...Protzmann Miss Paugh English 9 February 18, 2010 Three different fathers How does Atticus Finch, Mr. Walter Cunningham and Bob Ewell’s parenting differ? How are Jem and Scout Finch, Mayella Ewell and Walter Cunnungham treated by their fathers? Are the actions made by their fathers reflected on the children? Atticus Finch is kind to Jem and Scout. Mr. Walter Cunningham treats Walter well and teaches him to never take anyrhing that he cannot give back. Bob Ewell is a heavy drinker and beats Mayella. Sout and her brother Jem go through many different experiences as they become older. Their father Atticus is defending a black man which was unacceptable in their time period. They are ridiculed, threatened and even attacked because of it. Their neighbor and friend Miss Maudie’s house burns down. Atticus Finch, Mr. Walter Cunningham and Bob Ewell parent differently in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Atticus Finch treats his children, Jem and Scout very well. Jem is growing and is very moody at the age of 12. Scout asks Atticus if he reckons Jem has a tapeworm. Atticus says, “No, Jem [is] growing. [You] must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible(153).” Atticus shows slight annoyance during the stressful trial period. His voice shows how stressed out the trial is making him. Scout runs Jem’s comb up and down the edhe of his dresser. Atticus says, “Stop that noise(178).”Atticus is kind to his children and only shows unhappiness...
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...shows the innocence of children and growing up. Harper Lee’s Maycomb mirrors her childhood home of Monroeville, Alabama and the white supremacy. Scout is the child of a lawyer taking on a job of defending a black man in front of the town. Characterization is how an author portrays a character in their piece. Jean Louise “Scout” Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a masculine young child who is learning about the world with her curiousity. She is adventurous because she of the way she treats the mysterious Radley house. Scout Finch is more interested in playing rather being the “typical girl”. When Scout caught Walter Cunningham she rubbed his nose in dirt. This specific piece shows Scout’s aggressiveness and her “masculinity” towards everyone. She also stomped at him to scare him off after she rubbed his nose in dirt. This specific piece shows more aggression and “bravery”. “ He ain’t company, Cal, he’s just a Cunningham,” Scout says this to Calpurnia the family...
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...Andrew Holloman ENG 1101 11/13/12 Compare and Contrast Essay Similarities between Harper Lee’s Childhood Life and Scout Finch’s Childhood Life The To Kill a Mockingbird novel written by Harper Lee is commonly considered one of the twentieth century's most widely read American novels. The vast majority of people that have read the novel are of the belief that the events contained within the novel are based on Harper Lee’s childhood experiences growing up in the South. However, absent of Harper Lee actually confirming the inspirational source for her novel; it’s still an assumption made by the masses. Nonetheless, we all have to agree that there are some very distinct similarities between Harper Lee’s childhood life and the childhood life of Scout Finch’s in the novel. Similarities that exist between Harper Lee’s childhood life and that of Scout Finch in the To Kill a Mockingbird novel were the facts that they were both raised in small rural towns, both of them were tomboys during their childhood years, and they both lived through times of racial prejudice. The first similarity between Harper Lee’s childhood life and Scout Finch’s childhood life is that they were both raised in small rural towns in Alabama. Harper Lee grew up in the small rural town of Monroeville, Alabama that. The town has a small closely knit population where everyone knew their neighbors and knew their neighbor’s business. Aside from this the town of Monroeville is riddled with poverty and racial...
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..."To kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence". In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout narrates the story in first person point of view. The novel shows how growing up in times of depression, racism, and poverty can change an individual or even a society. The story takes places in Maycomb County. The time is set in the early 1930s where poverty and racism plays a major roll in the United States. The tone of the story is very serious and shows the reader a piece of reality. The mood is very sympathetic but the reader may also feel humor from Dill, Scout, and Jim, three of the main characters. The setting plays a major roll in the plot because the racism during that time contributes to the conflicting opinions of...
