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    To Kill a Mockingbird

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    at the tree and start talking‚ Scout narrates this‚ “As Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man I accepted his invitation reluctantly‚ but I followed Dill. Somehow‚ I didn’t think Atticus would like it if we became friendly with Mr. Raymond‚ and I knew Aunt Alexandra wouldn’t (200-201). Scout is quite ignorant in this quote because she looks down on Mr. Raymond by calling Mr. Raymond a sinful man. She is inconsiderate to Mr. Raymond because she does not know what he is dealing with. The fact Scout says

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    nobody would like to feel. This experience happened to me when my aunt came across unexpected circumstances. It is always our family members whom we tend to least worry about concerning their lives. In the future‚ unexpected events can alter the way we reflect upon the past. In‚ life you have to appreciate those who matter to you‚ before you lose them. I came across the realization to appreciate those that matter to me‚ when my aunt was hospitalized. One sunny summer day in 2013‚ my family and I

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    For one thing‚ Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. When reading chapters ten through fifteen Calpurnia is a good example of a mother to Jem and Scout. The first reason she is a better mother figure is Calpurnia is always doing her best to help Scout out. Scout asked Cal if she could go to her house sometime and Cal said Scout could come anytime. Calpurnia always is willing to be around Scout and be a good female influents. Jem has been having some mood swings and has been mean

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    Calpurnia and a white woman Aunt Alexandra. Cal is a hard working woman who earns every penny she makes. Aunt Alexandria on the other hand is a privileged white woman who feels entitled to the world. They are like night and day‚ but are tolerant of each other for one reason‚ family. They both share a special relationship with the two kids‚ Jem and Scout. They both want the best for the children and their futures. This bright future they want for the kids cannot happen with their aunt and role-model always

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    Earnest Problem Proposals

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    relationship. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Aunt Augusta is that complicated person. From the beginning‚ she brings conflict with her social class‚ her family‚ and her approval. Because of Aunt Augusta is from a high social class‚ she wants everyone in her family to marry someone of high class too. When someone is part of a high class‚ they always have money. Towards the end of the play‚ Algernon‚ Augusta’s nephew‚ is engaged to Cecily‚ Jack’s ward. Aunt says they are not allowed to be married. Jack

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    stands in Tesman’s way. Tesman was raised by his Aunt Julle. Juliane Tesman - Juliane Tesman‚ or Aunt Julle‚ is the aunt of Jürgen Tesman. After Tesman’s parents died‚ Aunt Julle raised him. She is well-meaning‚ and she is constantly hinting that Tesman and Hedda should have a baby. Aunt Julle tries to get along with Hedda‚ but the difference in their class backgrounds is painfully apparent. Aunt Julle lives with the ailing Aunt Rina‚ another aunt of Tesman’s. Judge Brack - Brack is a judge of

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    stranger’s features faintly start to twist before his eyes‚ a half-formed ghost. He remembers the cries of this man’s wife‚ how he sought approval without words to do what someone must and how the blood stained into foreign dust. A hundred agonies in black-and-white From which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement. The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers. From the aeroplane he stares impassively where he earns his living and they

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    Through the eyes of the author‚ the “agony” of the dying elephant is emphasized and how unbearable it is for him to watch the elephant die. He hears the “tortured gasps” of the elephant as “dreadful”. Where the adjective “tortured” connotes great pain caused deliberately. Sympathy for the elephant

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    Oedipus

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    the tragedy. The city of Thebes is smitten by a terrible plague‚ withering the crops and decimating the townspeople. In their distress and agony they seek the help of their king‚ Oedipus. He comments‚ " ... I have not sent out servants to question you: I have come myself‚ Oedipus the King‚ to hear What it is you are seeking ... I have long known The City’s agony; I have lain awake And frightened the grey dawn with troubled thoughts‚ Searching the means to end my people’s misery....What his advice he

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    The Lumber-Room

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    was born in 1870 and died in 1916.Also he is better known for his pseudonym Saki. Owing to the death of his mother and his father’s absence abroad he was brought up during his childhood‚ with his elder brother and sister by a grandmother and two aunts. It seems probable that their stern and unsympathetic methods account for Munro’s strong dislike of anything that smacks of the conventional and the self-righteous. He satirized things that he hated. H. H. Munro is best known for his humorous and very

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