injustice. Throughout the book Scout learns moral lessons as her innocence is destroyed by the prejudice of others seen through symbolism. Young Scout mindlessly views everything in a good way positively thinking the world has no evil. Aunt Alexandria counteracts this when Scout wants to play with Walter Cunningham. “But why can’t I play with Walter‚ Aunty‚ why can’t I?” (Lee 225) In this quote the symbol is Walter. In the book his family is very low on the social class.
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mature into a woman. In the beginning of the book‚ she is a tomboy who cannot wait to pick a fistfight with anyone‚ but at the end‚ she lowers her fists because her father‚ Atticus‚ tells her not to fight. Scout’s views of womanhood‚ influenced by how Aunt Alexandra‚ Miss Maudie‚ and Calpurnia act‚ make her think more about becoming a woman and less of a tomboy. In the beginning of the book‚ Scout is a tomboy. She acts‚ dresses‚ and walks like a boy because when she was little her mom died‚ leaving
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Lennie was incapable of apprehending what goes on. That doesn’t seem like the case now. Lennie is intelligent enough to see the damage and trouble he has caused. To interpret his thoughts‚ his mind creates hallucinations of his Aunt Clara and of a Rabbit. The mirage of Aunt Clara speaking in his voice is a way in which he scolds himself; for always causing trouble for George. “And when she spoke‚ it was in Lennie’s voice. “I tol’ you an’ tol’ you‚ ‘Min’ George because he’s such a nice fella an’ good
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and imagery. Kingston struggles with finding her identity through the participation in forgetting her aunt. She believes by not mentioning her aunt’s name will wash away any sins her aunt caused‚ but the irony is that she still speaks of her aunt even when told not to. Though she does not speak of the “unknown aunt” out loud‚ she writes about her. She writes about how after death‚ her aunt is still punished‚ but she wants to comfort her. Kingston calls this “a reverse ancestor worship”
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Langston is the main character of the story. He is distraught on waiting to get baptized‚ but is waiting on a light and Jesus to come into his life. When he does not see Jesus or the light he then decides not to get baptized. However‚ Langston’s aunt and other church members knelt down beside him telling him to come to Jesus. Young Langston revises himself and gets baptized. The story "Salvation" is based upon the setting‚ conflict‚ and theme and is used directly by Langston Hughes. In "Salvation"
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aged and gotten far wiser‚ Aunt Alexandra has came to visit‚ Dill has ran away from his home and lastly‚ Atticus stood up for Tom Robinson. Scout has had a major impact on the storyline thus far; She has saved her father from being murdered/beaten up‚ grown up and learned that fighting is not always the answer‚ and to ignore people when they say hurtful things. In this journal I will be evaluating. Calpurnia is a more suitable mother figure for the children than Aunt Alexandra. Calpurnia is a better
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Ben- awkward‚ doesn’t make volleyball team‚ can’t talk to the girl he likes‚ Ben tries to become a ‘man of stone’‚ Claude- likes Kat‚ Aunt Frieda- separated from her son Beth- cook Mad- actress Joni- painter Jacob- Aunt Frieda’s son Fish- Stan- went missing/ran away‚ police can’t find him‚ detentional center‚ was trying to work up the guts to call home‚ beat up a man because was bugging him about not get off the phone‚ -grow in self-confidence and self-knowledge -scattered household
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in life are bitter-sweet‚ and so are many knowledgeable women. Aunt Alexandra in To Kill A Mockingbird portrays this very well. Although Alexandra Hancock is hypocritical and racist‚ she is also extremely loving. The south is harsh‚ yet has beautiful aspects‚ Alexandra Hancock makes this very clear. Due to Aunt Alexandra’s hypocritical‚ racist‚ and loving personality she shows Jem and Scout the beauty and flaws of southern culture. Aunt Alexandra is heavily involved with her missionary circle‚ and
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fifth season of the Andy Griffith show‚ Aunt Bee gets a mysterious letter from‚ “a boy I used to keep company with‚” (1964)‚ he comes to visit and Andy is annoyed by him. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the‚ “Aunt Bee’s Romance” episode on the Andy Griffith show‚ from a critical studies perspective. I argue that the Andy Griffith show’s episode‚ “Aunt Bee’s Romance”‚ Andy reaffirms his masculinity by pointing out the inadequacy of the elderly with Aunt Bee‚ Roger Hanover and Floyd Lawson. I
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story James and the Giant Peach is James. James is a kid that is a shy kid only around his aunts. He lives with his aunts after his parents died from a hippopotamus accident. He was a great kid before and after his parents died‚but when his parents died. He went to live with his two aunts because they were his only two living relatives. James became a shy and scared person from the mistreatment from his aunts. James was a very charming little boy that never caused any trouble for the most part.For
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