Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird’s Scout Finch is an unreliable narrator in that many of the key events she mentions throughout her narration are taken from second hand accounts and other people. One of the main plot points of the novel is the character of Boo Radley. The Finches’ neighbour‚ Boo‚ was depicted as an elusive person. He hardly went outside or socialized with others‚ due to his violent nature. Scout had hardly any real contact with him until the end of the novel. All of the knowledge
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the character of Calpurnia further develops the theme of inequality. Being lower class‚ black‚ and female‚ Calpurnia is often faced with racism‚ sexism‚ and classism. Throughout the novel‚ it becomes evident that inequality is not always deserved. Calpurnia helps to develop themes of inequality in several ways; one of these ways is the disrespect she receives from others as a result of her social class. One of these characters is Scout’s Aunt Alexandra. At
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Calpurnia scolds Scout for her treatment of Walter who is a guest in her home: “ He ain’t company‚ Cal‚ he’s just a Cunningham-” “Hush your mouth! Don’t matter who they are‚ anybody sets foot in this house’s yo’ comp’ny‚ and don’t you let me catch you remarkin’ on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo’ folks might be better’n the Cunninghams but it don’t count for nothin’ the way you’re disgracin’ ‘em” (p 24-25). This quote shows the discrimination against the lower class
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town garbage dump‚ in a tin-roofed cabin‚ they are generally thought of as lower than everybody else because of their financial status. Then we also have the Cunninghams‚ a very poor yet proud farming family‚ in chapter three Walter Cunningham is over at the Finches house and Scout says to Calpurnia “He ain’t company Cal‚ he’s just a Cunningham” she said this implying that he is of a lower class and doesn’t have to be treated
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hair he looses‚ or how much of a beard he grows‚ he continues to have a boyish charm. For some viewers he is always remembered as Opie Taylor and to others as Richie Cunningham‚ while the more populated group of the
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life ruined. They only saw the color of his skin‚ and Atticus was not okay with that. Another example is when Scout beats up Walter Cunningham. After school‚ Scout thought “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure‚ but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop.” (30). Scout was not thinking about Walter Cunningham in this scenario. She was only thinking of herself and how she had to explain that Walter was poor to the teacher‚ which inconvenienced
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told through the perspective of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch‚ a young girl who clearly shows childhood innocence in multiple scenes in the book. Throughout the story she meets many people who are all different in their own way. When she invites Walter Cunningham over for dinner‚ he starts to pour syrup on his food. "He would probably have poured it into his milk class had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing‚" (Lee 28). Scout doesn’t understand yet that everyone has different habits and not all of
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swiftly” (204). Surprisingly‚ Scout starts to converse with Mr. Cunningham about his son‚ Walter. She makes him realize that she and her father are good people like Mr. Cunningham. As an effect of this change in thought‚ Mr. Cunningham leads the mob to leave‚ leaving Tom Robinson unharmed. Scout causes a change in the perspective of Walter Cunningham‚ who leads the mob to leave without causing violence. Her innocence and open heart made Cunningham realize what he was going to do‚ harm another innocent‚ Tom
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Great Depression. Although the Finch family is less affected by the economic downturn due to Atticus’s profession‚ the rest of Maycomb‚ Alabama is devastated with hard financial times. The farmers‚ such as the Cunningham family‚ were the most affected‚ as Atticus explains to Scout‚ “The Cunninghams are country folks‚ farmers‚ and the crash hit them the hardest” (pg. 23). Along with the Great Depression‚ the book speaks of the racism that was prominent in this era. The Finches even had a black cook named
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The Marijuana Controversy The General perspective that society throws on marijuana is that equal to any drug; negative. However‚ many researchers have found that the effects of marijuana for medicinal purposes can be beneficial to the right patients‚ as well as the United States government. The negative effects from marijuana use in a medicinal environment are far less than that of most over the counter drugs‚ while the benefits remain the same. There are instances in which marijuana was legalized
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