Mockingjay Part 1, Chapter 1, by Suzanne Collins, is so far telling the story of Katniss Everdeen visiting District 12 and living in District 13. When Katniss arrives at District 12, she starts to feel sorrowful and culpable for the destruction and deaths of so many people she is seeing. Katniss goes into her old home while she was there and finds a white flower that was fresh and she thinks that it’s from President Snow. This flower obtained her attention so much, even though it was just a flower it meant more to her, something like revenge. “...how it’s not just a flower, not even just President Snow’s flower, but a promise of revenge…” (15). Then, she travels to District 13, where she and all the people from District 12 have to live in now…
I have read chapters 1-3 in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In these chapters we meet a girl named Scout and her brother, Jem. We also meet their friend, Dill. The Radleys are the nasty neighbors. The kids are trying to meet Boo Radley. In this journal, I will be predicting whether the kids will meet Boo or not.…
Scout's innocent views on reality, although inaccurate does help the reader understand events from the novel more clearly. Scouts input should stay in the novel because it emphasizes how Scout grow as a character, the theme came across clearer, and many readers can relate to Scout.…
“In literature, evil often triumphs, but never conquers” in famous novels like “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson or “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The evil is considered the major issues brought upon the protagonists by the antagonists (when comparing these two novels), such as the character of Andy Evans in Speak and Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird. However, the protagonists always found a way to conquer with the good, and will always shine brighter than the evil.…
In the book “To kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, Lee talks a lot about the good and the evil that is in our world, the unfairness of people and other decisions they make. The way Lee shows that is by using the people in her book, straight from Maycomb, Alabama. She expresses the wrong choices and decisions the people make for the wrong reasons.…
As a child progresses in their life, they learn proper behavior; most of which is learned through mistakes. For example, if a child participates in an immoral act, such as swearing, a parent could yell at that child and punish them for cursing. By punishing a child for doing something wrong, the child realizes they made a mistake, and will be less likely to make the same mistake in the future. However, if the parent had not yelled at the child, the child would not know any better and most likely continue cursing. The method of a child learning by mistakes is very effective in any situation, and instead of fearing mistakes, children can learn to embrace errors and move forward with maturity, success and wisdom. In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout Finch…
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a mockingbird, one should never judge a person until they have walked around in their shoes and have seen what life is like for them. This novel teaches us a lot about other people's perspective and one should not judge until they know what that person is facing in their lives and have walked in their…
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, a town very similar in ways to Maycomb, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird. Like Scout’s father, Harper Lee’s father was also a lawyer of the town. Lee’s childhood friend novelist Truman Capote had given her the inspiration to create the character Dill. Harper Lee had mention that To Kill a Mockingbird was not just intended to portray her childhood home but rather a nonspecific town in the south. “People are people anywhere you put them,” she had declared in her interview. Courage is the ability to be able to do something that terrifies oneself, for a person to be courageous means that they are willing to put their life at risk…
To begin with Atticus used ethos to convince the jury of Tom’s innocence. Ethos appeals of ones character and tells if someone is reliable and competent. Atticus uses ethos to convince the jury by demonstrating that he should be trusted and he will not lie to them. He starts by pointing out that the truth is that some Negros lie, some are unscrupulous, they also can’t be trusted around women. Yet this pertains “to the human race and not to a particular race of men” black or white they are both equal (Lee 204). Atticus is attempting to convince the jury that everyone makes mistakes because we are humans and the differences in appearances does not make someone superior to another. Atticus also uses how the Ewells are incompetent and not to be trusted due to how they have acted prior while at the stand and experiences.…
The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee revolves around ethical matters such as innocence , knowledge, racism and courage. The story is about a young girl, Scout Finch, and her journey in growing up and what she learns about people in those 2 years. It is set in Maycomb, Alabama where most of the society are divided into classes are extremely judgemental and racially prejudice. Scout, Jem and Dill all play together around the summer and they always try to find out more about their neighbour, Boo Radley, who is feared by everyone in town. Atticus, Jem and Scout’s father, is a lawyer who is currently defending a black man, Tom Robinson, who is charged of rape. The townspeople are not too pleased…
It is said to be a sin to kill a mockingbird because “‘Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy’” (Lee 94). In this novel many sins were committed. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the behavior of Atticus Finch shows that he is a hero, because he demonstrated understanding, thoughtfulness, and passion towards his children, neighbour-hood, and city. Atticus is a man who raised his children in an admirable way. He never yelled at the two, or abused them by physical punishment. Atticus also never bragged about how he could do many things, like shoot a gun, which may have taught the children a lot.…
We often here the phrase “What would one do if they were put in someone else’s shoes?” Well… what would someone do is the real question. When people get asked this question, they usually don’t actually put themselves in the other persons position to think about all of the pressure and affects of the situation. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many different occasions when people make decisions that someone may question. But in reality, one may never know the reasoning behind the decisions made, until they put themselves in the others place. The novel takes place in Macomb, Alabama during the Jim Crow law era. Anyone indigenous to this area knew how the blacks were treated, and nothing really changed. The story is based around the Finch family, Atticus and his children. Atticus takes a trial case of a black man accused of rape. This situation is not ideal for anyone, or one’s family in the south…
A just society should have a system of laws and regulations that offer fair solutions. However, justice cannot occur when biased with racism. Harper Lee defines the fictional town of Maycomb as a rigid society in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird (TKAM). The justice system of Maycomb is extremely flawed as it persecutes the most vulnerable: Tom Robinson; Mayella Ewell and; Arthur Radley. Tom Robinson is convicted of a crime that he has not committed, simply because of his race ; Mayella Ewell faces ordeal due to the failure of the institution of justice and ; Boo Radley is excluded from outside world. In comparison to these characters Tom Robinson is dominated the most by injustice.…
Doing What is Right Did you know that doing what is right could sometimes be potentially dangerous? In my 8th grade Language Arts class, we read a book named To Kill a Mockingbird. The book takes place in a town named Maycomb during the 1390s. In the book, an African-American person named Tom Robinson was accused of raping a white person named Mayella Ewell.…
Harper Lee once said, “ You rarely win, but sometimes you do.” Lee is alluding to the notion of winning, for this belief is a popular theme within literature. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, a community’s morals and beliefs regarding race, gender, and compassion determine that justice is a privilege for a few rather than a right for all. Throughout the small-town life, many characters see the evil in human nature, while others cause the evil with being racist. The kids’ innocence gets demolished, yet they learn valuable lessons about being prejudice.…