1 Answer | Add Yours user profile pic bullgatortail | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Distinguished Educator Posted October 30‚ 2013 at 6:11 PM (Answer #1) dislike1like It is obvious that Jem and Scout have a special relationship with their father: They call him by his first name‚ Atticus--an unusual way for young children of any era to address a parent. Scout does not miss her mother--she died soon after Scout was born--and Jem barely remembers her‚ so Atticus serves as both mom and dad. Atticus
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Growing up in the United States‚ my mother’s side of the family would annually host a day to pray for our deceased relatives. They suffered a distressing escape from the Vietnam War in order to integrate back into normal society. Despite some of my relatives say we had the fortune of a red envelope‚ numerous family members told me that the Communists caused us to suffer. At five years old‚ I believed everything they said; especially things from my parents because I was naïve. After all these years
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Father Mike Pfleger is well-known‚ call to action‚ Caucasian priest.What makes him any different than other Caucasian priests that people know and praise? Father Mike grew up two miles from Marquette Park in Ashburn‚ Virginia in a mostly Caucasian neighborhood. As a child‚ he was disciplined and learned what his calling was quick. He was taught unconditional love‚ how to speak his mind and to never use degrading terms. As a child‚ his younger sister was bullied because she had a cognitive disability
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she was a young girl living with her Dad. In the beginning of the story Miss Emely father passed away and was a huge mental problem for her because env thought he was a very jealous father‚ she really loved him. But he always wanted to dominate her in every aspect of life her life‚ that she learned to live with that fear every second of her life. of doing she couldn’t do anything because she knew that her father would not let her do anything‚ she couldn’t do things that a normal
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told the story of his father and his various relationships with the land and the people he interacted with. Similar to Gaita‚ Maria Dell’oso has also written a reflective piece that features anecdotes of her family in different time periods and she has shown the change in their sense of belonging over time also. Both texts share the migrant experience and the hardships that European migrants would have to deal with when they first arrived in a foreign land. In Romulus my father we are repeatedly forced
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As an infant‚ Romulus endures the absence of his parents greatly; succeeding the demise of his father‚ his mother takes to remarrying. Although he visits his mother‚ he chooses to live with his grandparents. He knows of no life but one of penury; he owns very little clothing and has a limited availability of food stock at home. As is a common practice for children‚ he begins to work to support his family financially ‘…children contributed to the maintenance of their families…’ [Page 2]. Despite his
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The Remains of the Day - book Analysis The Remains of the Day is third novel by Kazuo Ishiguro one of the most successful writers in English literature. It was published in year 1989 and won The Man Booker Prize for Literature in the same year. It was also turned into a successful movie in 1993 with the same name‚ starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki‚ Japan‚ before he moved to England in 1960 when his father took a position at National Institute of Oceanography
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Alexander Hamilton: The Forgotten Founding Father When people think of the brave men who founded our country‚ the main people that come to mind are George Washington‚ Ben Franklin‚ and Thomas Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton was a man who was non-stop‚ but commonly forgotten. He didn’t stop for anything‚ including people’s opinions of him. There were social‚ economic‚ and cultural influences on Alexander Hamilton which affected his lifetime achievements. First U.S secretary of treasury‚ Alexander
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Character Study * Romulus Romulus achieves a sense of belonging to his community through work. It is clear that Romulus feels the way to belong to a community is through hard work and through proving his ‘worth’ to that community. 1950s rural Australia tolerated immigrants‚ however rarely accepted them as individuals and respect usually had to be earned. This understanding of belonging develops Romulus a ‘reputation’ in his community; “his work became admired and his business prospered” (ch
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commences with an contention that is based on the continuous distribution of beliefs. ANZAC Day was officially designated as a day to recognize the efforts of those who fought for Australia and New Zealand in Gallipoli‚ and to commemorate those who lost their lives fighting for our country in 1915. Alf the husband and father is forever motivated by his enthusiasm to follow the tradition by celebrating ANZAC Day with going down to the local pub. He perceives it as having a good time to celebrate by socializing
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