The second example of a mockingbird is Boo Radley. Boo is a social outcast who is deemed evil from rumours that are spread about him. To begin, the town attacks Boo’s personal identity. When Scout explains all she knows about Boo, she is convinced that “inside the house [lives] a malevolent phantom” (13). Scout has never met Boo but she victimizes him by believing the rumours and calling him evil. Moreover, Boo is slowly attempting to befriend Jem and Scout. Boo leaves small presents for the children in a knothole, the first gift he leaves is gum (38). Boo wants to be in contact with other people but he has been in his house for so many years he does not want to leave what is familiar to him so he communicates the only way he knows how. Furthermore,…
Coming of age a scene from “to kill a mockingbird”. Was the scene when scout leads boo Radley to his house and she realizes and learns that she is becoming a young adult? I will be explaining the different literary elements in this scene, plot, p.o.v, and the setting will affect the scene. I chose these three elements because I felt that they fit the scene and I feel that it brings out the true colors of the characters.…
The views of Northern and Southern British Colonies of North America developed different culturally factors including economically and political views, education, and religious instruction. Colonies in the north and south developed their own characteristics making them significant for the main land, and later becomes the new nation itself.…
he main character of this book is a young girl, nicknamed Scout. She lives with her brother, Jem, who is four years older than her, and her father. She ages from six to nine in this story. Boo Radley is the only person who could do this novel justice if he was the main character. He would still have some of the details of the original book and he would be able to tell about the trial from the perspective of the newspapers. Boo Radley would also be able to discuss his relationship with the children next door. He was so kind by leaving them gifts and they established a relationship without even seeing each other.…
Many assert that Atticus Finch is the hero in the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by, “Harper Lee,” but I respectfully disagree with that and believe the true hero is Boo Radley. Throughout the book, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Boo Radley was secretive and reticent, although, he had multiple encounters of being heroic. Boo Radley additionally, is somebody portrayed as a mad man. Scout, Jem, and Dill was told that Boo (allegedly), defiantly stuck scissors into the leg of his repressive father. When the children heard about that, they reluctantly tried to find out more information about Boo. By the end of the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Boo is distinguished more as a hero to the children, rather than a shadow of a dreadful person. I conceive…
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird’s Scout Finch is an unreliable narrator in that many of the key events she mentions throughout her narration are taken from second hand accounts and other people. One of the main plot points of the novel is the character of Boo Radley. The Finches’ neighbour, Boo, was depicted as an elusive person. He hardly went outside or socialized with others, due to his violent nature. Scout had hardly any real contact with him until the end of the novel. All of the knowledge Scout knew of Boo was either from “…neighbourhood legend” (pg. 10), or Jem, who had “…received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford” (pg. 11-12). By getting her information from different sources and telling it to the reader, Scout…
Have you ever had the wrong impression of someone? And then later become to know that person and find out that you were completely wrong. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird two kids that live in the south have a misunderstood neighbor named Boo Radley. Jem and Scout had many different perspectives on Boo. In the beginning they were scared. Going further into the book they become more curious. Towards the end they became friends.…
Prejudice towards different people is a huge part of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird novel. Nearly every little mishap in the book has been somehow linked or caused by prejudice. Naturally, the town of Maycomb is affected by it, and the effect isn’t for the best. Prejudice is a destructive force in Maycomb, bringing nothing to the town. The cause of Maycomb being destroyed is prejudice spreading hatred throughout the town, separating the people, and excluding and enabling members of the town to fully get what they need.…
One of the first prejudices to become known is against the Cunninghams. The Cunninghams are a very poor farming family who were hit hard by the Great Depression. "...The Cunninghams never took anything they can't pay back - no church baskets and no scrimp stamps. They never took anything off anybody, they get along on what they have. They don't have much, but they get along on it." Scout explains to Miss Caroline, their first grade teacher, on page 20. The Cunninghams were hit hardest by the Depression and because of their level of poverty the Cunninghams are discriminated against. "The thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he'll never be like Jem." Aunt Alexandra explains to Scout on page 224. Aunt Alexandra does not want Scout associating with Walter Cunningham simply because of his class. Aunt Alexandra is discriminating against the Cunninghams because they are below the Finches on the social strata.…
I predict that the kids will not meet Boo. I predicted this for two reasons the kids fear him and he is locked in his family's house. First, the kids fear him because his actions and physical appearance are frightening. There is evidence of this in the book where Miss Stephanie Crawford said she woke up in the middle of the night. She saw him looking through her window at her with a face like a skull. Also, Jem gave an in depth description of Boo with him having a long jagged scar along his face. Jem and Scout have to walk by the Radley’s every day on the way to school. Jem always runs because he’s so scared to just walk by. The second reason that the kids are scared of him is because of the stories about why he is locked up. According…
How does prejudice affect how people treat others? In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a southern town called Maycomb is filled with prejudice. The story is set in the 1930s, a heavily racist time. Scout and Jem, the main characters, can see how prejudice affects how people treat each other. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows how people judge each other without knowing what they’ve experienced through characters, events, and setting.…
Intolerance based upon race and upon a person's age have been an enduring element of society since the beginning of the 20th century. In Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird", the community of Maycomb demonstrates racial and age based intolerance throughout the novel. The most prevalent form of discrimination in Maycomb is white intolerance against blacks. Interestingly, blacks discriminating against whites is another form of intolerance demonstrated throughout the novel. In Maycomb, children as seen very much as subordinates to their parents, which in turn manufactures an intolerance from adults to children if they do not conform to social standards.…
Introduction-In this book there is a lot of prejudice in this Maycomb. In this story there were maybe some but not alot of racisism. People in this book didnt really take it to serious as when slavery was actually developing. In this book a girl named Scout had a dad named Atticus he was a loyor, and in this story Scout’s dad was defending a negro in this story. So as she went to school she would get made fun of, or bullied for her dad defending a negro.…
Theme is the main message a reader will learn about in life or human nature from a literary piece. Prejudice is the theme developed through the setting in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The reader witnesses the speaker, Scout, experience numerous kinds of prejudice as she grows within the city of Maycomb in Alabama. The small and large settings of school and the courthouse all contribute to the theme in the novel. Conative prejudice refers to however individuals are likely to behave.…
How does witnessing prejudice during childhood affect the loss of innocence in children? In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author focuses on two young children, Jem and Scout, who are living during a time when racism and prejudice dominates their hometown of Maycomb County. Simultaneously, they are envisioning and being introduced to different perspectives of their ongoing society. Throughout the story, Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, an elderly woman, showed signs of racism and prejudice to the children. Therefore, her character contributes to the overall themes of children losing their innocence as they mature in age, because they are being exposed to many harsh wrongdoings that the two of them have never perceived or witnessed before.…