The novel “To kill a mocking bird” by Harper Lee follows the tale of a honourable and morally upright man‚ Atticus Finch‚ a lawyer and a father to two children‚ Scout and Jem. Atticus had taken on a case to defend a black man but all though he’s taken on this case he also admires teaching his children‚ how to read a write. All of these events exemplify the theme of courage‚ as Atticus meets resistance from others and stands up to them. Atticus has decided to take on this case which I feel to
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THE GOLDEN BIRD THAT TARNISHED In the 19th century‚ the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century‚ it was totalitarianism. In this century‚ it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking‚ acid attacks‚ bride burnings and mass rape. Yet if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount importance‚ in an economic and geopolitical sense the opportunity they represent is even greater. “Women hold up half the sky‚” in
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Is the verdict predictable or not? A black man accused of assaulting a white woman would be convicted quickly. The delay shows that they actually thought about the conviction. The verdict is a bit predictable because of the setting of the book. • As Scout waits for the verdict‚ she thinks of earlier events. What are these and how do they remind us of the novel’s central themes? She thinks about Atticus shooting the dog‚ Tim Johnson. The only difference is that
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describes the scene of birds singing early in the morning and how quickly the sereneness ends. The author uses diction and metaphors to describe the birds’ song. The author begins the first stanza with diction relating to time. The author states that “the birds began at four o’clock‚ their period for dawn.” The period could either refer to a period in musical arrangement or it could be referring to the fact the time the birds have is limited to dawn. The author hears the birds’ song‚ which is “music
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charging Tom Robinson guilty. No where did it say the bias jury initially had a guilty verdict in mind‚ but with the attitude towards blacks in Maycomb County‚ Lee made it bluntly obvious that they had no intention of pronouncing Tom innocent. In the book Atticus made it very clear‚ "In our courts‚ when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s‚ the white man always wins." Just as in the horde outside the jailhouse‚ another member of the Cunningham family played the outsider of this group. Atticus
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The “Path of the left Hand” from the The Spirit Bird is a story about a man name Myron who goes through a life changing experience. Myron is tired of his regular life and decides to meet a new partner to explore new things about himself. Even though we dont if Myron went through with it‚ the story goes well into detail about the conflict Myron is facing. The story begins by introducing Myron and describing his life. Myron is a Pharmacist in the small town of Globe‚ Arizona‚ he’s married for 30 plus
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WHAP – Duez Chapter 7 - Classical Era Variations: Africa and the Americas 500 B.C.E.–1200 C.E. Chapter Learning Targets • To make students aware of classical civilizations that evolved outside of the more well-known civilizations of Eurasia • To explore the development of civilizations in Africa and the Americas • To consider the factors that make civilizations develop in some regions but not in others • To raise the possibility of complex civilizations without any recognizable centralized
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in love with her can seize anyone who watches it. Also‚ the dazzling music and setting launch the audience back into the time in which this incredible play takes place. But now a new version of this wonderful play has been created in the form of a movie that gives it a bit more spunk and pulls the audience‚ even more‚ into a grueling love triangle between a beautiful young actress and two men who would fight to the death for her affection. The Broadway version of this play has been preformed to
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Extinct Species: Dodo Bird Joseph Sulaiman Pd.2 The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves‚ it stood about a meter (3.3 feet) tall‚ weighing about 20 kilograms (44 lb)‚ living on fruit‚ and nesting on the ground. The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history and was directly attributable
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How do Scout and Jem change and develop during the course of the novel? Firstly at the beginning of the novel scout and Jem are childish and play childish games. ’Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo radley come out.’ In the novel making Boo radley come out is seen as a childish game because boo never comes out. The adults of maycomb just leave him alone as he has not been out all of his life. This shows scout’s and Jem’s immaturity because they just think of what they want‚ which is
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