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...who are not like us” (Coolnsmart). Jem and Scout Finch are two children who pass their time with friends, playing games, and making mistakes, as all children do, but recognizing mistakes and learning from them is all part of growing up and becoming mature. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird shows how Jem and Scout Finch change over the course of the novel for the better, as shown by contrast through Jem and other adults, allusion when speaking about J. Grimes Everett, and similes when Scout finally understands the meaning of not killing a mockingbird. Jem indicates that he has bettered himself when he feels sympathy for people being treated deceitfully unlike the other adults in the novel. For example, when Boo Radley, a neighbor, couldn’t leave the kids gifts in the tree any longer because the hole in the tree was concealed, Scout states “When we went in the house I saw [Jem] had been crying…I thought it odd I had...
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...As a kid, we all want to grow up, so that we can get all the perks that adults do. In order to do so, one must not only mature physically, as in growing taller, but must also mature mentally, in order to be ready for the real world around them. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout Finch, is described as maturing greatly throughout the novel, physically and mentally. With the help of three essential people, she learns to release the bonds of childhood, and to think of the world around her in a different way, to fight with her head and not her fists, and to meet the demands of society and become a true lady as she grows up and matures, instead of her current tom-boy self. There are many...
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...especially the Finch Family. Challenging moments in one’s life result in a lesson learned. Even if times are hard, just always know that it is worth it in the long run. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Maycomb County is where the Finch family has lived for countless years, their family name is honored in the small community. Scout Finch, Atticus’ young daughter is just entering school, and her older brother Jem is there to help her. But, Jem and Scout begin to encounter difficult experiences that are much different than their usual games in the backyard. The Finch family develops and grows throughout the book from the experiences they encounter together. Scout if first introduced as a young innocent tomboy type of girl who is her father’s little girl, but over time she grows through her experiences. Scout’s father, Atticus, is all about teaching his children morals, and one moral he has taught Scout is to never do harm to someone or something that does no harm to you. Atticus looked like he needed cheering up. I ran to him and hugged him and kissed...
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...Growing Through Experience The entire world consists of aging and growing older, whether we like it or not. Each day we face decisions that shape who we are, and what is happening in our lives today is going to contribute to the person we are years from now. Growing up is a challenging but exciting experience that we all go through. It takes making mistakes for us to realize who we want to be and to understand the meaning of our childhood. On our short journey in the world we meet many people and are around others that have a place in the adult we are going to be. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the author suggests that when we are children, we are exposed to many situations too large for our understanding but that it takes experiences to comprehend the meaning of such situations. This is revealed through the narration of Jean Louise Finch and her take on events in the novel. When children are young they view things from a very innocent and naive point of view, yet they are very set in their ways. Scout Finch is presented throughout the novel as a young tom boy living with her older brother and father. In the novel Scout approaches things in a rebellious way, she acts very quickly on her emotions and doesn’t think before she says things. Scout has a history of fighting, wearing overalls and not caring about the way she looks or how she presents herself. She is not doesn’t like being something that she isn’t and in Scout’s case she doesn’t like being a lady...
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...Scout and Jem Finch live in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. The two children are trying to find their way through the ups and downs of growing up, and living with their father, lawyer Atticus Finch. Alongside Jem and Scout is their friend Dill, whom they go along on their journey with. Dill is interested in Boo Radley, one of the Finch’s neighbors, who hasn’t been outside of his house for years. The three friends relentlessly continue to figure out whatever happened to Boo Radley. As they were walking home from school one day towards the end of the school year, just as the weather was beginning to warm up, Jem and Scout find two sticks of Wrigley’s chewing gum inside of a knothole in an old oak tree outside of the Radley’s house. After...
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...Petrina Chan Hr. 2 To Kill a Mockingbird Summer Work Characters Scout Jean Louise Finch, also called Scout, is the narrator and protagonist of the story. She is the sister of Jeremy (Jem) Finch and the daughter of Atticus Finch. She lives with her brother, father, and their black cook, Calpurnia, in Maycomb County. Being the main character, she is involved with all of the major events that happen during the course of the novel, including the Tom Robinson trial. While the story progresses, Scout’s views about life mature. Scout is different than most little girls at the time. She wears overalls instead of dresses and learns to climb trees with Jem and Dill rather than learning manners.She starts to understand how to look at things from someone else’s point of view, instead of only her own, and, “step into their skin,” as Atticus tells her, in order to understand people’s feelings. She progresses from a short-tempered tom boy to an empathetic young girl. Although she is still young, her understanding of the world is progressing rapidly. Jem Jeremy (Jem) Finch is the brother of Jean Louise (Scout) Finch, and the son of Atticus finch. He is four years older than Scout. He is Scout’s playmate and protector throughout the novel. Although he slowly weans himself from Scout’s little games, he remains her closest companion and guardian. He and his views on life are deeply affected by the Tom Robinson trial because of the amount of sheer prejudice and cruelty of the trial. Jem learns...
