William Blake's Mrs Dubose Paragraph

Atticus believes that Mrs Dubose is a great lady because she because she had the courage and strength to never give up. Most of Maycomb knew that Mrs Dubose was a morpheme addict and was diagnosed with cancer. Even before she died, she was trying to subdue her addiction. An example of her trying to subdue her addiction is shown on page 145

" It suddenly came to me that each day we had been staying a little longer at Mrs Dubose's, that the alarm clock went off a few minutes later every day, and that she was well into one of her fits by the time it sounded."

These words show the agony that Mrs Dubose had to go through in order to in by inch get rid of her addiction. These words also show her endless determination to win her battle. In addition, this quote shows that deep down inside Mrs Dubose like Atticus said, is a good lady and is a winner.

Langston Hughes Paragraph

Atticus’s Belief that Ms. Dubose is a Great Lady

Atticus believes that Ms. Dubose is a great lady because she had the courage not to give up on her life. Ms. Dubose had been diagnosed to live for only a brief couple of more months. She could of conformed to normality and took the morpheme, but she broke herself off of it, so that she would leave the world “beholden to nobody,” In this excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird it shows how Atticus believes that Ms. Dubose is courageous not to give up.

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Ms. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views she died beholden of nothing or nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew”

This quote proves that Atticus believed she had courage because it shows that Ms. Dubose had the courage that Atticus believed in. This courage was not “a man with a gun in his hand”, but the courage that even when death stares you in the eye, instead of just conceding to it, you decide to make the most of it. Courage is doing something that frightens one. Even though frightened by death Ms. Dubose never gives up on her life or takes the easy way out by consuming morpheme. When Atticus says “real courage… instead of… a man with a gun” he means that biggest and toughest soldier is not always the most brave. In this quote Atticus talks of what courage really is “It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway.” This quote means that even if your going to die, it takes real courage is not to lay your head in the sand and die, but finish what you want to do in your life and die with no regrets. Ms. Dubose died “beholden of nothing or nobody.” This quote means that Ms. Dubose died owing nobody anything. Atticus believed that it took real courage to make amends with all of her regrets throughout her life

Arthur millers Ms. Dubose is a great lady

Atticus says that Ms. Dubose is a great lady because she quit her addiction to pills, and is still alive because of that. To quit an addiction isn’t easy and because it isn’t easy and for someone to quit takes a lot of them during the process.

"she said she was going to leave this world beholden to

nothing and nobody. Jem, when you're sick as as she

was, it's all right to take anything to make it easier,

but it wasn't all right for her. She said she meant to

break herself of it before she died, and that's what

she did."

Atticus in this quotation says that when you are as sick as her it’s ok to take something to make it easier, but since she quit that is why Atticus thinks she was a great lady. Then it also says “she said she meant to break herself of it before she died , and that’s what she did.” Atticus says that she is a great lady because he said she would do something and she did it and as it was said before to get out of an addiction isn’t easy. This is one of the reasons that make Atticus think Ms. Dubose is a great lady.

Why Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady (Sherwood Anderson)

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because he thinks she does what she believes is correct. She is a morphine addict, she would take them as painkillers everyday. She got sick and the doctors told her that she would only have a few months to live. She wanted to die without holding on to anything or anyone. She felt that it would be better if she died not addicted to the pills.

“She said she was going to leave this world beholding nothing and nobody. Jem, when you’re sick as she was, it’s all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn’t all right for her. She said she mentioned to break herself of it before she died, and that’s what she did.”

“She said she was going to leave this world beholding nothing and nobody.” She wanted to follow what she believed and she stopped taking the pills. Many people would have kept taking them because it stops the pain. She stopped and died accomplishing what she wanted to be done. She wanted to “Break herself of it.” The “it” refers to her addiction to the morphine. She mentioned to break herself of it and “that’s what she did.” Because she stopped taking the pills, Atticus thought she was a brave lady. She went through all the pain to leave the world “holding nothing and nobody.”

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a "great lady" because she has the most courage of any person he has ever known. an example of this is when Atticus explains to Jem how courageous Mrs. Dubose was by quitting her addiction to morphine even though she know she was going to die.

"she said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody. Jem, when you're sick as as she was, it's all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn't all right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that's what she did."

Mrs. Dubose wanted to "leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody" means that she did not want to feel obligated before she died. She wanted achieve her goal of quitting her addiction to morphine before she died. this shows courage. When Atticus says, " it's all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn't all right for her" shows that Mrs. Dubose could have just easily said "I don't care about Quitting my addiction i'm almost dead it dose not matter now" but she quit before she died. This shows courage. overall Mrs. Dubose is a "Great Lady" cause she has courage.

Robert Frost's Paper

Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose was a great lady. To Jem it seems strange that his father is referring to this seemingly mean old lady as a great person. Atticus has good reasons to bestow this title apon her. Atticus says that:

“She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe… son, I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head id have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Its when you know you’re licked before begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”

In this passage, there are several examples of how Atticus feels about Mrs. Dubose. Being told as having “her own views” is very descriptive. It shows that she did not agree with everyone on everything like most of the Maycomb residence. She has an independent opinion on issues pertaining to the daily way of life in Maycomb. Atticus also say that there is “something about her”. This shows that Atticus feels Mrs. Dubose has a unique perspective on something. It shows that she is important to the mental and emotional development of Jem and Scout. Atticus then goes on to describe her as having “real courage”. Having real courage, as it pertains to Mrs. Dubose, is that she is not afraid to tell you what she thinks on a certain thing. If she doesn’t like your behavior she will come right out and tell you that. To Atticus, that is the real sign of courage and he feels the Jem and Scout should learn from her to always defend your morals and beliefs. He says that courage is not a “man with a gun”. Atticus feels that courage is being verbally protective of ones beliefs and not fighting ones opponent. Atticus has the right to say that Mrs. Dubose is a “great lady” because her examples of courage greatly out way any other Maycombs residences examples of courage.

Mrs.Dubose, a great lady

Atticus called Mrs.Dubose a great lady because she always spoke her mind and did not care what anybody else might think. Mrs.Dubose always gave her opinion, whatever she was thinking she said it and made sure that people heard her. Whenever Jem and Scout would walk by her house she’d always tell them that there was something wrong with them. When Jem and Scout first walked into her house the first thing that she said to Jem was “ I see you brought that dirty little sister of yours, did you”. Even though she knew Jem and Scout hated her for her beliefs she stuck to them.

“After all the things she said about you, a lady? She was. She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe….son, I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head I’d of made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her- I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.”

Atticus not only wanted to tell Jem that Mrs.Dubose was a great lady, he wanted to show Jem, what Mrs.Dubose stood for. Atticus told Jem that she was a great lady despite the nasty things that she said about him. Mrs.Dubose would say terrible things about Atticus and call him things like ‘Negro Lover”. Atticus goes on to say that even when her ideas were often different from his, she stood up for them despite what anyone thought. Mrs.Dubose is also a great lady according to Atticus because she has real courage. Mrs.Dubose speaks her mind, calls people names, and yells at children, but all that takes real guts. Atticus wanted to show Jem that real courage is not some guy with a gun, but a frail old woman who stood up for her beliefs. That is what courage really is.

