CHARACTER ANALYSIS – To Kill a Mockingbird Character | Characteristics/Qualities | Important Quotes | Additional Information | ATTICUS | Atticus has integrity and believes that abiding the law (courthouse and humanity) is necessary.He demonstrates the qualities: * Humbleness/ modesty: he does not want attention for his good deeds. * Integrity * Loyalty: to his family and courthouse. * No prejudice: with regards to the coloured people. * Honesty: he was prepared to turn in Jem as a murderer
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Priestly uses Mrs. Birling’s character to represent snobby rich people of the era and makes use of language‚ form and structure to develop her character throughout the course of Act II. Mrs. Birling‚ right off the back‚ gives the audience an impression of ‘a classic snob’. She thinks she is morally and socially superior and tries to show this on several occasions. ‘I don’t suppose for a moment that we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class-’‚ ‘As if a girl of that sort
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This character analysis was based on the autobiography‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ written by the famous and inspiring Maya Angelou. In the beginning of‚ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerite Annie Johnson or Maya Angelou is a precocious girl and she suffered from the typical traumas associated with being a black girl in America‚ as many black girls have. But she also struggled from the traumas of displacement. Her parents gave up on their marriage‚ and soon after‚ they sent away Maya
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Burns 1 Warren Burns March 8‚ 2013 Mrs. Miller Character Analysis The story that I chose to do my character analysis was Everyday use and the character that was chose was Dee. She was the jealous and confrontational one among her family members‚ while as an individual she searches for special meaning and a stronger sense of self. Dee’s judgmental nature has affected Mama and Maggie‚ and desire for Dee’s approval runs deep in both of them—it even appears in Mama’s daydreams about a televised
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producer‚ once said "I think there is a danger there of being mean to people and humiliating people and embarrassing people just because it might get you ratings. It is a disturbing trend." In the short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury‚ the students treat Margot - the main character who comes from Earth - cruelly because they were jealous of her and wanted attention. Since she was from Earth‚ she experienced feeling and seeing the sun more recently. The theme of this story is that people
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The only white woman in the play‚ Mrs. Van Buren is the character who embodies the decadence and absurdity of upper class. Mrs. Van Buren is an idle dreamer‚ who feels bored of her situation but does not confront problems or even try to recognize them. Apparently tired of social gatherings such as the annual Gardenia Ball‚ where she has to “smile‚ be polite”‚ she dreams of getting her room and living alone. However‚ she consider it impossible and “would rather not be a divorcee” because “it would
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Rogaum and his Theresa‚ Mrs. Rogaum wants to let Theresa inside of the house‚ but is not listened to due to the fact that Theresa was outside with a boy for longer than usual. However‚ she is not respected enough for her to get her wish. “Still she was not powerful enough in the family councils to put in a weighty word‚” page four. Even though she has birthed three children and raised them whilst her husband worked as a butcher‚ she does not have the final say. She arguably knows these children best
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Fabian Ramos Mrs. West English 10 3-17-11 Character Analysis The city of Chicago was one of the worst places to be at during the 1960’s. No one had good paying jobs. The town alone was run down on the Southside. Walter Lee Younger has many personalities that have to do with him being stubborn‚ easily tempered‚ and rude. Walter lee younger is stubborn because he likes to get what he wants when it came to the money he kept asking about it. “Well‚ what was you doing all that yelling
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as old. First of all‚ Paul knows that he could die any day because he is constantly in the trenches facing enemy fire. Another reason why Paul considers himself old is because soldiers even younger than himself surround him. Paul says‚ "they are about two years younger than us". (Remarque‚ 35) Between the combination of knowing you could die any day and being around younger soldiers than him make him feel a lot older than he really is. He feels like a veteran compared to all the young soldiers
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teacher Mrs. Forristall. Before I had Mrs. Forristall as a teacher‚ I dreaded going to an english class because I never understood what the point of it all was. My question was always “What is the point of reading if I don’t comprehend it and I don’t like it? My 6th grade teacher changed my perspective on it all. I now love reading books‚ I love the way that I connect to characters or the author‚ and I love the way I get into the storyline as a reader‚ all thanks to Mrs. Forristall. Mrs. Forristall
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