What I meant was, if Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk he wouldn’t be as hard as some men are at their best. There are just some kind of men who-who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.-miss Maudie , to kill a mockingbird. Atticus finch is a character in the book to kill a mockingbird written by Harper lee and in this book a man named tom Robinson was accused of rapping and beating a white girl. Scouts father Atticus was the only lawyer in town that would defend tom of his wrongly accused crime.is kids getting whiskey for fruit cakes bad? Well in the story “a Christmas story”, written by Truman capote, a couple kids buy whiskey Illegally. …show more content…
The main character in to kill a mockingbird is the narrator scout, and the main character in “a Christmas story” is buddy. Scout and buddy are alike in many ways but one way is that they are both from poorish family and both have older parents or siblings to look up to. For example scout has her dad Atticus finch to look up to. Buddy has his parents to look up to so there are some examples explaining the the similarities of the two characters. Although there are similarities but there are also some difference like scouts a girl and buddy is a boy. For example even though scout acts like a boy but she is a girl and buddy is a boy so that's the difference between them both. Another similarity would be that both characters scout and buddy are both round characters in change in many ways. For example scout doesn't do the same thing every dad each and everyday is very different from the last one and the same goes for buddy each day is different so that's another similarity for the main characters of to kill a mockingbird and “ a Christmas …show more content…
For one they both take place in the south around Alabama so that's one similarity. For example a quote from to kill a mockingbird "Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer's day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum." And another example from “ a Christmas story” “ its fruitcake weather”. Everything has there differences also so here's one about to kill a mockingbird and “a Christmas story”, “a Christmas story” takes place during Christmas and to kill a mockingbird takes place just in the winter and does focus on the excitement of Christmas so that's one difference. For example in to kill a mockingbird, it snows but never say anything about it being Christmas. In “a Christmas story” it talks about it being Christmas and what they got for Christmas. Another similarity about the setting between the two stories would be that both stories are both in the same time period. For example in to kill a
One of the similarities is that Sam finds falcon by climbing a cliff . Sam decided to name the falcon Frightful , who he also raised in captivity. Another similarity is how sam burned the inside of his tree home to hollow it out .Sam remembered how the Indians hollow out their canones by burning the inside of the boat. Also in the book and the movie there are poachers .
There have been many powerful leaders in this country, some fictional like Martin Luther King Jr and some non fictional like Atticus Finch. Martin Luther King Jr is famous for his “I Have A Dream” speech and Atticus Finch is in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Both men share similar traits like, they both have encountered hate from there society. Martin Luther King Jr and Atticus Finch make many people change their views on racism by giving strong speeches.
In both excerpts, "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "A Part of the Sky" by Harper Lee and Robert Newton Peck they can be considered similar. For an example, they both focus on a young boy. In both stories, the boys' family is very poor. Also, Walter Cunningham and Robert Peck are from the countryside. There are obviously more similarities in the book but those are the ones I wanted to focus on the most.
Being Brave To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is a tale of two children, Jem and Scout. This powerfully inspiring and educational story entails daily life of the children, as well as the struggles they faced while their father is defending a black man’s case during a racially segregated time period. As an author, Harper Lee developed multiple themes throughout this story. These themes include good, evil, justice, fear, family, forgiveness, and compassion.
Some similarities are small, like the magic talking fish; but others, like the underlying motivation to be happy, are very important to the morals of the stories. Both Sergei and the fisherman want to be happy, Sergei wants to be happy alone on quite fishing trips, while the fisherman wants to be happy with his wife. The morals, even though they are tied together, are fairly different. For example, the theme of ‘What of This Goldfish, Would you wish’, doing the right thing, no matter the cost, is not the same as be grateful, which is the theme of ‘The Fisherman and His Wife’. Other differences include: the consequences, setting, and major character motivations.
In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many similarities between the narrator, Scout, and the author, Harper Lee. For instance, both grew up in the time of the great depression with little money to do extra things; therefore, they relied on their imaginations to entertain them for hours (Haggerty) . Comparatively, both were tomboys in their youths and grew up in small towns where girls were expected to wear dresses and act like a lady. Also, both Harper Lee and Scout both grew up with their fathers being lawyers for their town and would often hear of cases that they worked on (“Harper Lee”) . Similarly, when writing her book a “mad dog warning” was released, no doubt giving the idea for the episode of the mad dog Tim Robinson.
Both were similar in that they were dealing with racial segregation in what is termed the deep southern states. So their environments were similar. but different in perspectives. one being a child and the other a man. Scout was raised to be open minded in an environment that nurtured her in the belief that all people were equal regardless of race or class.
Now let talk about another similarity they both had the part when Scrooge had an argument with his Nephew at the beginning of the book so his. Nephew asked him to come over for Christmas but then Scrooge tried to tell his Nephew Fred that Christmas has no value, but Fred refused and tried to get his uncle to realize the value of Christmas so, then Scrooge told him you celebrate the holiday in you’re way let me celebrate in my way. But then they had a little argument before Scrooge sent his nephew out of his house.
Something Wicked This Way Comes was written by Ray Bradbury in 1962. It was then remade into a movie in 1983 by Walt Disney Productions. This science fiction novel is about two boys who have to defeat an evil carnival in the city of Green Town, Illinois. Even though the movie has the same storyline, there are many noticeable differences. The main differences is categorized into three main groups, plot, theme, and personality.
In some cases, the main characters of two very different books can share many similarities and differences. One example of this was shown in the novels, Of Mice and Men and Flowers for Algernon. In Of Mice and Men, the novel took place during the Great Depression. Lennie, the main character, and his best friend George conquered this toilsome time together. They found work at a farm in California.
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is a story about inequality, injustice and racism seen through the eyes of two innocent children, Jem and Scout. Jem and Scout live in Maycomb, Alabama and learn these sad lessons through their relationships with their father Atticus, their maid Calpurnia, their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of a terrible crime. Through their relationship with Boo and Tom, Jem and Scout learn about racism and inequality that changes how they see the world. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are two different people who share similar struggles with inequality throughout this story. Boo and Tom experience a form of racism and discrimination.
The first similarity between two books is the display of morality and ethics. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus is assigned by Judge Taylor to defend Tom Robinson in trial. Atticus chooses to defend Tom Robinson honorably, despite the color of his skin and the alternate opinions from most of the people of Maycomb. When Scout asks Atticus why he is defending Tom Robinson, Atticus explains to Scout that is the right thing to do, and that he couldn’t live with himself if he didn’t give Tom Robinson a fair trial.
Although, they have similarity, the two stories has major differences also. First, both author differs the way they introduce and develop their lead characters to the reader. Second, they also differ in perspective from which their stories are being told. Third, they differs on the choice of settings and how it impact to the stories.
An interesting fact, mockingbirds recognize people that may have threatened their nests even the bird themselves, the bird may even begin dive-bombing the person if they recognize them(Sample). Starting with the vocalizations of the bird, then on to the characteristics of the mockingbird, and the human interactions that mockingbirds have with humans. First the vocalizations of mockingbirds. Mockingbirds imitate other sounds. The Northern Mockingbird tends to imitate the sounds that other birds make (“mockingbirds”).
Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch compare and contrast paper Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch are very different but they do have some similarities and even in their similarities, they are complete opposites. Atticus Finch and Bob Ewell emit prodigious presence in Maycomb, but their frame of reference differs. In the novel To kill a mockingbird, Harper Lee forces of good VS. evil. While Atticus and Bob Ewell are both single parents, their parenting styles are very different.