Gloribel Momin Prof. Larry Rubin ENGL 2000-L02 October 6, 2014 Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrates a story in which various characters develop and change overtime. A young girl named Jean Louise Finch, also referred to as Scout, narrates the story. She is a developing character herself, whom over a two-year period of time, learns to understand the world she lives in as she grows up in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. The novel presents Scout in two different stages of her life: As
The only neighbor who puzzles them is the mysterious Arthur Radley, nicknamed Boo, who never comes outside. When Dill, another neighbor's nephew, starts spending summers in Maycomb, the three children begin an obsessive — and sometimes perilous — quest to lure Boo outside. Scout is a tomboy who prefers the company of boys and generally solves her differences with her fists. She tries to make sense of a world that demands that she act like a lady, a brother who criticizes her for acting like a girl
Atticus Finch Atticus Finch, he lived in the small town of Maycomb in Alabama with his two children Jem and Scout. He was one of the two lawyers in Maycomb and was very good at what he did. His children were always proud of him and wanted to be just like him. Even though his kids looked up to him, other people of the town did as well. As Jem would say, Atticus wasn’t like every dad in the town, he didn’t have catches with Jem. All he really did wad read the newspaper. He was a good father, fair lawyer
Why are women in society treated unfairly due to their gender? To begin with, in "To Kill a Mocking Bird", by Harper Lee, there is a lot of controversy over women not being allowed to do a higher class job. "To Kill a Mocking Bird", it is placed during the Great Depression where a little girl named, Scout Finch, is learning how to live with racism and very cruel people in a little small town called Maycomb County, Alabama. There is a lot to deal with in Maycomb, for example, you basically have to
In To Kill A Mocking Bird my initial impression of Scout is that she is a very smart young girl and tries to be as much like her brother as possible but doesn’t understand that people live and do things in other ways and differently then she might. When Water was invited to their house he had asked for molasses and “drowned his dinner in syrup” when Scout made a fuss about this Calpurnia requested to speak with her in private she told Scout “There’s some folks who don’t eat like us”. (27) Scout did
Harper Lee also characterizes Atticus to convey her belief of justice for all races. Atticus is one of the most educated and respected men in Maycomb, and he also encompasses an extremely rare attitude of acceptance. He fearlessly defends Tom Robinson, a black man. Atticus has no shame in spite of the popular belief that it is ridiculous to defend an African American who is an accused rapist. His virtually futuristic outlook on justice for black Americans represents Harper Lee’s views on racism.
The Southern town of Maycomb is a very segregated community. For years now, the white people of Maycomb County have always discriminated against the black people. Children are being raised to think that discrimination against the black people is the right thing to do but during the present event of Tom Robinson’s trial for the rape of Mayella Ewell, Atticus Finch (a lawyer and single father of two children) might just be able to convince the white jury of maycomb to claim a black man not guilty of
One of the most intensive depictions of racism in the novel is the case of Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was a black man who was unjustly accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell. "Old Mr. Bob Ewell accused him of rapin' his girl an' had him arrested an' put in jail," said Calpurnia to Scout. The white lawyer defending him, who was Scout's father, Atticus, was looked upon in disregard and disrespect and even called "nigger-lover" by adults and small children alike. Even his children were mostly
Although at first Scout thinks Atticus is boring, old, and does not do anything cool, Scout later realizes he is courageous and interesting. At the beginning of chapter 10, Scout talks about how she sees Atticus and describes what she thinks of him as a person. When Scout talks about what Atticus is like, she says, “Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty. When Jem and I asked him why he was so old, he said he got started late, which we felt reflected upon his abilities and manliness” (118). Scout
As children, we aren’t very independent. We need people like our parents to guide us. These authoritative figures have a big influence on our lives, and they don’t have to be good. Both Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee have good and bad authoritative figures that help the protagonists grow and mature into successful people. First, of course, there are the good influences, the role models, the people that Tony and Scout look up to. For Tony, one of these important