- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. What is courage or being courageous? Courage has many different meanings to many different people. I think courage means brave; or something one person does that no one else would. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are many courageous acts. One that is know happened in chapter 15 of the book. In chapter 15 Tom Robinson is being moved to the Maycomb jail. After dinner time Atticus got an