Why the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee “Which aspects of the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill A Mockingbird?” Harper Lee has always claimed that her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" did not relate to her life. However‚ there are a number of similarities to Harper Lee’s life and the life of Scout and Atticus Finch. Harper’s father was a southern lawyer‚ like Atticus. According to Lee’s childhood friends‚ Lee was a tomboy like Scout is. Many believe that Lee was influenced by what influences
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Describe the terms in the Treaty of Versailles which caused the most bitterness in Germany. The treaty of Versailles was very harsh on the Germans and they hated it. There were several different terms in the treaty which affected different people in different ways. The first was Clause 231. This was the guilt clause. This was important because it meant that Germany had accepted responsibility for the damages caused in the war. By accepting this they also accepted punishment that came with it
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what happened to Germany in the early 1900’s. They were involved in a war with several other countries‚ their economy was mere to shreds‚ and the people began losing hope. However‚ the worst thing to hit Germany in the 1900’s was the holocaust‚ ran by Adolf Hitler himself. Anyone can tell you what Adolf Hitler did to most of the population of Germany‚ and some can even explain to you a personal encounter of the horrors that he manifested. Although most of the population can do this‚ can they tell
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The film’s success internationally and “vast commercial appeal may be attributed to factors outside the film’s mix of broad physical comedy‚ exciting action sequences‚ and understated banter. More than anything else‚ the producers managed to capitalize on Smith’s popularity not only as a TV personality‚ but especially as a maintain hip-hop star” (Schneider 358). Smith not only starred in the hit film‚ he also sung the hit Men In Black theme song‚ and greatly increased his status as a major film star
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How the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Compares to the Apple’s i Phone 5 On Tuesday‚ March 14th‚ Samsung‚ the South Korean Leviathan‚ launched the sale of the Samsung Galaxy S-4 smart phone. Samsung has been locked in a very bitter and fierce battle with Apple‚ Inc. The two companies are at the top of the universal pyramid of global telecommunication companies‚ who are all jockeying for position in the burgeoning $ 219 billion market for smart phones and computer tablets. After
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Which do you consider to be the most successful Empire‚ The Roman or the Mongol. The Romans and the Mongols were two of the most successful empires in human history and both of them left many legacies and conquered huge amounts of land but the Roman empire was more successful. The Roman empire was established‚ as a city‚ on a hilltop in Italy but conquered more land and gained more power in time. It had supreme military power and had conquered countries bigger than their own starting from Italy
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Gilmore (1999‚ p.11)‚ goods and services are no longer enough. The Service Economy is peaking. Therefore‚ Experience Economy is created following the Agrarian Economy‚ the industrial economy and service economy in order to adapt the demand of customers. In the Experience Economy‚ experiences motivate the economy and therefore produce more of the basis of demand for goods and services. So experience is a way that “company uses services as the stage‚ and goods as props‚ to engage individual customers in
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IMO STATE. STATE OF RESIDENCE: NIGER STATE. STATE OF ORIGIN: ANAMBRA STATE. EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON‚ WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD. The Greek word ‘pedagogy’ is sometimes used for education which means ‘to discipline’‚ ‘to control’‚ ‘to instruct’ and ‘to teach’. According to John Dewey – “Education is the process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences” while Indira Gandhi had it that “Education is a liberating force and in our age‚ it is also a democratizing
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I respectfully appeal for readmission to Kingsborough Community College for the Fall semester of 2010. I was dismissed for my poor academic progress & a low GPA after the semester of 2008. I am aware that I could do much better to affect improvement in my academic standing. One reason why I feel that my academic progress went down was because of my hearing. Although I have had a hearing disability for some time‚ I was unaware that there is a device called an “FM system” which is able to amplify
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For most of my adult life I believed that I just wasn’t meant to be a happy person. While I was successful in my career as a grant writer and columnist and worked hard to be a good mom to my three kids‚ I often had to drag myself out of bed and then force myself to do basic daily tasks like making dinner or getting the children ready for bed. I once read a poll that said 52 percent of people describe themselves as extremely happy‚ and my reaction was to sit back and think‚ Really? My low point
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