Abstract on The Body

In the essay The Body, by Danielle Van Dusen the author believes that Henry and his family are all rats. She believes this because rats wouldn't care as much about a body in their home. Also the rats would store it around the house because they have a use to eat the body. That is why it is getting smaller.

Judging People

They have razor sharp teeth in 48 rows. Eyes as dark as the night itself. Swimming away is useless when the beast can swim 20-24 mph. But behind that, is there a warm hearts under sandpaper like, shark, skin? People nowadays judge others based on their appearance and what they had done in the past. Whenever people see sharks they believe they are going to rip their face off. We also judged people like in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird. In Maycomb, people should've learn to talk bad about people before you even met them.

During the time this book was written there was a lot of racism. So in court, people would've rather believe a white woman with a unlikely story than a black man with a perfect alibi. Tom Robinson was a victim of this. Dependable people in the story like Atticus, Scout, and Jem believed and knew Tom was not guilty. They didn't judge him by the color of his skin like everyone else.

Everyone else also believed that the Cunninghams had a bad social status. All of Maycomb knew that the Cunninghams were a very poor family. People were very cautious of who they hung around with because image was everything at this time. If you were having fun with someone who is poor then that would be humiliating. Although  the Cunninghams were poor, they had pride. Money was offered to the Cunninghams ,but they would say no because they didn't make the money themselves.

Everybody has flaws, even sharks. People are afraid of them because of their appearance when in reality they are harmless creatures. They only attack if you look like its prey, that's why surfers get attacked. Surfers look like sea turtles when they are in their boards. So people are afraid of sharks for the wrong reasons, just like Tom Robinson and the Cunninghams. We should not judge books by their covers.

Scouts Point of View

In this book To Kill A Mockingbird, It is in Scout's view. Scout tells the story at different ages, but it starts out as an adult and tells about her brother, Jem, breaking his arm. Then she goes back to the age of 6 where it all starts. As a 6 year-old she would misinterpret things, making this a non-reliable source. One example was when she told Ms. Caroline that Will Cunningham is poor. As a adult you would find that really rude and think that she was making fun of him, but to Scout she was telling her who Will is.

Later in the book she grows older and reaches the age of 9. By now she understands more things, but not much about the town and racism. The case with Tom Robinson came up she asked her dad, his lawyer, if he had a chance to live. He said no. She didn't think that was fair, but in this time a white woman's word is taken more than a black man's.

I believe the story would be more reliable in Atticus's point of view. He understands what the situation is and he can understand the society in this time. He is also a good adult. Most of the other adults didn't believe in the innocent, except Atticus.