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Of most good stories, whether told through oral tradition, movies, or written records, there is always a main character who undergoes a change, a transformation that brings an enlightenment of knowledge or wisdom.
One such a novel I want to talk about is one of my personal favorites and is also a classic American Gothic novel: To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. The story starts out with Scout, the main character, still a little girl. She is naive to the complex, discriminative, and cruel world around her and stays true to her innocence. However as the story progresses, characters and events are introduced where she witnesses the true cruelties of American southern culture of the time, as she encounters cases of rape, racial injustice, and separation of class. As these events unfold around her, she realizes the world is not as it seems and slowly learns about the harshness of life and reality. Conflicts dealing with injustice, courage, and compassion are introduced in her life as she learns the true personalities behind the "outcasts" of society and sees the world as it really is. From the encounter with Boo Radley to Miss Dubose, from Tom's biased trial to Bob Ewell's attack on Halloween, Scout slowly gains wisdom and understanding, making a transition from innocence to experience, learning morals and lessons such as compassion and true courage (which, as Atticus explains, is not holding a gun, but standing up for something that you know you will lose, but see through it no matter what). These lessons were so deep that the adults within the story had yet to learn them.
This is an example of such a story where the main character undergoes a change and learns lessons of life.
One such a novel I want to talk about is one of my personal favorites and is also a classic American Gothic novel: To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee. The story starts out with Scout, the main character, still a little girl. She is naive to the complex, discriminative, and cruel world around her and stays true to her innocence. However as the story progresses, characters and events are introduced where she witnesses the true cruelties of American southern culture of the time, as she encounters cases of rape, racial injustice, and separation of class. As these events unfold around her, she realizes the world is not as it seems and slowly learns about the harshness of life and reality. Conflicts dealing with injustice, courage, and compassion are introduced in her life as she learns the true personalities behind the "outcasts" of society and sees the world as it really is. From the encounter with Boo Radley to Miss Dubose, from Tom's biased trial to Bob Ewell's attack on Halloween, Scout slowly gains wisdom and understanding, making a transition from innocence to experience, learning morals and lessons such as compassion and true courage (which, as Atticus explains, is not holding a gun, but standing up for something that you know you will lose, but see through it no matter what). These lessons were so deep that the adults within the story had yet to learn them.
This is an example of such a story where the main character undergoes a change and learns lessons of life.
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