Peggy Lee

Dear Sam, I am writing to you to tell you about my experience reading Go Set A Watchman By Harper Lee. Go Set A Watchman takes place in Maycomb, Alabama. Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, arrives home, via train, from New York City to visit her father, Atticus. Atticus is now 72, and is crippled by rheumatoid arthritis, and now lives with his sister, Alexandra. Atticus has also taken an apprentice at his law firm, this apprentice happens to be Henry, Scout’s childhood friend and future husband. Scout

Sandra Gonzalez Enix- 7th Hour War Is Hell 29 September 2014 Insert Title Here Hero. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, a hero is defined as “any person, male or female, admired for courage, nobility, etc.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary, “hero 1”). Webster’s Pocket Dictionary, comparably, defines a hero as “a person of great courage, spirit, etc., especially one who has undergone great danger or difficulty” (Webster’s Pocket Dictionary, “hero 3”). Heroes are not born heroes. Yes, everyone

important factor on deciding who belonged to what social class. Miss Atkinson and Aunt Alexandra are also part of this class because they are know as the perfect examples of what a southern lady should be. Under the Finches would be the Cunninghams (Lee 258). These are the poor, yet respectable white people. Even though the Cunninghams are poor because of the Great Depression, they always manage to pay back the money they borrow in the crops and items from their farm. Under

debate comes down to a matter of linguistics and the development of the English language, but more interesting literature stems from the debate of the socially correct usage, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird tackles the challenge of defining courage. Lee asserts that courage is the act of striving to meet a difficult goal in order to increase one’s positive contribution to a society. This definition of courage is displayed through the actions, words, and beliefs of the characters; Arthur “Boo” Radley

symbolizes the many divisions and classifications used in Maycomb to differentiate different groups of people. Although, each individual is in fact different, the people of Maycomb are blinded to the fact that, “’there’s just one kind of folks. Folks’” (Lee 304). Scout understood the fact that people shouldn’t be judged based on divisions and classifications, and rather focused on people’s similarities. Scout’s mature way of understanding, le her see something, that most people in

Perspective comes from the Latin words per and spectare and literally means: to look through. Therefore, perspective, in its most rudimentary definition, means the way one looks at things. This definition can be elaborated upon and become synonymous with belief. A perspective can be open or limited, abstract or logical, optimistic or pessimistic. With these opposites, it can be difficult to blend one’s views with another’s. People are fascinated with perspectives. Humans love the conflict that comes

Emily Pichon Felkins English 11 27 April 2016 Title On November 14, 1959 the police were called early in the morning of a small town called Holcomb in Kansas, the Clutter family had been killed in cold blood. Herb Clutter, the loving husband of Bonnie Clutter the mother of two children Kyen and Nancy Clutter, were all murdered brutally by Dick Hancock and Perry Smith. Truman Capote wrote the book In Cold Blood to show all points of views of this trial and to show his own view on the case. As Capote

Atticus Finch agrees to represent a black man, Tom Robinson, who was charged for rape, even though they “were licked a hundred years before [they] started” (Lee 101). Boo Radley falls victim to the town’s unwavering prejudice as his story becomes shrouded by mystery and gossip. Finally, the poorer citizens of Maycomb seek various ways to better their status, which in turn reveals the nature of education in

judged. Just like Scout in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she does not act like how society wants her to even though they accuse her for being herself. Eventually throughout the story the only thing she wants is to grow up to be lady since that is what most people want her to be. The novel has many events that take place in which the circumstances that one lives in can affect the development of their identity. Harper Lee suggests that circumstances such as past family, society beliefs

in history. If all men are created equal, how could we treat people of a different color so unjustly? It is a travesty that cannot be forgotten and that can not, must not, and shall not be repeated. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee states the truth behind a world with closed minds. She put the world into perspective through her commentary that is still relevant today. Through her writing, we see the compassion, sympathy, and tolerance, or the lack thereof, from all perspectives: