To Kill A Mockingbird Critical Lens Analysis

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Aaron Cataquet 1 / 24 / 13 Period 5 English Dwyer Critical Lens Herodotus said “… men are at the mercy of events and cannot control them.” To me, this quote means that us men (females to) have about 10% control of our life/journey but that the other 90% we have no say or control. I agree with this quotation because there are hundreds of examples in literary works and in reality that show this quote is true. This can be seen in To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, especially in the character of Tom Robinson. This also can be seen in Night by Elie Wiesel. This quote can be proven by witnessing Tom Robinson. Robinson lived in a town known as Maycomb with his wife Helen. Maycomb is a races town; Robinson was an African American. With this being said, his skin color was dark brown. Not only was his skin color dark brown, but his arm was disable. Robinson was falsely accused for raping Mayella. This is because the father of Mayella (Bob Ewell) was trying to cover up the fact that he beats his daughter. Although Robinson was an important character of the novel, he did not have any control to say what was on his mind, his view of…show more content…
Wiesel was just a kid when Germany occupy Sighet (In this time WWII was happening and Elie Wiesel was a Jew). Wiesel and his family were forced to live in a ghetto with other Jews. Later on Wiesel was taken to Auschwitz, and split with his mom and sisters. Wiesel and his dad were taken to Buna. Wiesel witness many hangings. Wiesel and many other prisoners were force to march almost 80 miles to Gleiwitz. Next, Wiesel and the other prisoners were transported to Buchenwald. Wiesel father was taken away from him. All of these things are examples that Wiesel had no control over these situation or events. You learn that thought out the novel that Wiesel had little to no power on what happened next, what happens to his dad, and what happens to
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