I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In chapters 10 through 15 the trial becomes one of the main topics and causes many conflicts. Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with the Finch family‚ which leads to some quarrelling. In this journal I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Alexandra is an excellent mother to the children. As I am further reading To Kill a Mockingbird I begin to characterize Atticus. I characterize Atticus as a caring and wise individual
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In “The Dead” by James Joyce‚ the character‚ Gabriel is finding out who he is through his relationship with his wife and how he will handle his Aunt Julia’s death. Joyce illustrates these things through imagery‚ motif of time‚ and diction. Imagery is used throughout the excerpt in order for the reader to understand the feeling of death that Gabriel experiences. Gabriel is watching his wife “while she slept” and listening “to her deep-drawn breath”. He is watching his wife sleep as if she was on
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The sirens were getting louder as the squad car got closer‚ so Shy and I moved to the back of Aunt Libb’s car in my apartment parking lot so we could be “nosey neighbors” and see what all the commotion was about. A little red car came speeding along and stopped directly in our range while at the four-way stop at the corner of my block when the passenger hopped out the car and took off running towards the right. Seconds later the squad car stops behind the car and the cops (both driver and passenger)
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Comparing Poems I am going to be talking about their methods that the poets use to explore the connection between people and the places in which they live in. The poems that I am comparing are Hurricane hits England and Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan. In Hurricane Hits England the techniques used are personification‚ she says “Talk to me oya” here referring to the hurricane as a person‚ she is doing this to try and feel like she is at home‚ trying to connect back to where she came from‚ it
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Report Table of Content About Merle Hodge…………………………………………………3 Book Summary…………………………………………………….. 4 Setting………………………………………………………………..5 Major Characters o Tee…………………………………………………………..6 o Tantie………………………………………………………..7 o Aunt Beatrice……………………………………………….8 Plot of the story………………………………………………………9 Major Theme………………………………………………………..10 [pic] [pic] About Merle Hodge [pic] Merle Hodge was born in the
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unpleasantness that happens at home‚ Adeline has people in her life that are willing to show affection and encouragement. She had her Aunt BaBa to show motherly affection‚ her friends who stand up to her and Mother Louisa and Ye Ye who both encourage Adeline on her future. Ever since Adeline was born‚ Aunt BaBa had been her only source of love and support. Aunt BaBa was the older sister of Adeline’s father and because she was unmarried and had no money of her own‚ Niang and Adeline’s father
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Higher Order Thinking Skills Subject: English ( Flamingo- Prose) CLASS – XII Text Book - Flamingo THE LAST LESSON Alphonse Daudet Q.1. “When a people are enslaved‚ as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison” Comment with reference to the lesson ‘The Last Lesson’. Q.2. Describe the measures linguistic minorities take to keep their languages alive. What would happen if they do not take
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Agnes) on the first week of school. Her Aunt Baba treasures Adeline’s award by placing it in her special safe-deposit box. Adeline is close to her Aunt Baba‚ asking her about her deceased mother. Aunt Baba isn’t willing to share what she knows but Adeline learns that her mother died from a fever two weeks after she was born. Chapter 2: A Tianjin Family The whole family (seven children‚ her Father and Niang‚ her Grandfather Ye Ye‚ Grandmother Nai Nai and Aunt Baba (older sister of her Father) lived
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consistory room waiting for the service to start. We entered the church by order of family age. First came Aunt Gerry‚ Uncle Herman and family‚ next Aunt Linda‚ Uncle Jack and family‚ then Uncle Rick‚ Aunt Liz and family‚ next Aunt Trudy‚ Uncle John and family‚ then my family‚ next Aunt Jean‚ Uncle Bernie and family‚ and finally Uncle Gord‚ Aunt Michelle and family. There were also several great-aunts and uncles. Together we took up about a third of the space in the church pews! The main point of the
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both stories‚ there is a character who has given up something important and significant in their lives. In “A Wagner Matinee”‚ Aunt Georgiana gave up a life of music and culture‚ for a life of hardship on the prairie. Likewise‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ from “The Story of an Hour”‚ gave up her freedom with marriage. For both characters‚ these sacrifices came with great costs. For Aunt Georgiana‚ a life without music is painful enough. After the matinee is finished and the guests have all left‚ she out cries and
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