Atticus, Scout says, is somewhat older than most of the other fathers in Maycomb. His relatively advanced age often embarrasses his children?he wears glasses and reads, for instance, instead of hunting and fishing like the other men in town. This is significant because it gives background facts that the audience need to know to understand the plot. One day, however, a mad dog appears, wandering down the main street toward the Finches? house. Calpurnia calls Atticus, who returns home with Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb. Heck brings a rifle and asks Atticus to shoot the animal. To Jem and Scout's amazement, ...
Jack Merridew is a symbol for savagery. From the very beginning, he seems to harbor emotions of anger and savagery. At first, he is the leader of his choir group, who become hunters as the book progresses. Finally, his savage personality and ability to tell people what they want to hear, allows him to overtake Ralph as chief. The three points I...
The novel by Thomas Harris is a psychological thriller about a young FBI agent trying to understand the mind of a cannibal who is also a serial killer. The novel starts out in Washington D.C. in the early 1990's where a young FBI trainee, Clarice Starling, is out in the training area. She receives word from Jack Crawford, her commanding officer, t...
In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale suffers the most pain and guilt throughout the novel. This pain and guilt is caused by his sin - he committed adultery with his lover, Hester Prynne. He suffers more than other characters because he is in loss of having someone to express himself to. Dimmes...
written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a short story with a lot of depth about women rights. The story also brings to light depression and loneliness found within women. Everyone deals with things differently and this story is the narrators why of showing how she personally deals with depression. The narrator starts imagining things and seeing...
Does Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy's attitude give another way to see himself to other people in Jane Austen's book ? According to the mini-series of 1995 (based on Jane Austen's book ) in the scene when the Bennets were invited to participate in a public dance in Meryton, Elizabeth Bennet caught the attention of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy because of his goo...