Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, is the main character in Harper Lee’s, “Go Set a Watchman”. This book takes place down South, in Maycomb Alabama, during the Civil Rights time period. Jean Louise the main character, is visiting her family for the first time in a while, and is surprised by all the changes that take place. Jean Louise is known for being an independent individual, free spirit and lovable daughter, niece and sister. The films: Brave, The Blind Side, Mary Poppins, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Pursuit of Happyness all bring out memorable qualities of Jean Louise, therefore allowing her to enjoy each film.
The movie Brave, revolves around a young girl named Merida, who is destined to marry, but doesn't like her fate, so
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she decides to change it. The movie falls under the genre of fantasy, Since her mother and brothers turn into bears, a witch appears and fictional spirits called Wisps help Merida find her destiny. The movie encourages a female position in society because of Merida’s strength and determination, the option to create one’s own fate, and the love shared within a family. Jean Louise, the main character and protagonist in, “ Go Set a Watchman”, would be one to enjoy this film for many reasons. The character Merida begins the film by rebelliously defying her Mother's strict ways and code for a princess life. Jean Louise Finch could relate to this when she defies her Aunt Alexandra, who would take any chance to grapple control Jean Louise. “ Of all her relatives, her father’s sister came closest to setting Jean Louise’s teeth permanently on edge. Alexandra had never been actively unkind to her… but she had made Jean Louise’s life hell on wheels in her day, in her own time, and in her own way” ( Lee 26). Another reason that Jean Louise may enjoy this film is because like Merida, Scout (Jean Louise) is not ready to marry so quickly. “ She was a person who, when confronted with an easy way out, always took the hard way. The easy way out of this would be to marry Hank and let him labor for her. After a few years, when the children were waist-high, the man would come along whom she should have married in the first place. There would be searchings of hearts, fevers and frets, long looks at each other on the post office steps, and misery for everybody” ( Lee 15). The movie Brave has other rationale for Jean Louise to enjoy it, but these two ideas revolve around her life and Merida’s. The movie The Blind Side is about the football player Michael Oher, and the past before he began to play in the NFL. The movie goes through his struggle with foster families, education, and loneliness. That is, until he meets a kind and welcoming family, who help him with confidence, building a permanent home, and creating friendships. Michael Oher, the main character, then goes off to play major football carrying these traits along with him. Jean Louise comes from a family, who are lovable, caring, intelligent and welcoming, as shown through their care of Jean Louise. She would enjoy the movie The Blind Side because like the character in the movie Leigh Anne Tuohy, who becomes Michael Oher’s adoptive mother, Jean Louise’s father Atticus is a welcoming and caring person also. Leigh Anne Tuohy, in the film begins to care for ‘ Big Mike’ when he is left with nothing, just like Atticus cares for the character Hank in, “ Go Set a Watchman”. “ When he was fourteen his mother died, leaving him next to nothing. Atticus Finch looked after what little money there was from from the sale of the store-her funeral expenses took most of it- he secretly supplemented it with money of his own, and got Henry a job clerking in the Jitney Jungle after school” ( Lee 12). The movie Mary Poppins, is a classic Disney tale about a nanny who has the power to make children happy, in her own wacky way. From the exciting songs to emotional scenes Mary Poppins is able to bring the story to life with all her adventures. From climbing up chimneys, to going to a foreign land and doing something as simple as flying a kite, Mary Poppins takes you on a roller coaster of life. This classic Disney movie, would be something Jean Louise would love to watch, because as a child she went on many thrilling adventures with her late brother Jem, and their good friend Dill during the summer. “ This man’s part consisted of advising the young inventor that a valuable professor had been lost in the Belgian Congo for thirty years and it was a high time somebody tried to get him out… The three climbed into His Flying Machine, which was composed of wide boards they had long ago nailed across the chinaberry tree’s heaviest branches” ( Lee 56). Mary Poppins could also remind Jean Louise of her family's cook, Calpurnia, who helped Jean Louise when her father and brother were not able too. “ Jean Louise’s throat tightened when she caught sight of Calpurnia’s bony fingers, fingers so gentle when Jean Louise was ill and hard as ebony when she was bad, fingers that had performed long-ago tasks of loving intricacy. Jean Louise held them to her mouth” ( Lee 158). Another iconic film, turned from book, is To Kill A Mockingbird, which is also Harper Lee’s first book, also starring Jean Louise.
