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    four major characters in the story‚ but the main one being Alexandra. Alexandra’s father‚ John Bergson‚ was dying. He tells his two eldest sons that he was leaving the whole farmland‚ and the preservation that he had achieved in getting since his immigration from Sweden‚ to his daughter. It became clear that Alexandra was stronger and bolder than all of her brothers. However‚ when drought and depression came three years later‚ Alexandra became determined which allowed her to continue steadfastly

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    ANSWER From the above it follows that Alexandra and Charles made different promises to Bertram and the Décor Ltd director agreed to accept the lesser payment from Alexandra. In each situation there must be consideration (something in exchange) for all of the promises to be enforceable. Consideration was defined by Lush J in Currie v Misa as “some right‚ interest‚ profit‚ or benefit accruing to the one party‚ or some forbearance‚ detriment‚ loss or responsibility‚ given‚ suffered or undertaken by

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    Cather’s novel‚ O Pioneers‚ Alexandra Bergson‚ the provider of her family‚ is full of imagination. This ability to think outside the box has brought her success. Although she possesses this gift‚ the men around are considerably close-minded. Since the men in her life‚ especially her brothers‚ Lou and Oscar‚ and her long-time friend‚ Carl‚ are stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas they unintentionally deny her happiness and cause themselves to appear as “little men”. Alexandra is in love with Carl. However

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    brought in all respected Alexandra and respected her independence and her personality to strive for the best. Alexandra also went out and bought a Silo even though her brothers both didn’t agree with it. It ended up being a great decision and it wouldn’t have happened if Alexandra didn’t express the rights she felt she had. I believe a lot of Alexandra’s attitude about not caring what other people think‚ and doing what she feels‚ came from her father. By expressing to Alexandra in his last words how

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    Kaitlyn Sattelberg   Period 6  To Kill A Mockingbird Theme Essay    In the book ​ To Kill A Mockingbird​  Harper Lee‚ writes about racial injustice. This book  shows how racism is just a way for people to feel better about their flaws. This theme mostly  represents one family in particular‚ the Ewells. Bob Ewell wants to feel better about himself so  he accuses a man of raping his daughter Mayella. However‚ Mayella isn’t all that innocent.   Bob Ewell is an alcoholic and immediately accused Tom Robinson of raping his daughter 

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    memory for me. Next‚ I needed to pick two classmates from our online discussion board to use as my participants. I took my time reading the responses from everyone that posted their memory and there ended up being two that stood out to me the most‚ Alexandra Stewart’s post and Katie Collin’s. I copy and pasted Alexandra’s and Katie’s posts into a separate word document that I could easily access and then I read over their stories a

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    Former president George W Bush is a charismatic jokester who knew when to be serious and a clown at the right times. He was nice to his media crew and cared for them like they were his close friends. For example he gave Alexandra relationship advice. He likes to make fun of himself and enjoys when others joke around with him. George Bush and his media crew seemed to get closer to each other the more time they spent together because they talked about personal issues with each other not just politics

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    society is marked by controversy‚ but people are stubbornly holding on to the old habits of their forefathers by resisting social change. Scout finds out why the people of Maycomb county are still grasping on to old habits by the analyzation of aunt Alexandra and the criticism Scout faces due to her non female apparel. In addition‚ Scout also reveals the condition of the Cunningham household by examining the different attributes of Walter Cunningham who represents the state of the Cunningham’s household

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    features which are used to make characters like Aunt Alexandra marginalized. Throughout the novel she is illustrated as a foil to Atticus’s attitudes and beliefs; additionally she symbolizes high-class society during the Great Depression. These techniques position the reader to view Aunt Alexandra as an antagonist. There are many reasons for the marginalization of characters and these are expressed through different textual techniques. Aunt Alexandra is primarily utilized as a contrast to Atticus through

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    are bitter-sweet‚ and so are many knowledgeable women. Aunt Alexandra in To Kill A Mockingbird portrays this very well. Although Alexandra Hancock is hypocritical and racist‚ she is also extremely loving. The south is harsh‚ yet has beautiful aspects‚ Alexandra Hancock makes this very clear. Due to Aunt Alexandra’s hypocritical‚ racist‚ and loving personality she shows Jem and Scout the beauty and flaws of southern culture. Aunt Alexandra is heavily involved with her missionary circle‚ and while on

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