To Kill A Mockingbird: Wearing Masks
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Why do some people wear a mask? What drives or compels people to
become other than what they are? How can this relate to the characters in
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee? Some individuals wear a mask out of
fear, others in hope to establish a good image, still others to project
ignorance or ....
Middle of paper
.... he's got a tapeworm?"(115). Although Scout's
conceptions about his [Jem's] behavior may have been wrong in some
respects, she was right to recognize he wasn't acting his usual self.
I believe these behavioral changes may have been because of Jem
acquiring a mask. He began wearing this mask around the start of his
teenage years, as a result of pressures from peers, and a fear of not being
accepted. Even in these different social and economic times, the 1930's,
issues like popularity and social ....
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