To Kill A Mockingbird Family Analysis

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Perhe, Suku, Rodina, Oikoyeveia and Cemenctbo. All of these words are from different language, from different cultures and from places all around the world. But they all have the same exact meaning. Family. In some cultures, family can define the tribe you are in, it can also mean your religious family. In america, family is usually identified with the people you are genetically related to, but we can also see it in businesses to make it seem like they are related somehow. Take Johnson and Johnson cleaning products for example, their motto “Johnson and Johnson, a family company.” Big companies like to use this tactic to gain a certain credibility and make that initial connection with their customers. In this case, the meaning of the word family is …show more content…

They are developing this idea of family can be anyone, as long as you are connected with each other. In life, people are not always connected to the ones or the family that they were born into, and that is okay, because the true meaning of family is not subjective to the dna makeup of a person. When looking history, this motif of family can be seen in many books, plays, movies and media. The connection to others is put on a pedestal, idolized and stressed by all of these outlets. Take Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, John Green’s Looking for Alaska, and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, for example. All of these books are connected by the connection of the characters in them. The thread that can connect all of these novels is the word family, and the meaning behind it. In Of Mice and Men, the reader sees two men affixed together in family like relationship, where one of the main characters, George, takes care and looks out for a mentally handicapped man named Lennie. They both come from different walks in life, but are related by the love they share for each other. Another thing to consider is the different stages of life that Pudge and Colonel come from in the contemporary classic, Looking for

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