The Columbine shooting of 1999 left children and adults alike, in awe. It brought media attention to a conflict between schools and created debate on whether schools are still safe or not. The nonfiction book, Columbine, by Dave Cullen, expresses detailed events leading up to the murders and the effects it brought to schools. The articles, “A Revised Portrait of a Psychopath” (by Peter Reuell), “Columbine Killers' Basement Tapes Destroyed” (by Alan Prendergast), and “A Memorial at Last for Columbine Killings” (by Kirk Johnson and Katie Kelley), and “Psychology of Virginia Tech, Columbine Killers Still Baffles Experts” (by Susan Donaldson James) have cleared up the Columbine story. There are comparisons between the book and articles, including,
Scout understands that by telling Maycomb that Bob Ewell killed himself, “Boo,” the “mockingbird,” is saved from unwanted attention that could potentially hurt him. Tom Robinson and “Boo” Radley are the most obvious examples of “mockingbirds,” but there are also several other, more subtle “mockingbirds” throughout the
To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are both symbolized by a mockingbird. Boo Radley is the first character to symb Inolize a mockingbird. The first reason why Boo is a mockingbird is because he has done nothing wrong to hurt people, despite the rumors. The rumors said Boo stabbed his father with a pair of scissors, however, that is not true. Boo never stabbed anyone.
Of course Boo Radley shows his innocence, but what happens with that innocence? This idea is showcased throughout the book in the form of Atticus's metaphors, Tom Robinson being innocent in the court case, and boo radleys character. Harper Lee's most important example about preserving innocence is in the case of Boo murdering Bob Ewell. Boo is seen as a mysterious character, then later revealed to be extremely caring for Jem and Scout. His innocence is extremely obvious, but he has a dark side.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Mockingbirds are powerful symbol in the story because it symbolizes innocents. In the story there are quite a few people who are symbolized as mockingbirds since in a way they are innocents. A few of these people are Mr.Raymond, Boo radley and Tom Robinson. In the story all three of the people are innocent in but there innocents was destroyed or injured by some form of evil, therefore killing a Mockingbird. Mr.Raymond is a townsman in Maycomb who lives with a woman of color.
It’s possible that when someone hears the name Scout, they think of Jean Louise Finch from Harper Lee’s famous To Kill A Mockingbird. In this novel that takes place in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, Scout is the narrator telling a story about her life in the 1930’s. Not only was is a tomboy which was hard to appreciate in that time period, but she and her brother, experience a loss of innocence through a series of events, and life shaping opportunities throughout this book. Harper Lee is effective in portraying certain events in Scout's life -the presence of Dill, the fascination with Boo Radley, and the Tom Robinson trial-
The mockingbirds in this story are Boo Radley (Arthur Radley), Mayella Ewell, and Tom Robinson. Arthur Radley is a mockingbird because he has the mind of a child and looks after the kids in the book because he wants to be friends he also knew what the outside world was like and never went out. “Autumn again and boo’s children needed him”(pg.322). Boo was always there for the children and watched over them like a father or friend.
Innocence Is Bliss Growing up as children, people did not see the world as it really is. But as they got older they realized it was not as good a place as we took it to be. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”, this is the case for little Scout and Jem Finch. As they grow up in small town Maycomb, Alabama, they experience many things children should not experience, like Tom Robinson, a black man who is on trial for a crime he did not commit simply because of the color of his skin.
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, seeing things through others eyes is important in order to recognize the perseverance of the characters. Jem, the brave tween always willing to take a risk. Scout, a young tom boy full of curiosity, and Atticus, the father of Scout and Jem as well as a risk-taking lawyer. They work through the tough times.
”Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has”. Like Atticus at Tom Robinson’s trial, he was trying to change the town for the better also teach Scout and Jem that change isn’t bad but good. Scout has changed the most since the beginning of the book. In the book Scout was innocent and naive, but at the ending of the book she has lost most of her innocents because of the events happening around her.
Boo Served time for his mistakes and he owned up to it and took the consequence. As Jem and Scout discuss what was going on in Jem’s head, they walk past their tree and spot grey twine in the knot hole and Scout says, “Don’t take it Jem … This is somebody’s hidin’ place” (Lee 11). Although the kids do not know the gifts are from Boo, Boo does this without the need to be recognized to help and bring joy to Jem and Scout. Additionally, Boo risks his life to save Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell attempting to murder both Jem and Scout.
"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - (Chapter 10) In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Scout are brother and sister who are almost teenagers.
Their innocence is expressed through their value of these “prizes” (Lee 81). Only children would consider these toys to have that much personal worth. Similarly Boo cares for the children by folding Jem's pants after him leaving them behind. Furthermore, when Miss Maudie's house caught fire Boo unknowingly, draped a blanket around Scout as she was helpless, shivering by his front gate. “I thought I told you and Jem to stay put,” he said.
These mocking birds are: Arthur “boo” Radley, Tom Robinson, and Atticus finch. Arthur “boo” Radley was an intelligent boy who does good deeds everywhere he went, he was polite, smart and good. But then when he was around 15 years old, he was acquainted with the Cunninghams from the north, they were like savaged animals doing things on impulse. This became an influence to Arthur, until one day they were resisting arrest from the police in the fountain square, after they were finally arrested they were brought to court which the judge sentenced them to industrial school. Industrial school wasn’t jail or shame, but for mr. Radley it was shame.
Have you ever wondered which event in your life made you see everything differently? Everybody faces various experiences with the realities of the world that eventually results in the loss of their innocence. The loss of innocence can be the outcome of an incident witnessed, a final conclusion about an issue, or an understanding of a situation. The loss of innocence is the same thing as maturity. Now, of course, you can’t go to sleep one night and wake up mature.
