It's so dark and dirty under here, I'm so hungry I haven't eaten for hours. I'm currently hiding under Scout's bed, I just run away from my home in Mississippi. I don't ever want to go back, I just want to live with my aunt here, so I'll see Jem and Scout. I felt like such an outsider when I first came to Maycomb for the summer before I first met Jem and Scout. They made me feel so welcomed and wanted to hang out with me. The other people in Maycomb are so different, they treat me, scout and Jem so well and are very nice, yet they act so differently around the black people. I don't just understand why, it makes me sick how mean they are to them. Just because their skin colour is different doesn't mean there any less than us. They shouldn't be treated different and have to live in rundown, small houses and …show more content…
Although, there is this one guy in Maycomb everyone talks about him, his name is Boo Radley. There is so many rumours about him, some people say he died and and they stuffed him up the chimney, others say he is 6 foot and a half and kills children. I want to see him to know what he looks like, I don't care about the possible dangers that could happen to me by bothering him. He kind of reminds me of me, everyone ignores him he must feel so alone just like me. That's one of the reasons why I ran away, my mum and stepfather just send me away every summer just to get rid of me, passing me from relative to relative. The look they give me makes me feel like they just want to get rid of me forever. They have more fun without me, I'm tied of feeling unwanted. No one will understand why I ran away, they won't get it, except maybe Scout. She's different from all the other girls I meet, she's brave, smart and even gets into fist fights, that's why I asked her to marry me. Although I don't want her to find out about how I feel neglected, that's why I constantly make up stories of the greatness of my father, even though he was never
The interactions between those of a different race in Maycomb is looked down upon. Therefore, many african americans are wrongly punished and treated as though they are less than human. African-Americans are often seen as inferior to caucasians.
The Pulitzer Prize winning novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee portrays the life of a young girl, Scout, and her family who live together in Maycomb, Alabama circa 1930s. Scout lives next to some fascinating people that have legends and myths made about them because of their back story. One of them being Boo Radley. Boo was locked away in his house by his parents for most of his life after committing crimes that put him away for good. After the news got out about his vanishing into the Radley house forever many stories were made up about him.
Quote # 3- This quote occurs when Jem and Scout return to their present-receiving knothole and find that it is filled with cement. They interrogate Mr. Radley and find out that he filled up the hole. He has a legitimate excuse in claiming it was sick, and throws Jem off by telling him he should have known this. This quote is important because it shows us that Mr. Radley knows his brother has been leaving gifts in that tree, and Jem and Scout realise that they have gotten Boo into trouble.
“You can’t judge an album by a single sing; It’s like judging a book by only reading a single chapter” (Robin, Trevor). To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that took place in the 1930’s in the south. The story is narrated in the eyes of a young girl named Scout Finch. She lives in Maycomb Alabama, with her brother Jem and her father Atticus. Scout has a friend named Dill and the three of them get in a lot of trouble throughout the book.
The description of the Radley house comes off as scary and creepy to the kids at first. Until they realize that Boo Radley is a really nice person. And that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Just because the house looked scary on the outside doesn’t mean that the people that live on the inside are mean and evil, or whatever come to think that they are. This contributed to the saying earlier in the book where it said: “You never know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.”
Racism in Maycomb In Maycomb County racism is a major custom, how does one survive it? Racism is one of the main ideas in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Every character in this novel is affected by it one way or another. A look back into the 1930s shows just how prevalent racism actually was, also how it can be connected similarly to racism we still face today. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, we take a look at how racism affects Tom Robinson, Atticus, and Scout, in vastly different ways. Tom Robinson, as a black man in Maycomb, he unfortunately has to deal with the worst of racism.
We are all equal and human. The only difference is the color of our skin. The town of Maycomb just think otherwise. They think that because their appearance is different from theirs, that they are going to come and kill them or something. Don’t get me wrong, i’m sure there are a few black men/woman that really did get into some trouble and hurt other purposely but not all of them.
I believe that this quote refers back to the time when Scout and Jem get new rifles for Christmas and Atticus tells Jem that it would be considered a sin if they shot a mockingbird. Mockingbirds are not predators and they will not harm anything or anyone; the only thing they do is make music with their mouths. Scout is remembering that time and comparing it to what had recently happened in her life. I think that she sees Tom Robinson and Boo Radley as the mockingbirds. Tom Robinson didn’t harm anyone, and the only thing that he did was help those who needed assistance.
Have you ever thought your parents weren't cool? We all have, so does Jem and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. No, this isn't an essay on why you should think your parents aren't cool it's to take a cool satisfy sip of Jem Finch's life as a young boy in a racist society. In addition we will crawl around and Jem’s skin to get the just of Jem's life and other aspects of it. Boo!
Scout is again being taunted by a peer for her father’s defense of a black person. Although Atticus has tried to instill in his children a sense of morality, it is tested by the racist residents of Maycomb. Scout here learns of prejudice that she doesn’t understand because Atticus has raised his children to be logical and to value a person for themselves rather than their skin color. Blatant racism is also demonstrated on page 135 when Ms. Dubose says to Scout and Jem, “‘Your father’s no better than the niggers and the trash he works for!’” The fact that an old woman is attacking young children for their father’s profession, shows how Maycomb is deeply rooted in racism.
Lastly Nathan Radley is a very bad influence in Boo Radley's life. Nathan is careless, mean, and un trustworthy. A good example of this is when Nathan Radley plugged the knothole in the tree. He lie's to Jem and doesn't tell him the real reason he is plugging it up. He doesn't want Jem to know that he is really doing it because Boo is giving the children gifts and Nathan wants him to have no connection to the outside world.
Boo Radley who “was not seen again for fifteen years”, is the most misunderstood person in Maycomb. His childhood mistakes marginalise him from society by a “form of intimidation Mr Radley employed to keep Boo out of sight.” To elaborate, Boo did not intend to separate himself and be perceived as a “malevolent phantom.” In truth, Boo is intensely lonely and wants to befriend the children in which he saves their lives. Similarly, in The
You may be surprised by how some individuals feel angry and offended at others simply because of the pigment of their skin. These individuals let their hatred of those that are different from them control their actions to the point that they bring harm and malice upon these people. This piece of writing showcases that and also addresses how racism in Maycomb is viewed and how the people in Maycomb feel about those with different skin tones as well. There are those individuals that do not intend to be racist but the way that their society is programmed they unintentionally contribute to the racist population. The racism that occurs in To Kill A Mockingbird is very present and normalized.
The novel To Kill A Mockingbird is compiled of thirty captivating chapters. There are many events that occur throughout these thirty chapters, and many relationships between the characters change. One such relationship is the one between Arthur, or Boo, Radley and Jem and Scout Finch. Although Boo only came out of his house once in the novel, his relationship with the Finch children was seemingly the most dynamic one in this novel. Ten-year-old Jem and six-year-old Scout naturally believed almost everything they heard, which is why they believed the horror stories about Boo and the rest of the Radley family that they heard from Miss Stephanie Crawford, the town gossip.
For instance, lots of the people in Maycomb would avoid black people throughout the story because they were considered the lowest class of people. Lots of white people in town would make comments about black people or ignore them. The majority of white people gave them a hard time. One example of this would be when Mr. Raymond talks to Scout about how white people treat black people. The text states, “‘Cry about the simple hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to that they’re people, too’”