Throughout the entire story, the black Girl Scout troop wants to physically confront the white Girl Scout troop over a racial slur that they weren’t even sure was said. The dramatic irony in this is that the reader is aware that the racial slur was never actually used; yet the characters within the story falsely believe that it has. “Brownies” critiques racial chauvinism through the use of dramatic irony. ZZ Packer uses this technique throughout the story and it is immensely effective. ZZ Packer displays the black Girl Scout troops hidden racial hatred for white people through ironic humor.
Overall, these attempts lead to notes on fishing poles, peering through the window, and touching the side of Boo’s house which anyone can conclude as immature. Even Atticus comes to somewhat of a realization as to what the kids are trying to do and yells at them. With Scout’s innocence slowly diminishing, her ability to play silly games is not acceptable; especially with no more “free passes” left. She understands to respect those around her, even if it means subtracting out the fun. Not only is Scouts
To Kill a Mockingbird Themes Have you ever seen discrimination against a darker-skinned person from a lighter-skinned person? To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee tells a story about a little girl, Scout, and her father, Atticus, who is a white man. He has to defend a black, Tom Robinson, who has been accused of raping a young white girl, Mayella Ewell. This book had many themes that all taught a valuable lesson, such as: individuals have a right to protect the innocent, people often fear what they don’t understand, and the most important part of a child’s education may take place in the home and community rather than in the school. The first theme is individuals have a responsibility to protect the innocent.
Labeling and stereotyping. They don’t seem like a big deal until it causes chaos in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In Maycomb, this is a big issue in the community. Scout is watching and understanding this world differently, being young and very influential racisms changes her, in maturing and her personality. Scout is the main character, she is the reason the Finches get in all these dilemmas.
He made it sound like were runnin’ a still” (75). Scout was curious why it was a problem if Atticus was defending an African American. She wants to find out the truth behind the things happening around her, which shows maturity. In the first half of the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout shows the immaturity of a six-year-old, but she also shows a lot of maturity because of her desire to learn. Like a typical six-year-old, she believes everything she hears, she is scared easily, and lastly she is ignorant about a lot of things.
Scout claims that “[Calpurnia] likes Jem better’n she likes [Scout], anyway” and then proceeded to “[suggest] that Atticus lose no time in packing her off.”(25). This shows how inconsiderate and rude Scout is toward Calpurnia. Scout acted rude and insolent to adults and to her peers, talking back to Ms. Caroline, Cal and making her friend Walter “duck his head in shame” (27). This is important because it shows her lack of understanding; she is not mature enough to think
Never suggest that a White person is from an inferior class.” And both laws were written in the story “To Kill a Mockingbird”. The Jim Crow laws where set to let the black people know what they can and cannot do. And when a black person breaks or accused of breaking the law, their punishment is death or jail even when the judge didn’t convict them with to an
White people believed they were superior to the blacks and barely viewed them as human beings. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee writes accurate descriptions of how racism was ingrained in the daily lives of Americans such as Aunt Alexandra whose response to Scout as to why she cannot play with a black boy is "Because- he – is – trash, that’s why you can’t play with him". Alexandra is not giving Scout a real reason why because she has no reason other than she grew up with society telling her black and white children could not play together and was brainwashed into believing it. Another situation that shows the shocking segregation is when Cecil Jacobs asked a question about why the Jewish were persecuted in class "But that ain’t no cause to persecute ‘em. They’re white aren’t they?"
In To Kill a Mockingbird Scout, Atticus, and Boo show courage. Scout Finch shows courage by being afraid and of her bravery. As Scout is a little girl she still has courage, “I kicked the man swiftly. Barefooted, I was surprised to see him fall back in real pain. I intend to kick his shin, but aimed to high.”(152) To me scout shows courage by kicking the guy without fear and knows their there would consequence.
Scout could not do anything without Aunt Alexandra and Mrs. Dubose criticizing what Scout was wearing, doing, and behaving. 4. To Kill A Mockingbird sets out to challenge several stereotypes. Describe the use of stereotypes in the novel using quotes from the text to support your