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.
As well another example is, when in the book George is talking about how Lennie got him in trouble in Weed, but the movie shows this as a flashback scene. Some happenings got shifted around or even left out. An example is in the beginning where Lennie gets the mouse taken of George. In the book the mouse is thrown back, but in the movie the topic is brought up when George and Lennie have to stay overnight at the Lake. In the end of the book Lennie is hallucinating about his stepmother aunt Clara and a big giant rabid.
Dolphus alienates himself on purpose from society, as the kids learn in their encounter. “‘Wh -- oh yes, you mean why do I pretend? Well, it’s very simple,’ he said. ‘Some folks don’t -- like the way I live. Now I could say the hell with ‘em, I don’t care if they don’t like it.
Another characteristic was using the children as a means of control to potentially get Fran back with him. This is the scene when Mickey went over Francine’s mother house and said he would burst the door in her face if she didn’t let him get the kids. Once again James got his way because Fran comes back to him for the kids. Francine is isolated by James controlling ways, for an example Mickey asked her where she had got her new ring from and she told him she went into town; after telling him this he slapped her in front of the company and she isolated herself. Fran was also very loyal to him, but James didn’t seem to think so and if he did know he made sure she stayed that way because he beat her for smiling and looking when a partner of his told him Fran was pretty.
Have you ever done something that you always reflect on and wish you had another chance? Did you hear that little voice inside your head? Many people make choices that they know are wrong but do it any to be considered “cool” to their peers. In the short story “On the Bridge”, Todd Strasser shows the idea that you should not change yourself to be cool because it can turn bad for you. Seth, the protagonist in “On the Bridge” wants to be accepted to his friend Adam, who makes very bad decisions.
This scene is constructed to show Lenny's passivity and nature. Lenny does not go after Curley, even after Curley has attacked him, until George gives him the go ahead. Lenny is upset that he crushes his hand, because he only meant to stop him from attacking him. Lenny does not know his own strength. It also illustrates the relationship of Lenny and George, and the position of caretaker that George assumes-for example-when Lenny is worried that this will cause Lenny to lose the privilege of caring for the bunnies.
Tom is criticizing the fact that he is not allowed to smoke under Widow Douglas but she herself is. Twain is attacking a problem in our society that exists today. Twain’s thoughts on the “snuff” are irrelevant, but his thoughts on an elder disapproving of something and then doing it themselves are strong. Parents know what is right and wrong. It is their job to make sure they’re kid is under good influence.
Another example is provided by an L.A. Times editorial about a Little League manager who intimidated the opposing team by setting fire to one of their team's jerseys on the pitching mound before the game began. As the editorial writer commented, the manager showed his young team that "intimidation could substitute for playing well" ("The Bad News"). Although not all parents or coaches behave so inappropriately, the seriousness of the problem is illustrated by the fact that Adelphi University in Garden City, New York, offers a sports psychology workshop for Little League coaches, designed to balance their "animal instincts" with "educational theory" in hopes of reducing the "screaming and hollering," in the words of Harold Weisman, manager of sixteen Little Leagues in New York City (Schmitt). In a three-and-one-half-hour Sunday morning workshop, coaches learn how to make practices more fun, treat injuries, deal with irate parents, and be "more sensitive to their young players' fears, emotional frailties, and need for recognition." Little League is to be credited with recognizing the need for such workshops.
Until Esme stopped him, he almost embarrassed the boy. The children call Esme “Madame Esme.” The principle has a problem with this, and she explains that she is not everybody else, so she should not be called by something she isn’t. In December, Madame Esme says that she doesn’t know “how such poor unprivileged children can be such spoiled
They decided it would be best to take the game away from him. That was a big mistake. The boy was furious but not in his right mind. Late one night he crept into the garage and he saw one of his dad’s tools lying on the bench. He thought the tool looked like one of the weapons from his video game.