The novel Great Expectations’ protagonist Pip observes “In the little world in which children have their existence whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice. It may be only small injustice that the child can be exposed to; but the child is small, and its world is small, and its rocking-horse stands as many hands high, according to scale, as a big-boned Irish hunter” (Dickens 64). While injustice is not a clear-cut villain in most novels, the idea
through a deep sense of loss, or a moral dilemma, which ultimately makes them grow as people and changes the course of their lives. The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird follows Jean Louise (Scout) Finch as she, along with her brother Jem embarks on a journey of self-discovery and disillusionment; her values and sense of morality grow stronger as she begins to understand and resent the harsh realities of the society she has grown up in. Scout and Jem are deeply fascinated by the reclusive and mysterious
and her journey to maturity through out the novel. The novel evolves around the ideas of conscience, courage and conviction which are told throughout
skilled lawyer who comes from an old prestigious family and is the father of Jem and Scout. He is a widower with a little sense of humour but a strong sense of justice and morality, which he works to instil upon his children. He agrees to defend Tom Robinson at the cost of the ridicule of him and his family, and is one of the few advocates for racial equality in Maycomb. Atticus is the novel’s main moral backbone with his wisdom and virtue. Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch, four years her elder, is
accepts the challenge to take Tom Robinson's case despite the fact that he knows before the trial begins that he's going to lose. Taking the case is a dangerous for Atticus; he knows that many of the white people living in Maycomb want to see Tom Robinson dead because he is an African American accused of raping and beating a white woman. The townsfolk turn their anger toward Atticus for defending Tom. That doesn't stop Atticus from doing everything he can to ensure that Tom gets a fair trial. Atticus
However, Maycomb was too ridden with racial prejudice and chose to convict Tom instead of promoting what was socially just. Aside from racial stereotypes and prejudice, gender played a key role in how people were judged in this novel. During the 1930s, women were supposed to follow menial, cookie-cutter roles. Scout, a tomboy
we take a fall from the safety of our nests and must face the harsh reality that we were kept safe from for so long. What we see outside of our familiar boundaries, how we react to it, whether we learn to fly from it or take a hit, will shape our journey from then onwards. In Harper Lee’s critically acclaimed novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, James “Jem” Finch along with his younger sister, Scout, endure their final years of childhood during the 1930’s, when racial prejudice and the complexity of morals
Nobody knows how to predict peoples’ reactions or actions, people could guess what might eventuate, but unexpected things take place every day to a numerous amounts of people. Each day a new event occurs, that is the definition of life, a journey full of unanticipated circumstances. Feelings are the most unexpected, where people never know how to react to a conflict which they were not prepared for. Unforeseen circumstances occur to various types of people, who did not know where a feeling like courage
high morals. Jem and Scout learn these lessons through their father, Atticus, Mrs.Dubose, Tom Robinson’s trial, and Boo Radley. In the book they learn things such as it is important to not judge people based on their race, or even by the hurtful words people can say. In a more detailed case Atticus asks Scout to not fight when she hears people degrading him, more typically when we are talking about the Tom Robinson case and being called a “nigger-lover.” The 19994 movie The War starring Elijah Wood