Peggy Lee

The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird is a historical-fiction written by Harper Lee. The novel’s main character and narrator Jean Louise (Scout) Finch is introduced to many of the world’s hardships, and its harsh realities. Standing as Scout’s father is Atticus Finch, leading her down the path of righteousness, fairness, and equality. Atticus is an excellent father, whom leaves little to be desired on the topic of parenting. He shows his superb parenting in numerous ways- ranging from the allowing of

temptation of giving up, as “Mrs. Dubose won all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody” (Lee 149). This quote shows that Mrs. Dubose never gave up, even though there was a tiny chance of succeeding. Mrs. Dubose knew that she was going to die anyway, yet she wanted to die free of her Morphine addiction. Harper Lee conveys through his message that most people don’t recognize that having a strong self-control, and being able to resist the temptation of

Friedrich Nietzsche once said ,”Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.” In the novel ,”To Kill A Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, the author uses various different motifs that have a deeper and symbolic meaning. Lee uses motifs such as the snowman, the mad dog, and the tree to represent the deeper meaning of words, these motifs have symbolic meaning and represent certain issues and views on the time set in the novel.

In the beginning, Maycomb, Alabama seemed to be a quiet, accepting of others community. A place that was safe for rearing children, and somewhere everyone could live peacefully. The community members watched out for each other, and helped others without procrastination or the thought of otherwise. Life was routine. One could declare what the community members were doing, just by knowing what time it was. As the story progressed, the community’s skeletons were exposed, and one begins to realize that

Coming-Of-Age Stories Coming of age stories, are usually about a child growing up and maturing. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee has the protagonist, Scout Finch grows up and matures. As she goes through this stage of life, she discovers adulthood. The novel is a coming of age story, as it is witness through Scout’s interactions with the community in Maycomb, she realizes that some situations are not always as they seem, recognizes that evil exists in the world, and develops

in the book To Kill A Mockingbird, as Atticus bravely defends a black person, Tom Robinson during history where racism was vivid. The theme of courage is ideally present via Scout and Boo Radley from the book To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. Scout displayed courage in many sections of the novel. For instance, she portrayed the trait of courage when Atticus had asked Scout not to fight anyone and when she was being asked to change how she reacted negatively to people’s comments. This

Harper lees ‘To kill a mocking bird’, and ‘The Help’ use racism to establish the significant themes in their work. Both these texts explore the abominable treatment of African Americans during American history, discrimination power and courage. These are established through the lives of the main characters Skeeter and Atticus. In To Kill a Mockingbird discrimination is shown when Tom Robinson was accused of raping and beating 19-year-old Mayella Ewell and is put up to unfair trial because of his

Cheeto and Houdini are two cats that live in the same household. They are brothers but are quite different in both looks and personality. Humans tend to judge people that are not similar to them but these two cats are best friends  First of all, Cheeto is a big orange cat. He has some white on his belly but is mostly orange like a Cheeto. He got his name when he chomped down on a Cheeto but his brother Houdini would not touch it. His fur is long and soft but does not get too tangled. If it does get

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many different characters that have various personalities. One of the characters that has the best personality is Jem. Throughout the novel, it is shown that Jem is a better person than most adults by asking questions about others’ decisions, thinking about hard topics, and reflecting back on his life. Many times in the novel Jem is seen asking questions to himself, and occasionally to Atticus. These questions are usually about other people and decisions

adult world when their father is looked down upon for defending an African American. The children are forced to grow up through characters and other facets in their small, separated town of Maycomb. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee emphasizes the loss of innocence through a series of mature and emotional events. Mayella Ewell claims on the night of November 21st, she was raped and beaten by an African American man, Tom Robinson. This alleged rape was most certainly false although