In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story, mainly through Scout’s eyes, of the events that led up to Jem breaking his arm when he was nearly thirteen. The reader follows Scout through the novel and sees how she matures and develops, and also how Jem matures and develops, often shown by Scout being puzzled about the way he behaves. Having given the reader a history and context for the novel, the author introduces key characters, including neighbors such as the Radleys, Mrs. Dubose, Miss Maudie and Miss Stephanie. The visiting Dill creates a dare about the Radley house, concerning Arthur Radley, who is described as a‘malevolent phantom’. By describing Scout’s first days at school, Harper Lee criticizes aspects of the education system in Alabama and to reveal the views of Atticus, the lawyer father and single parent of Jem and Scout.
In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem harms Mrs. Dubose by destroying her camellias. In anger over something she said about Atticus, Jem destroys every flower or bud in her garden. Scout goes after Walter Cunningham, an unassuming youngster who inadvertently gets Scout in trouble when she tries to explain to her teacher why Walter will not accept charity. She also has it out with Cecil Jacobs once in defense of Atticus, but at another point walks away from his insults so as not to disappoint her father. Scout pays back her cousin Francis for nasty comments he makes about Atticus by punching him in the face, though the reader can sympathize with her need to punish him for his mean streak and his manipulation that gets Scout into hot water when he blames her for the entire incident.
Civil vs. Savage: Who Wins and Why? When the plane crashed and kids got to the tropical island while they were evacuated from England because of the upcoming war they started setting their own rules for survival. But their rules were not enough to keep control on everyone and that lead the way to aggressive actions which caused kids turn to savage people. We live in heated homes with fresh water and electricity. We come to work by car or mass transit.
In the process of breaking the windows Holden also breaks his fist and is forced to visit the hospital. Since Allie died so young, Holden felt that his innocence was being taken away from him. Once Allie died, Holden believed that it was his responsibility to protect childhood. Holden says, “I’d just be the catcher in the rye” (Salinger 173), Holden believes he must prevent children from falling of the cliffs of childhood and losing their innocence as they fall into the pits of adulthood. Holden is chasing a dream that he cannot accomplish.
He read the letter and found out that he was put up for adoption when he was a baby because his mother was sixteen and his father was eighteen. They were in high school so things were not going to work out. To his surprise, they got married later on and are now still together. He also has more siblings and was excited to meet
The Lord of the flies had unrealistic ending when a navy officer, deux ex machina, saves the boys from the island. In chapter 12, Jacks tribe is hunting Ralph down ready to kill him, but just when we begin to start doubting his survival, a military figure finds him. Throughout the novel there has been many references to military “ like a bomb” (46) the reason they make reference to the military is because war is also savage and uncivilized just like the boys. At the beginning of the novel Ralph proposes to make a fire so that boats passing by would come to save them “ if a ship comes near the island they may not notice us(..) We must make a fire” (38). In the final chapter the hazard uncontrolled fire that Jacks hunters made to kill Ralph is what led to their survival “we saw your smoke” (201).
Sam Kapner Mr. Confino Eng. 9BH p.2 10 March 2014 Growing Up and Losing Innocence in To Kill a Mockingbird by: Harper Lee Most kids experience an event that forces or convinces them to grow up; this event makes kids lose their childlike innocence. Jem and Scout the main characters in the book, underwent many challenges during their early life that resulted in them maturing at a young age and experiences that made them lose their innocence. At the start of the book as a 6 and 10 year old, Scout and Jem didn’t understand Maycomb’s view towards blacks and how to act about people like Boo Radley. Through being exposed to the adult world because of learning whom Boo Radley was and the Tom Robinson trial, the kids started to grow up and they
Ponyboy remembers Bob saying this not even a week before. Both boys are victims of the violence between the Socs and the Greasers, and die before the story is over. They both have violent tendencies, look for fights, and end up losing their lives because of it; more important, both draw ideological lines in the sand. The Outsiders ends with its own opening sentence, as Ponyboy begins to write his assignment for English class, and it becomes clear that the story the reader has just finished is the assignment itself. It is inspired by Johnny's letter to Ponyboy, in which he explains what he meant by his last words: "Stay gold."
The theme of the novel Lord of the Flies is the loss of innocence. In the beginning of the novel, the boys were stranded on the island at just the age to leave the idealism and face the reality of the real world. The boys were orderly children who were waiting for rescue, but the hunters have no desire to return back to civilization, which led into the hunters losing the sense of innocence. The deeper the novel gets we being to see the “beast” inside the children come out. As they were on the island the children started to fight but then it started to end as them torturing and killing one another.
Scout learns this lesson that her father teaches her from three very important characters in this story (to kill a mocking bird).Scout sits and watches the racism in Tom Robinson’s trial. She notices the sadness in May Ella Ewell’s eyes and wonders