wrongly accused black man while the story is told through the perspective of his daughter Jean Louise Finch‚ called Scout‚ and about her life as she grows up in a close together but racist community (Bloom 11). Since it is told through a young girl’s perspective‚ it is a story about a trial‚ yet also a childhood and growing up involving games and first days of school (Bernard 9). Scout keeps her charm as a “classic American tomboy” throughout the novel even if some of her elders disapprove of it (Bloom
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troop guide asks an annoying scout to calm down for the twentieth time. From the senior patrol leader position to helping at day camp‚ Boy Scouts learn how to lead in all situations. As an Eagle Scout and previous senior patrol leader of two troops‚ I have developed leadership abilities that I will use as an adult. I discovered that leadership requires extra work and sacrifice as I led by example and gave up my free time to help other boys finish a task. Truly‚ Boy Scouts has given me and countless
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people as equals is an idea that the main character‚ Scout Finch‚ learns through her experiences. She starts to realize that the people in Maycomb were more judgy than she had always thought. This idea for her was mainly introduced to her during the Tom Robinson case. This case had racism “written all over it.” During the trial‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ and Dill sat with Reverend Sykes in the balcony where all the black people sit. This shows Scout just how separated these people are. She also learns that race
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things really aren’t what they seem. The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ is a significant example of this. Jem and Scout Finch grew up in the 1930’s‚ in Maycomb‚ a town that’s extremely prejudice towards a lot of different people‚ but also a town that was oblivious to the fact that people are much different from the interior than they are on the exterior. Jem and Scout‚ and the people of Maycomb make conclusions about the ones around them quite often‚ so‚ naturally‚ when they
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wants to do now‚ not what they want to do in the future. Curiosity was one of the few shields that blinded kids and made them focus on the present. Their curiosity would always remain persistent until they find the answer they are looking for. In Lee’s brilliant novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ two kids live their childhood by simply keeping everything simple. Scout‚ a sassy tomboy‚ lives her life in the 1900s with no regard for the great depression or her gender. Upon his own volition‚
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Finch‚ or known mainly as Scout‚ who lives in the town of Maycomb in Alabama. Throughout the story‚ many groups of people in the 1930’s‚ which consisted of the African American community‚ has experience unjust treatment. In the beginning of the novel‚ Scout starts out innocent‚ essentially in her own bubble‚ but as the story progresses on she begins to break out of her bubble from these events. From the Tom Robinson trial‚ events such as Atticus’s teachings and Boo Radley‚ Scout matured from the racial
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Essay. Do people change or not? Are people able to change? This is a very controversial issue. However‚ I have my personal viewpoint on it. I believe people can change. Moreover‚ I think they have to change. It is very important today to be able to adapt to the dynamic and constantly changing world that we live in. We meet new people‚ move to new places‚ even change our professional fields‚ and it is simply impossible to avoid changes under all of those circumstances. The aspect of psychological
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Character Analysis: Jem Finch Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was written in 1960. The book takes place in a small Alabama town called Maycomb. Jem Finch is a young boy who matures throughout the story. He is submerged into a world of inequality and unfairness. Jem matures throughout the novel because of the experiences he went through; Tom Robinson’s case taught him inequality and how nothing is fair‚ Boo Radley taught Jem what is right and wrong‚ and he learned that Maycomb and the world
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Eagle Scouts are an example of hard work‚ strong morals‚ good leadership‚ and determination. Many of Americas’ great leaders are Eagle Scouts. I have learned the value of becoming an Eagle Scout and hope to become a great leader some day as well. When I earned the rank of Eagle in the BSA‚ I fully understood how it could be one of the hardest accomplishments a young man can complete. Only three out of every one hundred boys who begin scouting attain the rank. From learning to follow their leaders
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first grade teacher to getting attacked by an old trashy man‚ Jean Louise‚ or Scout‚ has been through it all. There was a time frame in the beginning of the novel where Scout was entering first grade. Miss. Caroline‚ her first grade teacher‚ had assessed Scout in her ability to read. Miss. Caroline had seen that Scout had the ability to read beyond her years and was frustrated by it. The teacher then proceeded on telling Scout that she should tell her father‚ Atticus‚ to stop teaching her at home. At
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