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. Atticus has real respect for Mrs. Dubose Shortly after Mrs. Dubose passed away Atticus attempts to explain to Jem that “She was a great lady” (149). Atticus believes that she had the utmost courage to stay on morphine to try to fight the disease even though her odds were slim. Atticus was glad that Jem had been able to see what real courage was – “It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do” (149).
George decided to kill Lennie himself because he knew that if Curley found the beast, he would instantly shoot him. As George hears the other people who are trying to hunt down Lennie he draws the gun and shoots Lennie in the back of the head. In my opinion it was the most human way, as he never really felt any
Johnathan Liu Ms. Zymajtis English 10A 16 December 2011 Courage In this novel, there was a lot of courage expressed in many of the characters. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee uses the characters Mrs. Dubose, Atticus, Jem, and Scout to say that those who are truly courageous stand up for what they believe in no matter the consequences. Mrs. Dudbose was an elderly, ill tempered and racist woman. She was very courageous in the novel. “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (Lee p.112).
Ethan Hefley Mrs. Barr Comp II April 17, 2012 “To Kill a Mockingbird” Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird” demonstrates how courage is required when facing something even when it seems impossible. The setting, characters, and symbolism play a huge role in the purpose of the novel. “To Kill a Mockingbird” takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression. Though every character Lee wrote into his novel was symbolic and important, the most significant characters are Atticus, Jem, and Scout Finch. Atticus, the narrator’s father, is a lawyer in Maycomb.
How effective is the setting in revealing information about Maycomb? Settings in a novel is essential for the use the plot of a story and assists in depicting themes found in a novel through the use of characters and descriptive language in the novel. The effectiveness of this, helps a reader sense and determine a character's emotions and behaviours that link back to the theme/s of the novel. Harper Lee's prize winning novel: To Kill A Mockingbird, reveals the setting of Maycomb society around the concerns of ignorance, discrimination and hypocrisy. Maycomb society and it's setting is situated around the concerns of ignorance.
Harper Lee states that courage is a sacrifice for the sake of a valued individual or ideal, and she explores this “real courage” through the characters of Mrs. Dubose, Arthur “Boo” Radley, and Atticus Finch. Harper Lee first establishes sacrifice through the character of Mrs. Dubose, who relinquishes her physical comfort and mental stability in order to free herself from a morphine addition. After Jem mauls Mrs. Dubose’s camellias, he begins to read to her, and Scout, who tags along, notices, “that Mrs. Dubose’s corrections grew fewer and further apart (Lee 107),” as Jem continues to read. The children are unaware, that in reality, Mrs. Dubose invited Jem to read to distract herself from the painful effects of morphine withdrawal. She reveals sheer determination in
Dubose. While going with Jem to work off his punishment, Scout learns that courage is more than “a man with a gun in his hand” (149). Mrs. Dubose decides to take on an extremely bold and courageous goal of dying addiction free. Mrs. Dubose did not want to die a morphine addict and “leave [the] the world holden to nothing and nobody” (148). This very bold and fearless steeping stone for Mrs. Dubose, ends up teaching Scout what true courage is and that is takes a lot it to conquer such a big habit, such as Mrs. Dubose’s
“The Awakening” By Kate Chopin Kate Chopin uses many different situations and different settings in the novel “The Awakening” to get her points and aspects of the story across to the readers. Throughout the story Chopin also uses many different literary techniques and situations to explain the characters and their place within the story. Chopin seems to be very specific at points, but also very vague when brining new characters into the story and the meaning behind such characters. From the many different aspects of the story the significance of the ending of the novel seems to be the most important and most interesting within the works writing. Chopin seems to use many different themes and symbols throughout the story to portray Edna’s character and way of life that causes the many problems and difficulties for her.
However, in the penultimate chapter of the novel, it is discovered that Bob Ewell was, in fact, murdered by Arthur Radley. It is expected by the reader that Atticus would take him to court, as all through the book, it is clear that he believes in absolute justice. It is perceived by some, as a ‘stab in the back’ for the reader, when it is revealed that Atticus is prepared to overlook Radley’s crime. This selection in the book makes the reader think about whether justice really is possible, after reading about the strong and adamant thoughts of Atticus. All throughout the book, Atticus is concerned about the trial of Tom Robinson, working towards his complete justice.
Conan Doyle uses this character to convey tension and suspense in a variety of methods. Dr Roylott is a quite intelligent man and is capable of doing anything to anybody as long as luck was on his side, which obviously he didn’t have when it came down to his last effort to kill Helen Stoner. Her fear of that in the end she travels to see Sherlock Holmes to see how her sister, Julia stoner was killed in fear of her own life. She had ‘frightened eyes like those of some hunted animals’ this shows that she might not come out publicly that she fears for her life. The stress and the pressure from Dr Roylott is making her hair ‘premature grey’ this shows that her body is ageing a lot more rapidly than her as a person is because she is thinking that all of the bad things that happened to her sister may well happen to her.