Historical events support the theme of challenging the power structure in both Pleasantville and To Kill a Mockingbird because when characters challenge the power structure, there purpose is to achieve equality for everyone in their society.
In the movie Pleasantville Bud and his sister Mary Sue are transferred into Buds favorite television show, Pleasantville. In Pleasantville everything is black and white and every family wants to be viewed as the perfect family. They follow a very stereotypical schedule of having a family with two kids, a dad that goes to work everyday and mom who stays home and prepares meals for the family. Everyone in the community follows this same schedule everyday in order to have the so called “perfect” life. But, once Bud and Mary Sure get transported into this town everything slowly starts to change. Bud and Mary Sue don’t follow the day to day schedule like everyone else in the town, and started to rebel against the guidelines of this town. Therefore the town started to develop new systems. As Bud and Mary Sue show different emotions and break the rules of Pleasantville, color starts to appear in the town. Some people in the town are interested in the color and want to feel the emotions Bud and Mary Sue …show more content…
There mother died when Scout was only two years old. Scouts real name is Jean Louise Finch but she goes by her nickname Scout. Scout is very adventurous and courageous. She taught herself to read and will always speak what is on her mind. In this time period and community where she lives there is segregation and people in her town do not think that colored and non-colred people are equal. But, their father Atticus is not like the rest of the town and has a black maid named Calpurnia. Atticus treats Calpurnia very respectful and as a member of the
In the movie Pleasantville Bud and his sister Mary Sue are transferred into Buds favorite television show, Pleasantville. In Pleasantville everything is black and white and every family wants to be viewed as the perfect family. They follow a very stereotypical schedule of having a family with two kids, a dad that goes to work everyday and mom who stays home and prepares meals for the family. Everyone in the community follows this same schedule everyday in order to have the so called “perfect” life. But, once Bud and Mary Sure get transported into this town everything slowly starts to change. Bud and Mary Sue don’t follow the day to day schedule like everyone else in the town, and started to rebel against the guidelines of this town. Therefore the town started to develop new systems. As Bud and Mary Sue show different emotions and break the rules of Pleasantville, color starts to appear in the town. Some people in the town are interested in the color and want to feel the emotions Bud and Mary Sue …show more content…
There mother died when Scout was only two years old. Scouts real name is Jean Louise Finch but she goes by her nickname Scout. Scout is very adventurous and courageous. She taught herself to read and will always speak what is on her mind. In this time period and community where she lives there is segregation and people in her town do not think that colored and non-colred people are equal. But, their father Atticus is not like the rest of the town and has a black maid named Calpurnia. Atticus treats Calpurnia very respectful and as a member of the