to influence the way other people behave or act. To determine whether or not a person is powerful several factors have to be considered. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the character of Mayella can be an example of a person who can or cannot have power depending on what kind of power is being taken into account. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee displays Mayella Ewell as a lonely white woman who lives in a miserable place and is abused by her father. In the novel Mayella has power according
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Shannon Wester May 1‚ 2005 Mrs. Takehara To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mocking Bird In my diorama I depicted the scene of Jem walking Scout home from the Halloween pageant‚ in full ham-suit‚ when they are attacked in the woods by Bob Ewell. He first attacks Jem‚ and then Scout‚ until someone pulls him off of her‚ and Scout assumes it was Jem. The man who saved Scout and Jem was Boo Radley‚ the Finch’s reclusive neighbor. He carries an unconscious Jem and scout back to their house‚ where
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ narrates an unbiased‚ non-filtered‚ and innocent viewpoint from that of Scout Finch. If the novel were to be rewritten from another’s perspective (such as Jem’s or Atticus’)‚ the main concept of the book would be altered. The narrative of Atticus Finch would influence less of an impact; his knowledge and experience with the town of Maycomb would weaken the depth of Tom Robinson’s case. Just like Scout’s—Jem’s outlook would also call attention to the
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flirtatious‚ innocent‚ and submissive housewives.The men in charge set these societal expectations for women both in reality and Harper Lee’s classic novel about the period‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. However‚ in her novel‚ Lee does not make the female characters abide by these unspoken rules. Harper Lee portrays the women of To Kill a Mockingbird as human beings to show that perfect Southern belles did not exist. This is especially true in regards to her characters Maudie Atkinson‚ Stephanie Crawford‚ and Calpurnia
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I think that the film version is more convincing. I think this because in the film you can see the reactions and their emotions and I think this is a big part in telling if someone is lying or is telling the truth. Some thing are different than in the book. In the book you never get to see the characters but in the film you see all the characters. The film version puts everything in a little bit more detail the book doesn’t really do a good job in narrating the emotions and the intensity of the people
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once said‚ "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." Gandhi is trying to express that the true brawn a person has is not the physical ability‚ but the mental stability and strength is contains. In "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee‚ the main characters‚ Scout and Jem‚ demonstrate their own version of strength through being able to overcome the bad influence of their hometown‚ Maycomb. Harper Lee shows this through characterization of Jem and imagery pertaining
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To Kill A Mockingbird “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.”(39) In this quote Atticus is trying to give Scout‚ the main character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ that some advice about having a general code of moral ethics. This novel is the recollection of events that happened when the author was a young girl. It tells the story of how she grew up in a town called Maycomb with her older brother
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someone from a burning building. Similarly in Harper Lee’s influential time less novel To Kill a Mockingbird there are numerous characters that helped to establish the theme of courage. The three primary characters that did this they are Tom Robinson‚ Mrs. Dubose and finally Atticus Finch who is one of the most inspirational characters in the novel. Tom Robinson may have been as innocent as a Mockingbird but do not be misled as he had the courage of a lion. Tom Robinson is only a young man
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Homaira Faquiryan 3/22/09 Period 3 Jeremy Atticus Finch’s Evolution A child learns so much from interacting with its surroundings. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jeremy Finch does a whole lot of learning. Jem and Scout witness some of the evils of man and learn important lessons from them. However‚ Jem understands most of the events going on around him than his younger sibling Scout. From roughly the age of 10 through 13 we see how much Jeremy (Jem) Finch has evolved from
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One type of courage that is shown in To Kill a Mockingbird is physical courage; the act of putting one’s self in harm’s way to protect others. This best portrayed by the character Arthur Radley‚ more commonly known as Boo. Boo is a mysterious man who lives in the Radley place and he is almost never seen outside. One other type of courage that To Kill a Mockingbird portrays is mental courage. This is when an individual has the courage to stay strong and carry on during a crisis. Scout Finch‚ the
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