In Chapter 6 of To Kill A Mockingbird, a series of action occurs towards the protagonists, Scout, Jem and Dill, revealing their developing stages of maturity. Maturity is an ability to see right from wrong, to settle problems professionally, to be patient, to be sensible and responsible. In the story, the 3 children walks into the Radley’s back yard, which soon shows their poor selection of entering without permission, even with their father’s restricting warnings. The shadow and the shotgun blast was a result in the consequences they irresponsibly did not consider. Next, Jem loses his pants in the escape, showing his lack of responsibility towards his properties.
Christopher Boone is a 15 year old, autistic child living with only his dad Ed Boone. Early in the book Chris discovers his neighbor’s dog Wellington dead with a garden fork through him. Chris’s neighbor Ms. Shears calls the police, who grab Chris and blame him for the murder. Chris, unhappy with the blame and wanting to clear his name, goes out and investigates. Chris nervously interviews his neighbors, recording his findings in his book The Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Spencer Bryson Quotation Insertion Boo is being unfairly isolated When Boo and his friends were caught disturbing the peace in their youth, the judge sent the boys to the state industrial school but Mr. Radley decided he would rather punish Boo himself so “Mr. Radley’s boy was not seen again for fifteen years” (Lee 13). Clearly Mr. Radley wants to keep Boo isolated. Wild rumours have spread about Boo Radley The children of Maycomb were led to believe false information by Stephanie Crawford who claims that when “His father entered the room [and as he] passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities” (13). No one knows for sure if this even actually happened as Boo has been kept inside for decades now, and there is no proof which supports this rumour and the other crazy lies being spread around.
Billy has gotten involved with some rather bad characters in Halifax. These boys have taught Billy how to play and cheat at poker and how to stay out late. Once Billy was brought home by the police at 2am. His mother was deeply ashamed, so she does something desperate. She sends Billy off to Baddeck in Cape Breton to work for a man named Mr Bell.
Beyond schooling he held very few jobs and preferred to claim unemployment benefits to provide means for an income. He was eventually committed to Boys Town, a juvenile detention facility, by his mother who found him difficult to manage. His father Ken, with whom he never shared a close relationship, left the household in 1981, leaving Travers as the head of the family. Finding it difficult to support the family, Travers relied on crime to provide food, stealing animals such as chickens and ducks from nearby households for food. The health of Travers' mother eventually deteriorated, and he and his siblings were sent to live with foster families whilst she was hospitalised.
Once Gregor comes out from hiding he is giving not the warmest welcoming from his family. His sister runs away, his mother faints, from the very look at him, and him father pelts him with apples causing him unconscious. Gregor is neglected and unwanted, whenever someone tries to help him, causes a family fight. Feeling like an insect Gregor is alienated from life at home, a place where the last thing he should feel is isolation. When the family’s tenants see Gregor, they declare that they will not be paying for the time they were living in the apartment.
James and the Giant Peach Genre: Adventure Roal Dahl The plot James Henry Trotter is abandoned at the age of four when his parents are tragically killed in a freak accident. He is placed into the care of two evil relatives, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker where he is being forced to work long hours chopping wood and cleaning. He is otherwise not allowed to come out of the house and is locked in the basement to sleep on the cold hard floor. He is not permitted to attend school, to play with other children, or to journey out of the yard. He is often denied food as well.
The entire town where he lived called him “Victor the Mad Scientist”, this because since his dog’s death, he started collecting dead body parts from the cemetery for his experiments. Victor’s madness grew as the days passed, and his collection of dead body pats increased and increased. But there was one part he could never get; the brain. He searched for a brain everywhere, even in hospitals garbage. Finally, he got his brain from a salesman that knocked his door and was so desperate for selling his products that sold his brain for an impressive sum of money.
They began to scream for help but no one can hear them. The feeling of uselessness runs throughout “The Bone Collector”. The main character Lincoln Rhyme wants to commit suicide because he feels useless. The main female, protagonist Amelia Sachs, feels useless after she stops helping with the case, so much so that she berates herself and finally returns to give her help. The serial killer kidnaps people, kills them, but leaves clues for the police to investigate.
L.25) He is letting his anger and frustration come out through the shovel as he digs the grave for the dead cat. “ Here, he wants to…” (p.1. l.17) Rahul tries to look at his wife in a bad light, “Perhaps, it`s better … “ (p.2. l.31) so he doesn’t remember all the feelings he has and has had