To Kill A Mockingbird: 12/16/14

Do any of the characters feeling change as you’ve read? Explain why or why not.

     The three main characters all experiance change during the course of the story. The story takes place over three and a half years and the characters all experiance growing up. One of these characters is Scout. She is six years old at the beginning of the book and grows up to nine years old. At the beginning of the book she is carefree and happy. The main thing the book and her are focused on is trying to see Boo, a neighbor they have never seen. She does not know the dark side to some of the people that are her neighbors. In the second half of the book, the main thing she and the book are focused on is the trial of Tom Robinson. Scout sees the bad side to some of her neighbors. She bacomes much more mature in this part of the book. There is a great difference between her happy, carefree attitude at the beginning of the book and her no-nonsense, tough attitude at the end.

     Another character that experiances change is Jem. Throughout the book Jem changes from a boy to a man. At the beginning of the book Jem is very close to his little sister Jem. He enjoys playing childish games with her and does not mind playing with someone who is not very mature. He does silly things like tries to get Boo to come out by using a fishing pole to give him a letter. Later in the book he stops doing childish things. He stops including Scout in the things he is doing. He and Dill, who is more mature then Scout, do things on their own without Scout. He starts thinking and acting more like an adult. He even grows chest and armpit hair. 

     A final character that experiances change is Atticus. At the beginning of the story he is cheerful and happy. He plays with Scout and Jem. This is very different from his personality at the end of the book. At the end of the book he is grim and isolated. This is because of the trial of Tom Robinson. He was appointed to represent a black man. Because of this many people in the town began to dislike him. He also had to do some things he did not want to do. One of these was to shoot a dog. He was upset that he had killed another creature. Also many bad things had happened to him. The two main ones were that Tom Robinson was killed and Scout and Jem were attacked by Bob Ewell. Bob was killed while doing this and Atticus was convinced that Jem or Scout killed him. This is why Atticus experianced change.

To Kill A Mockingbird: Found Poetry

Atticus said,
Real courage is,
Not a man with a gun in his hand,
Given him an unfair advantage,
Real courage is,
Licked before you begin,
Begin anyway,
No matter what,
Real courage is,
All men are created equal,
no matter who he is,
Real courage is,
keep your head up,
fists down,
We were still struggling,

To Kill A Mockingbird - Character Analysis

Prompt: Aunt Alexandra and Atticus

     Atticus and Aunt Alexandra are similar because they both have morals. One of Atticus' morals is to be kind to all living things. Miss Maudie says, "I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him and unfair advantage over most living things." Aunt Alexandra has morals also. Her morals are that her family is the best and is better than everybody else. In the story it states, "She never let a chance escape her to point out the shortcomings of other tribal groups to the greater glory of our own." This is a similarity between the two. Also both people have an influence on Scout. In the book it states, "Jem and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and we were at all times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding." This is the effect Atticus has on Scout. It also states, "We decided it would be best for you to have some feminine influence." This is the effect Aunt Alexandra has on Scout.

     Two differences are the morals they have. Atticus believes that all people are equal and should be treated equally. Aunt Alexandra believes that her family is the best family and everyone else is lesser. These are complete opposites. Another difference they have is the influence they have on Scout. Atticus teaches Scout to be kind to people. He also teaches her advanced vocabulary. Aunt Alexandra teaches Scout how to act like a woman and to act superior to other people.

     Atticus is Scout's father. He teaches her how she should act and vocabulary. The effect this has on Scout is that she is very mature for her age and also very smart. This is because of what Atticus teaches her. Aunt Alexandra comes to live with Scout and Atticus to try to be a mother figure. The effect she has on Scout is that Scout becomes more aware of prejudices that people can have. Scout also learns about her family history. Aunt Alexandra teaches Scout these things.