Henry James

Mrs. Dubose

The reason that Mrs. Dubose is recognized by Atticus is that she lets everyone know what and why she believes in. Atticus also admires her “courage” for even though she knows she can’t win, she still believes in what she believes in. Although she would never call Atticus a “negro lover”, Atticus respected that she was not like everyone else in just going with the crowd and believing. She backs up her answers.

“She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her, I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that real courage is a man with a gun in his hand.”

Atticus does not express his beliefs as much as she did. Mrs. Dubose was not in the social hierarchy of the town so she had to deal with the fact that she was not technically “in” in the town of Maycomb. When Atticus says “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that real courage is a man with a gun in his hand” he wants to also tell them why he does not hunt like all of the other men but reads instead.

John Keats Mrs. Dubose

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose "a great lady", because he thinks she is courageous. During her dying months, Mrs. Dubose wish is to "die beholden to nothing and nobody." She "meant to break herself of" her morphine addiction before she died. She does that by having Jem read to her everyday for a month. Atticus says, "I doubt she heard a word you said. Her whole mind and body were concentrated on that alarm clock." The first day, Jem and Scout arrive at home at 3:45 p.m, but a week before the month ends, the alarm clock is set to 5:30 p.m. By the end of that month, she does have the alarm clock set anymore, she successfully quits morphine. Atticus describes her battle against morphine as somthing similar to the trial he takes in the summer;

It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody.

When Atticus says she "knew she was licked before she began", he is saying that Mrs. Dubose knew that it would be very difficult to quit morphine, but she tried anyway. Atticus tells Scout that he won't win the trial and that "the jury couldn't possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson's word against the Ewells'", but Atticus still defends Tom Robinson, because there "is no reason for us not to try to win" and "see it through no matter what." Atticus is showing Jem and Scout how courageous Mrs. Dubose is, because she sets a good example shortly before the family will have to suffer through the trial. Mrs. Dubose suffers everyday when she tries to quit morphine. She never gives up, despite that fact that it is "alright to take anything to make it (the pain) easier." Mrs. Dubose sticks to her almost impossible goal and wins. She has "real courage."

Truman Caporte Great Lady

Atticus refers to Ms. Dubose as a great lady because he wants to show jem that she went on with her life, even though she knew that it was lost, and that that showed true courage. She had been a morphine addict for years, just to relieve the pain of her illness, which was an assured death. This is very clear when Atticus explains his theory on what Jem should have learned by going over to her house every day:

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win but sometimes you do.”
p. 149

Atticus describes Ms. Dubose as having real courage. He compares that to fake courage, which is simply the image of a powerful man with a gun. He shows Jem that Ms. Dubose is a great lady because she goes on even though she knows that she will probably not survive in the end. He shows him that true courage, and a great man or woman is formed by ones ability to fight on even when the odds are against you. She did this by using morphine as a painkiller for years because of her fight to survive. This is very similar to Atticus’ situation when he defends a black man. He wants to show Jem what real courage is, and that Ms. Dubose is a great lady despite the fact that she has completely different beliefs from himself.

A GREAT LADY

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because in a way, they have similar morals. Atticus is standing up for the black man at trial and even though he knows he is not going to win, stays by his client’s side. He doesn’t care that he is risking his sot as a well talked about, good man, because he knows he is staying by his morals. He is teaching his children a good lesson and tries as hard as he can to be a good example. He then tells them the Mrs. Dubose was also a good role model of the morals he is trying to set into place in his children.

“She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe”… “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked even before you begin but you begin anyways and you see through no matter what. You rarely win, but Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she dies beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.”

When Atticus says that “she had her own views about things, a lot different then mine, maybe” he is in away saying that he is similar to her. He knows that she knows what “real courage” is. What Atticus did, by agreeing to defend a black man in a court case was real courage. He knew he couldn’t win, and was “licked” from the start. He however stood by his beliefs. This is why she is a great person because she stood by her beliefs as strongly as Atticus does. When the passage says, “You rarely win”, it is proving that he knew that he would probably not win. But Mrs. Dubose won, and she died knowing that. This is the message Atticus is trying to force his kids to understand. She died with probably no friends or family, but was the “bravest person” Atticus “ever” knew.

Mrs. Dubose, a great lady?

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because of what she was brave. Jem and Scout describe Mrs. Dubose as a mean lady. Although she was tough on the outside, Atticus thinks of her differently. He thinks of her as a brave lady, even though he had already heard that she was calling him bad things. She had no husband and only had a young slave woman for company. Along with this, she was a morphine addict.

“She had her own view about things, a lot different from mine,”
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”

“She was the bravest person I ever knew.”
Atticus realizes that his views are different from most people, and that Mrs. Dubose believes in what she wants to believe in. Even though she is a week old woman she has lots of courage. Atticus was planning to send his kids to Mrs. Dubose house even before they were made. He wanted his children to witness her bravery before she died. According to Atticus she had more courage then a man with a gun. She knew that everyday she had to live with the pain and knew she was going to get licked but she went out anyway and fought the fact that she was an “outsider.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Great Lady"

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a "great lady" because he believes she is disciplined to her morals. Mrs. Dubose speaks in what she believes in and does not care what everyone else believes is right. She believes in what she thinks is right and ethical. Mrs. Dubose also shows that she does not back down in supporting her beliefs if someone questions her. On page 49, Atticus tells Scout and Jem that Mrs. Dubose is a great lady, but they don’t believe Atticus. Then Atticus says:

" She was. She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her-I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that real courage is a man with a gun in his head. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”


When Atticus says that Mr. Dubose “had her own views on things” he is saying that she has beliefs that were different than Atticus’. Atticus is also saying that it is not wrong to have different opinions than someone else, but one needs to respect one another’s opinions and morals. In this, Atticus is also saying that one doesn’t need to agree with another’s morals but respect them. On the third line Atticus says, “I wanted you to see what real courage is.” In this line Atticus is saying that it does not take a lot of courage to believe in what other people believe in, but it takes much more courage to believe in a different moral and be proud of it. Atticus wants to teach Scout and Jem what true courage it takes to believe in what one believes in rather than believing in what people tell one or in what other people show one. Atticus is also saying that Mrs. Dubose speaks from her true heart and doesn’t care what other people say about what she believes in and that she is not shy about her beliefs. The most important part is that Atticus is insinuating that it is also important to believe in what one thinks is right. On the last line, Atticus says, “you see it through no matter what”. Here Atticus is saying that Mrs. Dubose believes in her a true “great lady”.

Why Atticus Thinks Mrs.Dubose is a Great Lady

Atticus Finch calls Mrs.Dubose a great lady because she is not afraid to speak the truth. Atticus can see that Mrs.Dubose will tell you what she thinks, and won't restrain herself in the least and that's why he thinks she is great, because she is different and doesn't have the typical obligations that everyone else did.

"She had her own view about things....... I wanted you to see something about her,I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

Atticus clearly respects that she has strong and clear views, and he also wanted to show his kids that a man with a gun in his hands ready to kill someone wasn't the only type of courage there was and that being a headstrong person and saying things as they to whoever and whenever also takes courage.

