Coming Of Age

In the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, racism and social inequality are two central themes. Many different forms of social inequality coexist in the society depicted in the book, as the people of Maycomb are very rigid in their ways. This is because the book takes place in a time at which there was much racism and social inequality. In Maycomb, firstly there is discrimination between rich and poor white people, who do not often interact with each other. There is also racism against blacks by all white people in society, both rich and poor. Black people are denied basic rights and discriminated against in this town. Lastly, there is racism between the lowest classes of the community: poor white people and

Coming of age is a young person’s transition from childhood to adulthood. The coming of age passage that I picked in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is from chapter 23, pg. 292. In chapter 23, Jem is trying to make sense of everything, after the jury found Tom guilty. Jem starts to cry, and can’t believe the injustice of his townsfolk. He barely ate and was taking little interest in normal activities. Atticus starts to notice and ask Jem what's the matter. Jem is mad Tom got convicted on circumstantial evidence even though Atticus defended him well. Aunt Alexander calls Scout’s friend, Walter, trash which upsets her. But Jem is there to help her get through. Jem says there are 4 types of people in Maycomb county. People like

Most common cultures have rituals, celebrations, or traditional ceremonies to acknowledge the coming of age of boys and/or girls. The Hispanic culture have a traditional “Quinceañera” for young teenage girls turning age 15 to recognize her coming of age as a woman. Jews have “Bar Mitzvah” for men or “Bat Mitzvah” for women to celebrate coming of age. Although in some cultures, celebrating coming age is nothing less than actually celebrating; but in other cultures, such as Aborigine culture, rather than having a huge celebration, young teenage boys, age thirteen, are enduring an essential evaluation. In this stage of their life, their elders test them to see if they are “man” enough to survive by themselves.

As people get older they go through experiences in their life that can change them in bad ways or most of the time change them in good ways.This good change occurs usually by the experiences teaching them important lessons they should know in life.These changes are very important in ones life because it matures them into an adult. This transformation happens to certain characters in every novel and it is called coming of age. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, both Jem and Scout go through this coming of age and learn what it means to be courageous, the unfairness of the world, and to look at other people's perspective before judging them.

To Kill a Mockingbird Do you know what it’s like to go through racism? It’s one of the worst experiences anyone could ever go through. Racism presents itself in many ways in the town of Maycomb. “ I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”quoted by Martin Luther King Jr.

“As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.” When describing inequality Al Sharpton said it best when he said, “it’s existence is undeniable”. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, written in the mid-1950’s by Harper Lee, focuses on the existence of social inequality. The people of Maycomb target outsiders, poor people, and African Americans, or basically anyone who doesn’t follow into “Maycomb’s Ways”.

This quote proved to be a crucial theme of the book which is in order to fully understand the world and the others living in it, we have to consider things from different perspectives. Because everyone has a different view on just about everything it often lead to chaos but it also led to many great discoveries. As human beings that constantly thrive to be better we can not limit ourselves by only viewing things in a certain way because in the end that would get us nowhere. For example in Maycomb many of its citizens never attempted to grasp how racism affected many “colored folks” due to that they had to live in a hateful world. Finally I concluded that Maycomb was in a sense divided as a result of the discrimination that existed within

Black people were still seen as property, however not in Dill’s eyes, he saw everyone as humans and hated how awful black people were treated. One example of the racism in Maycomb is when Tom Robinson's trial is going on and the children learn that because it was a white woman’s (Mayella Ewell) word against a black man’s (Tom Robinson) he could never win. They can’t believe how unjust everything is just because Tom is a black man. In the text it says during Mr.Gilmer's cross examination, “Jem made me take Dill out. For some reason Dill had started crying and couldn't stop.; quietly at first, then his sobs were heard by several people in the balcony…”(265-266) Being young/pure, Dill is not used to hearing people be talked about in such a terrible way. Racism is seen throughout the book and is not a new topic, however this is one of the few times that the reader sees such a gut wrenching reaction to racism. Most people in the book are used to it and not fazed at all by the remarks that are made. Mr. Raymond says “Things haven't caught up with that one's instinct yet. Let him get a little older and he won't get sick and cry. Maybe things'll strike him as being—not quite right, say, but he won't cry, not when he gets a few years on him.”(Ch.20 P.18) Mr.Raymond is saying that once Dill acquires a certain age he too will most likely be a racist or at

Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was a famous short story writer during the 19th century, during which she wrote many great stories with her experience of the French-Creole through her husband’s entourage. In “Ripe Figs”, Kate Chopin illustrates Babette’s coming of age by contrasting her with the godmother, Maman-Nainaire, first through the cycle of time, and second through patience with maturity.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows that many people discriminate because of the race. Some of the white people think that black people can't do as much them, but other people believe that they are capable of anything we are. An unforgettable novel, it shows how dramatic and sad it is in the old town of Maycomb be like, but through her writings, some big conflicts about politics and critical are going on through this tired old Southern town. “Tom Robinson’s a colored man, Jem. No jury in this part of the world’s going to say, ‘We think you’re guilty, but not very,’ on a charge like that.

4.2 The forces and Riley’s actions that lead to coming of age theme in the film

The coming of age story of Scout Finch illustrates that difficulties that children face as they grow up and start to see the world around them. Scout, her brother Jem, and their friend Dill try to navigate the confusing socially intricate town of Maycomb during the 1930s. They go through experiences that make them question the customs of their small town, including an innocent man being accused and put on trial because of his skin color. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses characterization and symbolism to depict how children recognize, as they mature, that the law is not always black and white.

Having watched Scout, Jem, and Dill grow during Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” we relies how they aged and matured. Having been raised in a time of racism and Great Depression the children have been through many traumatizing events stripping them of innocence. Harper Lee’s novel is narrated by Scout, she shows a more innocent and curious point of view of these unforgettable events in the novel. The novel study's how Dill manages to change from a young curious boy into a more thoughtful person. Although he only appears during the summer time we can see the great changes in his life. Jem has become a young man, no longer interested in child games and takes charge when Mr. Ewell sends a threat to Atticus. Scout learns that

Coming of age is growth to adulthood. When we are babies we have little to no memory of it, there is a little amount of thought process, therefore you do not know what stuff means. You start to become a child when you start going to school, learning new things, talking to new people and experiencing; yet the mind is still simplistic, you don't worry about anything besides what new toy you gotta get. You start to become a teenager around the end of middle school and high school, you learn about new things, but then you have to worry about almost everything, your grades, school work, work, what you’re gonna be and do when you’re older, money, college, etc.. Adulthood starts when you are living alone, when you’re more dependent on yourself, you

In conclusion, the data indicates that the young adult’s within this study do not view marriage as a crucial step in the coming of age process, and rather place other life events such as attending university and working to advance their careers as more important in order to complete the coming of age process. The data obtained throughout this research project helps to understand both the lifecourse approach as well as the literature that has been previously written on this subject. An idea that is very relevant to the conclusions that this research project is mostly in correspondence with the idea of context. It is important when analyzing the data found within this research to understand the contextual evidence that is presented from the interviews. “The idea