In this movie, Jean Louise is only a child, who is innocent to the world and admires her family. To Kill a Mockingbird, goes through the summer, years and adventures of Jean Louise as a youngster. In this film, her brother is shown to have a great influence on Scout, and her father serves as her role model.
This film, would most likely be Jean Louise’s favourite. It would show her the past, and good memories of her life, before having to grow up. She would be able to remember her brother, and the wise words given to her by her father, uncle and others; in the past, present and future. “ Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscience” ( Lee 265).
Last but not least, the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, is a movie about a homeless salesman, trying to create a life for himself and his son, when his wife decides to leave them. The main character, Chris Gardener, jumps between crashing with a friend, living in a hotel, homeless shelter and even a bathroom for while, in search of a job to build a life for himself and his son. The movie shows the love, compassion and hard work this man goes through, to make his son happy. In The pursuit of Happyness, Chris Gardener is always telling his son good advice, for example; Do not let any tell you that you cannot achieve
something. This is a film that Jean Louise Finch may enjoy, because it models her relationship with her father, Atticus.” You never saw him as a man with a man’s heart, and a man’s failings- I’ll grant you it may have been hard to see, he makes so few mistakes, but he makes’em like all of us. You were an emotional cripple, leaning on him, getting the answers from him, assuming that your answers would always be his answers” ( Lee 265). Like Chris Gardner, Atticus finch always provided the answers he thought his child was able to grasp. And like Chris Gardner's son, Jean Louise always looked up to her father. In total she would enjoy watching the bond of a father and son, imagining her bond with Atticus. Overall, Jean Louise Finch would enjoy watching the films: Brave, The Blind Side, Mary Poppins, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Pursuit of Happyness, because it would hold a reminder of the events that happened in her own life, and what could be created in the future. Jean Louise, would love each one, and each emotional aspect they hold, representing her own feelings too. The films, in general, are presenting the future in the past to Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout.
In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout Finch tries to please her father, but living with no mother it’s hard to know how to act. It’s natural to follow Jem, her brother, when that is her only friend through out the years. Imagine hearing gossip about your father from friends, neighbors, and even your own cousin. Scout had to push through all of the gossip and believe in her father. Throughout the novel Scout shows how social she can be. To Kill a Mockingbird is a great novel that keeps you reading. Scout has a positive effect on events such as at the jail, she was the reason that the mob left. She also always curious so she is more mature than most kids her age. Through the journey of the trial she shows how hot-tempered, tomboyish, and mature she can be.
The novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is an American classic, narrated by the young Scout Finch, the most engrossing character in the book. The novel is about the adventures of two siblings over the time of about three years. Jem and Jean Louise (Scout) Finch were two young siblings who one day met another young boy named Dill. Over time, Jem and Scout grow up under the careful watch of their father and friends, learning how to be adults. They play games, they sneak into a courthouse, and they learn a valuable life lesson. Scout was an intriguing character. As the narrator, you learn more about Scout’s feelings towards the events in the book and soon learn to love her. Let me introduce you to Scout Finch.
Jean Louise Finch responds to her own acts of courage by finding her righteous moral ground. The young Finch girl stepped between a potentially violent conflict, between Atticus and a group of male residents of Maycomb. Scout approached the conflict frightened, and still decided to intervene, mistaking her courage for foolishness. Jean Louise later comes to believe acting courageously is not acting without fear, but rather facing it knowing the possible consequences. Jean resolved the conflict through renewing their sense of integrity. By reminding the resident (Mr. Cunningham) of his own son, the kindness Atticus and his family showed him despite the way he was usually acknowledged, and the devotion Atticus had to helping him, Scout helped Mr. Cunningham and his accomplices see the irrationality in their behavior. Her own words helped her to sort out her own beliefs; of equality, and fairness by reminding him (or rather them) of the morally sound way her, and her family act. Jean Louise acted with courage, and that helped in the building of her integrity.
There are many differences between the book; To Kill a Mockingbird and the movie. Some differences are easy to spot and some aren’t. Many things that are in the book aren’t in the movie. Many of these things you don’t need, but are crucial to the plot of the book. Movies and books have differences and similarities, but many things in books MUST be included in the movie.
