Another way Scout has changed since the beginning of the book is she understands people have both good and bad qualities that coexist within them, as she becomes closer to an adult and encounters evil in the world. 20. Miss Gates’ lesson to the class about Hitler’s prosecution of Jew’s is ironic, because she herself came out of the courthouse after the trial ended and responded by telling Miss Stephanie Crawford that “it was about time that someone taught them a lesson” when referring to the blacks in the town. It reveals that most people during that time where racist and prejudice to some extent in Maycomb. An example that is similar in our current society portrayed in this chapter is how white males get paid the highest salary, but people of other races and women get paid lower salaries for
Rhetorical Analysis Imagine doing a crime in another country and being whipped for it. According to text,“ Michael Fay, an American teenager living in Singapore, was arrested in 1994 for possession of stolen street sign and for vandalism of automobiles( Background Information on Michael Fay Controversy pg.141).” He was sentenced to caning since he was not in the USA. “ Time to Assert American Values” published by New York Times is anti caning.
Throughout the story Scout learns to see things from another’s point of view giving her a greater understanding of the people around her. One of the first instances of this occurring is when Scout learns how the Cunningham’s paid their debt to Atticus Finch for his legal services. Mr. Chunningham paid in what he could afford, which on this occasion was a load of stove wood, a sack of hickory nuts, a crate of smilax and holly, and a crockersack of turnip greens. After an explanation from Atticus, Scout comprehended the fact that even though the Chunningham’s were very poor they were hard working, took pride in what they could, and not to judge a book by its cover. During lunch brake on the first day of school Jem invited Walter Chunningham over to eat at their house.
Scout Finch Jean Louise “Scout” Finch is a 6 year old girl at the start of the book and grows on us as a sophisticated, cultivated and cultured young woman as we reach the start of part 2. A slim girl, with short dark brown hair, Scout was a tomboy who loved to hang out with her brother, Jem, and Dill. A large fragment of the first part focuses on her virtuousness and incorruptibility. Her first day in school tested the very bases of her youth and innocence. After Miss Caroline repeatedly asks Walter Cunningham to take a few coins and buy himself lunch, Scout stood up and tried explaining the Cunningham’s poverty but unfortunately could not do so.
Throughout this novel, Scout goes through many realities of the adult world. When she is young, she learns about people in poverty, like Walter Cunningham in her class. When he comes over to her house, he starts piling food onto his plate like he has never eaten before. Then as he pours a ton of molasses onto his food, Scout decides to speak up. “But he’s gone and drowned his dinner in syrup.
The Cunninghams, a poor farming family living on the outskirts of Maycomb, are not viewed as “‘...company, [they are] Cunningham’” otherwise known as the trash of Maycomb, according to Scout Finch (Lee 24). Scout makes rude remarks about Walter Cunningham Jr., a classmate of hers, after he drenched his supper in molasses. Calpurnia quickly scolds Scout, explaining to her that Walter had not known any better, not having had supper like that before. Social prejudice is clearly demonstrated here because Walter Cunningham Jr. is not welcome by Scout at the Finch home due to the fact that she does not perceive him to be of her same caliber and social class. No person should be alienated because of the way they dress, where they live, or who they affiliate with.
In to Kill a Mockingbird Scout started as an innocent girl that lived in the south during the great depression that didn 't know much about life. She started to understand more over time in the book, especially during the trial of Tom Robinson. She notice that life wasn 't fair and that there is some people that she couldn 't understand their way of thinking. She sees people such as the Ewells that are some repugnant people. Harper Lee does a great job at making me feel sympathetic for Mayella because of her appearance of scared and fragile.
A powerful story resonates within the reader’s emotions of pity and compassion which causes interest. In the story “ To kill a Mockingbird” the character known as Walter Cunningham had little to no money. Even though he was living under very harsh conditions he still managed to keep going. According to Scout, the Cunningham’s “don’t have much”(Lee 26), but even though they are poor “they get along on it”(Lee 26), they were able to keep going. They did not take what they could not pay back.
Readers look to Scout as a test to character and innocence. As Scout is only six years old in the beginning of the novel, she is unaware of the surrounding bigotry in her town, Maycomb. Unlike many of the characters in the novel, she is able to look at the world in a unique perspective due to her innocence and influence from her activist father, Atticus
At the first of the novel Scout is a bit of a tomboy and is determined to show people her point of view. When Scout started school, she was having a difficult time, because her teacher did not understand the ways of their town, Maycomb County. However, this did not stop Scout from trying to explain to Miss Caroline the ways of the people in Maycomb. “ I thought I had made things
Scout finds herself torn between the opinions of the residents of Maycomb County, Alabama, and her own in the American classic, To Kill A Mockingbird. She listens as people call her names, disrespect her father, and gasps for air as she is repressed by the racism of the American south. Her father, a lawyer, defends a black man on trial, even though Maycomb is a highly prejudiced county. She faces many obstacles and even is a victim of violence, all because of the hostility of her environment. However, she stands her ground, sticks up for what is right, and defends her father, Even when the case is lost, she supports and follows her father, rising above the rest
Ian Fleming famous novel “Casino Royale” was the beginning of what I know today as the famous, unstoppable, and amazing 007 agent, James Bond. I believe even though Casino Royale was an amazing and well written book, the story’s value is just merely the cultural artifacts that inspired the famous Bond movies that everyone know of today. Casino Royale was the birth of James Bond, a great British secret agent who is a brave and hard core man who seems to love nice things like his classic Bentley (which he made sure stayed safe and in one piece during World War 2), but is also seen to be a bit of a sexist throughout the novel, compared to the movie Bond who is not so much of a sexist. Many may believe that Casino Royale is where the Fleming’s
If not for the major characters, the minor characters have played an equally important role in Maycomb with their contrasting views. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is mainly about Jem and Scout growing up under the difficult situations created in Alabama during The Great Depression. Stereotypes and discrimination are major problems in Maycomb. Scout and Jem Finch are raised by Atticus, with the help of Calpurnia, their maid. In the first part of the book, Scout, Jem and Dill are fascinated by Boo Radley because of the rumors they hear about him, and they try everything to make him come out of his house.
Because Scout learns from Atticus some of the processes that take place between the poor folk of Maycomb, she can be innocently nosy at the wrong times. Thoroughly, Atticus explains to Scout how some folks must pay for labor or items with crops since they can afford payment in nothing else. As one example of this, the Cunninghams possess very little, and thus,
Scout and Jem both learn most of their knowledge from, their father Atticus, their maid Calpurnia, and their neighbors. The people that are present in their lives shape Jem and Scout into the people they are becoming. Education from school helps Jem and Scout advance, but the information they learn from life allows them to mature. Scout learns a major lesson about empathy towards others when she invites Walter Cunningham, a boy she goes to school with, over to her house. Scout does not realize that she is disrespectful to him when she makes mean comments.
