At the time in the 1930s‚ racism was everywhere. There were segregated everything‚ bathrooms‚ parts of the bus‚ and just about anything you could think of. This mentality was very common at the time‚ and influenced many people greatly. This is seen in the book To Kill A Mockingbird as well‚ through people’s behavior‚ and attitude to the african american population. In the novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ extraordinary courage is shown by many people‚ and is expressed by the author by using diction and
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of school and had already got in trouble for being able to read and write. When lunch time comes Miss Caroline offers to give Walter Cunningham a quarter to get lunch. When Walter declines the offer Scout speaks up for him despite the fact that she hasn’t started the day on the right foot. Scout explains why Walter can’t take the quarter by saying‚ “ The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back-no church baskets and no scrip stamps.” Another example of courage that Scout exhibited was when
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same way. As Scout matures‚ when Atticus does not help her‚ she tries to rise up conversation with Mr. Cunningham at the jail when the mob gathers to talk with Atticus about Tom Robinson. Scout does not know what was really happening between Mr. Cunningham and Atticus. So‚ noticing they were all serious and not very talkative‚ she tries to rise up a conversation by thinking of something Mr. Cunningham was interested in - then talking about it. Scout tries hard to walk in people’s shoes‚ but she really
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Cunningham‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Jem. When Atticus helps Mr. Cunningham with his entailment‚ he is fully aware of Mr. Cunningham’s inability to pay him back by conventional means. Mr. Cunningham proclaims that he “[doesn’t] know when [he’ll] ever be able to pay [Atticus]‚” but Atticus is confident that “before the year’s out‚ [he]’ll have been paid” (27). Knowing that Mr. Cunningham can’t pay him‚ Atticus has no reason to offer his help. However
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"Wetlands and Habitat Loss"‚ Elaine Mao states "Due to their unique characteristics‚ wetlands can support a wide diversity of plants‚ mammals‚ reptiles‚ birds and fish". To reiterate‚ the unique ecosystem found in wetlands‚ provide favorable conditions for a diverse set of organisms to live in. Furthermore‚ wetlands‚ such as those found in Louisiana‚ can serve as a sanctuary for endangered animal and plant species. Once more‚ in paragraph 8 of "Wetlands and Habitat Loss"‚ Elaine Mao writes "The wetlands
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Maycomb and the rigid class structure has an extensive effect on the events. For instance‚ Scout condescends to Walter Cunningham when she is explaining to Miss Caroline about his situation. Scout judges Walter based on his family and she is labeling him as the "Cunningham family" which is seemingly meant to be poor and poverty. When Scout tells Miss Caroline about the Cunningham‚ she thinks it is "clear enough" (24) to the rest of the people. The story is set during the Great Depression‚ at a time
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to attention throughout the book. It is ironic that Scout‚ the youngest person in the book‚ is the only person to realize and point out the problem of hypocrisy which is so prevalent in people like Mrs. Gates‚ in the missionary club‚ and Walter Cunningham. Mrs. Gates is Scout’s new
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Literature 16 April 2008 “A Married State”: Single women are better off than married ones. Katherine Philips’s “A Married State” addresses that marriage is not merry and that the ones who can should stay single for as long as possible. Just as Elaine Hobby writes‚ “Where romantic love appears in writings of this period…it is rarely noble or devine‚ and marriage does not of itself bring life’s ‘real satisfactions’” (71)‚ Philips writes about love in “A Married State” but does not believe it is
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Growing up I was taught to marry someone that is just as intelligent as myself and we’d have intelligent kids. That idea is the more intelligent people we have in the world will help make the world a better place. Which later on brings the idea of eugenics into play. Eugenics is the science of improving a human population by controlling the human reproduction to increase desirable characteristics. Genes are unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some
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Tales Of King Arthur Since the romanticizing of the Arthurian legends by Geoffery of Monmouth‚ the historian‚ during the twelfth century‚ the legendary ’king of England’ has been the source of inspiration for kings‚ poets‚ artists and dreamers alike. The most famous work is probably Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur‚ completed around 1470‚ and published in many abridged and complete versions. Malory’s work contains in one the legend that had been continually added to over
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