Eleanor Roosevelt‚ Former First Lady of the USA‚ once stated‚ “Do what you feel in your heart to be right‚ for you’ll be criticized any ways.” I find this quote to be so inspiring because many don’t want to voice their opinion to not contradict other people’s belief. This quote also relates to me because I am a leader and have dealt with the issue of being scrutinized for my own beliefs. When I was younger‚ I was a bystander of bullying because I feared to be the next victim. I never stood up to
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neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls‚ a broken watch and chain‚ a pair of good-luck pennies‚ and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing‚ and it made me sad.”(Lee‚ 2) This quote is in the beginning of the book when they both judged Boo Radely. After he gave them all of these wonderful items they finally start to realize he is a compassionate man. He is beyond lonely and just wants someone to accept him for who he is‚ not what
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Everett Gray couldn’t tell you the last time he could properly breathe. Even during hockey competitions‚ there had always been an issue where he couldn’t quite get the amount of air that he really needed to keep going. Sweat would run down his cold skin‚ as he pulled at the collar of his uniform. His chest would heave‚ yet all the air seemed to get stuck in his throat‚ turning into a suffocating lump. He felt his phone vibrating in his pocket‚ but he refused to make a move to look at the messages
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The government is trying to control and brainwash them and it is working for them. The society of Fahrenheit 451 has forbiden the possession of books. This quote is very significant because Beatty knows that Montag has possession of a book‚ Montag is nervous to turn the book in because he is afraid of the consequences. This shows that books are illegal and not common in their society. Most people in Montag’s
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completely inappropriate for classroom discussion. However‚ “This book is about racism. These people‚ the racists‚ are barely human‚ and as proven by the end of the book‚ don’t deserve the consideration commonly given to civilized people.” (Stagger). This quote shows that although the racist language is included in the text‚ it does not say it is okay to use such verbal indiscretion. “The word is not hurtful. How it is used is hurtful‚ the person who is saying it is hurtful.” (“60 Minutes: Huckleberry Finn
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right‚ you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself‚ and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe- This quote to me means that everything happens for a reason and it is sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. I think that this quote says that Everything that happens in one way or another has a direct impact on who you are. How you look at and react to everything that happens around you goes into defining who you
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Reid Jackson Dr. Kathryn Williams A Different Shade of Gray The basis for chosing this study over middle age people in the inner city was simply because I have found myself living amongst this population and have personal connections with those who have overcome hardships‚ and those who are trying to dig themselves out of the hole. The area in which I live in is poverty stricken‚ filled with broken homes as well as broken people who are feeling the reprocutions of past generations. These individuals
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can hear you… I could bury you under the floor --- and I might do it” (39). This evidence shows how Rosa abuses her power by talking to Matt like he is an unholy‚ filthy beast and keeping him completely isolated from the rest of humanity. Rosa’s quote is important to understand because it is where the corruption starts‚ but soon it escalates because no one has challenged her authority over Matt. Another piece of evidence is‚ “Rosa suddenly swung him up by his arms and tossed him inside. He landed
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move on from the past into the future. Tom’s isolation from the world is captured negatively through the use of personification‚ he quotes “I curled myself into a little ball‚ hid my head in my knees and let the darkness suck me into its belly” this indicates how badly tom has
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to find where she belongs in her two different cultures and trying to find a balance of both. Jose being a ’bastard’ reflects how she does not feel she belongs in her family‚ as her nonna has always blamed Jose’s mother‚ Christina for her birth. A quote that proves this is "Nonna says where lucky to be included‚ because we’re cursed we don’t really belong." Jose’s father is not in the picture leaving Christina as a single parent which is frowned upon in society. At school she is put down through racist
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