Frequently in life, it is said that the harmony and relationship between positive and negative must coexist in every situation. To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel written by Harper Lee, tells the story of a young girl, Scout, and her brother Jem, as they grow up in a segregated American south. Their critical coming of age lesson can be seen in the children’s experiences with Mrs. Dubose, an angry, insulting woman who is later revealed as a courageous figure that battles her morphine addiction by her own means. In chapter eleven of To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem acts out against Mrs. Dubose in defense of his father and family through destroying her prized, beautiful camellia bushes. As punishment, Jem’s father Atticus condemns Jem to read to Mrs. Dubose
And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths… and sleeping and waking up (207),” When Emily said goodbye to small things like clock tickings, sunflowers, and new-ironed dresses, those would be items one would consider trivial and unimportant. When she says goodbye to these trivial things, it truly made Emily realize how much she never appreciated it when she was alive. She went back to a day she thought was unimportant and it resulted in her realizing how important every simple little thing was. When Emily was alive, she was so caught up in herself and never appreciated her daily morning conversations with her mom.
The works of Thornton Wilder in Our Town inspects two families to their inevitable end, while unraveling the simple aspects of every single human experience. The use of certain characters displays these aspects. Emily, in particular, plays a large roll showing the diverseness of every being. She shows the logical thinking young woman who dreams to one day be a leader, while also showing the emotional bride to be who eventually becomes a mother.
“The Importance of Being Earnest” In the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” by Oscar Wilde, main character, Jack is characterized as living two separate lives. One life he lives and goes by the name Jack and the other he goes by Ernest. Due to the confusion, Wilde leads his audience to believe and excuse the double identities as different aura’s each name comes with. A double-life can be defined as the life of a person who leads two different lives that are kept separate from one another because usually one involves a secret. Jack displays characteristics of someone who lives a double life throughout the play and some may argue he even suffers from a multiple personality disorder.
Brice Letenre Mrs. Letzeisen Period 7 May 13, 2024 Important Lessons to Learn in School How do the lessons that are learned in school help a student that is growing up? The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a girl who was raped and is trying to get through the school year. Melinda has many struggles throughout the school year. The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about injustices in The Great Depression from the perspective of a child. In school there should be lessons that are learned during the time that is spent here.
By uncovering the truth about others in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem and Atticus signify that ambition is required to understand human behavior. While passing Boo Radley’s house, Jem has the aspiration to give a note to Radley in order to comprehend his actions and find out the truth about him. Jem has to work for Mrs. Dubose and his eagerness leads him to discover and understand the truth behind her thoughts. At Tom Robinson’s trial, it may seem that Atticus doesn’t use his ambition to reveal the true intentions of Mayella, so he can acknowledge them.
In the play Our Town, the storyline starts at the birth of Emily Webb and ends after her death. Throughout the play, you can see the important moments in most everyone’s life that Emily experiences. But only after her death does she realize the importance of savoring every moment of life that you have because life moves so fast, “I cant. I can’t go on. It goes so fast.
The novel Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut explores the effects of war, specifically the Dresden Bombing. Kurt Vonnegut explains that he had experienced the Dresden Bombing personally and had gone through the harsh situations and conditions that he creates throughout the novel to represent the Dresden Bombing. The Dresden Bombing is one of the greatest man-caused massacres in history and had a huge effect on World War 2. Vonnegut creates the character Billy Pilgrim to explore the effects of war on physical and mental health. The novel is an authentic demonstration of the Dresden Bombing and its effects on American soldiers during the World War 2.
As both characters struggle to confront their fears of abandonment, Emily and Blanche isolate themselves from the outside world. Following the deaths of Emily’s father and sweetheart, Emily is seen as taking these heavy losses extremely hard, causing Emily to isolate herself from society. “After her father’s death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all.” (Faulkner, section II) Losing the two most important people in her life, Emily became afraid to get close to another person for fear of ending up all alone again.
According to the google dictionary, morality is when one is differentiating right from wrong and good or bad. Society tends to turn a blind eye to morality and do what others do instead of what is morally right. In Harper Lee's award winning book To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, uses the experiences of the kids and interactions among the people of Maycomb to prove that people raised into and taught racism often struggle to see the flaws in their own perspective. Harper Lee incorporates many character descriptions and traits that show how they were raised, how they treat others, and how they are portrayed in their morals. Although society’s surroundings impact the moral development of a person, a child’s upbringing will determine character
Make Life Count In a world full of constant distractions and an ever-increasing to-do list, it is easy to lose sight of what it means to truly live life mindfully. Oscar Wilde believes, “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people only exist, that is all.” Many of us just go through the motions of living instead of genuinely experiencing and cherishing each moment. Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town exposes the daily life of its characters to help the audience understand the importance of making every moment count.
In many situations, the people within the town notice Miss Emily’s odd behavior, but they choose to maintain peace with her instead of helping her when she clearly needs it the most. However, this need to preserve the respectful image of Miss Emily ultimately leads to her emotional breakdown of isolation and
To compare, Faulkner shares a slice of evidence as to why Emily has an uncontrollable obsession for the dead, “After her father 's death she went out very little; after her sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all.” (Faulkner) Given these points, her father becomes arrogant and isolates her from society, or anyone who is willing to take Miss Emily from him. When her father, the only man in the world who has loved her,
Even the narrator’s often disjointed accounts of the past all push towards a fond remembrance and need without a want in today’s society. “an eyesore among eyesores” Miss Emily’s house was called, that was to show that even with its cobwebs and peeling paint this building stood as a testament to an age long gone, a
It is shown that as the town progresses throughout the years her house is from the past decades. As weeks went by people started to notice the wrenching smell coming from Emily’s house. When a young man suggests to confront Emily about the smell Judge Stevens said, ““would you accuse a lady to her face of smelling bad?””(Faulkner820). This is showing how the generations have changed by lacking respect and chivalry
