Chapter 18: Mayella begins her testimony‚ she is nineteen and relatively clean compared to the rest of the Ewells. She lives with seven younger siblings who do not help with any chores and an alchoholic father. She also does not seem to know what friends even are. She says that she had offered Tom Robinson a nickel the evening of the incident to break up a chifferobe for her. Atticus questions her story. Like why she didnt put up a better fight or why the children didnt hear her screams‚ and most
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black woman and‚ Calpurnia sees this. After Tom Robinson is pronounced guilty Calpurnia would be expected to go out and want to fight for equal rights but she does nothing. Also when Aunt Alexandra moves in she thinks that Calpurnia is useless now that she is there to take care of the children. Aunt Alexandra says that she‚ “did not permit Calpurnia to make the
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Scout dearly in chapter nine. Aunt Alexandra tells Scout that she should be a "ray of sunshine in her father’s lonely life." But in response‚ Atticus denies this suggestion by saying‚ "There are already enough sunbeams in the family and to go about with her
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such as the controversy over Atticus defending Tom Robinson in his trial‚ and when Calpurnia‚ the black housekeeper‚ takes the Finch children to church. There are also issues in acceptable family values and structures and is best depicted when Aunt Alexandra comes to live with the Finches to teach Scout how to be ladylike. America during this time period was very segregated‚ especially in the South. In this book‚ Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ is accused of raping Bob Ewell’s daughter. The reader later
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1) In 1918‚ the year of the revolution‚ when her family was killed‚ Anastasia was 17. In the movie she was about 10. 2) Not all of her family was killed that day. In fact only Anastasia‚ her parents Emperor Nicholas Romanov‚ Empresses Alexandra‚ Agnostic’s sisters Olga‚ Tatiana and Maria‚ and her younger brother Alexei were killed on that day. Later in that month‚ Anastasia’s uncle Mikhail was murdered in Perm‚ her aunt Grand Duchess Elizabeth‚ her uncle Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich‚ along with
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Aunt Alexandra waited until call was in the kitchen then said “don’t talk like that in front of them” (pg.#209)to which atticus replied “talk like what in front of whom”. Aunt Alexandria said atticus shouldn’t be talking about racism in front of cal‚ because that’s all the blacks talk about is who is racists and who isn’t. When aunt alexandra says this she’s judging cal by thinking she gonna go back and talk about it with all her negro friends‚ she thinks this because cals black. Aunt alexandra does
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After the unexpected death of Tsar Alexander III‚ his son Nicholas II succeeded him in 1894‚ at the age of 26. That same year‚ he married his second cousin‚ Alexandra Feodorovna‚ the princess of Prussia. The couple had five children‚ but only one male descendant‚ Alexei‚ who suffered from haemophilia. There is much cause for speculation as to Nicholas’ suitability as Tsar. Nicholas started his reign with little experience or desire to rule. On the day of his coronation‚ over 1‚000 people were
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Courage is a virtue all great heroes need. However‚ real courage takes more than mere bravado or overcoming of fear; there are several meanings of the word. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the idea of courage can be seen in many forms and are illustrated through different characters. The book is set in the early 1900s‚ a time of racial segregation and the Great Depression in a small Alabama town called Maycomb. The main characters‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ and their father Atticus‚ experience
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new peers and friends. Unfortunately‚ that experience is over‚ the last exam has been taken and my grade is now final. We spoke on the phone briefly while I was in Belgium and recently after I returned to New York. I made you aware both times how Alexandra Chow contributes with assistance for the abroad students. I would like to elaborate on how things were handled. The Assistant Director of Student Services Alexander Chow made it clears that she is the go-to person for questions and concerns. I had
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matured in knowing the true definition of racism. In the novel‚ Scout asks Atticus if she can go back to Calpurnia’s church on Sunday‚ Aunt Alexandra responds for Atticus and tells Scout she may not go. Aunt Alexandra tells her this because she thinks that the Finches’ are in a “higher” ranking than the African Americans. Scout didn’t see why Aunt Alexandra said no‚ as to why she didn’t want her to go back to Calpurnia’s church. Scout doesn’t necessarily get the fact that it is unusual for white
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