I didn’t go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered the high school with the wrong attitude. And I don’t have anyone to sit with” (4 page). In this scene Melinda is coming to her new school and she thinks what she sees. This is important because Melinda sees her ex-best friends that don’t want to see her and her clan Plain Janes has splintered and the pieces are being absorbed by rival
Aneah Young May 28, 2012 Period C Comparison between To Kill a Mockingbird & Secret Life of Bee’s In this essay, I will be comparing The Secret Life of Bee’s and To Kill a Mockingbird. These 2 books are really similar and different. To Kill a Mockingbird is written by Harper Lee while The Secret Life of Bee’s is written by Sue Monk Kidd. Both authors are from the south. Both books settings were from the south.
Chapter 2 Quotation "'Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.' I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime." Analysis Scout's first grade teacher makes her feel bad about being able to read, when she should feel proud that she can read and write at such an early age. Scout even apologizes and referred to her ability as a crime.
Since Janet couldn’t make it to meetings they gave her what was “left over” and didn’t even keep her in mind. Janet was a hard worker and wanted to contribute to the group, but since she had been pre classified by her group she couldn’t fit in the way she wanted to. Life was basically a struggle for Janet and being in a group that did not consider her struggle made her feel more alone than ever. She finally snapped over the cafeteria incident. She stopped to get something to eat and saw her whole group meeting without her, she felt extremely unappreciated and knew the group members didn’t respect her contributions.
At one point in the story, it seems as though other people besides the Finch family are seeing that judging people based on their looks is wrong. Ms. Gates, Scout's third grade teacher, explains to the class that prejudice is a bad thing. She states “Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.” (p.245) She emphasizes this to the class, showing that she really understands and despises it when people look down on others based solely upon their looks. Also, a little bit before, Ms. Gates explains to the children what democracy is, and how it works. Scout says that a democracy means that their is “equal rights for everyone.” (p.245) The teacher then goes on to state how the U.S. is a democracy, and how that differs from Germany as a dictatorship.
Esmeralda’s culture and heritage tend to restrict personal growth within her family. When Esmeralda’s mother wants to make more money for the family she starts looking for a job. In order to go to work, Esmeralda’s mom has to leave home early and come home late. This leaves all the chores and cooking to Esmeralda and her siblings. When other families in their barrio find out about this they begin to resent the family.
Esperanza’s first encounter with sexual violation ended her trust with people. To Esperanza, this job is not what she dreams of doing. On her first day she felt alone and uncomfortable. She says, “when lunchtime came, I was scared to eat alone in the company lunchroom with all those men and ladies looking” (54). She felt as if she did not belong there.
Question: Every time we read we lose a little piece of innocence. Discuss this proposition with reference to at least one text you have studied this year There are things in life that people don’t want to experience but they can experience it through reading. The loss of innocence is a major theme in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird and this is an experience people can understand through reading. Harper Lees’ narrative text, To Kill a Mockingbird was written in the 1960’s. It is a recount of her childhood in the 1930’s represented through the character Scout and is centered on the conviction of a black man stating that he has raped a girl.
Her husband left early on in Emily’s life and her mother was forced to leave her with friends or send her to day care. “…and I did not know then what I know now- the fatigue of the long day, and the lacerations of group life in the kinds of nurseries that are only parking places for children” (Olsen 707). Emily got nowhere near the amount of attention she needed. Maggie, on the other hand, was always with her mother. Maggie’s mother was also older and better suited to be a mother because she was older and more experienced however, Maggie’s father also left the family.
I was shy and wasn’t used to being away from home. I was also afraid of what the other kids would say about my clothes. We were poor and had to wear hand me downs. The first day, my mom got my aunt to take me to school. She tried to sneak away in the hall after taking me to class.