be asked to be on the national team‚ to be one of best pitchers and batters in softball history‚ to be looked up to by every softball player in the world. This may seem impossible for most of us‚ even me. But for Jennie Finch‚ all she did was play the sport she loved. Jennie Finch started out young. She started playing the sport of softball as soon as she could. Her dad was the one to influence her and push her even as a child. She didn’t mind the pushing‚ she loved softball already. When Jennie
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Every person has a unique way to ‘parent’ their children. In the story‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ the character Atticus Finch is the caring and humble father to two children named Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and Jem Finch. These two kids are very independent because of the way Atticus has taken care of them. Atticus believes that you never know someone’s story from their perspective. He also thinks you should stand up for what you think is right and that everyone matters. All of these are
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has been an exampal to me. His good things cover the bad things that you could have ever seen. He is a person that has lots of love to what he is doing. It penetrats him to go to camp outs with our troop‚ and he has show me the Basic stuff of the scouts. He like to run for his track team Mesquite high school‚ and likes to teach people that he knows. He has gone to the course of N.Y.L.T.‚ and oak leaf‚ and now he has staffed for all of the two‚ and I am proud to represente to my brother‚ Alfonso.
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character of a novel is responsible for maintaining the stability of society within the novel‚ exhibiting qualities of a true hero‚ and constantly emphasizing the novel’s central themes. Atticus Finch serves as this core in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’‚ a novel written by Harper Lee. The story‚ set in the 1930’s‚ was written in a time when racism and discrimination to those who were different was rife in America‚ namely the southern states. Lee’s novel presented the problem in a new eye to the public‚ and
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The Real Atticus Finch “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young‚ compassionate with the aged‚ sympathetic with the striving‚ and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these‚” George Washington Carver once stated. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Atticus Finch‚ a father of Jem and Scout and a lawyer in Maycomb County‚ is tender‚ compassionate‚ sympathetic and tolerant with everyone he comes in contact with. He does
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The Innocence of Gertrude and Ophelia "Pretty Ophelia‚" as Claudius calls her‚ is the most innocent victim of Hamlet’s revenge in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Hamlet has fallen in love with Ophelia after the death of his father. Ophelia "sucked the honey of his music vows" and returned Hamlet’s affection. But when her father had challenged Hamlet’s true intentions‚ Ophelia could only say: "I do not know‚ my lord‚ what I should think." Ophelia was used to relying on her father’s directions
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According to Scout‚ "In all his life‚ Jem had never declined a dare." This also shows that he has a lot of pride. Jem also chose to defy Atticus’ order to go home that night at the jail cell‚ standing his ground. This prevented any possible injuries to Atticus. Jem is really protective of Scout. When Jem makes his first visit with Scout to Mrs Dubose’s house‚ Mrs Dubose greets him with "so you brought that dirty little sister of yours did you?" to which he replied with "my sister ain’t dirty." Scout could
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things done. Atticus Finch isn’t that kind of person‚ he is the opposite in the fictional novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee. In the novel Atticus is the father of two main characters Scout and Jem. Scout and Jem are young and don’t know much‚ this is noticed when Scout fights anyone that insults or makes fun of her and Atticus teaches her about life. Atticus is also a lawyer and is a good one at that and he is determined to do his job effectively. Atticus Finch is a determined‚ wise‚ and
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Atticus Finch exemplifies leadership. Finch is a soft spoken attorney in the post depression South who agrees to represent a black man charged with raping a young white woman. In a prejudiced region‚ during an oppressive era‚ Finch boldly chooses the path less taken. Though he may have upset a good many in challenging the values of the time period‚ throughout the novel‚ Finch displays leadership by bravely acting on his principles‚ as well as in the way he raises his children. Atticus Finch is a progressive
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The Beak of the Finch 1. Daphne Major This chapter is dedicated to studying what Darwin could not‚ the actual evolutionary process at work. It uses the work of two evolutionists (the Grants) on Daphne Major to illustrate the process and describes islands as a perfect setting for studying natural selection. 2. What Darwin Saw The Grant study is praised and a picture of the Daphne island begin this chapter. Then it details how Darwin ignores the finches in favor of more adventurous creatures‚ and
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