How to Change the World Whitman’s “To a Pupil” advises students to become individuals‚ to reform‚ so that others may in turn follow them. Throughout this poem‚ Whitman demonstrates that “reform” is needed in his harsh world and any “dear” student can fix the lack of it. To accomplish this‚ a student must have “self esteem” and “definiteness”. Through Whitman’s distinct style of using apostrophe and imperative verbs‚ the reader feels as if Whitman was addressing his poem to the reader and suggesting
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the protagonist Jean Louise aka Scout. It was a coming of a story showing the development of a young girl. Scout overcame many obstacles in her life and became an independent young woman. She made her own opinions on racism and did not use other opinions to persuade her. She learned true friendship. She was raised in a single family home without a mother. Scout Finch (Jean Louise) had a housekeeper named Calpurnia that was African American and she is what gave Scout a different outlook on blacks
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of Maycomb County To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ is the story of a young girl named Scout‚ growing up in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930’s. Scout is forced to mature quickly when she father takes on a job defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of rape‚ in court. As a result‚ Scout is mocked and discriminated against by a society that believes a black man is always guilty. Scout comes to realize that her small‚ safe town is not the tranquil place she had thought‚ but is full
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The Great Depression‚ while definitely impacting Maycomb County‚ does not come up in the book very often. Jem knew that Tom was innocent and shouldn’t have been convicted‚ maturing in a moral sense. “‘It ain’t right‚ he didn’t kill anybody even if he was guilty. He didn’t take anybody’s life...Then it goes back to the juries‚ we oughta do away with juries”(Lee 219-20). “‘You
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these days. He didn’t to do anything but read and go off by himself.” The raw emotion of anger and irritation in this quote from scout shows how she felt about Jem coming of age. Coming of age is when you get older and act accordingly. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird chapter 14 the author‚ Harper Lee uses setting and conflict to show that coming of age is hard on you and others around you. Conflict brings out new emotions and new reactions. One scene of conflict that shows Jem Finch coming age is
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across the span of her adole. Jean Louise‚ otherwise called Scout‚ started out as an immature and imaginative six year old girl. Over the course of the years she blossoms into an independent and knowledgeable young girl. But the entirety of her journey became an educational passage that would cultivate many. In the novel‚ Harper Lee uses Scout Finch to most importantly assimilate how to view every situation from different perspectives. Scout Finch exhibits her naivety as she is easily persuaded to fight
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 117). In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird symbolizes innocence and the destruction of it. Throughout the book‚ many characters are representations of the bird as they are innocents who have fallen in the hands of injustice. Boo Radley is a harmless
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wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Constitution of 1791. The main goal of the Declaration of the Rights of Man is that it gave men the right to vote for all other public offices. This relates back to the quote because it illustrates how men are free and have equal
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father of Scout and Jem Finch‚ tells his children to think about others are experiencing life. This is one of the major lessons in the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To Kill A Mockingbird is about courage‚ prejudice‚ innocence‚ and knowledge. The book takes place during the Great Depression‚ in the tired old town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The book is told by a little girl named Scout Finch. Her father‚ Atticus Finch‚ is an attorney who happens to be defending
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Mockingbird‚ Scout has a lot of different traits. Scout is the main character and the narrator in the book. She was very adventurous‚ impulsive‚ and intelligent. Although she had many more traits‚ these were three of the most important. Scout showed her sense of adventure when she went with Jem and Dill to try and find Boo Radley. “With that‚ I had no option but to join them.(Lee pg 58)” She liked to join Jem and Dill on their quests and she tried her best to fit in to be one of the guys. Scout was very
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