The Radley Place interests Dill, and Dill still wants to learn more about its spooky history. 6. Dill dared Jem to touch the Radley Place. While this does not sound like that big of a deal, for those two it was scary. Jem was nervous, but ended up running up, touching the house, and sprinting right back.
In To Kill a Mockingbird directed by Robert Mulligan, Gregory Peck accurately portrays Atticus Finch and his closing speech in the courtroom. Firstly, Gregory Peck changes his voice to emphasize points that Atticus feels strongly about. When Atticus is listing the stereotypes that the persecution was relying on using to prove that Tom Robinson is guilty, Gregory made his voice sound disappointed. Gregory Peck tried to make the persecution feel guilty and disappointed in themselves. In addition, to show emphasis, Gregory Peck raises his voice when he is saying key phrases.
Scout and To Kill A Mockingbird: Jean Louise Finch or Scout is a tomboy and protagonist in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Scout is a competitive young girl but also carries the trait that she has faith in the good of people. Her faith comes into test when her father Atticus, a lawyer, represents Tom Robinson, a black man, falsely accused of rape and prejudice and hatred of the town becomes shown. By the end of the case and the book, Scout develops a more grown up perspective that allows her to appreciate the good side without neglecting the evil in human
There is a myriad of examples to be seen of Jean Finch being disillusioned by Atticus. For example, in chapter 8 of Go Set a Watchman, Atticus says, "I especially liked the part where the Negroes, bless their hearts, couldn't help being inferior to the white race because their skulls are thicker and their brain-pans shallower—whatever that means—so we must all be very kind to them and not let them do anything to hurt themselves and keep them in their places. " This quote said by Atticus lists Negroes as an inferior race that needs to be supported and lead by white people. This shocks Jean by Atticus saying that he is far superior to the Negroes in all ways when in the past Atticus stood up for them and tried to give them equality. Another case of a racist comment from Atticus, in chapter 17, asks, "Do you want Negroes by the carload in our schools and churches and theaters?
Parents all over the world affect their children’s outlook on life, it just so happens that Jean Louise was one of the affected children. Jean Louise’s mother died before her birth, so she was raised by a black woman named Calpurnia. In Maycomb, many of the white people are racist towards the black, including Atticus, or Jean Louise’s father. Being raised by two different races affected the way Jean Louise saw the world around her, while her father served as a lawyer for a black man in To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise later finds out that her father is extremely racist, and everything Calpurnia had done for them was not out of the kindness of her heart. Atticus mainly impacted Jean Louise the most in her childhood years.
Jean Louise Finch (Scout), is the narrator and protagonist of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. She is a significant character in the book, and without her, the story would not be the same. Scouts faith is tested when she is forced to deal with the prejudice people that surround her. Throughout the novel, she develops a mature nature and learns to appreciate human goodness without ignoring human evil. “I think there's just one kind of folks.
In the beginning of the story, Jean has a full respect towards her father, Atticus. Jean believes about the society and life in Maycomb, Alabama. The main character Jean Louise develops the theme because, in the end of the novel, she stops asking
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel about Scout and Jem and their story as they watch their small home of Maycomb, Alabama turn from slow and gloomy to a racially tensioned town. Before the action starts, the siblings meet Dill, who is fascinated with the mysterious Boo Radley, who never leaves his house and it is rumored that he killed his family. The action grows as a spark sends the story into its main act when Mrs. Maude’s home burns to the ground. As Scout watches the fire in awe, Boo sneaks out and covers her with a blanket. This starts to give off the impression that Boo isn’t as bad as he is said to be.
Caroline Fisher Caroline Fishes is twenty-one, from North Alabama, Winston County and Scout’s teacher. She is young and overwhelmed with her students. She tries her best as a teacher, but she is unaware that the ragged, denim-shirted and florsack-skirted first grade, most of whom had chopped cotton and fed hogs from the time they were able to walk, were immune to imaginative literature”. She is not from Maycomb, which is why she does not know the people. She does not know that Walter Cunningham will not take the money that she offred to borrow to him and no Ewell stays in school for longer than the first day.
Jean Louise Finch "Scout" recalls her past memories as a six year old. Set in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression, the novel is based on her father Atticus as he is defending a black man by the name of Tom Robinson, accused of raping a white woman. “As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash." Says Atticus. Harper Lee’s novel, chapter 23.
Atticus once said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 16). The previous line is a perfect definition of compassion, a trait many desire but seem to lack. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a shining example of this solicitude, which she shows through many examples within the novel. Through the plethora of characters a few shine or learn to shine with compassion: Jem, Reverend Sykes, and Heck. Their actions could be comparably small but have a large impact on those around them.
If Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird had been written in first person through the eyes of Jem rather than through the eyes of Scout, the reader would have a better, more personal understanding of both Jem’s character and his actions. The reader would certainly have a different perspective of the moment Jem touched the Radley house. The reader already knows that Jem runs past his neighbor’s house on his way to school- at least, Scout claims so- so he may very well be afraid of his neighbor. The reader does not know exactly how he feels, however, as he runs up to the house, “[slaps] it with his palm and [runs] back to us, not wanting to see if his foray was successful” (Lee 15).
. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch is the novel’s main protagonist. She is a 26 year old intelligent, yet stubborn, woman. Jean Louise is the all grown up Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. She was raised by her widowed father and grew up as a rough tomboy.
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, set in the small, rural town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s, community is a big part of the people of Maycomb. In Maycomb, everyone knows each other. All the Folks of Maycomb know about Atticus Finch, the Maycomb attorney and state legislative representative who is assigned to represent Tom Robinson case, Calpurnia, an African-American housekeeper who works for the family and acts as a mother figure towards young Scout and Jem and she is one of the only Negroes in Maycomb who can read and write. Miss Stephanie Crawford, the neighborhood gossip, Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch) and Scout (Jean Louise Finch), son and daughter of Atticus Finch and obviously the mysterious “Boo” Radley who has never shown himself to anyone or came out of his house for 15 years.
My favorite part during the book that involves Atticus is when he tells Scout that they need to learn how to step in other’s shoes and see how they feel. He tells Scout this, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 39). This is my favorite part because he is teaching Scout one of the most important lessons in life. She really takes it into consideration, and uses it! This shows how impressionable Atticus can be and how he means something to Scout.
