essay 10, Final Draft

Colin Burlingham

Mr. H Salsich

8 English

12/9/09

A Red Little Rooster:

An Essay About Mr. Ewell being

Called a "Red Little Rooster"

_____(TS)I remember this good friend of mine I saw rarely in the summer. (CM)He used to remind me of a monkey because he was always climbing trees. (CM)In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout called Mr. Ewell "a red little rooster," and I realized that this metaphor fit him perfectly. (CS)I began to wonder if there was a good metaphor that would describe me.

_____(TS)In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Mr. Ewell is referred to as a "Red little rooster." (SD)In every pen at a farm, there will only be one rooster or one Mr. Ewell who will try to get rid of every other rooster or black man he can find. (CM)Even though, Mr. Ewell has nothing, he is fighting this man, trying to show that he is superior than Tom Robinson. (CM)At the moment, there are two "roosters" in his pen and only one can come out on top. (SD)The rooster is an animal that is over confident and fierce and Mr. Ewell is the same way. (CM)Before the Tom Robinson trial, Mr Ewell thought he would win for sure, thinking no man would defend a black, but as time went on he saw the error in his ways and realized that some people would defend blacks. (CM)He also thought he was fierce and strong, putting a black man in jail, but when the time came, he again showed his true colors. (SD)Tom Robinson is black, while Mr. Ewell is white and he will stop at nothing to get rid of him. (CM)Sometimes, a rooster may hurt a hen to get what they want, and the "Red little rooster" has done exactly this. (CM)He has made several complaints to get rid of the black roosters, but he had to take matters into his own hands, and resorted into beating his own daughter in the single thought of driving Tom Robinson away. (CS)Mr Ewell or the "red little rooster," you decide.

_____(TS)Like Mr Ewell has a metaphor to describe him, I think I am like a cloud drifting in the sky. (SD)The significant reason is that a cloud has no way to guide its self. (CM)I will go where ever the wind takes me: no planing, no steering, no directions. (CM)When I'm lying on a raft in the water, I have no control, and the tide is in control of my destiny, just like the wind controls a cloud. (SD)Sometimes, a cloud can help in a complicated process of nature, and bring the colors of the rainbow to the worlds floor, as I can help in the complicated social life and help my friends to where they need to go. (CM)I will often be one of the "Clouds" that help bring a machine to life. (CM)For instance, last year, I was one of the few who made a mechanical creation and brought it to life; though it was not as beautiful as a rainbow, it had its own beauty, like the snow on the trees glistening beneath the sun. (SD)In other occasions, a cloud may vanish, leaving nothing but a sparkling night sky in its place and I have "vanished" many times too. (CM)Sometimes for a minute, or sometimes for an hour, I or the cloud will be gone. (CM)Why, just yesterday, I was missing for an hour while my dad was waiting with the car. (CS)Clouds and I are the same; flow in all directions and are uncontrollable.

_____(TS)Mr Ewell and all people are the same in a way; we can all find a metaphor that can fit into our personality wonderfully. (CM)When I was younger, I knew this kid who was "a monkey" because I only saw him in trees. (CM)I have always thought of my self as a cloud drifting in the wind. (CS)Now, take a minute out of your lives and think; what would you be like.