My Extended Theme

As I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' I realized that it got more and more interesting as it went along, because though it does not really grab you at the begining it is a book that is full of life lessons. This book first caught my curiousity when it said that it was based in the south because I lived in Texas for a while and know how the setting is down there. This book means alot to me in the way of knowing how to respect the way others are, the way they live (Boo Radley), dress (Scout), and most of all who they stand by (Atticus).

One of the massive lessons in this book is respect and not only is that a key point in my life but in the rest of my family member's lives too. Because like I said when I lived in Texas for a while I realized that they lived in high respect for everyone and not one person was treated differently. I know that it is not that way down there in the 1930's of course. I was born here and moved back and forth from here to there alot throughout the course of my childhood and there is a big difference between here and there. Not only the weather but the attitude and generosity of other people, I know alot of people use phrases like southern comfort and things like that to explain the south and don't get me wrong it's the truth but they are not just talking about food they are talking about the people. The folks in Texas will come right up to you and give you a hug when they just meet you or give you a helping hand whenever you need it. In the book after the trial was all done for Atticus received food from many people in town to thank him for doing the dirty work, that is the exact thing that I am so thoroughly trying to explain.

When Scout says that she would go walk into town with Jem all the tim by herself because it was that close it brought back memories. I used to walk into town all of the time with my older half sisters and cross the railroad tracks to got to the gas station for candy or anything. Everything down in the south seems to be close together I lived in a 2mi long 2mi wide town and almost everyone there was family and if they were'nt related to me they were close enough to be family. The church that I attended in the south was also in walking distance as well as the park. To get the point across, everything that was in this book that related to the setting in the southern area I could relate to besides the racism because like I said before the people down there are just too respectful for all that non-sense.

My Boo Radley

When I had just turned four I wondered, who is this person that comes and goes from the end of our driveway? As I woke up in the morning some days I would look out the window at this car go by and a man would get out and put papers in a box held up by a stick on the end of the driveway. I did not want to ask anyone about the figure because I was so afraid of him. At that age I was really unaware of how harmless he was, so all I could really do is wonder and be intimidated and terrified of him.This may be something that alot of kids probably already knew at that age but this is the only thing that I could think of in my childhood that was at all similiar to this prompt.

Similar to Scout's experiences, I would always run to the end of the driveway when he had gone and check to see what he had left me I would consistently get papers, ads, magazines, and bills and I was so confused as to why he was giving these things to me. This went on for a couple of weeks, but like scout my Boo Radley left things for me, I was unsure of him, and in a big way I was intimidated by him. There were a couple times though that my mom would go out to the end of the road and he would just hand her the mail and at that point I thought of my mom as a brave person. When my mom came inside sometimes she would be upset, not too much to throw something but not too little to not notice she would be looking at a page and shaking her head in a negative way (bills) and I didn't find that one out until later on.

At the end of the story Scout finds out that Boo is really in fact harmless when he saves her. In fact, I was saved by my mailman when I got angry with my mom one day and decided to pack up my little suitcase that had a rugrat(dill) on it and walk to the end of our street and when I went out to walk into the road a car was coming and the mailman stopped it and told me to watch out. Bythis time my mom was running down the end of the street and I was mortified so
I clung to my mom as she thanked him and she told me to thank him, so I did and immediately felt a rush of relief. From that day on I was never startled by him ever again, and I started meeting him at the edge of the driveway for our mail.

My Intro.

Obviously, I love writing and English related subjects. I believe that the reason why I enjoy writing and reading is beause it's an exciting way to express yourself even if it's just you opinion on a book, article, or poem. I've always been someone to write poems when I have the time or figure out what words sound right with each other. But also, I think that one of my favorite pieces of writing is the vocabulary that can be used nicely in the future work that I create. Because I'm constantly using a thesaurus.

Now, the actual education factor of writing is crucial. English is absolutely going to help me in the long run because as of right now I want to be a writer, I have huge goals when it comes to being successful in this department of education. For example, I want to go to Princeton when I graduate and have writing continue in my life for a long time after I finish school. And I know what all of the people that are reading this are thinking "what?", but yes I know what I want to do because this is something that I seriously enjoy.