Holden loves anything connected to a sense of innocence, mainly children, and he dislikes anything that tries to rob people of their sense of innocence, mainly "phonies." For example, in the last few chapters, Holden goes to meet Phoebe and he takes her to the park to ride the carousel. While she rides, he watches her and is glad that she is taking a risk so that she can learn from her childhood experiences. Holden appreciates the sense of innocence that Phoebe has, and this is why he likes being around her. On the other hand, Holden hates people who steal the innocence away from others. In Chapter 4, Holden learns that Jane is going on a date with Stradlater. Holden hates Stradlater because Stradlater does not consider the feelings of others. Holden has a crush on Jane, yet feels inadequate and does not tell her his true feelings. He knows that Stradlater does not genuinely like Jane and that he is simply going to use her by going out with her. So Holden likes anything that reminds him of childhood innocence and hates anything that tries to take that away.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
What literary devices are found in Chapter 20 of To Kill A Mockingbird?
Below are several examples of various literary devices found in Chapter 20 of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
ALLUSION & METAPHOR. During his final summation in the Tom Robinson trial, Atticus makes a statement that can serve as both an allusion and a metaphor: "... a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein."
ALLEGORY. Much of Atticus's summation would qualify as an allegory, especially the paragraph concerning the "integrity of our courts and in the jury system--"
SIMILE. Atticus compares a falsehood to a Negro's skin: "... a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin."
SYMBOLISM. When Atticus removes his coat and loosens his tie, he is ridding himself of the symbols of authority, reducing himsef deliberately to the status of the common man--the men of the jury to whom he is addressing.
PERSONIFICATION. The Coca-Cola is given human characteristics when Dolphus Raymond tells Dill to "Take a good sip, it'll quieten you." Atticus's busy briefcase takes a breather as "it rested beside his chair."
PERSONA. Dolphus Raymond has created an alternate version of himself, the supposedly misguided, drunken man who drinks from a bottle in a sack, weaving and staggering and living with the Negroes. In fact, he is sober and quite clear-thinking.
IRONY. Atticus points out the irony of Bob Ewell swearing out a warrant with his left hand (Atticus had previously proved that a left hand had struck Mayella, and Tom's left hand was crippled) while Tom Robinson took "the oath with the only good hand which he possesses--his right hand."
HAMARTIA. Tom Robinson's classic flaw was that he had the nerve to "feel sorry" for a white woman.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Is this a good thesis statement: "Harper Lee uses the discrimination of characters in the novel to show the injustice of their attackers"? I'm...
I can't answer all of this question because I'm not a literature teacher and haven't read the book myself in the last 10 years.
However, I do have a couple things to say that I think can be helpful.
First of all, I'm not sure that you have to write something that isn't obvious. If you are still in 9th grade, or even if you're in 10th, you're probably not expected to see beyond the obvious. More importantly, I think this book is sort of an obvious one anyway, with its not very subtle message of tolerance for people who aren't like you (racially or in terms of "weirdness" like Boo Radley.
Second, whether obvious or not, the sentence you've provided has some word use problems. The phrase "discrimination of characters" is not one that sounds normal and "injusticeness" is not a word.
I think what you're trying to say is "In this novel, some characters are discriminated against. Harper Lee tries to use what is done to them to show that their attackers are unjust."
Why does Boo want Scout to take him home? (Also, see questions below).What is significant about Scout looking at the world from the Radley porch?...
Just as Jem and Scout have spent much of the past two years trying to catch a glimpse of--and possibly meeting--Boo Radley, the mysterious spectre of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, has also been keeping an eye on the Finch children. After Boo comes to the rescue of the kids near the end of the novel, he waits patiently inside the Finch house and then on their porch as Sheriff Tate discusses the death of Bob Ewell with Atticus. For the first and only time in the novel, Boo speaks to Scout:
"Will you take me home?"
He almost whispered it, in the voice of a child afraid of the dark.
This was a rare moment for Boo--being at another person's house and in the light--and he was frightened. When Scout returned him to the Radley Place, she turned to look from the porch. It was a new and different look for her--both realistically and metaphorically--because she was seeing life in Maycomb from a totally different angle of view as well as from a whole new perspective.
