Political Cartoon & To Kill A Mockingbird

This political cartoon is pretty much saying that Afghan women should be ignored, and they have no say in anything that goes on. It's showing that males have the upper hand over women.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout begins the book having a set opinion on Boo Radley and his life he has lived/lives. She assumes based on what she has heard from her brother and neighbors that Boo is just a locked up crazy freak who murdered his relative with a scissors. Through different events such as Dill's absence, the trial of Tom Robinson and all of it's troubles it causes the Finch family, and finally when Boo Radley saves Scout and Jem's lives at the end, Scout is able to mature and her outlook on prejudices changes to the extreme. She now realizes the once quiet, simple neighborhood she once lived in, isn't all it was cut out to be. Scout then understands the complexity of the town, and ugliness it holds.

Dill's leaving is a key time in Scout's journey to maturity because it forces her to grow up on her own, and she no longer can look forward to his return (until she finds him hiding). She also takes a break from trying to get Boo out of his house with Jem because of the distraction of the trial Atticus is involved in. Secretly attending the trial is another point in time where Scout comes face to face with the unfairness of the world. After she takes all of the crap people feed her and Jem about their father loving blacks and what not, she then has to experience her father's failure to prove the jury otherwise, concerning Tom Robinson.

When Boo Radley saves Scout and Jem at the end, Scout sees the true Arthur Radley, and realizes he is everything she once thought he was not. This is a major stage of Scout's maturity because she learns not to be prejudice against people before one actually sees/meets them.

The section I chose to write about is in Chapter 9 when Scout's Aunt Alexandra's grandson, Francis, tells Scout that her father is a nigger-lover. I chose this section because it made me really angry. Scout ends up punching Francis in the mouth, and her Uncle Jack yells at her for it, and gives her a licking. He later approaches Scout to have a serious talk about the situation, and Scout informs him of what Francis said to provoke the fight. Uncle Jack then gets infuriated and goes after Francis. I liked this passage because it made me feel for Scout, and it really pissed me off. Someone once told me a good book is one that makes one feel...and I have come to realize that sometimes when I hate a book so much because of it's events and such, that the statement applies. Although I was happy that there was somewhat justice in the end when Scout's uncle finds out the truth, I still look back at the passage in anger. When Francis yells, "Grandma, she's got me in here and she won't let me out," I shook my head because A) he's being a wuss that's really annoying and B) it's his own fault for provoking Scout to do so. What makes me even more angry is after Scout gets scolded for her actions towards Francis and her bad language, Francis has the nerve to say nigger-lover again. I'm glad Scout ends up punching him in the teeth.