In support of the town’s inability to face the truth and the dangers in not doing so, Hitchcock uses several allusions to the idea of blindness in the film. For example, as Lydia Brenner discovers the farmer murdered in his home, she notices his eyes have been pecked out. Also, just before Cathy’s birthday party is broken up by a bird attack, the children are seen indulging in a game of blind man’s bluff. Finally, as the schoolchildren flee from a vicious attack by crows at the school playground, the crows knock down one of the children, breaking her glasses and leaving her virtually blind. Hitchcock uses these images to illustrate the danger of complacency and the blindness that can come with
To Kill a Mockingbird: Influence by Kiana Smith Jan. 3, 2011 Pd 1A/1B The meaning of the word influence is to have an affect on someone's thoughts or actions. In the famous novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, many citizens of Maycomb give and take in influence. Maycomb is an old, tired town in the southern state of Alabama based during the 1930s. Prejudice occurs, not only against one's complexion, but against one's upbringing and choices. In the novel, Atticus Finch whom is the town lawyer, is defending an African American known as Tom Robinson.
Scout also does not understand the consequences of many things. This includes about fighting and the situation with Boo Radley, the Finch’s exclusive neighbour. Having such a young narrator gives To Kill a Mockingbird a different point of view to many other stories. It shows innocence and naivety, but also to not judge everything straight away. It helps ease the tension, especially during such a controversial novel.
To Kill a Mockingbird "Ignorant individuals are those who refuse to see the world through the eyes of another." - Matthew Michael James once said. Ignorance is something that is oblivious to humans and are not aware of their lack of knowledge about other people. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, displays Attics Finch a lawyer that was chosen to defend Tom Robinson's life from the racist people in Maycomb County such as Bob Ewell, and to always be their for his two children Scout, and Jem that experience many conflicts throughout the novel. Two characters that show bewilderment throughout the course of the novel is Scout, and Bob Ewell.
Atticus came up with several points to try to change the jury’s mind about Tom’s innocence, but he could not. Throughout the novel, he teaches several lessons to Jem and Scout about treating other people and how not to harm them in any way. One particular event is when he did not want to teach Jem and Scout how to use their air rifles. However, he does teach them this lesson: “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee, 90).
In the novel Boo was never accepted by society for his past actions and for this declared a social outcast to humanity. The reputation the people of Maycomb possessed towards Boo was all negative rumors that people believed such as what he ate “dined on raw squirrels and any cat he could catch” (Lee, 13) which were one of the many rumors. These hurtful rumors made poor Boo a monster in their eyes and created a prejudice against him before knowing who he really is. The outcome of this ruined Boo’s life and disconnected him for the life outside his house. As Boo had made mistakes in his life as any other person in society has, he was never forgiven.
Why “To Kill a Mockingbird” Should Not Be Banned Winston Churchill once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is banned from public libraries and schools. “To Kill a Mockingbird” is about a girl Scout and her anti-racist family, who live in Alabama. As her father takes a case, defending a black man of rape. It has been banned for profanity, sex, and racial themes. But these exist in life, and it is good to read about them, especially the racism.
Even though the stock market began to regain some of its losses, by the end of 1930, it just was not enough and American truly entered what is called the Great Depression. Before Black Tuesday, the economy had been stagnant for months prior, and the effects of the market crash were compounded due to the use of margin, and the general lack of market regulations at that time. The use of margin means people had borrowed funds (Doc K). This led to a spiral of falling prices. With significantly reduced wealth, spending decline, banks failed and on top of this drought conditions contributed to a lack of good crops.
Times were so difficult that many former middle-class Americans struggled to feed their families, keep their homes and pay their debts. The end of the Great Depression was a great relief to thousands of Americans. While the reason why it ended is still debated by many scholars, most agree that several things occurred to pull our country out of this terrible economic time. To understand why the Depression ended, we must look at how it occurred. The Great Depression
That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” (Maudie, 90). Maudie explains to Scout that killing a mockingbird is sinful because they are innocent creatures who do nothing to harm us. Boo Radley most represents the mockingbird and the theme ‘innocence should be treasured, not destroyed’. At first, Boo Radley appears to be big and scary. Stories went around about him, discriminating and degrading him, causing Boo to stay in his house and out of the public eye.