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    Comparing Atticus to Jake

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    Atticus Finch‚ the hero of “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” and Jake Brigance‚ the leading man of “A Time to Kill‚” are both brave‚ determined lawyers. Though they share some similar techniques in the way they defend their clients‚ overall their methods as lawyers are quite different. In the courtroom‚ Atticus’ qualities are the same as they are in his everyday life. He takes being a lawyer seriously‚ and sees it as a calling‚ rather than a job. He is an experienced lawyer‚ and uses cross examination

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    Zeno Franco and Philips Zimbardo shows us and explains the thin line between good and evil in the “Banality of Heroism”. The line between good and evil have been explained through experimentation. The banality of heroism has been explained as when someone who waits for the chance to perform heroic act or a heroic deed. Heroism is when people do a selfless act and put themselves in risk to save or to help someone. It can be physical social and psychological as well. The main idea explained is that

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    Direct and Indirect

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    DIRECT AND INDIRECT In this section‚ We are going to see How the conversion of Direct to Indirect Speech and Indirect to Direct Speech is done? We may report the words of a speaker in two ways. 1. Direct Speech We may quote the actual words of the speaker as it is. This method is called Direct Speech. 2. Indirect Speech We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. This method is called Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. Example: • Direct: Clinton said‚ “I am very busy now

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    Holden Caulfield Heroism

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    sort of reward which is then used to bring enlightenment to those around them. Aristotle defines the tragic hero as someone who has noble goals and ideas who is unable to achieve their goals due to their own flaws. There are many examples of tragic heroism in Holden Caulfield‚ the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. Holden has several goals throughout the course of the novel but his progress is often interrupted by his hypocrisy‚ immaturity and his inability to see the beauty

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    Direct and Indirect

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    Topic: Direct and Indirect Speech We may report the words of a speaker in two ways:- (i). we may quote his actual words. This is called Direct Speech. (ii). We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. This is called Indirect Speech. For example: Direct: Ahmed said‚ “I am very busy now”. Indirect: Ahmed said that he was busy then. Direct Speech is that form of narration in which the actual words of a speaker are reported. It may

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    Geoffrey Lo E Block 1-6-15 Heroism Antigone is born under great wealth because of her parents and her family. She lives her whole life with no struggles and she is very lucky for that. Although both her parents die‚ she still has an extremely stable future. She is about to marry her cousin Haemon and still be filthy rich‚ but‚ she was not going to let that control her life. When Antigone hears about Creon’s law against the burial of her brother Polynices‚ she knew that someone had to make things

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    The Rattler The author uses different literary devices‚ including point of view and diction to show a character’s struggle in choice between regret and heroism. His use of first person point of view is used to convey regret‚ while his use of diction is used to show heroism. The author uses point of view to show the regret he felt. “...I could see him as I might have let him go‚ sinuous and self-respecting in departure over the twilit sands...” He uses the word “I” to indicate that it is in first

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is a story which includes racism but is a emotional life changing book at the same time. Along the story‚ we discover‚ with our narrator scout‚ what atticus‚ who is a lawyer and the father of scout‚ is going through and how he and his children are facing many threats to stop what he is doing- protecting a black man who is accused of rape that goes by the name of Tom Robinson. Most readers would suspect that he would give up his ground and surrender to the town‚

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    grammatical features to present the characters of Atticus‚ Scout and Jem‚ and the special relationship Atticus has with his children. In this assessment I will explore‚ evaluate and explain this bond that Atticus shares with his children. The story takes place during three years of the Great Depression in the fictional ‘tired old town’ of Maycomb‚ Alabama. The narrator‚ six-year-old Scout Finch‚ lives with her older brother Jem and their widowed father Atticus‚ a middle-aged lawyer. Atticus’s relationship

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    Homer defining heroism

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    Jonathan Brodhacker Brodhacker 1 Joe Baumann S06/07 6 March 2014 Iliad: How does Homer define heroism in the Iliad? Homer’s Definition of Heroism in the Iliad is the subject we will be discussing in this paper. I believe Homer’s view of a hero or of heroism is displayed by the hero showing bravery‚ compassion‚ and even friendship. While our particular heroes in the Iliad have what seems to be god-like qualities they both still have very real and human failings that eventually

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