Thomas Hardy's "great lady"

Atticus refers to Mrs. Dubose as a"great lady" because she represents herself to the public as brave. He respects her because he can sympathize with her, and feels bad for her. She is old, sick, alone, and helpless. He wants to help because of this. He is attempting to give credit her by addressing her as a great lady. For example:

" She was. She had her own view about things, a lot different from mine, maybe...son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see something about her-I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew."

This passage illustrates that Atticus respects her, and supports her. He likely felt this way because he feels bad for her. He intends to give her credit by calling her a great lady. She had her own view on things suggests that she was likely racist and grumpy. In result to this, she had a negative representation to the rest of the town. It seems that people looked at her like a different outsider, who was grumpy and crazy. She probably therefore didn't have any friends. He wants his kids to have a charitable feeling in them, and wants them to help out. He wants his kids to be nice and read to her. She had courage to live her life the way she did. He explains that courage is when one knows that something isn't going to work out, but does it anyway. She never gave up, and he respects that about her. She rarely wins, but keeps on going and never let's it get to her. She thought positively. Beholden means under a moral obligation to somebody. She didn't have any moral obligation to anybody. She thought that her life had no meaning, but she went on. Atticus entitles her as courageous because he feels bad for her. He therefore says that she was a great lady.

Jack Kerouac's Mrs. Dubose Parapraph

Atticus Finch calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because she follows her own morals. Mrs. Dubose always says what she is thinking and does not hold anything back. She does this when she tells Atticus that he is going to spend his life bailing Jean Louise out of jail and by disapproving of his position in the court case. But she also lives by her own morals when she is alone. An example of this is on page 148 when Atticus is explaining how she tried to break off her morphine addiction which was keeping her alive,

"She said she was going to leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody. Jem, when you're sick as she was, it's all right to take anything to make it easier, but it wasn't right for her. She said she meant to break herself of it before she died, and that's what she did."

The repeated use of actions such as "she said" or "she did" shows how she did not just follow her own morals but also acted upon them. Atticus thinks Mrs. Dubose is a great lady because she was true to her word. When she said something she intended to do it and that is why Atticus called Mrs. Dubose a great lady. The word sick shows how at that particular moment of time Mrs. Dubose was at disease. Mrs. Dubose. still stuck to her morals during her time being sick to make sure that she was not beholden to anything. The idea of it being all right to take morphine to stay alive seems totally normal however she did not agree with taking morphine and followed her own morals and went off of the morphine. Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because she was always true to her morals and acted upon them.

Edward Albee's Mrs. Dubose Response

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a “great lady” because he believes that she is admirable in the way that she holds her opinions. He describes her as being brave and having no fear of what other think of her. In the quotation on page 149 Atticus describes her with great pride even though her opinion are greatly immoral to Atticus.

“She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe. . . son,…. I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked even before you begin but you begin anyways and you see through no matter what. You rarely win, but Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she dies beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.”

The first line proves that Atticus disagreed with her yet still greatly respected her opinions. This shows many things about Atticus, but most importantly it shows that he is man of reason that respects opinions no matter how troubled they might be to him. Atticus uses the word “courage” to describe Mrs. Dubose. Courage means the ability to confront fear and Atticus believes it is much more courageous to face fear with reason and knowledge then with a loaded gun. Mrs. Dubose confronts fear when she speaks to others around town and does not filter her tongue because she has no fear of what they might think. Atticus also thinks that Mrs. Dubose is “great lady” because he uses the phrase “know you’re licked even before you begin.” This phrase shows that Mrs. Dubose was the kind of person who would fight a nearly lost war just because she believed it was the right thing to do. Atticus also uses the phrase “beholden to nothing and nobody.” This means that Mrs. Dubose owed nothing to nobody and had not debts. It also means that she was truly an individual with her own views. And lastly he uses the word “brave” to describe her which shows his grate respect for her and that she truly is a “grate lady”

Charles Dickens: "great lady" Paragraph

Atticus Finch refers to Mrs. Dubose as a "great lady" because she is both honest and brave. Mrs. Dubose is honest and she is very opinionated.

"You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You'll grow up waiting on tables if somebody doesn't change your ways-a Finch waiting on tables at the O.K. cafe-hah!"

"Your father's no better than the niggers and trash he works for"

Mrs. Dubose says what she thinks and never holds back on anything. Atticus is a lawyer who likes people who feel strongly about their beliefs. Atticus respects Mrs. Dubose even though some of the things she says are hurtful or rude. Mrs. Dubose is also a brave person. Mrs. Dubose died because of a Morphine addiction. Atticus says "she was the bravest person I ever knew." Mrs. Dubose was reading to fight her Morphine addiction. This shows that she is not giving up and is fighting to stay alive. Mrs. Dubose was using Morphine because she is getting old. Atticus refers to Mrs. Dubose as a "great lady" because she is fighting to stay alive.

Em Forster Mrs. Dubose

Scout and Jem walked past Mrs. Dubose house when she yelled something horrible about Atticus. Jem lost his temper and destroyed all of Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes. Atticus gave Jem the punishment of going to Mrs. Dubose’s house and doing what she wanted. She was so mean that when Scout was she trying to making pleasant conversation all Mrs. Dubose replied was.

"Hey, Mrs. Dubose," I would recieve for an answer "don't you say hey to me, you ugly girl. You say good afternoon, Mrs. Dubose!"

Mrs. Dubose gave off the image of a cranky, tired, old woman who hated everything.She requested that Jem read to her for two hours everyday. Jem hated every minute of it and was thankful when it was over. Two weeks after Jem stopped going to her house she died. Mrs. Dubose was a kind lady with an addiction to Morphine and when she doesn’t have it she was angry. Before she died she gave her maid something to give to Jem, it was a single camellia flower. It shows how Mrs. Dubose was actually a kind woman in a cranky one’s body. Atticus said she was a great lady and he was right.

Percy Shelley Mrs. Dubose Response

Atticus describes Mrs.Dubose as a “great lady” because of her nobility. Although in appearance Mrs.Dubose seems disrespectful the reader then discovers that in reality she is a caring and courageous old lady. Mrs. Dubose nobility was seen when Atticus says,

“Son I told you that if you hadn’t lost your head I’d have made you go read to her. I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked even before you begin but you begin anyways and you see through no matter what. You rarely win, but Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she dies beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.”

In the quotation, Atticus shows that her admirable approach to her addiction is proof of her nobility. In the quotation, Atticus uses the words “licked” and “begin.” These words show how Mrs. Dubose had to start a new stage of her life although she was close to death. The words “no matter what” and “rarely win” show that Mrs.Dubose was fighting a nearly lost war. However, as Atticus explains in the quotation she is exceedingly “brave” and able to fight her addiction. In these examples Atticus proofs that Mrs. Dubose was perseverant and never gave up. In the quotation, Atticus also uses the word “beholden.” Showing that Mrs. Dubose had died without owing anything to anyone and with a clear conscious. Mrs. Dubose "real courage", strong morals, and willingness makes even a person like Atticus admire her.

