To Kill a Mockingbird 11/24

Evans, Walker. Sidewalk Scene in Selma, Alabama. 1935. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Selma. 

                    I believe that the picture that I chose is a good representation of the city of Maycomb from the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The first reason that I believe that this picture represents Maycomb is the way the streets is, the street appears to be smooth as though it was made by clay. A quote on page six where Scout says "In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop..." The red slop is describing streets made out of clay that can be extremely smooth.  Another reason that I believe that this picture represents the city of Maycomb is that there is a poster in the middle building that says all you can drink 5 cents. This is shown on page 25 Miss Caroline said "Here's a quarter," "Go an eat down town..." This shows the reader that many of the amenities of the country were cheap compared to now.

                     Another way that this picture resembles the city of Maycomb in the book To Kill a Mockingbird is that this town seems to be running at a slow rate. An example of this can be found on page six where Scout says "People moved slowly then." "A day was twenty-four hours long, but seemed longer." This is shown in the picture because many of the people in the picture are just sitting down and seem to be in no worry. My final reason that this picture is a representation of Maycomb is as well on page six "Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer's day..." On the picture many of the people are wearing dark clothing on what appears to be a hot day so a hot would not be out of place and be more common.  

Ripper 11-16-15

Prompt; Theme

Pages 140-280

The theme of the book Ripper is that the main character is coming of age. This is shown through out the book for example Carver our protagonist becomes a detective even though he was originally an orphan. This is shown on page 12 were it is stated " The board has also decided we can no longer house residents past age thirteen."  and on page 13 where it is stated "...focus on making the best-possible impression on net week's Prospective Parents Say."  This shows that no matter were you come from you can still do great thing with your live. 

            Carver action also show that the theme of the book is coming of age because at the beginning of the book Carver is petty and steals for his personal gain. This is shown on pages 6 and 7 where Carver thinks Of course this would be the only lock in Ellis Orphanage that ever gave him trouble. It wasn't his first crime, but it was the only that could change his life." This showed me that Carver still hasn't learned his moral because he still has not matured yet.   As the story progresses Carver begins to mature as he accept a job to help solve crimes so the law-breakers can be sent to justice.

    

          The setting of the book Ripper also affects the themes because the story takes place in the early 1900's in New York.  The city can be seen as a symbol of coming of age at that time because this is when new York started to hit its strides finically to be come the city we know as now. This is the same thing that Carver is doing as he is maturing  and becoming a "well oiled machine" in his work. The setting also helps show how Carver has to learn how to live in this "new world".