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    white person will go there but that saintly j grimes Everett”. This shows that Miss merriweather is against anything to do with blacks and that if a white person befriends a black she wont talk to them we see this with the she acts about Atticus defending a black man. Lastly is the final quality of miss merriweather which is hypocrisy the way Harper Lee shows miss Merriweathers hypocrisy is through a remark were she was talking in that

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    consists of Atticus‚ Jem‚ Scout‚ Aunt Rachel and Calpernia. Atticus the father is put into a hard pressed situation when the judge appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson‚ the black man accused of raping a white girl. The whole town is against Atticus defending Tom and their whole family Is taking a verbal beating from members of the town that don’t like blacks people. The following paragraphs are going to be aimed at Jem Finch the oldest son who is starting to mature and understand things in a new way

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the character Atticus Finch is faced with many conflicts due to his belief of giving a fair trial. Atticus stands up for what is right‚ even when his family goes through negative reactions from the town. Atticus does not let the town affect what he knows is right. e does not let his family get effected by it either. In Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus represents bravery by demonstrating no race is better the the

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    Alalayan vs. NAPOCOR Alalayan and the Philippine Power and Development Company assails the power vested in NAPOCOR that "in any contract for the supply of electric power to a franchise holder‚" receiving at least 50% of its electric power and energy from it to require as a condition that such franchise holder "shall not realize a net profit of more than twelve percent annually of its investments plus two-month operating expenses." Also it could “renew all existing contracts with franchise holders

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    What is considered an effective composition? Is it the one that explains its ideas more clearly than the others? In order to have a clear and effective composition‚ the writer must make an appropriate use of genre. Genre provides the composition with style‚ design‚ appeal and approach towards the audience. In “Politics and the English language”‚ George Orwell managed to fulfill his purpose by making use of the different conventions of the composition’s genre. Orwell used his argumentative essay as

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    novel has an innocent story that is told through the eyes Scout Finch. Scout is a young girl who is growing up to become a woman‚ from a tom boy characteristic to an elegant young lady. Atticus Finch her father and the father to Jem too‚ is a lawyer defending a black man Tom Robinson. The point of view that this narrative novel is told from is from the lovely Scout Finch. Scouts been respectful throughout the novel especially the African-American people throughout her childhood‚ in the novel. This is

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    In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee Atticus’s ideas of justice are different from the status quo of Maycomb which causes conflicts for the Finch family. Atticus’s idea of justice is that everybody under the law should have equal rights and‚ should be treated equally. One of Atticus’s ideas of justice that go against Maycomb is that in the American court system all men are created equal. Atticus’s closing statement in chapter 20 page 274 states what he thinks of the court system. “Our courts

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    is equally capable of defending her marriage‚ jesting bawdily with Iago‚ and responding with dignity to Othello’s incomprehensible jealousy. Desdemona is at times a submissive character‚ most notably in her willingness to take credit for her own murder. The play‚ then‚ depicts Desdemona contradictorily as a self-effacing‚ faithful wife and as a bold‚ independent personality. This contradiction may be intentional‚ meant to portray the way Desdemona herself feels after defending her choice of marriage

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    Finch can be strongly applied to the title. Many citizens of Maycomb were very angry at him just because he was defending a black man‚ Tom Robinson. Kids at school were even calling him a "nigger lover." Cecil Jacobs says‚ "My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank!" (Lee‚ pg76) Atticus is doing nothing more than doing his job and defending a Negro. Yet‚ Cecil’s family‚ along with many others‚ are extremely upset with him. Also‚ Aunt Alexandria gives

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    Per Hindrikes Personal Journal #1 September 9th 2009 Basketball Step 1 The sport we played was basketball and we played it in the Georges-Vanier Park. The warm-up exercise was a simple game called bump. The object of the game is to score a basket before the person behind you scores a basket. If the person behind you gets it in‚ you are out of the game. We did not really cover any technical aspects of the game‚ but we did cover some tactical aspects. First of all there are 5 players on each

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