Resisting Our Kind

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Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." Arnold means that one must not expect what they want in their life to just be easily achievable. Everyone must learn how to go through the challenges life throws at them, and although everyone may struggle, those who stay true to their task and what they belive in will achieve their goals. In To Kill A Mockingbird, main character Scout grows up in a town full of racists and as she progresses into her childhood, she struggles to learn and deal with the hardships going on around her. She struggles to understand and follow the injustices that flow through her small town. In The Help, southern belle Skeeter must challenge the stuck-up and racist society she lives in in order to write the book she needs to get her journalism career in motion. In To Kill A Mockingbird and The Help, main characters Scout and Skeeter struggle and try to challenge the injustices that racial prejudice causes by confronting the problem in their own ways.
In To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout struggles to understand the racism going in her life. When little Walter Cunningham decides to drown his meal in syrup, Scout questions him about his doings, but does not realize the effect her words have on people. Scout says, "...He ain't company, Cal he's just a Cunningham --", while Calpurnia says, "Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em--if...

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In The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird, characters Skeeter and Scout challenge and struggle against the racial and prejudice ways of their towns while they try to make their own lives better for themselves. While Skeeter and Scout have many differences, they have a few similarities in how they interact with the issues that are given; they both express their opinions. The reader sees both stories through different point of views, one through a child who tries to understand what goes on around her, and the other through a young woman who tries to fix and accomplish her surrounding challenges. Both characters challenge and confront the harsh ways of life and the cruel people who rule it, and once again struggle to deal with the problem on their own.

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