What if you found ouyt your life was a lie, like every living breath you took was being watched and recorded. To have freinds and family that were acters covered in make-up and told to tell you they love you. This is the life of Truman Burbank, a middle aged man that when greeted by […]

Many factors should be taken into consideration when making a judgement about someone; however, it’s normally someone’s outer exterior is critiqued and ridiculed. Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird is considered a prime example of southern America’s prejudice and discrimination because throughout the novel many instances of discrimination occurred, including: gender inequality, social and […]

The poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling relates to the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee in numerous and obvious ways. The line “If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,” is in direct correlation with Atticus’ attitude when Maycomb watches in awe at his defense of Tom Robinson. The line “Being […]

Earlier this month, I read in horror as I noticed the trend #MoreAppealingThanObamaSecondTerm; basically stating that voting the Republican Party into power would benefit the country more prominently than a second term with Obama. Being the first president to openly acknowledge the acceptance of an LGBT community, not to mention the successful capture and assassination […]

There are many components that contribute to a person’s perspective; race, status, and wealth being some of them.  Harper Lee lets us observe different perspectives in To Kill A Mockingbird, constructing the idea that one’s perspective and personal beliefs could change, due to a biased society. Lee describes how a negative view to a certain […]