The story To Kill A Mockingbird has a wide variety of characters and situations that make it an all-time favorite. The ever-growing popularity of this story has caused a movie version, based on the book, to be showcased. There are noticeable differences between the two that could change the entire feel of the story. The omitted scenes from the book, that are never shown in the movie, include: Jem and Scout going to church with Calpurnia, the school scene in which the Ewells, Cunninghams, and Scout’s teacher and classmates are introduced and talked about, and how Aunt Alexandra, the great influencer of the children in the book, never appears in the movie along with other Finch family members.
As most everyone knows, there are differences between a book and it’s movie adaptation. This is applicable to the book and it’s movie counterpart To Kill a Mockingbird, as well. But aside from the differences, there are also similarities between these two.
In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the story is told by a young girl called Jean-Louise Finch but also known as Scout aged five at the start of the book almost turning six who in the book is quite unique as she could read at the age of six and understand her fathers profession as a lawyer. The story is about Scout growing up in the southern state of Alabama in a small town called Maycomb with her brother Jem and her father called Atticus who is the lawyer. The main theme of the book is about Atticus defending a black man called Tom Robinson and he is accused of raping a white girl called Mayella Ewell and how it affects her, in the book she learns about racism and prejudice and the struggle of black men in life and she also learns about the ways of life and family traditions. The book is set in the late 1930’s so racial discrimination is at its peak in the southern states of America.
Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman is a sequel of her previous To Kill a Mockingbird, in which the author portrays the story of a girl Scout, who is now twenty-six years old and visiting her home town for very short period of time, though Maycomb is her hometown but nothing remains the same. Moreover, the author uses her disappointment as a theme which she feels for her home which is now become an ice cream shop as well as she feels great disenchantment with her father as Mr. Atticus completely changes her personality even her childhood friend Henry, changed a lot. Thus, when she comes back from the New York which is her new residency, she only faces grief and unexpected personalities of her beloved ones. Hence, author Lee brilliantly uses
Jean Louise “Scout” Finch develops this confidence to act responsibly. This confidence begins to develop when Atticus Finch tells Scout that you never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view and until you walk in his skin. “Dill asked if I’d like to have a poke at Boo Radley. I said I didn’t think it’d be nice to
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written in third person point of view. It took place in the 1960’s in Maycomb, Alabama. Jean Louise Finch is one of the most appealing and active child I know. Jean Louise Finch is the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird. She lives with her widowed father Atticus, her brother Jim, and “colored” cook and housekeeper, Calpurnia.
There are usually differences in two different versions of something. This can often be seen when a book is made into a movie. There are many similarities and differences in the book and movie versions of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
To kill a mockingbird generates a unique sense of reading. Harper Lee’s style of writing brings a different and an unideal way of reading, the context in which to kill a mocking is written with the two narrators (Jean Louise and Scout) brings fourth many perceptions of the book. This unusual style of reading can become complex, struggling to telling which narrator at that point in the book is telling the story as each have different emotions, inputs and influences. As Scout is a very bright and intelligent person for her age is was tough at times to understand who the telling the story at that time, scout or the older version of scout Jean Louise for her language was far beyond her age.
To Kill A Mockingbird can be read as the story of a child's growth and maturation. Almost every incident in the novel contributes something to Scout's perception of the world. Through her experiences she grows more tolerant of others, learning how to " climb into another person's skin and walk around in it." On her first day of school she finds that there are both social and poor classes in society, some are respectable and others not. She also learns that her father is an extra-ordinary man, fighting for a Negro's rights in court. At the trial of Tom Robinson Scout learns about equality and inequality, about justice and injustice and finally about racial prejudice.
Harper Lee documents the life of one young girl growing up in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Jean Louise Finch, also known as "Scout," is a young girl searching for her identity. Scout, a young tomboy, is pressured by adults who insist she should conform to the traditional role of a southern lady. Harper Lee establishes and promotes Jean’s masculinity through the use of nicknames, fighting, and masculine clothing, while contrasting her with women that fit the stereotypical female model. In traditional society, parents name children according to their gender.
For our Economics subject, we watched The Pursuit of Happyness, a movie based on Chris Gardner, a salesman who was not making that much money and eventually experiences homelessness with his five-year old son. He faces problems when his wife is unwilling to accept his goal to become a stockbroker and leaves him. However, he perseveres even under all this stress.