Joseph Conrad Mrs. Dubose

Atticus calls Mrs Dubose a great lady because of her bravery. Atticus admires her because of her bravery while fighting her Morphine addiction. Mrs Dubose is also honest and always speaks her mind. Atticus admires these two quality's greatly and wants to teach them to his children. These are the main reasons that Atticus think Mrs Dubose was a great lady.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Great Lady" paragraph

Atticus Finch considers Mrs. Dubose a great lady because he is tolerant. He knows how to look past every person's mean ways and how to see the good inside them. He also tries to teach his children to do the same. For example on page 144 when he says

"I certainly am [a nigger lover]. I do my best to love everybody. . .I'm hard to put, sometimes-baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you know how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. So don't let Mrs. Dubose get you down. She has enough troubles of her own. "

Atticus knows she is a great lady because he is able to see past her nasty ways. Atticus sees an old lady who enjoys reading and flowers and has had many experiences in her life. In the quotation, Atticus is teaching Scout how to keep an open mind and avoid prejudice. As a man raising two children, he may not be conventional, but he raises them better than anyone in Maycomb.

James Baldwin Ms. Dubose

Atticus called Ms. Dubose a "great lady'' because he admired her. He admired her even though she was a bitter, old, morphine addict because he saw how brave she was. He respected her because she was battling her morphine addiction and she did everything that she could to overcome her addiction. Here is a quote that states he admired her, on page 149, "She was the bravest person I ever knew". This proves that he admired her even though she was mean and racist. Since he admired Ms. Dubose, he sets a good example for Jem and Scout.

Mark Twain's: Great Lady

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because she is honest and brave. Honesty is a quality that Atticus values, and teaches to his children. Bravery is always a respectable quality and Atticus Finch finds a southern woman who speaks her mind in their period of time to be brave. On page 149 he says "She was the bravest person I ever knew." Atticus finds these great qualites within Ms. Dubose to be the reason why he thinks she is a great lady.

Atticus and the "Great Lady"

Atticus called Mrs. Dubose a great lady because he admires how even she fought her sickness, and died happy. Atticus stated that she had told him that she had nothing to hold on to as she died, which means she had no legacy to leave behind, and no one to remember her. Atticus admires her because she didn't take the easy way out, and use drugs to block out the pain. On page 148, Atticus tells Jem that he doupts that she even heard a word of what he was reading to her. No matter how sick and ugly she got, she never backed down from a fight.

Theodore Dreiser "great lady"

Atticus called Mrs.Dubose a "great lady" because he thought she inspired him. He was inspired by the fact that she knew she was going to lose but she still tried. On page 149, Atticus says,"She was the bravest person I ever knew." This shows how Atticus looked up to her. He admires that she died keeping up with her beliefs.

Lewis Carroll Paragraph

Atticus calls Mrs. Dubose a great lady because Mrs. Dubose was a brave lady and she was willing to voice her opinion on anything. When she disagreed with something, she would never hesitate to speak. An example of this is when she calls Atticus a “nigger-lover” on page 135-36.

”Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for! Not only a Finch waiting on tables but one in the courthouse lawing for niggers.”

Atticus respects her for being willing to say all of these daring things to Jem and Scout right in front of their faces. He thinks that she has the right to do or say whatever she wants, no matter how he feels on the inside. He conducts himself in a brave manner throughout the entire chapter, showing nothing but kindness and does not display bad feelings towards her. He is a good model to everyone around him and he helps others like Jem, have a little bit more respect for her [Mrs. Dubose].

Nabakov's Great Lady Paragraph

Atticus calls Mrs.Dubose a "great lady" because he admired her. She gave him the idea to take Tom Robinson's case. He was inspired by her ability to realize she was going to lose but she still tried. Atticus says on page 149,"According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew." This shows how Atticus admires her. He admires that she died staying true to her beliefs.

Jack Kerouac's Winter Tone, Revised Version.

The winter session at Devon had a warlike tone. This warlike tone relates to World War II, which was going on during the time of the winter session. Furthermore the boys had to decide whether they were going to enlist or not. An example of Devon’s winter session being war like is the fight between Quackenbush and Gene on page 79,

“You Quackenbush don’t know anything about who I am. That launched me, and I had to go on and say, or anything else. Listen you maimed son of a bitch … I hit him hard across the face. I didn’t know why for an instant; it was almost as though I were maimed."

The way Gene says “you, Quackenbush” shows his anger toward Quackenbush. This feeling of anger leads to Devon’s winter session being much more warlike. The fact that Gene was “launched” shows how he then went on further on the offensive about Quackenbush for little reason. The word launched can come from shooting something out of a cannon, which was still going on during World War II and shows how the fighting in Devon was similar to that of what was going on in Nazi Germany. Calling someone a “maimed son of a bitch” obviously shows that the boys are fighting with one another. Furthermore the word maimed means crippled or injured, which relates to the war over in Europe. When Gene says that he were maimed he may be talking about the emotional blackmail that Finny has over him. This is the guilt inside of himself that he ruined Finny’s life and he will be emotionally maimed for the rest of his life. His emotional problems are similar to those of returning war veterans who have witnessed the death of many fellow soldiers.

Winter Session 1942 by John Keats

The winter tone at Devon is dull. The younger teachers are gone to war. These younger teachers can be generally described as the cooler ones. They are rather personable. Older, stricter, and traditional teachers such as Mr. Ludsbury, who brutishly claims that Gene had “slipped” over the summer, create a boring atmosphere. Because of the war, the students find ways to contribute to the war effort. One way was to shovel the snow off nearby railroads, an onerous duty that required a day of hard labor. Gene narrates that the “grime of the railroad and the exhaustion of manual laborers were on us all.” The words “grime” and “exhaustion” show the tough task that was placed before the students in the winter. The first train to go on the cleared tracks was a troop train, which suddenly puts the war on the students' minds. As they are in their senior year, the classmates of Gene have enlistments or the day they are eligible for the draft on their mind. Brinker, after seeing the troop train and Leper coming back from inspecting a beaver damn, declares that he is going to enlist. Brinker exclaimed that:

I’ve got to preside at a meeting of the Golden Fleece Debating Society tonight,” he said in a tone of amazed contempt, “the Golden Fleece Debating Society! We’re mad here, all mad,” and he went off raving to himself in the dark.

Brinker is saying that, while there is a war going on, he is attending unimportant clubs such as the “Golden Fleece Debating Society.” This frustrates Brinker so much that he shouts again in bewilderment, “the Golden Fleece Debating Society!” Then, he goes off “raving to himself” in frustration. He is craving to escape the daily, boring life at Devon and go off to war. The war, at this point, obsesses him. This stresses the fact that while Devon is living in normalcy, there is a war going on. As a result the war makes a large impact on the winter session.

The revision of Truman Capote's paragraph on the tone of the winter term at the Devon school.

The tone of the winter term for Gene is very fearful of what Finny will think of him. All day Gene can only think about his so called friend Finny who he knows he pushed off of the tree. Although he no longer has to see him and pretend to have a different life because of him, he is anticipating terrible things from Finny’s arrival back at Devon. He knows that many of the things he is doing would not go well with Finny. An example of this is when Gene tries out for the crew manager. He tells Finny about this and he gets very angry saying things like, “what do you want to do crew for? What do you want to manage for? What’s that got to do with sports?” Although this shows Finny’s extreme influence and care on what Gene does, the best example of Gene living in fear of Finny’s opinion is when Gene wants to go to war, but does not because of Finny.

