Prejudice in To Kill A Mockingbird Three students kicked out of a high school for threatening to bring a gun to school. Why would they? Because people were prejudice against them because other students thought they were “losers”. Moral: You shouldn’t not like a person because they aren’t like you. Prejudice was far much worse in the time period of To Kill A Mockingbird. But, Prejudice is the reason for much social injustice. Three characters named Nathan Radley, Atticus Finch, and Aunt Alexandria show us this in the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Back in the time period of To Kill A Mockingbird, blacks were referred to as “niggers”, and blamed for most things, even when they were innocent. An example of this is when a character named Nathan Radley hears someone in his cabbage patches. He shot his gun in the air and when people asked what happen, he automatically told them it was a “nigger”. Even though he didn’t see the person. But, he knew the person was white by this quote someone said he said. “Shot in the air. Scared him though, says if anyone sees a white “nigger” running around here that’s him” (54). Meaning that he knows the person is white. Another thing is that some people even put animals above blacks, as told in the rest of the quote. “Got the other barrel waitin’ for the next hears in his patch, be it dog, “nigger”, or Jem Finch (a character) (54). Now he must have known it was Jem, or why would he have said his name? This shows that Mr. Radley didn’t have any respect for blacks. Not only were blacks referred to as “niggers” but, anyone associated with them, except for slave masters, were called, “nigger” lovers. An example of this is that a character named Atticus Finch is defending a black person named Tom Robinson in court. Because he is doing this, most people in town are calling him a “nigger” lover. Not only are the adults saying it, but their children are saying it too. Since Atticus is defending this man, he has also tried to been jumped many time also. But Atticus makes a very interesting point during the court case. “The witnesses for the state have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted. Confident that you gentlemen, would go along with them on one assumption, the evil assumption, that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are immoral beings, that all Negroes are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption that of one mind of their caliber.
Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.” George Orwell: Critical Essays. London: Harvill Secker: 2009. 270-286. Print.
One of the first lessons taught in Mockingbird is the power of understanding other people’s perspectives. Initially, Scout has trouble empathizing with other people, especially her first Grade Teacher, Miss Caroline, whom Scout becomes frustrated at for not understanding Maycomb’s complex social structure. After hearing his daughter complain, Atticus tells Scout that she'll “get along a lot better with all kinds of folks [if she] considers things from [their] point of view” (39). After ‘standing in the shoes of another person’, it is much harder to be prejudiced towards that person. Indeed, this may be because a key tenet of prejudice is disregarding the views of whoever is being judged. Nevertheless, it proves difficult for Scout to grasp this relatively simple concept, who begins to hear rumors of Boo Radley, an enigma who has not been seen outside his home for over 30 years. Thus begins Jem and Scout’s quest to make Boo Radley come outs...
“To Kill a Mocking Bird” is a novel which was written by Harper Lee. In my essay I will discuss how Harper Lee explores the theme of prejudice by looking at the writing techniques and how they affect people.
Thus, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley are all victims of rumour, humiliation, and prejudice. Firstly, Atticus is humiliated by his family and his neighbourhood because he has stood up to an African American man, and then, is nicknamed “nigger-lover” for his decision. By strong evidence, Tom Robinson is proven innocent of rapping a young white woman, but is still convicted, and then shot to death because he is black. Finally, Arthur Radley is greatly misunderstood because of his mysterious background and is forced to isolate from society to escape the awful and untruthful rumours about him in Maycomb. Through the storytelling of Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Arthur “Boo” Radley, the reader understands how the mockingbird symbol is used to represent those who are innocent, and have good intentions at heart.
Many Europeans and early Americans in the 18th century believed that African Americans were inferior or did not have intelligent thoughts or feelings, however, Phillis Wheatley proved them wrong. Phillis Wheatley was a child prodigy, black slave brought from Africa to Boston in 1761 (Baym 4, 401). She was brought from Africa to be a companion to John Wheatley’s wife. John Wheatley’s wife, Susannah taught Phillis to read and write at a young age (Baym 6-11, 401). Susannah and others were very impressed by the intelligence that Phillis possessed. The poet, Phillis Wheatley comments both directly and indirectly on her experience as a freed slave by using imagery in the poems, “To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works,” “On Being Brought
Orwell describes political written language by the following sentence: “As soon as certain topics are raised the concrete melts into abstract and no one seems able to think of turns of speech that are not hackneyed: prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated house” (Orwell 512). The combination of previously overused phrases and big words translates into the “prefabricate henhouse” (Orwell 512). The hen house looks nice from a distance as does the writing with all of the large words, but when you get closer you realize that the henhouse is made of cheap plastic,
America has a lot to own up to, importing slaves, selling slaves killing and torturing slaves. Alabama is just one of those places in America that used to support that before we all had equal rights. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Tom Robinson was convicted of rape, did he do it, certainly no but because he was colored he was accused of and guilty. In the novel, we go back to a time where racial inequality played a great part in history. Whites had more power over blacks and it stayed that way. Mrs. Dubose, a main character loved throwing the ‘”N” word on the table all of the time, a young lady and her father a nigger-lovers just because they didn’t mind colors. Scout asks Atticus a question, “Atticus, what exactly is a nigger-lover?” Atticus’s face was grave. “Has someone been calling you that?” Scout retorts with, “No sir, Mrs. Dubose calls you that. She warms up every afternoon call you that. Francis called ...
