Khrystian Pierce
3/31/16
Essay
Ms.Bryant-7th period
Values We Live By
America has lots of values and each one is important in their own way. Some of them are what we follow with the laws while others applies to for our personal lives or our family. But in other regions or foreign countries, our values and laws are way different from theirs and might misunderstand us. But we’re here to talk about 2 values that are part of our society and those are Time, which is when you decide what to do with it, and Individual/Privacy, which is when you have personal space to yourself and is where you cherish someone special to you. And not only that; they are always reference in books, games, and television; and speaking of books, here is the first paragraph.
TKAM talks about a girl name Jean Louise “Scout” Finch where she tells us about her childhood and the ups and downs with it. But we’re not here to talk about the whole books, but to compare it with Individual/Privacy and there tons of example. One is Individual where in chapter 15, Scout, Jem, and Dill goes to the jail house and see a lynch mob telling Atticus, Scout and Jem father, to let Tom Robison, a black man whose Atticus defending claiming he innocent, go and let them hang them before they hurt Atticus. But Scout wouldn’t allow that and ran out to save her father and convince the mob to leave and go home. Scout loves her father and would do anything to protect him and the rest of the family. There is also a example of Privacy where in chapter 11 Jem needed time to himself because he destroy Mrs. Dubose flowers and Scout baton and hurts her in the process. I could go on and on with more examples of these values, but these 2 example are important because Scout sometimes have adult mind and Jem growing up are the changes they have in the next few chapters because of Atticus said to them. What I think about this values is that applies to me because I like my stuff private and don’t let anybody and also goes in depressing sometimes and I just need some time to clear my mind and move forward. I also too would anything to protect my family and friends because they’re the ones who encourages me to stand back up and try again.