“Why go through the motions of getting an education and watch to war slowly chip away at the one thing I had loved here, the peace, the measureless, careless peace of the Devon summer? Others. The Quackenbushes of this world, could calmly watch the war approach them and jump into it at the last and most advantageous instant, as though buying into the stock market. But I couldn’t… He looked up with a provocative grin, ‘Hi pal, where’s the brass band?’ Everything that had happened throughout the day faded like the first false snowfall of the winter.”
Pg. 101-102

In this paragraph, Gene really wants to go to war. He gets himself completely ready mentally and is excited to leave. Once Finny comes in he knows there is no way he will be able to go to war. He describes as if it “faded like the first false snowfall of the winter.” This shows that after seeing Finny there was not even a minor thought of going to war. It was out of the realm of possible and he would never be able to consider it again. Finny makes it very difficult and almost impossible for Gene to leave by saying such nice and friendly words like “Hi pal.” By saying this, Finny lures Gene in by making him feel so guilty for causing Finny’s fall off the tree. Gene is forced to stay there, with Finny, for the rest of his time at Devon. From the outside and the least deep part of their relationship, it seems as if a friend has been reunited with another friend and that Gene must stay faithful to his “best friend.” This is clearly the start of a chain of events where Gene will pretend to be friends with Finny, until he finally says no.

Ernest Hemingway's Re-Tone of Winter

The winter term of Devon is filled with tension. With Finny gone, the entire school has lost its former cheerfulness, reverting back to traditions and strict reinforcement of them. As World War progresses outside the country, the boys start to distrust anyone they've come to dislike. On pg 98, some boys mock Quackenbush for his ambition to rise through the ranks of the army. "Which army, Quackenbush? Mussolini's? "Naw, he's a Kraut." "How many rails did you sabotage today, Quackenbush?" Gene and Quackenbush are alike except Gene wishes to fit in while Quackenbush couldn't care less. Though they don't get along, the students of Devon should get along together in order to survive the term instead of bickering among themselves.

Edward Albee's Winter Term

The Winter Session at Devon is very tense. The disputes between the boys are good examples of the tense atmosphere at Devon. One dispute between Quackenbush and Gene at the Crew House shows how the tense atmosphere affects their relationship. The disputes start out with Quackenbush reprimanding Gene for being late for crew practice and then brakes into a full out fight started by personal attacks. This makes the term tense because it shows disputes between the boys. Another tense moment is between Gene and Brinker in the Butt Room. The dispute starts with Brinker questioning Gene on Phinny’s fall and the then continues with Brinker saying “Here’s your prisoner, gentlemen … practically fratricide” The choice of words made by Brinker shows how the atmosphere at Devon is tense. The word “prisoner” is reserved for people who are guilty of horrible things. Using the word on Gene shows that Gene did push Phinny, and creates a tense atmosphere with that thought in the boys’ heads. The word “fratricide” means brother killer, which clearly states that Gene intentionally pushed phinny. This again puts bad thought into the heads of the boys. The tense events and thoughts of the Winter Session make the Winter Session Tense.

Percy Shelley's revision

The Winter Session at Devon is the worst and most unhappy time of the year. The Summer Session, characterized by its constant joy and relaxed manner, morphs into a Winter Session filled with fear. The passiveness of the summer session is not present during the winter session. During the winter session the boys fear the strictness of the teachers. The presence of Mr.Ludsbury was a clear example of Devon’s rigidness. For the first time in the book the reader observes a strict, old-fashioned teacher who students fear. An example of Mr.Ludsbury strictness was seen after Gene “slipped” into the river and was walking into the school wet. Mr.Ludsbury approaches Gene in a harsh tone, telling him how his behavior during the summer was unacceptable. Gene agrees with a “schoolboy look” fearing a punishment. This is a clear example of the fright students feel towards teachers at Devon. Secondly, during the winter session at Devon the reader could sense a feeling of hatred. Leper’s snails and the games of blitzball were replaced by gossip and fighting. The character of Brinker is a clear example of such malevolence. In the Butt Room he said, “He is your prisoner, gentlemen. Doing away with his roommate so he could have a whole room for himself. Rankest treachery. Practically fratricide” In the quotation Brinker uses the words treachery and fratricide to describe Gene’s actions. These words have an exceedingly negative connotation involving betrayal and assassination. Furthermore, Brinker also uses the word prisoner to describe Gene. To be a prisoner you must’ve committed a crime. Brinker uses these words to describe something that is not even true. At Devon Gene fears that people will believe such assumptions. Furthermore, Gene also fears that Brinker’s malevolence will make him tell everyone about Finny's fall from the tree. Devon school has an overall tone of fear.

EM Forster Revised Winter Term Tone

The winter session is stricter than the summer session. The teachers are different during the winter session, and coincidentally are stricter. In the beginning of the book, during the summer session, Mr. Patch-Withers laughed at Phineas’ story of his belt mix up and jumping out of the tree. In the winter session teachers don’t tolerate any behavior of any sort. After Gene fell into the river Mr. Ludsbury was not sympathetic, just angry that he was fooling around. Mr. Ludsbury even goes to shame Gene by being disappointed. Having someone be angry with you is annoying, but having someone be disappointed in you is humiliating.

“I think you have slipped in any number of ways since last year”

The boys don’t let it affect them for the most part, except for this instance and maybe one or two others because no one can be completely passive. The strictness of the school is definitely at a higher level. The winter session is also going to be awkward because Phineas is in denial about Gene pushing him off the ledge and not even they know where they stand as friends. The situation between Phineas and Gene looks like it might heat up even more soon, which will not make the winter term at Devon any better. The tone of the winter session is going to be tense.

Mark Twain's: The Tone of the Winter Session Revised

The tone of the Winter Session at Devon is cold and hateful. The boys at Devon have returned to their competitive ways in school, sports, and social lives. The boys are all dedicated to their studies and the fun that our narrator refers to, the Summer fun is gone , like Phineas. A great example of the new tone that the boys experience is when Gene runs into Mr. Ludsbury after fighting in the Naguamsett River with Quackenbush. Mr. Ludsbury says,

"No, sir. I'm sorry, sir, I fell into the river."

"And could you tell me how and why you fell into the river?"

'I slipped."

"Yes." After a pause he went on. "I think you have slipped in any number of ways last year. I understand that there has been gaming in my dormitory this Summer..."

"Gaming? What kind of gaming sir?"

"It didn't matter. There won't be any more of it."

In Gene's exchange with Mr. Ludsbury, he is caught in a tough situation because he is asked about the gaming after he had a heated fight with Quackenbush. The gaming that went on in the Summer was a symbol of their freedom, and carefree lives. In the Winter Session, the boys find themselves obeying everything they are told and are stuck in this routine without any fun and all the friendships that were formed in the Summer are gone now, replaced by a cold ambition.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Revisions

The tone of the winter term at Devon is angry and depressing. As the boys are allowed to be outside and run around less because of the weather, they begin to take their energy out in different ways. Classes and rules replace Blitz-ball and swimming. After a summer of fun, the winter turned Devon into a sad academic prison. Also, just like a prison, Devon seemed like an angry place. For example, when Gene went to the Butt Room with Brinker:

“Here’s you prisoner, gentlemen,” announced Brinker seizing my neck and pushing me into the Butt Room ahead of him, “I’m turning him in to the proper authorities.”....

