Rayah Min Ms. Davis English 1 Honors/Pre-IB 28 March 2023 To Kill a Mockingbird Socratic Seminar Questions 3. In what ways is the 1930s era, with WWII looming on the horizon and the Great Depression in full swing, relevant to the events in the novel? How does what was happening in Nazi Germany at the time parallel relations between Blacks and Whites in the American South? In relevance to the novel, the period of nearing WWII and the Great Depression at its peak shows the racism of the time and that things must get bad again before it gets better.
Power: the amount of control one has over their own life, as well as the life of others. In the story, To Kill A Mockingbird, an African American man named Tom Robinson is accused of rape even though he was the one who was attacked. He is accused of raping a woman named Mayella Ewell. We will be seeing how powerful she is based on her class, gender, and race. We will be doing this by examining several documents on each of the three.
In society, people would usually associate with others who are the most similar to them since they tend to feel more comfortable around them. For instance, in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”, is a story of Mayella Ewell who is a poor, white woman living in a racist environment during the 1930s. Some people will say that Mayella isn’t sincerely powerful and others might disagree. On the contrary, Mayella doesn’t have much capability when it comes down to her low financial status and her gender; however, her race is what makes her highly powerful. Mayella lives in a tremendously poor neighborhood since she “lived behind the town garbage dump”.
Power, isn’t it something we all want? This court case, we set in a rape crime that has supposedly been committed by a young black fellow named Tom Robinson. The victim of this crime is Mayella Ewell and she’s white and a young girl. In the 1930s racism was a big factor in this case. Now does Mayella have more power because of race?
Power can influence many changes in the world whether it’s money or politics. Power is what most people want. The book ”To Kill a mockingBird” is written by Harper Lee in Southern Alabama during segregation in the nineteen-thirties. The Ewells are poor whites who live beside a dump. Bob Ewell is Mayella’s father who beats and rapes her,but makes Mayella accuse Tom Robinson.
Boocal Radpurnia: A Complexity Our world has many problems. Problems that can either be good or bad, and most of the time, easily fixed. However, there is one problem that will never be mended: the concept of misperception. This means that a person could act in a certain way, and that would be his/her permanent demeanor.
Most authors write about characters that can be related to by the reader. To make readers able to connect more, the author has to make the character more realistic which means giving a character a flaw. The following books, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Odyssey and Of Mice and Men, are books we focused on this year and they all represented characters with flaws that the readers were able to identify and relate to. Boo Radley, Odysseus and Lennie were characters in the books that have flaws, but have good intentions. To Kill A Mockingbird, is a book that focuses on a town that faces racism.
In chapter 11 through 15, afew things happen. Such as, Miss Dubose passes away after having Jem read to her for a month. In chapter 12, Calpurnia ends up taking Jem and Scout to the church attends, where we find out that she has children of her own, has a long history with the Finch’s, and is older then Atticus. During chapter 13, Aunt Alexandra ends up showing up at the Finch’s home, stating that she will stay so Scout can learn to be more ladylike. In the beginning of chapter 14, Dil returns to Maycomb after his new father chained him up to a radiator.
In the semester prior I had some challenges in my english class. The challenges weren’t really bad, but the challenges were affecting my grade. For example, I would procrastinate on doing the notes for “To kill a Mockingbird”, over the christmas break. Also, I found it harder to do the notes by myself than it was with a partner.
The world is a vast place with many different varieties of people. From different skins, different cultures, different styles, and different opinions, everyone is, in some way, different from one another. Learning how to accept others can be challenging, but very rewarding as it can help to learn more about the different cultures that we have never heard about. However, in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the author shows that there are still some people who doesn’t support the idea of living peacefully among the others who are different from them. The town of Maycomb is one example where people’s hate toward one another causes the town’s residences to be more divided among themselves.
A challenge that I over came was tossing a flag in the Color Guard. I had to learn how to toss my flag from my teacher Mrs. Tomas. She had to teach me how to toss it high enough, so I can prepare to catch it. She had taught me how to toss it right so I can catch it and not hit anyone, and I had to practice a lot, so I can learn the moves, and do them right. It was hard, but I caught on very fast.
I have finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a book narrated by Scout Finch who is a little girl living in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. To summarize, the book is mainly about a controversial court case, in which Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Scouts father Atticus attempts to defend the black man, but due to deep-rooted racism Tom is found guilty. The book holds many themes, including that of seeing things from another ’s perspective.
A Study of Point of View Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told. This is important since perspective can affect the accuracy of the story for the reader. Biases, experiences, beliefs, and character interactions can all affect the first person narrator’s perspective as it is told throughout the story. Their perspective can also be viewed differently when compared to the narration or point of view of another character who has not had the same experiences. The opinions of the narrator throughout the story and the different events that happen can affect the reader 's view of the topic that is being discussed.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a plot that takes place during the Great Depression, in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. Young Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, the narrator and main character, her brother Jem and their friend Dill, are fascinated by the spooky rumors that surround a mysterious man named Boo Radley, who lives in their town but is always inside his home. In addition, Scout’s father Atticus Finch, who is a lawyer, takes on a case involving a black man named Tom Robinson who has been accused of raping a white girl in town. This trial teaches Scout many lessons about equality, the good and the evil, and the value of life. This book has become a literary treasure because of its many intricate and deep messages scattered within
The Greatest Challenge Did you know what you wanted to do when you graduated high school? I did not know what I wanted to do when I graduated so I talked to my family and friends about what should I do. My father and mother wanted me to go to America to study. The idea scared me because I had never been so far away from my family before. I applied for the scholarship and was accepted, so soon I found myself on an airplane to New York.