Colleen McCullough – The Remarkable Author The Thorn Birds is a good story that McCullough’s skill lies in. It is to be regretted that she is not a serious literary stylist. Unquestionably‚ her characters are sometimes standardized‚ their approaches about each other tend to be too authentic and too specific. Moreover‚ stories about the people is always cared by readers. Besides‚ readers also believe in those stories. She has the aptitude of weaving the reader into her novels to the extent that unbelievable
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“I am the words‚ thou the melody; I the seed‚ thou the bearer; the heaven I‚ the earth thou.”- Homeless Bird. Hari is a character from the novel Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan. Hari is young and lives in India. He is also married to the main character of the book Koly and the rest of Hari’s family consists of ‚ he is very sick and dying of Tuberculosis. “Lying there in his bed without his wedding garments‚ he looked as thin as a willow twig and really weak‚” since Hari is dying from disease and
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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson all represent innocent mockingbirds. Atticus tries to always do the right thing making him harmless to the town. Boo Radley a caged bird in his own is innocent but still gets ridiculed by people for his reputation. Tom Robinson‚ a hardworking man‚ is brought down by the racism of the south. All three of these characters are innocent “mockingbirds” that it would be a sin to harm because
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Scared to Death During the latter part of the year in Massachusetts‚ 1918‚ all hell broke loose. Jane Brox‚ the author of the devastating essay “Influenza 1918‚” describes the influenza that happened in her hometown before she was born as she states “the flu cut right through‚ spreading ahead of its own rumors‚ passing on a handshake and on the wind and with the lightest kiss.” (Brox 80). The flu was airborne and unstoppable. Deadly‚ the small hospitals began to fill up with patients sickened and
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Munksgaard‚ pg 240-246) Moller‚ A‚ P (1991)” Clutch size‚ nest predation and distribution of avian unequal competitors in a patchy environment”. Ecology Vol. 72‚ No. 4 (Aug.‚ 1991)‚ pp. 1336-1349. Angelstam‚ p (1986)‚ “Predation on ground-nesting birds ’ nests in relation to predator densities and habitat edge”. (Oikos. Vol. 47‚ 1986. Munksgaard. p 365-373) Crabtree‚ RL‚ L.S. Broome‚ and M.L. Wolfe. 1989. Effects of habitat characteristics on nest predation and nest-site selection. (J Wildl. Manage
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Danielle Morton Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ takes place during a racially intense time in history. Harper Lee’s novel was intended to bring a harsh sense of reality to the real world‚ and was meant to demonstrate how it really was during this time in history. To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story of Scout Finch and her brother‚ Jem‚ in 1930’s Alabama. Through their neighborhood meanderings and the example of their father‚ they grow to understand
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Drew Barker Hudson and Waugh English I Honors November 12‚ 2010 Men and Society “Around here once you got a drop of negro blood‚ that makes you all black‚” (162). Racial tension continues to be an issue in society. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ Lee uses racial tension to demonstrate the many conflicts that people face in southern culture‚ conflicts like Man versus Man‚ and different strains of Man versus Society. When this novel was written‚ discrimination against
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Outside the courtroom Scout and Dill meet Mr Dolphus Raymond who is different to most of the residents in Maycomb as he tries to avoid conflict in many ways. Dolphus Raymond owns alot of land and comes from a repected Maycomb family‚ despite this he doesn’t behave like white people‚ there’s alot of gossip about him because he’s different. Everyone thinks that Dolphus Raymond is a drunk‚ but Dill discovers ‘it’s nothing but Coca-Cola’ that he drinks. He pretends it’s whisky so people can blame his
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Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set in a time of the depression and where racism is dominant‚ in Maycomb‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Jem is the older brother of Scout and sometimes he does not take responsibility of his actions but now knows that he needs to be responsible and courageous. Jem is brave. He shows bravery while looking out for Scout‚ taking chances and standing up for what he believes in. While watching out for Scout‚ Jem is brave. For example‚ Jem decides that he wants Boo Radley
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Tom Robinson‚ the Guilt Free Man “What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson‚ a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro.” (Lee 203) In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Tom Robinson‚ an innocent and nice black man was accused a raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus Finch is Tom Robinson’s lawyer‚ and he has it all under control and is able to prove his point that Tom Robinson
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