English comparative essay (coming of age/growing up)

Question 1

intro

Answer 1

same
Many young characters are confronted with the ingrained prejudice of their towns, however with the guidance of ethical role models who they can confide in, they can learn what is truly and morally correct.

Question 2

Body 1

Answer 2

Both texts expose an overwhelming sense of learnt racially motivated inequality, which thwarts the justice system and well as the innocence of the children.
“he’s ruining the family name”
“n****-lover”
“can’t tell the [police] the truth, [because] this is Corrigan nobody will believe [him]”.
“who did you blame first?”

Question 3

Body 2

Answer 3

Both texts expose that part of growing up is having a parent figure who is honest about the ugliness of the world rather than secretive.
“a lot of ugly things in this world”
“that’s never possible”- generalisation
“rather than listening to the town.”
“children are children… they can sport an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles them.”
“[he] told [Charlie] to stay inside”
“they blame that poor kid for everything.”

Question 4

Body 3

Answer 4

Ultimately both Lee and Perkins’ texts portray that although parents cannot always shield us from the confronting situations, they can help shape our moral views on them.
“all men are not created equal…some people have more opportunity because they are born with it”,
“you never really understand a personuntil you consider his point of view… until you climb intohis skin and walk around in it,”
“BooRadley was the least of [their] fears
“sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird.”