To Kill a Mockingbird & September Coming-of-age Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Peter Carstair’s motion picture “September” are two compelling works that explore the poignant theme of coming-of-age. While over thirty years separate the two pieces‚ both texts capture the raw emotions and difficulties of innocent children growing into mature adults in an ever-changing society. These changes are portrayed in many different way‚ but are most prominent through the racism in their surroundings
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The mockingbird. The primary object of symbolism used throughout the entire novel is this small bird. And yet‚ despite being small‚ the mockingbird is filled with a large amount of importance throughout the novel. The use of symbolism with this bird is especially used when it comes to the misunderstood character Boo Radley. Boo is innocence in most likely its purest form in the novel. He never did anything truly wrong‚ unlike other characters like Bob Ewell. Boo didn’t do all the terrible things
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A loss of innocence is a recurring theme in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. In this novel a loss of innocence is conveyed through more than one character. Scout Finch is one‚ of few characters‚ to experience a loss of innocence. Her loss of innocence is prominent throughout the story and events that take place. The Radley game‚ getting racially shamed‚ the persecution of Tom Robinson‚ and getting attacked are a few events were the loosing of innocence is present. A loss of innocence is when
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It’s The Little Things It is the little things in life that people take for granted‚ the unnoticed deeds‚ and the unrewarded successes. Things that people think are customary to do‚ when in reality it takes a lot of confidence ‚ courage ‚ and even when people think poorly of a person they still act accordingly to their morals. It is hard to come across the people who still act like this. However in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Arthur “Boo” Radley is a man that still fits this script. Arthur
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The book To Kill a Mockingbird has many different themes. One that really stood out to me was Childhood Innocence‚ because the story is written from Scout’s point of view it portrays her childish and immature thoughts towards all of the events that happen in her life. Not only is Scout childish at times her brother Jem and her friend Dill also show irresponsible actions through the games they choose to play and the way they react to different things such as getting in trouble or just barely getting
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From the beginning to the end of the story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus tells his children multiple times that they should walk in someone else’s shoes before judging them. Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout encounter situations throughout the story in which they need to listen to Atticus’s advice in order to change their views to see both sides of the situation. One example of this was when Jem could not understand why Bob Ewell spit on Atticus and threatened his life. Jem was too myopic to see that even
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The final solid piece of evidence that proves that Atticus is a positive parental figure is that he teaches his children valuable life lessons. Like any good parent‚ Atticus teaches his two children valuable lessons that will get them through life. One of the valuable lessons that he teaches Jean Louise in the first few chapters of the book is to not judge those that do not have money. In the few first pages in chapter 3 Walter Cunningham went to eat at the Finch’s house‚ when suddenly Walter
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A hero is someone who respects others and sacrifices their own safety for others. The heroes in To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ are Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus. They are reasonable and respectful to all in their town. The setting is Macomb County‚ Mississippi‚ in the mid-1900’s. The heros are Scout‚ Jem‚ and Atticus Finch. The first hero in To Kill A Mockingbird is Jean Louise Finch (nicknamed Scout). Scout is a hero because she is always notices the adults in Maycomb. One example of this
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Don’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover Nothing is what it seems‚ including people. People judge other people by their appearances and actions without even knowing people. We see this theme a couple times in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee. Harper Lee’s appearance message shows that people judge based on looks but the rumors and looks are never trusting. The theme Harper Lee followed in her book was‚ “ appearances do not always reflect reality.” One way she followed this theme was when
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Coming of Age Growing up can be a world of confusion. Trending from what am I going to do when I get older? Does my hair really look good like that? When will I have time to study for that test or will I get invited to that party; however ageing offers some benefits as well. Adolescents and young adults begin to notice ideas‚ feelings‚ and perspectives‚ other than their own. Coming of age involves recognizing different perspectives. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Jem is an example of a
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