To Kill A Mockingbird Comparative Essay
How do the authors show the hardships and struggle the young generation have in To Kill A Mockingbird and Noughts & Crosses?
‘Noughts & Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman is a novel, which follows how two characters, Callum and Sephy, both deal with the surrounding racially segregated community. It explores the struggles they’ve had through a rangeful of events. ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee similarly uses the perspective of a young mind to explore community and the community’s attitudes towards race and class in the deep southern areas of America. Both authors have shown in each book how young people have had hardships and struggle due to their separate societies.
Jem is a brave and strong young boy growing up in Maycomb. As Maycomb …show more content…
He is a young boy growing up in a racially segregated area just like Jem from ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’. Callum has to work harder then any other 16-year-old boy because he is white. The community also have a fear of change and as they are a majority of blacks they are racially discriminative towards white people. Callum couldn’t get into Heathcroft high school easily. It took him a lot of effort and he had to tolerate a lot of racial conflict and yet he is only a young adult. It is written in the novel ‘’It’ll be tough son, but at least it’s a start. My son is going to Heathcroft High School. Imagine that!’’ This quote shows that Callum’s dad can’t believe that his son is good enough for Heathcroft. That implies that Callum clearly put in a lot of hard work to get into this school where he will still have to tolerate racial conflict. Also Callum’s father says ‘It’ll be tough son’ by this he is preparing Callum for what may come and is trying to strengthen him and that shows as a young person Callum had to struggle a lot to try and make a future out of him. Malorie Blackman has shown how Callum had struggles and went through hardship at a young age in the
‘Noughts & Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman is a novel, which follows how two characters, Callum and Sephy, both deal with the surrounding racially segregated community. It explores the struggles they’ve had through a rangeful of events. ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee similarly uses the perspective of a young mind to explore community and the community’s attitudes towards race and class in the deep southern areas of America. Both authors have shown in each book how young people have had hardships and struggle due to their separate societies.
Jem is a brave and strong young boy growing up in Maycomb. As Maycomb …show more content…
He is a young boy growing up in a racially segregated area just like Jem from ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’. Callum has to work harder then any other 16-year-old boy because he is white. The community also have a fear of change and as they are a majority of blacks they are racially discriminative towards white people. Callum couldn’t get into Heathcroft high school easily. It took him a lot of effort and he had to tolerate a lot of racial conflict and yet he is only a young adult. It is written in the novel ‘’It’ll be tough son, but at least it’s a start. My son is going to Heathcroft High School. Imagine that!’’ This quote shows that Callum’s dad can’t believe that his son is good enough for Heathcroft. That implies that Callum clearly put in a lot of hard work to get into this school where he will still have to tolerate racial conflict. Also Callum’s father says ‘It’ll be tough son’ by this he is preparing Callum for what may come and is trying to strengthen him and that shows as a young person Callum had to struggle a lot to try and make a future out of him. Malorie Blackman has shown how Callum had struggles and went through hardship at a young age in the