Mockingbird

It Really Does Take Heart



In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee there are many stories we can use to model our lives after. Each of these stories reflects a lesson we learn in our own lives and in some ways, the problems and insights of American Culture as well. Here is an example of one of stories and how they reflect to the life of a person like me.
At the very beginning of the book when Harper Lee was describing her characters through Scout's eyes and giving us the introduction to the book, she mentioned how Jem would do anything to play football when he had broke his arm in a fight, and how ecstatic he was whenever he found out he still could. Later, toward the end of the book Scout also spoke of how Jem joined the football team and where the passion had come from in the first place. Another fact according to Scout was that Jem clearly wanted this and was even willing to be the 'gu...