racism through the characters of Bob Ewell‚ Scout’s Aunt Alexandra‚ and Calpurnia. She shows how the theme of racism can shape someones views on things majorly through the trial of Tom Robinson. Aunt Alexandra‚ is the sister of Atticus and aunt to Scout and Jem. Social status is in high regard in her mind. She sees Calpurnia as more of an object than as a person. She does not accept Calpurnia as part of the family‚ as Atticus‚ Jem‚ and Scout do. Aunt Alexandra moves in with the family during the trial
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narrator has just lost her mother‚ and although her aunt Lucy has lived with her since the funeral‚ they have not spoken about the mother at all. The mother and her sister‚ Lucy‚ seem to be two opposites‚ although they are sisters; the narrator recalls the holidays she and her sisters spent at aunt Lucy’s with “..and in school holidays we went to stay with Aunt Lucy because she was always home. We played with our stolid‚ large –faced cousins and ate Aunt Lucy’s sponge layer cakes which she glued together
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(Dictionary). Throughout the whole play the Aunts‚ Abby and Martha‚ both have strong stereotypes attached to them due to many characteristics which they have that fool everyone. Attributes such as “old” and “female” project images in society’s minds of deceiving thoughts like “friendly‚” “nice‚” or “harmless” because society is based off concepts of masculinity and femininity. These stereotypes are reinforced in the play because of the friendship the two Aunts have acquired over time with the towns people
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There are several purposes Willa Cather has in her short story‚ "A Wagner Matinee." The two main purposes of this story are to entertain the reader and to reveal a theme. Before discussing theses purposes‚ back ground on Cather will be given so as to gain as better understanding and appreciation for her writing. Willa Sibert Cather was born December 7th‚ 1873 on a small farm in Back Creek Valley near Winchester‚ Virginia. Her mother and father‚ Mary and Charles Cather‚ had seven children‚ Willa
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adventure‚ following up with a traumatic incident that progresses her search for peace. During her quest‚ she becomes separated from her natural world and begins a new phase of her journey which tests her and puts her through an overwhelming amount of agony and alas‚ It gives her the treasure she desperately sought. Thus returning‚ she enters her natural world again with new found enlightenment and vigor‚ But of course it’s never quite the same once you become a hero‚ Separation‚ initiation‚ and return
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effectively‚ and with minimal cost (in lives‚ money‚ economic growth‚ etc.). Thus‚ the atomic bomb satisfied these objectives. “We [the USA] have used it to shorten the agony of young Americans.” This was a quote from Harry Truman‚ the president at the time of the bombing. He thought that by creating and using the bomb the agony of Americans in the military‚ and other Americans would be shortened if the war ended. Another reason for the quick end of the war using the atomic bomb was to minimize the
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4. In her psyche‚ she concludes that she might want to see George once more. She advises whoever is listening to go and discover George for her. Enlightening George concerning her cheerful family would give her pleasure. More probable‚ Granny needs to see George with the goal that he will know about what he passed up a great opportunity for. She needs George to perceive how she has survived and thrived‚ and understand that the misfortune was truly his. It is a type of reprisal. Granny stays intense
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of the movie. The setting and props of the film all seem to centralize to where she is and how she got there. The light focus’ just on Dorothy but also amplifies the intensity of the situation she is in. The behavior of Dorothy and the look of her Aunt Em (Clara Blandick) also contribute to meaning in the film. Mise-en-scene during this scene greatly contributes to the place and setting Dorothy is in as well as the feelings and emotions of Dorothy. The setting Dorothy is in and the placement of
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if Sundara’s life is forced along like a river. But at other times it seems like she can chose where to turn like a road. Her aunt and uncle pick who she marries and who she talks to. But Sundara also goes against what they say often. Sundara’s life is like a river because she doesn’t have very much choice over her life. She has to marry a Cambodian man picked by her aunt and uncle. “..you’re becoming an American brat‚ I will never find you a good husband…” (crew 115). In Cambodian culture parents
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I am at my Aunt Dee and her 3 daughters’ home; I am there because we are going to Six Flags today along with my cousin (Zhane). I wake up and clean my shoes‚ afterward‚ I wait for everyone to finish breakfast. They finish and we head out to pick up Zhane. We pick her up from her house and go to Walmart because my Aunt needed to return something and then we head straight to Six Flags. We find parking. My Aunt parks and everyone goes to the restroom‚ they get out and we go to the entrance. As a group
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