“What’s the charge?”

“Doing away with his roommate so he could have a whole room to himself…. Practically fratricide.”

The quotation shows the angry tone at Devon. The boys are accusing each other of fratricide and throwing each other around like prisoners. Unlike the summer, there is no mercy from anyone at Devon. A fight even broke out between Quackenbush, the manager of the Crew team, and Gene for no reason other than a sense of constant anger that seemed to float through the whole school.

Tone of Winter Term Revised Copy

The tone of Winter Term at Devon is more serious and angressive than the mood was during the Summer Term. It starts to become a serious prep school and the rules are starting to be enforced. The students learn to obey the teachers and the overall rules of Devon. The students are not allowed to go to the beach and they cannot be late for dinner. The winter term is more aggressive to Gene because he is feeling guilty that he pushed Finny off of the tree. The tone of Winter term is also aggressive to Gene because he starts a fight with Quackenbush. The fight with Quackenbush shows that the Winter Term is much more aggressive than the Summer Term. The author uses words that elaborate on aggression such as "hit him hard across the face". Gene is obviously feeling more aggressive since he is under a lot of pressure due to his situation with Finny.

Charles Dickens: Revised Paragraph

The Devon School during the winter session has a somber tone. During the winter session, the Devon school is unhappy because of strictness. The rules at Devon are much more stricter in the winter session than the summer session. Also, the teachers are much more harsh. For example, at the Crew House, Gene and Quakenbush get in a big fight. Gene falls into the river. Mr Ludsbury says:

"Just one moment, Forrester, if you please."... "Has there been

a cloudburst in your part of town?" "No, sir. I'm sorry, sir, I fell

into the river."... "And could you tell me how and why you fell into

the river?"... "I think you have slipped in any number of ways

since last year"

Gene responds to Mr Ludsbury by repeating the word "sir". Mr Ludsbury and every other teacher at Devon should be referred to as "sir". The words "I'm sorry" shows that all teachers at Devon must be respected. This shows that Devon and all the teachers at Devon are very strict. When Mr Ludsbury says "one moment", he is lying. Mr Ludsbury asks Gene many questions that are not necessary and have already been answered. Mr Ludsbury takes more than just one moment to investigate Gene. When Mr Ludsbury says "any number of ways" and "last year" he knows that Gene has gotten wet more than once in the past. In the past, when Gene got wet, he would not get in trouble. Mr Ludsbury is a strict teacher because he will not let Gene off the hook, easily.

Lewis Carroll Revised Paragraph

The overall tone at Devon in the Winter Session is angry as compared to the more subtle and nicer side of Devon during the Summer Session. The anger at Devon is escalated through the bad weather compared to the nice weather during the summer. Quackenbush, the manager of the crew team displays this angry and violent tone when he says, “Go to hell Forrester… listen you maimed S.O.B. I hit him hard across the face. I didn’t know why for an instant; it was almost as though I were maimed.” This quote demonstrates the escalating tempers and angry comments seen during the winter months at Devon. Now, all of a sudden, major fights break out because of mean and vicious words. These vicious words are “maimed, S.O.B. and things like go to hell.” All of these words carry terrible connotation and are almost always used to offend someone. This kind of conversation is not described in the Summer Session at all. This is also more evident because of the fact that his temper truly escalated over the position of being the manger of the crew team and a stupid fight. Not only do the things that are in their control anger them, the things that are not in control do to. The weather is a very plausible reason to make a person mad. When a person is cold, they might not be as comfortable and this can cause people to be in a bad mood.

Winter at Devon

In the winter at the Devon school, there is more students and less freedom than in the summer. In the summer, gene could go with Finny way out of town to a beach, in the winter this could not happen because teachers are now more strict and the rules are enforced. The reason their are more students in the winter is because some parents did not let their kids go to summer school to keep up with the war. The Devon school is now crowded again and not as peaceful as summer.

Overall Summer at the Devon school was peaceful and kids had more freedom and when winter came the school became crowded and the teachers were more strict and enforced the rules.

writing assignment

The tone of the winter term is of immense tension between Gene and Finny forcing Gene to pretend that he's a person that he isn't. In the beginning of the winter term and the end of the fall term, Finny and Gene were best friends and nothing could get between there friendship, as it seemed on the outside. As the year progressed, Finny kept on showing his superiority through things like setting the school swimming record without even telling anybody. After a while, Gene started to realize how jealous Finny, his leader, really was of him. He realized that Finny was only good at sports while he was good at sports and academics. As Winter progressed Gene wanted to get away from Finny and be his own person. But getting away from Finny was a hard thing to do, when it appears as if he is such an ignorant person. This was shown when Gene visits Finny in the hospital. “It struck me then that I was injuring him again. It occurred to me that this could be and even worse injury” This quotation shows that Gene in a way wants to break away from Finny, but it would be so hard, and it would kill him inside. Finny’s popularity at that moment could be taken straight away from him . The only thing that was good about Finny was his great ability to play sports. To stay cool among other people, Finny would have to stay friends with Gene and make Gene just as cool as he was. He comes up with crazy ideas to keep Gene cool and himself cool. He tries to have him get ready for the olympics, even though the war will clearly be obstructed by the war. Gene realizes that it would ruin his life so he can’t do it. For the rest of his time at school, Gene will have to keep Finny his friend, until the tension raises too much.

James Baldwin Tone

The tone of Winter Term at Devon is more serious and less foolish than the mood was during the Summer Term. It starts to become a real prep school and the rules are starting to be enforced. The students learn to obey the teachers and the overall rules of Devon. Gene is starting to act out more than he did during Summer term. His head is mixed up and he is trying to find out if he is friends with Finny and if he Finny actually knows the truth about the accident. For example, in the Butt Room, he is pressured by a boy to confess to everything and he tries to lie his way out of it. He also tries to belittle what he has done, p. 90. Another example that Gene is starting to act out is when he gets into a fight with Quackenbush. He insults him and "hit him hard across the face". This proves that he is starting to act out more than he did during the Summer Term.

Percy Shelley "Devon's Winter Session"

The author of the novel describes the Winter Session as Devon’s worst and most unhappy time of the year. The Summer Session, characterized by its constant joy and relaxed manner, suddenly morphed into a Winter Session with an atmosphere full of hatred, rigidness and lies. Gene, alike those who were present in the Summer Session now have to follow orders and school rules. As a crew manager assistant being late was unacceptable. Although it was a minor job at the Devon School, during the Winter Session Gene had to be committed to his tasks at school and set them as a priority. The passiveness of the summer session was not present in the winter session. In addition, the presence of Mr.Ludsbury was a clear example of Devon’s rigidness. For the first time in the book the reader observes a strict, old-fashioned teacher at Devon. During this time of the school year students at Devon strive for academic perfection not a fun time. Secondly, during the winter session at Devon the reader could sense a feeling of hatred. Leper’s snails and the games of blitzball were replaced by gossip and fighting. The character of Brinker is a clear example of such malevolence. In the Butt Room he said, “He is your prisoner, gentlemen. Doing away with his roommate so he could have a whole room for himself. Rankest treachery. Practically fratricide” In this quotation the reader can observe Brinker’s malevolence. In the quotation Brinker portrays Gene as sneaky. The tone and words Brinker uses show that he wanted to give Gene a hard time. Brinker was giving false information about a classmate for no true reason; therefore, he is a mean person. The students during the winter session were angry. Quackenbush for instance, was a resentful person. The constant resentment he felt towards his peers made him an angry person. The way he approaches Gene at the crew meeting was an example of such anger and resentment he feels constantly. Winter session influenced Devon and the students negatively.

