motif

Prior to the summer assignment if someone asked me what a motif was i would have been unable to respond correctly, now after reading To Kill a Mockingbird i understand the meaning more. A reaccuring thing that captures the theme of the book.
In the story, the title is the phrase in which the motif is based. It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because the are innocent. There are two main examples, Boo Radley, and Tom robinson. Tom's innocence is easily recognised because he is in a trial. He was convicted of a crime that he obviously didn't commit. Boo's innocence is just a little deeper. The town sees him as a lost cause that should be shut up in his house, while he just wants to help people. The children are interested in boo because of his exile from society, he connects with them because they don't judge him as harshly as the adults of Maycomb do.

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i thought cracked glasses were a very accurate symbol of Atticus Finch, because he is an intellegent man. But society looks at him through cracked glasses seeing only the person defending a black man and not the kind hearted man who cares for all mankind.

lesson

I am a younger sibling my sister who is a senior this year had always been my age once, so I learned most of my lessons from her triumphs and failures. But one lesson was important enough that I learn it from her and have my mother tell me it multiple times. When my sister was a freshman and going into her sophomore year she got good grades but not quite what my family wanted, and the reason was because she didn't turn some things in. But she got over it, last year, her junior year; she had a 4.0 for both semesters. So the lesson my mother told me was, "Don't wait to be serious in school, because it might come back to haunt you." it hasn't come back to haunt my sister yet but she worries about it sometimes.

Until recently I didn't really take school all that seriously. I went to Lincoln which doesn't help, but my attitude was very similar to this years so far, I would generally get good grades on the stuff I would turn in but I would not turn some things in. now I’m realizing that in my weaknesses, such as this class it isn't just good enough to turn things in. You have to have put some time and effort in to it. And also I’ve learned that extra credit is your friend, always do it.