The chapters begin with Huck Finn on the porch of the Grangerford’s, where he introduces himself as George Jaxon, and they question him and invite him in cautiously with guns ready to fire in case he is a Sheperdson. Huck meets Buck who tells him a riddle, though Huck does not understand the concept of riddles, and that he must stay with Buck and they will have great fun. Meanwhile, Huck conceives a detailed story to tell how he was orphaned. The Grangerford's offer Huck to stay there as long as he likes at the comfortable and kind home. Buck admires the warmhearted Colonel Grangerford and his beautiful children; Bob, Tom, Charlotte, Sophia, and Buck.
Scout describes him as the filthiest human she had ever seen. The skin on his neck was gray, his hands were rusty and his nails were black. He does not have the best attitude either. Miss Caroline asks him to sit down and he refuses. Miss Caroline then tells him he needs to go home, and he replies with a series of insults.
Jem gets in trouble by Mrs. Dubose and is forced to read to her as a consequence; Scout understands her brother’s begrudging behaviour and tries to help by withstanding the punishment with him even though she’s afraid of the old lady, “You don’t have to go with Jem, you know” (Lee 143). Scout understands why Jem was angered by Mrs. Dubose after she insulted their father since she was upset as well and decided to join her brother through his retribution. During the trial, Scout comes to realize how lonely and sad Mayella must be since she has no friends and has not future because of her father’s ways, “...it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.” (256).
The man has a kind disposition and only wants to be a friend to the children. Through this experience, Scout gained the moral of not trusting the hearsay she has heard and not judging someone because of a
Furthermore, both these characters had to overcome oppression, climate, racist, and a curse. In conclusion, both these characters have to have the ability to persevere and come out on top despite there challenges. Now, Stanley a convicted criminal, will need to persevere. In Louis Sachar’s, Holes, Stanley Yelnats is sent to Camp Green Lake for stealing a star baseball players shoes from an event to help the homeless.
In the first four chapters, we meet a boy named Miles who lives in florida. He doesn’t find his normal school life satisfying, so he decides to go to boarding school. Culver Creek boarding school is where is dad went when he was Miles’s age, his dad upheld the reputation of causing the most trouble and still acing all of his classes. When Miles and his parents show up on the first day, he has a hard time saying bye to his parents, but meets his new roommate. His roommate is a short guy but muscular, his name is chip, but he prefers to be called the Colonel, but no one knows why.
Dill, Jem and Scout all displayed a boisterous character due to their rowdy and active livelihood. Unfortunately, Scout had just been in a massive argument with her irksome Aunt Alexandra. Bolting off to her room with her temper flaring, she stepped on something near her bed, it was rubber like and worse yet—it moved. Scout fetched her older brother, Jem, and a broom and stood as if
Through this experience, the children begin to have empathy and show a deeper understanding of Mrs. Dubose. This understanding prompts Scout and Jem to have empathy towards Mrs. Dubose, seeing how her struggles have shaped her worldview. In the end, this teaches them the importance of compassion and empathy. The quote “...and he would gaze at Mrs. Dubose with a face devoid of resentment” (pg 128) show how over the weeks the children spent with her their hatred started to lessen for the cancerous old
“In the corner of the room was a brass bed, and in the bed was Mrs. Dubose. I wondered if Jems activities had put her there and for a moment I felt sorry for her.” The reason why Jem and Scout were at Mrs. Dubose’s house, was because Jem and Scout were walking by her house when Dubose started yelling at the kids saying that Atticus is not any better than the “niggers and trash he works for.” Jem lost his temper and takes Scouts baton he bought for her and snaps it in half. Jem destroys all of
The motif of getting into someone else’s shoes is represented throughout To Kill A Mockingbird as the children in the novel struggle to understand each other and their world. Scout, Dill, and Jem try to use these messages of compassion in their world, but it doesn’t make any affect and they constantly see people abusing others because of prejudice. These messages target readers in the 1960’s and today, because we witness the same abuse of innocent people and understand that these actions are wrong, yet no one strives for change and the horrors continue. While Lee builds the idea of getting into someone else’s shoes, the perspective of children and subplots throughout the novel highlight that without acting on new beliefs and applying forgiveness, prejudice will pass onto the next generation.
Imagine your child is growing up in a short span, being tainted by the evils of man and the heart of the prejudice. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem Finch are forced to age early when their father takes an unpopular side in the courtroom. His children learn the up and downs of being social outcasts who’s father is a ‘nigger-lover’. Although through the course of their unexpected summer, they absorb many aspects of life that even the adults are oblivious to. As they are progressing through their eye-opening summer, Jem and Scout Finch learn about the power of names in their society, the roles of destructive loneliness, and the loss of their innocence.
The locals made accusations about Dolphus Raymond, a man married to a black woman, as an excuse for his actions that they do not agree with, but what they believed is not accurate. Mr. Raymond carried around a brown paper bag with a straw sticking out; Scout and her friend Dill learn that it was not what it seemed. Mr. Raymond called the children but Scout was skeptical because, “Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man” but they still went to him (Lee 267). Scout and Dill never spoke to Dolphus before, but because of all the rumors that they had heard the children felt like they could make judgments about him. After talking to the man, Scout and Dill were surprised to discover that his drink was,”nothing but Coca-Cola”(Lee 267).
The Ewells are known for being “poor white trash” and do not follow morals or have manners of any kind. On Scout’s first day of school, Burris Ewell makes Miss Caroline cry. When his teacher tells him to go to the principal’s office, he responds with, “‘Ain’t no snot-nosed slut of a schoolteacher ever born c’n make me do nothin’!’” (Lee 37). Burris continues to insult her until she is crying as he storms out of her classroom leaving everyone in astonishment.
Stanley has changed dramatically in the story Holes. In the beginning he is a poor, overweight kid with no confidence. But at the end of the story he has a lot more confidence and even stands up to the Warden. In the text it states ¨ How you doin?” asked Magnet.¨¨¨ Not real good,¨´´ said Stanley.¨”
It all starts when the kids are sneaking in his yard trying to get a look at the so called, “crazy man”. Jem is forced to leave his pants after they get stuck on the fence, when he is making his escape. Boo, finds the pants and fixes the rips caused by the fence. Later, during the house fire, Scout mysteriously has a blanket draped over her shoulders. They soon find out that the blanket came from Boo.
