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    What does Alexandra do to make her farm and family successful? When Alexandra’s brothers‚ Lou and Oscar‚ insist they sell the farm to leave the Divide‚ Alexandra protests they keep the land. She is convinced she can find an alternative way to farm the Divide. Alexandra explores the river country because of her interests in learning new farming methods to save her father’s farm. Unfortunately‚ Alexandra becomes disappointed when she discovers the river country is no more flourishing than the

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    Mockingbird"‚ the author‚ Harper Lee‚ makes it clear that the expectations that Aunt Alexandra had for people were immoral. Aunt Alexandra expected Scout to dress and act like a lady. She wanted her to do things‚ such as wearing dresses‚ talking like a lady‚ and not doing things that boys do. However‚ Scout was not ready to make that change‚ because she was used to doing the exact opposite of what Aunt Alexandra asked her. She was doing things that boys would do‚ like wearing overalls‚ running around

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    Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem) and Jean Louise Finch (Scout)‚ are influenced by many different individuals. Two of the characters that influence the two children are Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra. In the novel‚ Miss Maudie displays to Jem and Scout: positivity‚ empathy‚ and tells them not to harm the innocent; while Aunt Alexandra teaches mostly Scout to keep calm even in difficult situations‚ to put your family first‚ and to comfort those who are going through a difficult time. Miss Maudie has a great

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    Plaintiff‚ ) ) v. ) Case No. 06-2323-02-NBA ) Alexandra Anderson ) ) Defendant. ) _______________________) BRIEF IN REGARDS TO DEFENDANT KNOWINGLY RECEIvING STOLEN GOODS FACTS OF THE CASE On September 11th‚2012 Alexandra Anderson made an appointment for September 15th‚ 2012 with the Apple Genius Bar at their Woodland Hills location in Tulsa‚ Oklahoma. On September 15th Alexandra Anderson arrived at the Apple Store located at 021 S Memorial Dr. Tulsa

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    and life values. Atticus‚ Boo Radley‚ and Aunt Alexandra are three influential people in the novel that shape who Jem and Scout will become. Atticus teaches Jem and Scout accepted behavior in society. Similarly‚ he educates them about tolerance. Also‚ the children learn to respect their elders through their father’s interactions with Maycomb and others. .Although Boo did not speak to the children in the beginning of the novel‚ he has

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    The Manifestation of the South: Aunt Alexandra By: Shruti In her riveting novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee embarks on a journey to a land not-so-distantly in the past‚ and she singlehandedly replicates the bigotry and haughtiness of the hushed little town of Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930s. Aunt Alexandra is the very manifestation of the Southern

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    in fact he was cheating on her with another woman called Alexandra. On the pass of the day‚ he started to have depression and bipolarity disorders by Alexandra manipulations. Due to Alexandra manipulations‚ he had no other way that he just tells the truth to his wife about the affair with the women. Another character in this movie is Alexandra‚ an editor of a publishing company. She meets Dan and has an affair. The two criteria that Alexandra meets are personality disorder and impulse- control disorders

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    2011-01-20 T.K.A.M.B Essay by Zainab Salman Scout has a lot of people who influence her but from a womanly perspective from miss maudie which is positive‚ from aunt Alexandra which is negative and calpurnia which is positive. In To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee 3 characters influence scout the most. The criteria is miss maudie’s influence on scout ‚ aunt Alexandra’s influence on scout and calpurnia’s influence on scout

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    childhood. Possessing glaringly different personalities‚ Scout nevertheless finds something to learn from each of them. Even though Scout was initially antagonistic with her aunt‚ she comes to admire Alexandra and learns from her to do what is needed and rise to the occasion with grace and dignity after Alexandra successfully demonstrates

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    and the presence of the trial being held. Scout hears Alexandra say‚ “She won’t let him alone about Tom Robinson. She almost said Atticus was disgracin’ the family” (288). It is evident through this text her disgust regarding Tom. It is uncommon for these feelings seeming that in Maycomb‚ inequity against the black community is truly apparent. A white man trying his best to protect Tom‚ a Negro‚ is perceived as a shame‚ which is what Alexandra has felt bearing in mind that her own brother is doing

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