Essay 6, Final Draft

Colin Burlingham
Mr. H Salsich
8 English
10/21/09

Two of a Kind:
The Similarities and

Differences of
Jem and Scout

_____(SD)Autumn is a time where wind, rain and old dying leaves whip at your face in all directions. (CM)Miserable as the weather may be, this is a time of excitement and joy. (CM)Various holidays such as Halloween and Thanksgiving are when you spend time with your friends and family, and all the leaves fall off the trees. (CS)This is about leaves in particular; they may be different colors, shapes, or sizes, but they will always be the same on the inside.
_____(TS)In chapter seven of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout and Jem, brother and sister, both very smart siblings, are like two leaves on a tree; they sway in the wind; they fall to the ground; they are blown away (anaphora and app. S-V split). (SD)Jem and Scout are like the foliage on a single tree; if one falls, so does the other. (CM)While Scout was thinking of her brother Jem, she said, “If I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been the next afternoon,” and this shows that she is unified with him. (CM)If Jem had died that night at the Radleys, Scout would have also died; two die, or two live, that’s how it works (antithesis). (SD)Occasionally, Jem and Scout can be as different as a pebble and a boulder, two utterly original substances in existence. (CM)Sometimes, nobody can “tell what you’re gonna do lest they live in the same house with you, and even,” then Scout can’t tell what Jem is going to do. (CM)Jem and Scout can be like two different atoms, a negatively and a positively charged nucleus (appositive closer). (SD)The knot-hole, a small fissure (FAST) in a tree with many leaves on the Radley’s property, was a collective spot that someone put rare items in, and this brings Scout and Jem as one when they explore it together. (CM)Once Jem and Scout had found this captivity of exquisite ravishes, they claimed it as their own property. (CM)Mutually, they would gather at the opening to find a new treasure each week, and Scout and Jem cherished these riches, protecting them and examining them together (participle closer). (CS)Close and far, these two, good and bad, work as one collectively (antithesis).
_____(TS)Just like Jem, I have a sister named Caroline, a smart and kind girl, athletic and fun, and we can agree, and we can disagree (antithesis and appositive S-V split). (SD)Caroline and I are like two leaves; we can sit on a branch; we can fall to the ground; and we can blow in the winds to new and exotic places just like leaves (anaphora). (CM)With my sister, I have gone to the end of the world and back, and along the way, we are meeting people and letting our curiosity wander. (CM)A few years ago, we took an amazing adventure to Taiwan and I will remember it always, exploring the city; exploring the hotel; and exploring the waters too (anaphora). (SD)There have always been those dreadful moments when we have disagreed about frivolous things. (CM)In fact, just last week we came back from Middlesex Boarding School and we started arguing about what movie we should watch within the hour of our arrival. (CM)We finally agreed on a movie about a man who lived in New York, working as a photographer for a magazine (participle closer). (SD)Earlier, on a cold summer's night, we were up in North Haven, Maine when we heard a cat, meowing at the door. (CM)We both agreed to not tell anyone about our new secret pet and we would discreetly feed it every night before bed. (CM)One day, it disappeared and did not come back and we were devastated, and this is like Scout and Jems’ knot-hole in the Radley’s tree which was filled in with cement. (CS)Scout and Jem, Caroline and Colin, we are all the same; we are all like the two leaves out in the open; we are all family, and nothing can ever change that (anaphora).
_____(SD)Autumn consists of many occasions where you spend joyous times with your family and friends. (CM)You can hunt for candy during Halloween or have a nice family dinner during Thanksgiving. (CM)One thing that never changes are the leaves falling from the trees; they may look different, yet they are all the same. (CS)To Kill A Mocking Bird is a story of two leaves, two people, and two friends!

Out Line

_____________________Body 1__________

(TS)Two leaves on a tree
_(SD)Foliage
__(CM)My funeral
__(CM)Jem die, Scout die
_(SD)Pebble and a boulder
__(CM)Tell what you’re gonna do
__(CM)Two different atoms
_(SD)The knot-hole
__(CM)Own property.
__(CM)Find a new treasure each week
(CS)Work collectively

_____________________Body 2__________
(TS)me and Caroline like 2 leaves
_(SD)exotic places
__(CM)meeting people

__(CM)Taiwan
_(SD)disagreeing
__(CM)last week came home
__(CM)argue about movie
_(SD)cat
__(CM)secret

__(CM)like knot-hole
(CS)family