PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ENGLISH PAPER!!!!?

[scirwode]

i am having a difficult time elaborating on these paragraphs...especially the first (intro) and last (conclusion) if u could help me in any way that would be great (: also any suggestions/changes?

thanks so much xoxox

To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless piece of literature that even throughout the years has not lost its powerful meaning. The powerful meaning that still speaks to readers today is reception of diversity, racial prejudice, and the child-like perception of human nature. Throughout the book these factors have been avidly present and continued to be reiterated until the very end.

Racial prejudice is probably the most prominent them throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. Tom Robinson illustrates this theme a little too well. He, along with every other African American at the time, were too easily stereotyped and written off as worthless scums. They were not given the opportunity to prove themselves. Atticus Finch seemed to be the only one to take notice of how malicious this was. He might have been the only one to even care. He even said “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.” (Lee 295) Tom Robinson was very lucky to have someone like Atticus rooting for him for a change.

One of the main themes throughout the book is the reception of diversity. In other words, how humans accept other humans. A very prominent example is Tom Robinson. "I felt sorry for her, she seemed to try more 'n the rest of 'em" (Lee 197). This quote uncovers Tom’s genuine charisma. It shows even when he is being showcased in front of a jury, when the odds are undeniably against him; he enables himself to sympathize with Mayella. Other examples of accepting each other would be the kids and Boo Radley. Jem, Scout, and Dill never understood the ways of Boo Radley, yet they were still so intrigued by him, and eventually learned to accept his ways of life.

The way children understand the simplest things in life, that even grown adults have to contemplate is amazing. Nothing in particular is important to them which allow them to think less complicatedly. A million things go through an adults head when trying to understand something. Scout was very mature for age, and even more so Jem. Jem cried in the court room and had discussions with Atticus about the laws. He was very intellectual for his age. Atticus agreed when he said “So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.” (Lee 158).

In conclusion, To Kill a Mockingbird will forever leave a tattoo on society, a permanently etched creation in to someone’s mind. In more ways than one, Harper Lee unveils the truth so many are afraid to talk about. While doing this she also touches on acceptance of differences and the childlike perception. All in all To Kill a Mockingbird is a timeless piece of literature that even throughout the years has not lost its powerful meaning. It always has been and it always will be.

[drystan]

I'm not going to read the whole thing, but here are a few comments on your first and last paragraphs. Your "powerful meaning" sentence in the first paragraph needs to be rewritten because it just doesn't fit together well. It almost sounds like you're talking about accepting diversity and accepting racial prejudice and accepting a childlike perception of human nature, but I don't think that's quite what you mean. (In To Kill a Mockingbird, racial prejudice intereferes with justice and makes it impossible for the accused man to get a fair trial. Is that something we should accept?) You also need to replace the word "avidly" with "vividly" in that paragraph.

In your last paragraph, you should eliminate the unnecessary phrase "in more ways than one" and instead mention "the truth" that Harper Lee unveils. What is that she reveals to the reader? And then eliminate your last sentence in that paragraph because it sounds incomplete and basically says nothing.