Not only that, but he has head lice too! Another reason that the Ewells are frowned upon in this town is that they are law breakers. For one, there is the truancy. Burris only shows up to school once every year! Also, they are poachers.
Atticus from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a character with a large list of traits. One that seems to stand out is his willingness to preserve life whenever he can. This is seen in chapter 10 when he shoots the sick dog. It is later emphasized that the dog is dangerous on pg. 128, “…he’s just as dangerous dead as alive”.
(Lee, 30). The dialogue between Burris and Miss Caroline causes Burris to get upset and tell Miss Caroline, “You ain’t sendin’ me home, missus. I was on the
In Harper Lee’s How to Kill a Mockingbird, Burris Ewell, a first grader in Scout’s class, is to be characterized as an undisciplined and neglected young boy. With regard to Burris being undisciplined, Burris yells at Miss Caroline, the first grade teacher, because he is not going to go home by her command and he wants to make her cry. Burris screams at Miss Caroline saying, ‘“Ain’t no snot-nosed slut of a schoolteacher ever born c’n make me do nothing” (Lee 37). Subsequently, Burris has not grown up with positive role models. Burris does not know his correct manner in addressing certain situations.
His neck was was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick” (Lee 35). To everyone he was so filthy and did not clean up. The second reason Burris is uncaring is he does not let anyone tell him what to do. He does not listen to classmates or older adults. He thinks highly of himself and wants to be the
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many interesting characters, but to me Atticus Finch is the most interesting character. Atticus has many traits that everyone should aspire to have. He is respectful,humble and has a lot of dignity. The story would not be the same without Atticus. He is what makes the story interesting and fun to read.
To kill a MockingBird is by Harper Lee. The set of this story is in the South during the Great Depression. Boo is shy, thoughtful, and brave. Boo is a character from to Kill A MockingBird he’s judged by a lot of people.
His family “had been the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations” (Lee, 40) and Atticus doesn’t recall them doing “an honest day’s work” (Lee, 40). The Ewells “were people, but they lived like animals” (Lee, 41) and this evidently shown in Bob Ewell’s son, Burris. Scout Finch described Burris as the “filthiest human being I had ever seen” (Lee, 35) and he acts inimically towards the adults at the school including Miss Caroline and the truant lady. In addition, Mr. Ewell’s eldest daughter, Mayella, displayed hostility and fear towards Atticus during the Tom Robinson case. She feels mocked by Atticus when he referred to her as
One of Bob Ewell’s kids, Burris, is about to leave the school for the rest of the year after the first day. Burris’s teacher doesn’t understand
By setting the novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930’s the author uses this exposition to develop the theme through atticus’ character. Throughout the novel, the author portrays Atticus throughout the story in revealing a specific theme. Atticus is shown to be morally diverse contrasted to other characters in the story. Even during the current time period of the 1930’s, in a vary racist town in Alabama, Atticus sees many things of his time unfair and unjust. Throughout the novel Atticus shows the moral of the story through his own self morlas.
To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, had a lot of character development. But what is the best? As displayed in the book, Atticus carries a lot of strengths and weaknesses but, throughout the story, his “true colors” shine through, and the readers discover the real him. One display of development Atticus has is when he leaves home to go see Tom Robinson (his client) at the jail, but his kids, Scout and Jem and their friend Dill, follow him to make sure he is okay and know where he’s going. Once there, Scout sees a small mob of men approaching Atticus stating how Atticus should “Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch.”
In To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee about a girl named Scout in a time of racism, there were many important traits that the characters represented. In the poem, “If”, by Rudyard Kipling, it talks about many characteristics that are also relevant. Atticus Finch, the father of Scout, was a significant character in the novel. Atticus has many powerful traits that are described in the poem and To Kill a Mockingbird. In both the novel and the poem, “If”, virtue was a trait that Atticus Finch represented.
Kind, smart, and reasonable, are all words that describe Atticus, but there are two traits that stand out the most. From the first moment we meet him to the end of the book, Atticus is as fair and honest as any man could be. Not only that, but he also stays calm and reasonable while doing it. He knows he can’t act like the Ewells or the Cunninghams, as he has to keep up with a certain standard For instance; we’ve seen Atticus read people while keeping a level head while dealing with nearly any situation. One of the first actions that we see Atticus carry out that has real value, is dealing with Scout when she wanted to quit school.
In this Journal, I will be evaluating the characteristics of Atticus. I think atticus is a Civilized man because of a few of these reasons. First, Atticus does not care about what other people think of him. Atticus and the Tom Robinson deal, people don’t really like the idea of it because he is a black man but it does not mind Atticus. Next, Atticus does things independently, he does not not need everyone helping him. Atticus does things alone and that also doesn’t bother him.
I am going to talk about the characterizations of the characters in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. This book is really interesting so far. Chapter 7-19 really hits the climax of the story All of the characters changed throughout the story. Jem and Scout changed a lot throughout the book too. In the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee uses Jem to shows bravery and curious, has a protective nature, and comes to understand his own sense of morality.
