essay 16

2/25/10

Forgotten

Dear Reader,
_____This is an unusual essay involving four genres: two Haiku poems, an interior monologue, a newscast, and an expository paragraph. It all follows the theme of "Forgotten" in the book To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Who is that sad man?
I do not remember him.
He's been forgotten...

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_____We interrupt this broadcast for an important bulletin. Our sources say more and more people are being forgotten each day. Local Tom Robinson, after being convicted for rape and was shot to death, has left the hearts of every man or women in Maycomb. Our sources also indicate that Mayella Ewell has also been forgotten. With no friends and little family, she is forced to live out her days in solitude, working for food and money. Yesterday, Mr. Ewell, Mayella’s father, was killed during an attempt to kill Jem and Scout Finch. He was supposedly drunk and angry about the way the court case turned out, even though he won. We will get back to you with more news soon and tune in at eleven for the full story.

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____This morning I looked out my window wondering about Boo Radley. Thinking about how he has been forgotten after all these many years. He has no friends and his family cares not for him. They just keep him in his house, locked away in his room. Nobody talks about him; nobody thinks about him; and nobody knows him. He is like a lost soul, wondering this world, trying to be remembered, except, he can’t be seen, so it does no good. I wish I could help. I wish he could have Jem and me for friends. I remember all those summers ago, we found those soap sculptures and all those rare treasures. Jem and I should make him something like a drawing or a card saying we will be his friends. He will never be forgotten as long as he has that. We will never be forgotten.

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_____(TS)Many people have been forgotten. (SD)There are many characters in To Kill a Mockingbird who have been forgotten and one of them is Boo Radley. (CM) People used to talk about him all the time and they would play games about him. (CM)But now, nobody ever mentions Boo and he sits in solitude, waiting to be remembered. (SD)Another person who has been forgotten is Tom Robinson. (CM)He was once loved and known, but ever since he died, all cease to remember him. (CM)They don’t remember who he was, they don’t remember what he was like, and they don’t remember why he died. (CS)Many people have and will continue to be forgotten.

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Deep in the low bank,

There lies a shell lost in time.

Who remembers it?

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