Thursday, April 8

Dear Illustrious Authors,



You are ready to take the next step in making your pens mightier than swords. You are ready to give one another analytical-writing feedback without my intervention (well, sort of).



Working with a partner, you will be assigned to read three (3) of your peers’ paragraphs.



Follow these instructions:



1. Before you even read the paragraphs, paraphrase the question. Make sure you know what kind of answer you’re looking for before you read. Keep in mind, there will be many possible answers, but they all must respond to the topic.



2. Read the paragraphs. Take turns reading aloud to one another.



3. For each paragraph, ask the following questions:

• Does the paragraph have a topic sentence?

• Does the topic sentence answer the question?

• Is it a good answer?



4. Rank the paragraphs according to topic sentences. Best---Not-so-much-the-best.



5. For each paragraph ask the following questions:

• Does the author use quoted evidence?

• Does the evidence connect to the topic sentence?

• Is this the best piece of evidence the author could have used? (i.e., did they make a good choice, but not the BEST choice?)



6. For each paragraph ask the following questions:

• Does the author analyze the quotation with word-by-word exploration?

• Does the analysis make sense?

• Does the analysis make the same point that the topic sentence makes?

• Does the author stay on track?



7. Rank the paragraphs according to evidence & analysis. Best---Not-so-much-the-best.



8. FINALLY, for each paragraph, do a punctuation, grammar, typo check.



9. RANK the paragraphs. Which one is the strongest? Which one is the weakest? Be prepared to explain your choices tomorrow.



Partners & Reading Assignments:
Peter-- Max (Blake, Carroll, Hawthorne)

Johnny-- Wizard (Dickens, Shelley, Twain)

Findlay-- Michael (Woolf, Baldwin, Dreiser)

Chris-- Ruvkun (Conrad, Hemingway, Forster)

Henry-- Kevin (Kerouac, Nabokov, Blake)

Juan-- Ryan (Carroll, Hawthorne, Dickens)

Caspar-- Aaron (Shelley, Twain, Forster)

Jack Kerouac's Winter vs. Summer Session

The winter session has a more boring tone than the summer session does. An example of this is on page 81 where Mr. Ludsbury finds out about the gaming during the summer and then Gene reflects on it,

“Cards, dice, he shook his long hand dismissingly, I didn’t inquire. It didn’t matter there won’t be any more of it.

I don’t know who that would have been. Nights of black-jack and poker and unpredictable games invented by Phineas rose up in my mind; the back room of Leper’s suite, a lamp hung with a blanket so that only a small blazing circle of light fell amid the surrounding darkness; Phineas losing even in those games he invented, betting always for what should win, for what would have been the most brilliant successes of them all, if only the cards hadn’t betrayed him.

The use of the word “cards” instead of the actual name of the card game shows how boring Mr. Ludsbury thought their games were. This is an example of how the winter session was more boring because they were not allowed to play fun games. However when Gene thinks on the “Nights of black-jack” it sounds like a lot of fun. This shows how the summer session was much more interesting than the winter one. The thought of “unpredictable games” shows how Phineas had crazy fun and random ideas that the boys all loved. This also shows how the summer session schedule allowed for more free time and hanging out and games for the boys. However when Mr. Ludsbury “shook his long hand dismissingly” it showed how the boys were going to have to follow the rules and not be able to have as much free time. The “small blazing circle” was an example of all the crazy things the boys did during their free time in the summer session. The “brilliant successes” Phineas almost had showed how much fun the boys were having during the summer session with out so many rules. However When Mr. Ludsbury says, “there won’t be any more of it” the boys know that they will have to be prepared for a much more boring winter session.

Ernest Hemingway's Tone of Winter

During the summer term, the students of Devon held a kind of innocence to the world, they were able to joke and play even though a war was going on because Finny was able to inspire them to forget about the surrounding dangers, while the winter term was filled with the grim maturity of the real world. With Finny injured and unable to play sports ever again, the winter term is filled with seriousness because of the loss of Finny's near invulnerable and youthful stature. The students realize that the world is far more harsher than they suspected. The students of Devon including Jean who previously ignored their duties of campus and beyond, for fun and frolicking during the warm breezy days of summer now have to prepare for their lives outside of school and mature to face a world at war like the winter itself is placing a chilly breeze over their hearts.

Mark Twain's: The Tone of the Winter Session

The tone of the Winter session is very different from the tone of the Summer's Session. During the Winter Session, things seem to return to how they were before, and the preppy prep school feeling returns. Obedience is one of the things expected of the students. For Gene, there is empty feeling and a constant nagging fear, mainly caused by Finny. Finny ran Gene's life for him and he is kind of lost without him. Gene is terrified though that someone will discover the truth and he will have to come to terms with the fact that Finny getting hurt was his fault. This can be proved by using Brinker's exchange with Gene in the Butt Room. Obviously, Gene "Almost completely loses control," because Brinker is so close to the truth, which is also why he had to make fun of the little kid, which connects to my earlier point of the preppy prep school feeling creeping back into the boys daily lives. That, I believe is the tone of the Winter Session.

The Winter Session At The Devon School- William Blake

The winter term at the Devon School is definitely different from the summer term. The students do not compete with each other in a friendly way, they compete in a more vile way. The freedoms of the summer session were not tolerated during the winter. During the winter term they are expected to be students and nothing more. Also Devon had lost its eccentric summer vibe where in some respects it felt like a summer camp. In terms of Gene's winter term experience, the memories of Finny haunt him constantly. He really doesn't have any friends at Devon other than Finny. Gene's life has become barren, he has lost his purpose without Finny. Now the only thing study and watch the days pass by. an example of this is shown on page 75,

"As I had to do whenever I glimpsed this river, thought of Phineas. Not of the tree and pain, but of one of his favorite tricks, Phineas in exaltation, balancing on one foot on the prow of the canoe like a river god, ".

This shows how during the winter session, Gene also has lost his vibe and humor without Finny. It also shows how Gene has nobody to look up to anymore. It also represents Gene's guilt for destroying Finny's life.

Lewis Carroll Paragraph

The overall tone at Devon is angrier and more violent in the Winter Session as compared to the more subtle and nicer side of Devon during the Summer Session. During the Winter Session, the campus at Devon is a sadder and more serious place. Quackenbush, the manager of the crew team displays this angry and violent tone when he says, “Go to hell Forrester… listen you maimed S.O.B. I hit him hard across the face. I didn’t know why for an instant; it was almost as though I were maimed.” This quote demonstrates the escalating tempers and angry comments seen during the winter months at Devon. These things never happened during the Summer Session. Now, all of a sudden, major fights break out because of mean and vicious words. This is also more evident because of the fact that his temper truly escalated over the position of being the manger of the crew team and a “yes it does matter and no it doesn’t” type of conversation. This somewhat childish conversation demonstrates that the students in Devon are much more angrier through Gene’s perspective.

