What does it mean to be courageous? Atticus‚ Scout‚ Boo Radley and‚ Mrs. Dubose all represent what it means to be courageous in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is courageous for representing Tom Robinson. The town that Atticus lives in is a town filled with racism. The town’s usual diseases is racism. Atticus knows this better than anyone but still chooses to accept Tom’s case and fight because of his morals. His biggest reason for fighting is that he says he wouldn’t be able to live with
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Have you ever thought about the meaning of courageous? Or how to be courageous? Being courageous is something anyone can do. For example standing up for what you believe in like Rosa Parks or saving what you love and have a passion for during a war like the Monuments Men Foundation. You can even sacrifice for others like the International Women of Courage Awards recognized women for. There are many ways to be courageous. To begin with Rosa Parks stood up for what she believed in and what she thought
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Bergeron Wendy Wang Sep‚ 23/2013 Quotes: (w/pg#s) or paraphrased summaries w/pg#s quotes Response: question‚ comments-opinions‚ connection‚ prediction (2-5 sentences each) 1. ……said Hazel‚ “I’d have chimes on Sunday-just chimes. Kind of in honor of religion” I don’t know what does this line mean‚ but why would she only have chimes on Sunday? This quote is a T-W quote. This quote means that what Hazel will do when she was the handicap general in Harrison
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Cry the Beloved Country When the earth’s humans were endowed with that spark of life‚ that intelligence that enabled them to plan ahead for the future generations of all of the creatures inhabiting the earth‚ and indeed even the very earth itself‚ only a few took up the challenge—they have since the “beginning” been the “People of the Earth”. Cry the Beloved Country is the story of some of those people who found themselves born to Africa. Alan Paton became their spokesperson the minute he wrote
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Businesses Don’t Need a Social Conscience In this article‚ “Businesses Don’t Need a Social Conscience” by Jack Harris in the issue of Today’s Business Student February 2007‚ Harris stated that businesses do not have empathy for the people or the community. Companies only focus on the primary goal of generating a profit and do not care about their customers; however‚ more issues should be addressed. He has a valid point that businesses focus mainly on their profits. An example of this is that they
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Ashley C Muench Dr. Andrew Pisano English 101-10 January 28‚ 2015 It’s Not Just the Shakes David Zinczenko argues in his short essay “Don’t Blame the Eater” that he has personal experience in the “helplessness” of gaining weight due to lack of options in the fast food industry. Zinczenko makes a strong argument that there are overwhelming amounts of fast food restaurants and deceiving calorie counts in the industry. Although constantly eating unhealthy will certainly play a role in weight gain
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Brandi Norman Title: HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience on why all of them should get the HPV vaccine. Central Idea: That both genders should by well persuaded to get the vaccine knowing how common it is‚ how you get it‚ and how to prevent it. Introduction: I. Sex‚ everyone has it and everyone likes it. It can only stay this way unless everyone protects their self in advance as well as during. A. I’m sure most‚ if not everyone‚ in here has had sexual
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Some wish that they could turn back time to the good old days‚ but are the old days that good that they are worth reliving? The title of this article answers that question: “Don’t Look to the ’Good Old Days’: 31 Ways Life Is Better than Ever Before.” Despite the several problems our generation is facing today‚ such as global warming‚ poverty‚ inequality‚ corruption‚ and traffic‚ the world is actually improving. Life is much better and easier now than it used to be‚ and the author has given thirty-one
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I didn’t experience my first Thanksgiving until I was 10 years old. For millions of Americans‚ Thanksgiving is a day for feasting on immense portions of food‚ watching football‚ and napping on the couch. However‚ for most of my life‚ it was just an ordinary day like any other‚ in which I was allowed to miss school‚ play games‚ and even watch some TV. It wasn’t because I didn’t know about Thanksgiving. I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make
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David Zinczeko argues in his article “Don’t blame the eater” that fast food companies are not to blame for the hundreds of millions of people suffering from obesity. He claims that this is a matter of personal responsibility‚ regardless of nutritional label and mislead advertising. “We should know that it is bad to eat fast food more than once a day.” I concur with Zinczenko on this argument because a 13-month study had shown that even with nutritional labeling on fast food products customers did
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