They had thought of every way that could stop him from his bad behavior, but nothing worked. His dad believed that violence worked the best. Every time when Sonny got into trouble, his dad beat him, and Sonny would make him a temporary promise to be a good boy. But his dad lost trust in him when Sonny never kept his promises. His dad ignored when he didn’t go home or when he was sent to the Children’s Center; he said it was good riddance.
When he sat in judgment it would be the same. Good-for-nothing’s like Dave and Lum and Jim wouldn’t change place with him. For what can excuse a man in the eyes of other men for lack of strength? Raggedy-behind squirts of sixteen and seventeen would be giving him their merciless pity out of their eyes while their mouths said something humble. There was nothing to do in life anymore.
They are confused at first, but then relax when he explains himself: “You little folks won’t tell on me now, will you? It’d ruin my reputation if you did.” “You mean all you drink in that sack’s Coca-Cola?” (Lee 200). With this short conversation, the children learn that the persona that Dolphus Raymond has, is just a mask he wears so that people will accept him. He believes that an excuse of being a drunk is a better option then being judged for being friendly with the blacks. Anyone would ignore Mr. Raymond and just keep walking, but the children reach out to him and take the time to rip away his mask and really get to know him for
Look like all they want to do is knock you down.” Enoch tells Haze about his abusive father and this mean lady he lived with before he came there. It really makes me wonder if Enoch ever had anybody to talk to and that is why he is so strong on Haze; because Haze is listening. Enoch tells Haze that he has “wise blood”. “When he realized that today was the day he decided not to get up. He didn’t want to justify his daddy’s blood, he didn’t want to be always having to do something that something else wanted him to do, that he didn’t know what it was and that was always dangerous”(135).
The title relates to this story b/c Eric was the bystander that didn't do anything when Griffin beat up David. He didn't want to get involved, but he also knew what they ( Griffin and his group) were doing was wrong and bad. I learned that even if your not the one being bulled you should always tell a teacher or a parent that someone is getting physically or mentally bulled. No form of bullying is right and shouldn't be done in the first
“No man has ever been born a negro hater, a Jew hater, or any other hater. Nature refuses to be involved in such suicidal practices.” People are born without any malicious thoughts towards others but instead the thoughts and opinions of others are later incorporated into that person’s new opinions, thoughts, and prejudices. This critical lens is valid because as shown in the general populace of youth, humans are generally accepting of all people until later on in their lives. This idea of learned hatred is evident or supported in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and in the drama Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In To Kill a Mockingbird the characters express many types of prejudice.
It made me think that Boo Radley might not be bad. Maybe he was trying to be good but he didn’t know how, because after almost 20 years of not being nice, (actually of not being anything at all) tis hard to suddenly be nice to someone else. Boo liked the kids, but he couldn’t go over and talk to them, not only because he didn’t know how but because he was afraid he would scare
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (pg. 30) is one of the lessons learned. No one in Maycomb puts themselves in Boo’s shoes, so they don’t understand his suffering. People don’t see his true intelligence that was ruined by his cruel father; this makes Boo one of our most important mockingbirds. I see behavior like this everyday, as I walk down the high school halls, into the lunchroom, even just kids hanging out in town – there is always some one judging someone.
He does not bother to find a job or even support his family. He also blames Atticus for being a blue jay, because Bob believes that the reason he lost his job was because of Atticus. However, even if Atticus knows Bob is blaming him, Atticus does not let Bob’s claim ruin him. Nonetheless, Bob Ewell uses the welfare money to buy whiskey for himself, leading to his family of eight’s starvation. Back in chapter three, Atticus explained to his daughter Scout, “When a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains,” (Lee 31).
He was repulsed even though the man had actually moved home because he knew he was dying. Even though Jerry was raised in a small, conservative community Jerry’s comments were what was repulsing. The hard headed, pea brained Jerry could not understand that homosexuals are everywhere, even in 1987. The only difference is that today we do not feel the need to hide as much, though obviously there are still places where today I wouldn’t vocalize the point that I’m gay. But In 1987 gay marriage was not being thought of, there was no place in America where homosexuals could marry, this gave Jerry more ease in being adamantly opposed to this AIDS positive homosexual who moved home to die.