Robert Frost’s Paper

The atmosphere of the Devon school during the winter term in my opinion is troubling. It is troubling because of several reasons. Now that the boy’s final year at Devon is almost over, the war is quickly approaching. The war is not a far off event lurking in the back of their mind anymore, but now a approaching reality. They can now enlist into the military and are supporting the war effort on the home front. There is also a social tension because Finny is gone. There is no king to the student body and there is no heir to the thrown. The boys are not directly investigating if it was an accident or if it was on purpose. It is defiantly still on peoples minds if anyone was responsible for this event. With both the war and the social anarchy infesting the minds of the boys, this seemingly peaceful school is not peaceful at all.

Winter Term EM Forster

The winter session is stricter than the summer session. The teachers are different and the weather is worse. The boys don’t let it affect them but the strictness of the school is definitely at a higher level. The situation between Phineas and Gene looks like it might heat up which will not make the winter term at Devon any better. The tone of the winter session is going to be tense.

Sherwood Anderson's paragraph

The tone in Devon is very boring in the winter session. Unlike the summer session, which is more fun, the fall session, is colder, darker and windier making the atmosphere very gloomy. In the winter, kids don’t go outside to the park, one stays inside to keep away from the cold. In the summer everybody was outside giving the school a more alive atmosphere. Also, in the winter session there are many more people, taking away the peace. In the summer all of the teachers stayed in the school but in the winter, the younger, cooler teachers left. After most of the cooler teachers left, they left behind the stricter ones. Because of this all of the school traditions were forgotten.

“I knew, perhaps I alone knew, that this was all false. Devon had slipped through their fingers during the warm overlooked months. The traditions had been broken, thestandards let down, all rules forgotten.”

Because of all the broken traditions, there was no more fun in school. Everything was now all strict. People couldn’t play around as often, no more secret societies and no more things that people look up to in a boarding school. The tone of the winter session in Devon is very boring because there is nothing fun in the school any more. There are no more “cool teachers,” no more old traditions, no more free time outside.

Charles Dickens post: 4/7/10

The transition from the summer session and the winter session has a negative effect on the Devon school. The character that stands out the most in the summer session is Phineas. The character that stands out the most in the winter session is Quakenbush. The reason why the summer session has such a positive vibe is because of Phineas. In the conversation with Mr Prud' homme, Phineas said that Gene and him were late for dinner because they were preparing for the army. Finny was being charming to Mr Prud' homme. Phineas is being a friendly person. Phineas also created Blitzball. Finny created Blitzball so that everyone could have fun especially Gene. Phineas also created The Super Suicide Society. Phineas has fun jumping out of trees, so he wants to share the experience with his closest friends. Phineas has a positive effect on Devon because he has a positive attitude and wants to share his happiness with everyone. The reason why the winter session has such a negative vibe is because of Quakenbush. At the crew house, Gene and Quakenbush had a fight. Gene attacked Quakenbush because he got on Gene's nerves. Phineas and Quakenbush are the opposite of each other because everyone loves Finny and everyone hates Quakenbush.

Theodore Dreiser's Paragraph of Winter in Devon

During winter at Devon things get strict, acrimonious, and sometimes depressing. There are no sports to play, people get mad at each other, and many of the academics get more strict. Also, because summer was so relaxing, it was difficult to get back on track for the winter. For instance, Gene says that Devon had "slipped through their fingers during the warm, overlooked months." Gene is stating that people at Devon started getting to relaxed during the summer. Gene also mentions that traditions had been broken, the standards were let down, and all the rules were forgotten. Since all these rules were forgotten and the standards were let down, the boys were going to have trouble during the winter. Also, the winter at Devon made the boys angry.

"'Well, it doesn't matter.'

'Yes it matters.'

' I don't think it does.'

'Go to hell Forrester. Who the hell are you anyway.'

I turned with an inward groan to look at him"

Gene and Quackenbush start to argue which leads to a fight.

"'You, Quackenbush, don't know anything about who i am, or anything else.'

'Listen you maimed son-of-a-bitch...'

I hit him hard across the face."

The boys at Devon get angry at each other, probably because of the stress of winter.

Winter of Truths

The Summer Session at Devon was a more relaxed time for the students. Not academically but rule wise. The boys got to stay up, play cards, sleep on the beach, jump out of trees, and even sweet talk teachers sometimes. The winter and Devon was the back to normal clean-cut traditional boarding school. But besides the fact that it was physically back to normal, it was definitely not social normal at all. With Finny not yet back at the beginning of school, Brinker was growing suspicious. All of the boys talked about Finny’s fall but not to Gene. With the social hierarchy in awry, Brinker stepped up his game with knowing everybody and being a bit more suspicious with Gene.

“‘Here you are in solitary splendor,’ he went on genially. ‘I can see you have real influence here. This big room all to yourself. I wish I knew how to manage things like you.”… It didn’t seem fitting go Brinker Hadley, the hub of the class, to be congratulating me on influence.”

Without Finny’s sports he isn’t as popular as Brinker is and everything socially tipped. Phineas, already knowing that Gene jounced the limb but doesn’t want to believe it, is going to be very awkward in front of Gene when Brinker starts asking questions. If and when Brinker prosecutes Gene and it comes out, Finny will still not believe that his best friend shattered his leg and ruined his life. The winter term at Devon is going to be a session of truth.

Joseph Conrad's revised winter paragraph

I think that the general atmosphere in Devon during the winter session is full of negative attitude. The weather during winter is dark and cold. This weather is like how the boys treat each other now. They are darker characters and a bit more cold to each other than before and they are also competitive and spiteful of each other. An example of this is when Gene has that fight with Quackenbush for not much reason. Also, during winter at Devon there are more rules and the consequences are greater for disobeying them. In one sentence Gene says "If you broke the rules, then they broke you.". This clearly shows that the rules are more strict, less forgiving and there are more of them. The fact that Finny is not there could be one of the reasons that the winter session is so bleak because when Finny was there everything seemed a bit brighter.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Form II English

The Winter Tone at Devon

As the freedom of the summer session at Devon slipped away from the boys, the general atmosphere of winter quickly took its place. The tone of the winter session was different than usual because it came after their first summer session at Devon. The fun they had jumping into the river and paying attention to no rules and playing blitz-ball, made the winter session at Devon seem so monotonous. Suddenly the boys had to do chores and go to many classes. There was no free time to mess around anymore. The transition from a zero effort term to a normal one was not a smooth one for Gene. Also, many of the traditions of the school were broken over the course of the summer session.

Gene says:

“I knew, perhaps I alone knew, that this was all false. Devon had slipped through their fingers during the warm overlooked months. The traditions had been broken, the standards let down, all rules forgotten.”

Because of all the broken traditions, the boys seemed unprepared for the school year. They had to get used to the idea that they now had leaders and rules to follow, but they did not want to be told what to do. This made the winter session depressing, tedious, and controlled.