her loneliness somewhat. With Atticus at a special session of the state legislature‚ Calpurnia takes the children to church with her. Upon their return from church‚ they find Aunt Alexandra waiting on the porch for them. She announces that at Atticus’ request‚ she’s coming to live with them for "a while." Aunt Alexandra goes to great pains to educate the children in the importance of the Finch breeding; going so far as to have Atticus deliver an uncharacteristic speech — a speech he ultimately recants
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right for its time‚ but not necessarily today”‚ referring to the launch of the Healthy Berry Crunch. Lora’s answer to Jean-Luc will have to be carefully thought if she wants to keep Michel as part of her team. A discouraged employee is always tempted to explore other professional options. But to give a “yes” to Michel would cost Millions of dollars that UC cannot afford to loose at this time. Lora brings to her position a new vision of expansion and she is aware that she needs to rally the right
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To Kill a Mockingbird – Reading Response #3 As I continue To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ new characters was introduced and the story gets more interesting. As chapter ten begins‚ Scout feels slightly ashamed of her father‚ because it seems like he doesn’t do anything remarkable. Atticus warns Scout and Jem that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird‚ “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird
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The motif of sexism clearly promotes injustice through instances of social inequality. Since the beginning of the novel‚ Scout shows her distaste of being a girl. Jem‚ as her older brother‚ definitely views girls as inferior‚ and thus believes he is better than Scout. When she was little‚ Jem teaches her that girls were disliked‚ because “girls always imagined things” and “if [she] started behaving like one [she] could just go off and find some to play with (54).” This influences Scout to be more
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Before I began reading To Kill a Mockingbird‚ I was aware that the setting (Southern Alabama in the 1930s) would play a significant role regarding the conflicts in the story. Although racial prejudice is the main focus in the novel‚ other issues that I found quite prominent were sexism and the firm enforcement of gender roles. Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch‚ having been raised without a mother‚ lacked many feminine characteristics and mannerisms. In today’s terms‚ she would be called a “tomboy”. While
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next morning Aunt Alexandra was‚ “radiating waves of disapproval‚” when she found out that Jem and Scout sneaked out the past night to go spy on Atticus. Aunt Alexandra believes that kids who slips out at night were are a disgrace to the family. Atticus replied with a witty remark of‚ “I was right glad my disgraces came along.” This page shows the constant fight between Aunt Alexandra and Atticus. This is a person versus person conflict which has been everlasting since Aunt Alexandra moved in. I believe
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had to get rid of all political parties and political opposition. Also he had to get rid of anyone who had or wanted political control. Alexander II’s liberals ministers‚ M‚T. Loris-Melikov and N.P. Lgnatiev left the office‚ and were replaced with Alexandra III own mistiers‚ Pobedonostsev‚ chief procurator of the Holy Synod of the Russia Orthodox Church. Also he had to make sure that all power was given only to the Tsar‚ so he had to restrict the Zemstvas power‚ because the Zemstva meant that all power
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Lee shows the reader the terrible consequences of racism through the trial of Tom Robinson‚ showing the importance of overcoming of prejudice to stop such tragedies happening today. Moreover the prejudice of social classes is shown through Aunt Alexandra and her judgement on others based on their family history causing her to look down on people. Harper Lee shows the assumptions people make about those they do not understand and how it important not to let prejudice affect our attitudes towards others
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How far was WW1 the main cause of the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917? Tsar Nicholas II was the head of the Romanov family who had ruled Russia for five generations from 1613 to 1762. When Nicholas had inherited the throne he married Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse‚ who was from Germany. They had five children together‚ but their popularity was starting to fall by 1914. When there was the outbreak of the war‚ the Russian people criticised Alexandra’s German heritage and Nicholas’s failure
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beside them. A form of social prejudice is when Aunt Alexandra forbid Scout to play with Walter Cunningham‚ a poor boy whom Scout attends school with. This is because Aunt Alexandra sees Walter and his family as poor and beneath the Finches‚ in her words‚" ...they’re good folks. But they’re not our kind of folks." This shows that to the Maycomb citizens‚ social status is an extremely important issue. Also‚ in Tom Robinson’s case‚ Aunt Alexandra also advices Atticus not to take up the case‚ as it
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