Applicable Theories of Criminal Behavior Social Risk Factors: He didn’t always live in poverty, but once his family wasn’t there he was in poverty. He also received rejection by his peers, when they often teased him because of his deformity. Parental and Family Risk Factors: His mother used a very authoritarian style to shape and control her sons. This caused irreparable damage to Gein throughout growing up. His mothers parental monitoring was too much, she never let Ed do anything and always kept him hidden.
Although Boo Radley shows just what a substantial person he has become, he is still misjudged by the society. This is proved when Boo Radley saves Jem’s life by killing Mr.Ewell and Atticus says it wouldn't be right to expose him and Scout vocalised, “ It would be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”. So when Atticus kept the information of Boo to himself, he really believed that Boo Radley was an innocent man who caused no harm to anyone and therefore shouldn’t be persecuted, as he has been illtreated his whole life. The aim with mockingbirds in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is that mockingbirds should not be killed as they only exist for the enjoyment of others and cause no harm and only minded their business. Another way in which Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol is through Tom Robinson.
In chapter 3 when ralph approaches jack to inform him that they need his help building shelters, not going hunting. “And they keep running off…” “Except me and my hunters…” (50) Here we see that ralph and jack do not get along because jack feels that since he is out hunting all day, he doesn’t need to contribute anything else to the group. * The littluns speak out of line with out the conch. * Conch is broken Body paragraph 3: evil destroys and corrupts the naturally innocent * Humans are naturally born as innocent beings, but when exposed to the society, they also face the risk of being harmed and corrupted by the societal settings they live in. During the coarse of the novel, there are subtle changes that take place in the behavior of the boys’.
The war has changed Leper because he was an innocent kid who’d never hurt a fly, but he changed. Yelling at Gene like this was not good because he most likely lost a friend over it. Finally Gene stood up for himself and stopped letting people push him around. He left Leper and that was for the god. Gene does not need any more drama in his life to make his situation back at home any worse.
That night when Kiowa got wasted, I sort of sank down into the sewage with him… Feels like I’m still deep shit.”(Page 150) Bowker is also intelligent and is well supported by his parents, but he did not see any meaning in getting a job or even going to school. He does not have the words to explain what he went through or how he feels and he tries to hide it. Norman really wants his story told, so he sent a letter to Tim O’ Brien and ask Tim to write itfor him. He believes that Tim can express how he feels or get the right words out, but the story did not satisfy Norman and he commits suicide 8 months later in the locker room of a YMCA in his hometown. Norman’s role in this book is to help Tim to go from being a storyteller, or writer, to being a soldier.
Last we checked, riding in rodeos was no crime, but jumping little kids is pretty bad. I were also a tad shocked when Dally got out of the hospital by holding a knife to a nurse's throat. With all of this Dallas (Dally) Winston, was a hard nut but he loved Johnny and when he blamed Johnny’s death because of his actions he couldn’t take it and went on a all out suicide mission to die. Ponyboy isn’t sure why but Darry as we are told through Ponyboy thinks that Johnny was loved by all, but throughout the book Johnny looked up to Dally who when Johnny died couldn’t take
Another demonstration of courage was when he was shooting the rabid dog. Heck Tate tells Atticus to kill the sick animal and even though he has not fired a gun in a long time, he still took the responsibility to kill the mad dog, knowing that if he misses, it will be a disaster. In conclusion Atticus shows courage in many events throughout the novel. He doesn’t show it by fighting but by standing up for what he believes in and for his kids, Jem and
Last but not least Boo Radley was another character from to kill a bird that helped Scout learn her lesson. The town of May Comb all thought that Boo Radley is some kind of crazy, guy who kills people. Jim and Scout even though so. They were always scared to go on his porch or in his grass, even though Boo always stayed inside his house. Towards the end of to kill a mocking bird, Scout realizes that Boo Radley was never crazy to begin with.
All of Boos teenage and beyond years he has stayed locked up inside his house and no one from Maycomb has seen him. There are rumours upon rumours about him: "Boo drove the scissors into his parents leg," (Lee 11), this being one, yet he hasn't talked to anyone outside of his house in years. Instead of getting absorbed into Maycombs crazy conflict and prejudice views he decides to stay inside: "its because he wants to stay inside" Jem said (Lee 227), him doing so causes him to become an outcast. In To Kill A Mockingbird there are very few people that can look past the rumours and think of Boo as a normal person, like Scout for example: "I took him by the hand, a hand surprisingly warm for its whiteness" (Lee 227). All Boo did was mind his own business and got punished and judged for it.
One could be the absence of parents. Andy never had anyone to look up to, a role model during his childhood, the only exception being Chris Reynolds, which seemingly only resulted in turning things for the worse. The sentence “It’s only me” describes Andy’s situation very well, because even though he met Josh and Reynolds they, in the end, was guilty as to why Andy committed the school shooting. Josh tried to push the responsibility away from himself, but he was a part of what caused Andy to go over the edge, he pushed him and made him commit the shooting amongst many others. No one was ever there for him.