Where Lillies Bloom Report Essay, Research Paper

In many works of literature a female character has a significant

influence, positive or negative. Two characters that have an influence

are Mary Call from the novel Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera and Bill

Cleaver, and Calpurnia from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper

Lee.

In the novel Where the Lilies Bloom, Mary Call has a significant

positive effect on her brothers and sisters. Mary Call is the head of the

family since her father died and she has to raise her brothers and

sisters. She has to keep a promise to her father not to recieve help

from others, and raise her siblings on her own. This has a positive

influence her siblings because they turn out okay in the end and

everything seems to go right with them. Mary Call does keep her

promise and she has a good effect on her little brother and sister.

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Calpurnia has a significant

influence on a young boy named Jem Finch. Her influence is a positive

one. Calpurnia is a sort of nanny for a man named Atticus Finch. She

takes care of his house and his children Jem and Scout. Calpurnia had a

positive influence of Jem is because at the begining Jem was a sort of

immature innocent young boy and as the story goes on he becomes a

more non-innocent mature boy. Some of the things that Calpurnia does

are things like make him dress good and use good manners, all the

things that a mother would do to their kids.

Female characters have and effect on other characters that can be

both positive and negative. In the two cases listed above To Kill a

Mockingbird, and Where the Lilies Bloom are both good effects. It just

goes to show that female characters have both positive and negative

effects on people.