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    Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an inventor ‚ architect‚ and American engineer. He designed buildings to work with technology to meet the needs of modern life.He also made many designs for automobiles‚ buildings‚ and cities. In 1940‚ Fuller came up with a new idea for a domed structure. He called this structure a geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is great and light. It covers a vast open space with no inside supports. Born in Milton‚ Massachusetts‚ July 12‚1895‚ the son of Richard Buckminster

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    Germany; however‚ Scout observes how she overheard Mrs. Gates talking about how happy she was Tom was convicted and that the black folks in the community needed to be kept in their place. Another example is when Scout is sitting down with Aunt Alexandra and her circle of friends. Mrs. Merriweather refers to the northerners as "hypocrites" for setting their blacks free but refusing to congregate with them or treat them as equals. She states that down south they have a reasonable way of life - the

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    | 63 | Arrange meeting with customer | Loss of company’s Good will | 4 | 5 | 45 | Issue warning letter to the right person. | Loss of profit | 3 | 5 | 15 | Proper monitoring | ALEXANDRA FEEDBACK: the HR department did not employ the number of

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    racism. By examining the characters‚ the reader learns that mistreating or excluding someone can really affect them in many ways physically and mentally. Calpurnia is an African American woman that works as a maid for the Finch’s house. When Aunt Alexandra came to live with them for a while‚ she told Atticus to fire Calpurnia because she feels like having

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    education in the novel is when Aunt Alexandra teaches Scout to be a lady and Cal teaching the children to behave properly. Scout at first does not agree and feels very uncomfortable about it. She has always been a girl with no girly manners especially because she had no mother to teach her such discipline. Scout has to discover and map in order to make it to womanhood. Jem as well learns the same lessons in which men don’t always operate by the visible rules. As aunt Alexandra continues to teach Scout of

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    take care of the house. In Maycomb‚ this can be seen very clearly. Women were supposed to take care of their kids‚ and one can perceive this when Aunt Alexandra comes to help take care of Jem and Scout. Women were expected to act like the traditional Southern woman which means to act like everybody else and follow the rules. For example Aunt Alexandra wants Scout to wear dresses and play tea instead of wearing jeans and acting like a boy. Another way this is seen‚ is when Scout and Jem are talking

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    Chapter 6  Dear Diary‚              Today was not very pleasant. Me‚ Scout and  Dill sneaked out to Boo Radleys tonight to annoy  him again. We did not see him‚ but we did see  something in the window when we looked inside. A  shadow of a man. We ran like hell after seeing the  mysterious figure‚ and a shotgun could be heard  coming after us! We jumped over the fence‚ but my  pants got caught in the barbed wire on the way out‚  so I ran off without them. We got home to find  Atticus and the neighbours looking at us in disgrace

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    Scout Finch‚ or also known as Jean Louise Finch is the narrator in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird. In the beginning of the novel‚Scout is five years old‚ the daughter of a prominent lawyer Atticus Finch. Jem “Jeremy Finch” is Scouts older brother. The family lives in a small town called Maycomb County in the city of Alabama. Scout has grown up without a proper mother by her side‚ throughout the book she develops a certain character which shows that she is not like most girls that wear

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    past. Scout on the other hand has no interest in becoming a lady anytime soon. In chapter 4‚ it clearly states‚ "When I said I could do nothing in a dress‚ she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants."(lee‚ 108) In this Aunt Alexandra was saying that girls weren’t meant for pants or dirty work but to leave that to men. There is also a part in the book that is sexist towards men‚ "’Boys don’t cook.’ I giggled at the thought of Jem in an Apron." This is saying that men are not supposed

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    mysterious. Also it is what Boo used to give the children gifts. | Scout | | A clock represents scout because just as a clock changes as time progresses‚ scout learns more over time and begins to see things differently. | Aunt Alexandra | | A calculator represents Aunt Alexandra because she wants everything to be precise just like when an answer comes out perfectly on a calculator. | Mrs. Dubose | | Ivanhoe represents Mrs. Dubose because when Jem ruined her bushes she made him read the book to her

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