At christmas, Atticus gives Jem and Scout air rifles as gifts. He tells the two that he would prefer they shoot at cans, but wagers that they may be tempted to shoot at living things. He tells them if they must hunt birds, they can shoot all the blue jays they want to, but to never kill a mockingbird. "Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Scout realized it was the only time she had ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something.
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (p 98) Atticus tells Jem and Scout this when he presents them with a gun for their christmas present and tells them never to shoot a mockingbird.
In To Kill a Mockingbird Boo Radley, who was the mysterious town recluse, helps Jem and Scout three different times, even though they did not return the favors, or treat him with respect at all times. The first example is when Boo sewed Jem’s pants when they were trying to see what Boo looked like, and Jem’s pants were caught in the fence. Jem left the pants there, and when he went back to get them, they were sewn and folded. They figured out that Boo fixed the pants because he did not want Jem to get in trouble. When Miss Maudie’s house was set on fire, Atticus told Jem and Scout to go stand outside by the Radley’s place.
Contrasting areas between these two poems include the rhyme schemes. “A Barred Owl” is based on an AB rhyme scheme, whereas the structure of “The History Teacher” does not follow a particular format. In “A Barred Owl”, Richard Wilbur writes about how he knows that the real world is cruel. However in “The History Teacher”, Billy Collins is in denial of this cruel world and insists on saving his children and mind washing them to believe that the world is a perfect place where everyone is essentially good. The title of A barred Owl is ironic itself because
Scout learns a major lesson which is not to kill a Mockingbird. She learns that Boo is simply an innocent mockingbird and does not harm just sings and Boo just suffered from his fathers cruel intentions which made the town see him as a harmful creature. The children and Boo never had a physical connection or chemistry but this barrier is soon broken when he saves the children form Bob Ewell. Scout now understands and see’s Boo as actually a real creature although she still points at him, which shows her transformation is still in progress she treats Boo like a real person. When Atticus fails to understand that Boo was the one who killed Bob, Scout explains Atticus a lesson which is usually visa versa, that you must never kill a Mockingbird and by exposing and giving him the negative publicity towards Boo it would be like killing him in a way.
Scout takes this lesson all through the book and keeps reminding the readers of this life lesson. The life lesson of it's a sin to kill a mockingbird is shown when Atticus buys Jem and Scout air rifles for Christmas. Upon receiving the air rifles Atticus tells Jem” Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Scout asks Miss Maudie why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird "They don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" From this life lesson Scout learns that, that life lesson doesn't just apply to birds but also humans in fact Tom Robinson.
“Remember, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (pg 90). Mockingbirds are animals that don’t do us any harm. It is the type of animal that will give its heart out to you. Every morning you can find mockingbirds sitting out side a window chirping a pleasant tune. It is a sin to kill the innocent and helpful mockingbird.
This humanizes the charter for the reader so so readers feel sympathy for his death. Secondly, Cisneros uses short direct sentences and sentence fragments to make the story personal and realistic. For instance, when the story begins, the author explains how Marin meet Geraldo, “She meet him at a dance, pretty to, and …”. This demonstrates how the author use of simple direct sentences and sentence fragments creates a realistic personal story because the sentences mimic real life speech patterns. As a result, the author creates a realistic conversational story.
He doesn’t realise until a fellow dockworker points out whom she was. When he helps Edie escape Johnny’s attack on the church Terry starts falling for Edie and pleads to see her again. After Terry falls hard for Edie, his conscience tells him that the right thing would be to tell Edie the truth before he goes any further with Edie, it was only right. Terry went straight to his pigeons after her response to run away and scream. The pigeons represent the people of the town, trapped on the cage, not able to rise up to anything because once they speak they are in the clear for the hawks (mob) to hunt them down.
Now that I am an older and have reread this novel it strikes me as such a social and moral piece of work. It has become clear to me that Harper Lee dealt with many topics in writing this story. According to Bloom’s Literary Reference on line, facts on file companion to the American novel, Lee wrote this novel and draws upon her loving recollections of her own childhood in the south (p1). The topic I would like to focus on is the goodness of the characters and point out examples from the chapters of the