Summer of the Monkeys:
A Young Boy 's Journey to Catching Monkeys. Have you ever thought that it would be easy to catch a monkey? Well, for Jay Berry Lee, it wasn 't. He tried and tried to catch the monkeys, but every time he tried, he failed. He used traps every time to catch the monkeys when he should have tried to become friends with them at first. He also hurt the monkeys, so that made the monkeys not trust him to help them. In the last chapters of the book the monkeys saw that Jay was good and he did not want to hurt them, so they did trust him. Even though Jay berry lee became friends with the monkeys at the end of the book, the friendship between the monkeys and Jay was not good in the beginning of the book because Jay was using traps to catch the monkeys and
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Jay shot Jimbo, the big monkey, with a been shooter. Jay had the equipment to catch the monkeys, but he got mad because Jimbo was making fun of him, so Jay shot Jimbo with a small rock. Jimbo was mad so, he chased Jay. Jay was mad, I understand the situation. If I were him, I would have done the same thing. Even though Jay Berry Lee hurt the monkeys, the most important reason was far worst. The most important reason the friendship between the monkeys and Jay was not good in the beginning of the book was because Jay was using traps to catch the monkeys. Jay used a snap trap to catch the monkeys. He covered the trap in leaves, so the monkeys could not see the trap. I think that that was a good idea. If I were Jay, I would have done the same thing. Jay also used a net to catch the monkeys. The net had an open and close pin. When Jay used the net he caught two monkeys. The net was a good idea. The net sounded easy to use. Trapping the monkeys was not the only way to catch the
Lee and Perkins both use characterisation and lighting to portray everyday prejudice. At the start of the novel, Jem and Scout’s view of Boo is based on rumours, such as “he dined on raw squirrels,” and “his hands were bloodstained.” Because of these rumours, they,
“When I was seven I had an answer to this question that made sense to me. I never discussed it with anyone, though, for fear of how my mother would feel. I concluded to myself that if I were the hunter, I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament.” , (Beah 380). I don’t know why I waited until the end of the book to find a quote to start this off with, but it seems to be the best one to better understand what this book was about.
Ever since the monkey left, it was very quiet,“Before you knew it, the monkey garden became filled with sleepy
In a sleepy southern town, many of the people are innately curious. Curiosity manifests itself in several forms throughout Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Various characters demonstrate curious or inquisitive qualities. Whether they are exploring imaginary worlds, obsessively reading everything they can lay their hands on, or just picking up a bit of gossip, the characters stand out as curious individuals. A number of them will do anything to learn up-to-date things.
Boo Radley protects Jem and Scout in the same situation Jem breaks his arm in by killing Bob Ewell. Through the courage of Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, and Boo Radley, Harper Lee communicates the importance of friends and family over oneself. Atticus Finch displays courage by caring more for his family and friends more than himself. In the novel, Atticus is confronted by town farmers who are armed with
Within chapter one, Lee included plenty of foreshadowing for the other chapters. For one, Scout describes the story of Boo Radley heavily, which was a major part of Scout, Jem, and Dill’s childhood. The insight Scout provides to Boo characterizes him as a fearful villain, who “dined on raw squirrels and any cats he couldn’t catch.” (14) However, this later proves to be
In the timeless classic, To Kill A Mockingbird, a young girl, Scout, and her older brother, Jem, learn the true meaning of courage through a series of events that happen in their tired old town, Maycomb, Alabama. In Chapter 10, Harper Lee uses the killing of a mad dog to symbolize how Jem and Scouts ideas of courage change throughout their coming of age. In Chapter 10, Scout talks about how Atticus wouldn’t teach her and Jem how to shoot when they got their air rifles. Scout says that they had to turn to their Uncle Jack who, “...instructed [them] in the rudiments thereof, he said Atticus wasn’t interested in guns.”
To Kill a Mockingbird On a rainy day, a man at the bus stop asks for change. The two choices are walking past him avoiding eye contact, or giving him the change with a smile. Before even talking to this man, one may have already made the assumption that he is homeless or a drug addict wanting to buy his next high. But assumptions cannot accurately explain who he is or why he needs money.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jem grows from a little boy to an intelligent young man. Throughout the book, he discerns many things that shape his personality. As Jem grows, he learns how bad society is and that not everyone is perfect. Fortunately for Jem, this ends up helping him and he finds out that Atticus is a hero and that he should look up to Atticus. Through Atticus and the trial, Jem loses his innocence by learning about prejudice, bravery, and that the justice system is crippled.
Throughout the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” written by Harper Lee, the readers can see how Scout changes her view about Boo Radley. Because of their nosiness, Jem, Scout, and Dill try to drag Boo out his house and to the outside world. Their innocent actions combined with Boo’s actions changed the image of Boo, in their minds, from “a malevolent phantom” (10), a person who kills cats and eats squirrels to a neighbor they can trust, who saves them from Bob Ewell. Scout says at the end, “Boo was our neighbor” (373). The readers can see a great change in their relationship.
At the beginning of the story, Sergeant-Major Morris explains the mystery and wonder of the monkey’s
The second monkey who had not fed the baby had just a cloth in its chest resembling a actual monkey. This caused the monkey to cling on to it and made a bond with just the fur of the monkey. Now, in the movies case it is not about a monkey who was given two options at birth. But about a boy who had not been given loving comfort at birth. He grew up having an abusive relationship with his foster father.
At this point, Boo was thought of as a watchful protector and a true neighbor to the children. As with all relationships, this one changed many different times throughout To Kill A Mockingbird. Boo went from being the children’s biggest fear to their biggest hero. At the end of the novel, the kids not only admired Boo, but also were thankful for him.
The way the people and the town influence Jem and Scout make the characters more realistic and the overall story much more interesting. To Kill a Mockingbird is an exceptional novel that conveys many positive messages throughout. In her novel, Lee creates honest and relatable characters that take the reader on a journey through life in the south during the Great Depression. Readers are impressed by Lee’s eloquent writing and amazing characters, all of which make To
The conflict in the story is not only the monkey’s paw but was somewhat Mr. White’s attitude. If he never was that greedy the story would have changed he would have agreed with Morris and burned the monkey’s paw but he didn’t want to do that creating the plot. Any change in the plot could have/ would have altered the course of the story but also altering the theme. In “The Monkey’s Paw,” the downfall of the White family is when they receive the two hundred pounds as a compensation for the son’s death which was actually caused by messing with fate.