Wednesday, October 13, 2010

A musical connection to, To Kill a Mockingbird

Songs are great descriptions of people. The song “On The Brightside” by Never Shout Never, is a perfect allusion to how the people of Maycomb act. This song really describes the interesting relationship between the adults and children of To Kill a Mockingbird. Jem and scout are trying to become adults throughout the course of this novel. The adults, in particular Aunt Alexandra seem to think that the kids are clueless and are not meant to know what is going on, but in reality the kids really do. Jem tries to protect Scout by having her stand up for herself and if someone is aggravating her like Aunt Alexandra, she should say something and should not let her get to her. Also, Tom Robinson applies to this song because even though everyone in the town of Maycomb thought that he was guilty he knew he was innocent and he was not going to give up hope that the truth would come out and he would be free. When the going gets rough and you feel like you may fall Just look on the brightside - you're roughly six feet tall". This mentality applies to all the characters in the book, and if they stay positive things will get better.
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  1. Courtney CraveroOctober 15, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    I would have never thought that this song related to the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, but i really like the choice. I like how you can relate it to all parts of the book, and different people. Atticus definitely relates to this especially the part when it says "where the going gets rough" because atticus always had to overcome many large obstacles.

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  2. 12jclarkOctober 15, 2010 at 10:17 AM

    I suggested this song! :) haha
    Anyway, I really like how you related this with specific quotes to To Kill A Mockingbird. It really is a really inspirational song to me, and if Scout Jem, and Tom Robinson had heard it, I am sure it would have inspired them too

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  3. G GuaglianoneOctober 15, 2010 at 10:35 AM

    I used positivity as one of Atticus's attributes that make him a hero. The family did a wonderful job at keeping there views on the positive and not dwelling on the negative. Your song depicts this very well. Atticus taught this characteristic to Jem who we can now see trying to influence Scout to do so as well.

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