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...stand up for others. Three characters that I think are mockingbirds that sing their own song are Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, and Jem Finch. Atticus Finch is the person that does the dirty work, he is a wise and great father to his children, he teaches them many great life lessons...
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...the cause of freedom, safety, and liberty? Would you sacrifice yourself for others? You may think you know, giving your only piece of pizza to your friend is an act of bravery to sacrifice. Each Individual including you; can make choices. It depends on where the mind and heart set is. In the Novel by Harper Lee, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, she brings us in the 1960s, it took place in Maycomb Alabama where the narrator Scout illustrate her two years of events that took place during her childhood. Throughout the novel, It talked about the hierarchy between “White” and “Black” people. “White” people are superior while the “black” people are the inferior or the servants. These two race cannot be integrated and unfortunately, the inferior population suffers. However, they are some people in the story that shows courage. An example of Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch and Dolphus Raymond which I am going to explicate their concept of courage. Among by the novel, Tom Robinson is one of the black people who undergo the test of Maycomb’s racism. Tom was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Mayella is lonely and unhappy. She has never had any friends, nor any love or affection in her life, and the only person who has been decent to her is Tom Robinson. In Chapter 19, Mr. Gilmer asks Tom,...
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..."I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what"- Atticus Finch. Also courage is a part of growing up but it's the type of courage that determine whether a person matures or evolved from once they once were. In addition, to this in novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are two children Scout and Jem, that experience things a child should never go through. However, by going through a time of Great Depression and dealing with a prejudice town they have evolved from the naive kids they used to be. Except, in this essay it's about who has evolved the most throughout the novel. Therefore, Jem has changed the more than Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird" because he has proved more mature than Scout. Towards the middle of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem evolves by following Atticus as a role model.For example Jem shows maturing by stating 'I reckon if he'd wanted us to know it, he'da told...
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...is a story told from the point of view of Scout Finch, a young tomboy. Her father, Atticus, is the judge for the trial of a young black man accused of raping a white girl. This trial reflects the Scottsboro Trials of the 1930s. Scout’s brother, Jem, grows up alongside her and is an influence on how she acts as she grows. Their Aunt, Alexandra, moves in to give their family a stronger “feminine influence”. Other people in Scout’s life help to develop her character over time including a old woman named Mrs. Dubose. Gender roles of society shape who we are and the development of character Scout Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird does not...
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...many countless awards. The black and white portrayal from text to film is exquisitely captured turning pages to picture while reveling a heartbreaking reality. Through camera, lighting, and sound Robert Mulligan creates a mood to communicate the vision of Harper Lee. The film takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Robert Mulligan illustrates the story of the lives of Scout and Jem, children growing up in this small town with their friend Dill who stays for the summer. The youngsters become infatuated with getting a glimpse of Boo Radley the unseen hermit of a neighbor. This summer also entails issues facing, their attorney father, Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch defends Tom Robinson, an African American man falsely accused of raping a white woman from town, Mayella Ewell. The children catch wind of the trial and for the first time witness evil realities of the world. Jem and Scout, Atticus’s children become the targets of Bob Ewell, the father of Mayella Ewell. Bob Ewell tries to kill them one Halloween night on their way home from school, when the elusive Boo Radley shows up and saves them. Radley kills Bob in the affair. Tom Robinson is wrongfully convicted sent to prison and then eventually killed trying to escape. Throughout the film the reoccurring issues of racism, biased from social class, and stigmas to gender are tested and tried as unfairly as the Tom Robinson case. There...
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