Grisham and Barlow (2005) define hoarding as the excessive collection of items and the inability to discard them. As per DSM-5 (2013), hoarding falls under obsessive-compulsive and related disorders due to the recurrent and persistent urges, as well as its repetitive behaviors or mental acts. The act of hoarding can affect anyone, regardless of age, sex or economic status. However, according to development and course, there is a strong association in having a family member who is a compulsive hoarder and becoming a hoarder oneself. This problem usually emerges in early adolescence and tends to worsen with age (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Individuals have been known to develop hoarding after experiencing a stressful life event they had difficulty coping with, such as the death of a loved one or divorce. Additionally, individuals affected by hoarding behaviors usually have complications with information processing, problems forming emotional attachments, behavioral avoidance, and flawed beliefs about the nature of possessions (Muroff, Bratiotis & Steketee, 2010). Furthermore, people who hoard are typically socially withdrawn and isolated while, ironically, others turn to the comfort of hoarding out of loneliness.
This paper will compare and contrast of two great pieces of literature by George Orwell, Animal Farm and “Politics and the English Language”. I will analyze Orwell’s use of political rhetoric and its role in controlling the masses, even while he advocates for the English language to abandon these phrases.
Imagine how much trash and waste people discard in their lifetimes. Now imagine a person living in that waste they have accumulated in their lifetime stored in their own homes because of their inability to discard the useless items. This is what day-to-day life is like for a compulsive hoarder. Compulsive hoarding is a chronic behavioral syndrome that is defined by a person's extreme retention of useless items and crippling inability to discard such items. Compulsive hoarding has been traditionally recognized amongst psychiatrists and researchers in human behavior as a sub-type of obsessive-compulsive disorder due to similar symptoms hoarders have with those that suffer from OCD. However, there is substantial evidence that proves contrary. Hoarders often have several other behavioral or physical symptoms that are not typical of a person with OCD, hoarders also have genetic and physical anomalies different from OCD, and finally, most compulsive hoarders do not respond to treatments intended for OCD patients. Because of these differences, compulsive hoarding should be seen as a separate syndrome apart from OCD, so that the disorder may be categorized and studied accurately in order to pursue more effective treatments.
George Orwell is very straightforward with his analysis of the English language in "Politics and the English Language." Immediately, in the second paragraph, Orwell gives a very quick assessment on the topic. He says, "[The English language] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts" (Orwell, para. 2). He believes that the language has bad habits, like slang words or run-on sentences, that are imitated over and over again. Orwell states that if we get rid of these our thoughts will be more clear, the first step to political regeneration. To go further, Orwell includes five passages written by other authors. His point by adding these is to show these habits are contagious and
When most people hear about hoarders, they think they are outcasts, ones who are obsessive with collecting items as a hobby. In reality, they are unable to see what their hoarding problem does to them, almost as it is an unstoppable addiction. To understand why people hoard, knowing what exactly hoarding is the foundation to treating the problem. Hoarding, as the ADAA defines it as is the persistent difficulty to discard certain or all processions, even if their value is dwindling. (ADAA). Hoarders constantly find difficulty in any decision making, most notably the inability to discard items. There are multiple reasons why an item would be difficult to discard for hoarders, including future value, uniqueness, and personal value, most commonly. This inability sets them apart in society, and classifies them as a sufferer of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD, for short). Hoarding is not a disorder by itself, but is classified as a branch, or type of OCD due to a hoarder’s persistent thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) in relation to his or her processions (TLC, 2014). But Hoarding could be broken down in two different secondary branches as well,
George Orwell’s essay, Politics and the English Language, first published in 1946, talks about some “bad habits”, which have driven the English language in the wrong direction, that is, away from communicating ideas. In his essay he quotes five passages, each from a different author, which embody the faults he is talking about. He lists dying metaphors, operators, pretentious diction, and meaningless words as things to look out for in your own writing and the writing of others (593-595). He talks about political uses of the English language. Our language has become ugly and the ugliness impedes upon communication. Ugly uses of language have been reinforced and passed down in the population “even among people who should and do know better,” (598). Ugly language has been gaining ground in our population by a positive feedback mechanism.
In Orwell’s essay Politics and the English Language, he pointed out how he found the political trends in his time made the usage of pretentious, obscure and insincere language popular and how such trends facilitated the concealment of truth. For example, as Orwell exemplified sarcastically in this essay, when “people are imprisoned for years without trial, or shot in the back of the neck or sent to die of scurvy in Arctic lumber camps,”
Throughout human history, we have had many great scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton or Albert Einstein who are still known to this day as geniuses, and Thomas Alva Edison is no exception to this select group. Thomas Edison is known as one of the greatest inventors in history, even earning a Congressional Medal of Honor for his contributions to mankind. He is the inventor of the light bulb and the father of direct current electricity, two things that have had a huge impact on society. However, despite all of the great things he would later be known for, he did not start off as successful as we would all think. His first patent, the vote recorder was actually a failure that forever changed his way of thinking as well as how he would create future