In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as Scout‚ has a particularly innate personality. Scout always does what she is told‚ unless she is with her brother Jem. When they are together she does whatever comes naturally to her. Scout is especially good‚ unusually intelligent‚ and remarkably unselfish. Scout has good intentions when planning her actions‚ most of the time. The one exception was when she acted profanely towards poor little Walter Cunningham
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cultural alienation due to his Polish heritage. Their home on 10 Mary Street is a small space of security in an otherwise foreign land. This familiarity is evoked through vivid garden imagery‚ and we can picture “rows of sweet corn; Tended roses and camellias” which his parents care for “like adopted children”. The simile emphasises the parent’s affection for the garden‚ which they have cultivated and grown together as family. In essence it has become a piece of their homeland‚ suggested by the tableau
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every time they go by her house. One time‚ Mrs. Dubose calls Atticus a ‘n-lover’. Jem gets furious and in retaliation‚ snatches Scout’s baton‚ running “flailing wildly up the steps into Mrs. Dubose’s front yard. … He [Jem] … cuts the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned‚ until the ground was littered” (137). When Atticus gets home that evening‚ he steps one foot in the door and yells to Jem to see if he was responsible for Mrs. Dubose’s yard. When Jem responds that he is‚ Atticus berates him
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father is no better than the niggers and trash he works for!” (Lee pg.102). later as Scout and Jem are passing the house of Ms.Dubose Scout states “For a few minutes he simply went mad….he did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Ms.Dubose owned……By that time I was shrieking‚ Jem yanked my hair‚ said he didn’t care‚ he’d do it again if he got a chance‚ and if I didn’t shut up he’d pull every hair out of my head‚ I didn’t shut up and he kicked me.”(Lee pg.102-103). This
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English 10 Drug Addiction and To Kill a Mockingbird According to Harper Lee‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is a clear representation of any civilization. Drug addiction wasn’t clearly represented in To Kill a Mockingbird. The incident with Mrs. Dubose doesn’t represent the struggles of modern day drug addicts. Drug addiction today is more severe than it is in represented in To Kill a Mockingbird. Today people who choose to abuse harmful drugs are more likely to get addicted than those who use morphine
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readers with a portrayal that Skrzynecki had a connection with the garden in his house‚ and the repetition of agriculture through the poem emphasizes his connection to it. The cumulative listing “Plants-grew‚ and rows of sweet corn‚ tended roses and camellias” creates and image for the readers and helps them to understand what the poet is connected too. The garden is a representation of the landscape he was familiar with in
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such as destroying Mrs. Dubose’s flowers. This is simply remedied after Atticus explains to Jem that Mrs. Dubose was indeed a “lady.” Jem‚ not being able to mentally process what his father is saying‚ incinerated the small candy box that held the camellia‚ given to Jem from Mrs. Dubose(in her will) via Atticus. He destroyed the box‚ but he held onto the flower‚ with its pearl white petals shining in the warm light of the fire. This action illustrates Jem’s final understanding for Mrs. Dubose and her
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2- Age-specific fecundity table: Age-specific survivorship (lx) and fecundity (mx) of the vine mealybug‚ P. ficus (Signoret) on three ornamental plant leaves are shown on a comprehensive data in table (4‚ 5 and 6) and figure (2). The first adult female emerged on day (20‚ 35 and 38) and the earliest egg laying was recorded just after (5‚ 3 and 3) days of female emergence and egg laying almost continued till the death. On the other hand the first adult female death was recorded in the 36‚ 46 and 49
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is putting the people he loves in danger‚ he feel he has to do the case because or else he wouldn’t be confident in himself or his job. In addition‚ Atticus teaches Jem and Scout to be responsible for their actions. When Jem cuts Mrs. Dubose’s camellia buds‚ Atticus makes Jem take responsibility for his actions by apologizing to her. When he comes back‚ Jem states that Mrs. Dubose wants him to read to her. “‘…She wants me to come every afternoon after school and Saturdays and read to her out loud
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