Have you ever had a painting that really spoke to you? When I visited the David Owsley Art Museum there was one painting in particular that stuck out to me‚ it was: Right Bird Left by Lee Krasner. Tis painting made me feel happy and gave me a lot of energy during the time I was at the museum. It caught the attention of my eye by using several different visual elements to depict an abstract representation art piece. Along with that it used principle of designs to help the visual elements play out
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Homer Yannos Hell‚ Satan’s Steps‚ Tailor’s Stitch January 14th‚ 1993 Dear Homer‚ It took a lot of effort to bring myself to give this to you. I guess we don’t speak a lot‚ so I thought writing this down would be easier. The weather hasn’t been very good either‚ so I think everyone finds it hard to bring themselves out of their sleeping bags at the moment. I can’t say I haven’t noticed the amount of time you and Fi spend together nowadays. I never really knew her before the trip‚ so I always
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Goals‚ Problems‚ or Responsibility? Harper Lee explores the story of two young children learning to become adults through all of their struggles in her historical fiction novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. With the opportunity to be able to learn to transition into adulthood from childhood‚ it brings many blessings but also many curses. Becoming an adult from an innocent child comes from many key components. The pieces of the puzzle for how children are taught to move from their innocent child-like state
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. These six chapters are about Jem‚ 13 and Scout‚ 9 dealing with the effects of Atticus’s case. Jem and Scout have always believed that Atticus is extremely boring‚ but he is actually quite the opposite. He could shoot really well and demonstrated his ability by shooting down old Tim Johnson. Furthermore‚ Atticus was gone and he didn’t want to leave the children home alone‚ so Calpurnia brought them to church. When they went to
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“How does Lee demonstrate the theme of courage in To kill a mockingbird?” Harper Lee makes the theme of courage clear and strong in the book “To kill a mockingbird”. Throughout the story there are many demonstrations of courage. Some of these are firstly masked to later be uncovered and at first they may not seem obvious. Some moments of the courage portrayed aren’t physical courage but rather mental and psychological. The story is narrated to us by Scout who is growing up in a small town known
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The Town of Maycomb and Its Choices Most Literature is influenced by where a book is written and the situation where it was created in. In The case of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee was influenced by the racism and injustice in Alabama 1933. “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee sets the book in the town of Maycomb during the great depression this effects many of the choices character’s made. Harper Lee’s story is filled with many families who were driven to poverty‚ many examples of racism in
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The character Walter Younger in the play A Raisin in the Sun is a man who believe true happiness is only achieved by living the American Dream to the fullest. Walter’s mind is twisted and warped by society into thinking money is the key to become truly happy in life. He is also living in a home where he is trying to live up to his dead father’s footsteps‚ which puts a lot of stress on his shoulders and he has a tough time trying to relieve his own self of this stress. Walter Younger is a perfect
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Throughout the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout‚ the narrator of the story‚ encounters many adventures in Maycomb‚ a town full of the disease of prejudice. She shows her curiosity and independence as a child by questioning and wondering about life in her community. Her independence leads her to question many of the prejudiced beliefs in her town‚ thus setting her in the minority. Scout’s independence is evidenced by her constant questioning of things around her. Sometimes‚ she asks questions
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injustice‚ social issues in the deep South of Alabama and the death penalty for rape. Mayella Ewell‚ a white‚ 19 year old girl‚ accuses Tom Robinson‚ a blackman from town‚ of rape. During her testimony she states Tom‚ “Took full advantage” of her. (TKAM‚ Lee 18:38) As Mayella accuses Tom of rape‚ mobs of people are outraged at the idea of a black man raping a white woman. The court is required to try Tom Robinson based on evidence and if he has committed rape and is convicted lawfully by a jury of his peers
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For some people‚ maturing can be a hard concept. It takes a level of focus to become mature and to be capable of going through things that eare hard to overcome. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Scout shows that she is capable of becoming mature and overcoming everything that she faces. Over the book Scout faces being bullied because of her dad defending an African American person‚ going through the trial and losing‚ and almost getting killed by Bob. Also she faced something that
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