Atticus' line about people being nice "when you finally see them," also has dual meanings. Scout had seen Boo for the first time, and he WAS nice. He was not a monster; he was kind and gentle and he had saved her life. Atticus also meant that when you see them after "you stand in his shoes," you can understand a person's actions much clearer afterward.
WHY IS POPCORN SO EXPENSIVE AT MOVIE THEATERS?DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MONOPOLY POWER OR SOMETHING?
Once again, yes, you're right. This has to do with monopoly power and price elasticity of demand.
Price elasticity of demand is a measure of how much LESS people buy of something as its price goes UP. When there are substitutes for a good, its elasticity is high. That means that if its price goes up, people will buy way less of it.
Inside a movie theater, there is no substitute for popcorn. You can't bring your own in. So price elasticity of demand is low. When price elasticity of demand is low, it makes sense for a seller to raise prices because they can make more money that way.
So, because the concession stand is a monopoly, demand for popcorn is relatively inelastic and the concessions people can raise the price pretty high.
What is the significance of the quote below from Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"?"...come away, mother! Come away, or yonder old Black Man will...
Functioning more as a symbol than a real character, Pearl of "The Scarlet Letter" works for Hawthorne as both a literal personage and as a figurative one. Often, therefore, she is representative of the feelings of her mother, Hester Prynne. For instance, in Chapter IV Hawthorne narrates that the infant
writhed in convulsions of pain, was a forcible type in its little frame, of the moral agony which Hester Prynne had borne throughout the day.
Acting again as the representative of Hester's feelings, little Pearl expresses Hester's misgivings about Roger Chillingworth in the above passage as well as defining an area of meaning and any interpretation that falls within that area. Earlier in this chapter, for example, Hawthorne writes,
He[Roger Chillingworth] now dug into the poor clergyman's heart, like aminer searching for gold; or, rather, like a sexton delving into a grave, possibly in quest of a jewel that had been buried on the dead man's bosom, but likely to find nothing save mortality and corruption.
Thus, little Pearl's exclamation about Roger Chillingworth provides an interpretation of this earlier statement of Hawthorne; it gives the added meaning that Chillingworth is malevolent, violating the "sanctity of the human heart." Also, when Pearl declares, "But he cannot catch little Pearl," her role as the guiltless product of her parents' passion is also made evident. For, there is nothing in Pearl that Chillingworth can violate or torture.
How does "The Beast" represent savagery in Lord of the Flies?
The "beast" in Lord of the Flies by William Golding is the major symbol in the story which represents the "evil inside all human beings." The boys on the island begin to deal with the beast from the beginning of the novel when the "littluns" start screaming about the "beastie". Everyone else, especially the older boys, tell them that the beastie is in their imagination, but in all seriousness, the beastie is deep inside all of us. It symbolizes man's savage nature or evil side. Golding constantly shows us this side of man through the boys' actions of joining in the hunt with Jack and killing the pig for food. The titles of several chapters seem to also sum up the symbolism. "The Beast from the Air" represents "the adult beast" or the fact that as people seem to get older, they become more savage through the environment, knowledge and survival. The Chapter titled, "Painted Faces and Long Hair" symbolizes the change in the boys from innocent students to savage animals who hunt, fight and kill to survive. While preparing for the kill Jack gets the "littluns" all fired up, paints their faces, teaches them chants, and gets them into a fury before they all kill the pig. This fury increases through the various fights on the island, Jack screaming and yelling at Ralph for allowing the fire to go out, and also in the death of Simon, who was going to reveal the inner beast to everyone, but then was killed before he could explain. Even Ralph, the one boy who seemed to keep his inner beast at bay, fell to his inner nature at the end of the book when the boys were chasing him and democracy and compromise was no longer an option. In essence, as the boys changed through the need for meat, killing, fighting, chanting, their savage grew and grew until ironically, they were saved by adults who in essence were soldiers whose job was more than not, to hunt, fight, and kill the enemy to win the war.