Scout learn throughout the novel. A few key characters who taught these lessons to the children and who will be the subject of this essay are Ms.Dubose and the morals learnt from her successful fight against morphine addiction‚ the role of Aunt Alexandra in front of Scout as a female role model and lastly Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s preferred associations with black people and his motives behind such actions. These points all sum up to the movie version of the novel being unquestionably incomplete as the
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introduced a new style and various techniques to the filmmaking industry. In the film Breathless‚ a young man Michel Poiccard constructs himself after Humphrey Bogart. “The remarkable thing about the film is not just its simple story but its Bogartesque character: brazen‚ charming‚ free‚ refusing to warp emotions into words or conduct in laws” (Kawin and Mast 412). Throughout the film‚ Michel is seen doing various what we would call today to be normal in character in that he personifies an antagonist
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both her personality traits and in her social position. She can read before she enters school‚ she is unusually thoughtful‚ and she acts like a tomboy in her prim and proper Southern Maycomb. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ various characters such as Alexandra‚ Atticus‚ and many others contribute to the socialization of Scout. Scout learns to act lady-like‚ how to be respectful and be guided by her morals‚ and to look at situations and intentions from another perspective. Scout faces many issues in
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In chapters 10 through 15 the trial becomes one of the main topics and causes many conflicts. Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finch family‚ which leads to some quarrelling. In this journal I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Alexandra is an excellent mother to the children. As I am further reading To Kill a Mockingbird I begin to characterize Atticus. I characterize Atticus as a caring and wise individual
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In my opinion‚ Aunt Alexandra is a misunderstood character in To Kill a Mockingbird. Although some of the things she says or does is very annoying‚ I think that she is just trying to do what she thinks is best for everyone. Alexandra is just another woman who grew up in the old South. She is bold‚ bossy‚ proper‚ and everything you imagine when you think of the picture perfect Southern lady. She thinks what she’s doing will help the kids for their future. First‚ Alexandra takes pride in their family
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effect many women’s attitude and the expectations they face from society. Finally‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman shows that symbolism in a story can effetely show the limitations that women are put into. In Cather’s O Pioneers‚ Alexandra
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seen as a normal occurrence by society. It was strict taboo to have a tolerant relationship between the two races. Although in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ that taboo was broken by a black woman Calpurnia and a white woman Aunt Alexandra. Cal is a hard working woman who earns every penny she makes. Aunt Alexandria on the other hand is a privileged white woman who feels entitled to the world. They are like night and day‚ but are tolerant of each other for one reason‚ family. They
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uncontrolled streets in the city‚ not in artificial studio sets built for filming. As A bout de soufflé was filmed in famous locations in Paris such as the Champs Elysées‚ uncountable number of ordinary people appear in the film. They look back at Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Patricia Franchini (Jean Seberg) with curiosity in their faces‚ some even stare directly at the camera‚ or some cut in front of the camera. All these things blur the border between the reality and the diegesis‚ making
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older brother Jem and is constantly trying to prove herself his equal. Like all women in Maycomb‚ Scout finds herself a victim of gender discrimination. Aunt Alexandra tells Scout a few times that she “could not hope to be a lady if she wore breeches”. Aunt Alexandra also expects Scout to play with stoves‚ tea sets‚ and necklaces. Aunt Alexandra is not the only person who is discriminative towards women‚ even Atticus who is said to not judge anyone‚ also discriminates against women. On page 244‚ Atticus
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Aunt Alexandra strongly believes that she is above the other characters in the novel who do not have her same ‘good-breeding’ or come from a well-off white Christian family. Lee demonstrates the social inequality when Aunt Alexandra explains to Scout that she cannot invite Walter Cunningham over to play or for dinner. Lee uses Aunt Alexandra to explain to Scout that‚ Walter “is trash” and that Scout should not overly associate
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