The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ tells the story of a small town named Macomb‚ and the people in this town are going through very controversial times. The main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird are Atticus and his two children‚ Jem and Scout‚ and their maid calpurnia. Then later in the book‚ Tom Robinson and Bob and Mayella Ewell become a very big part during the trial. The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is in the early 1930’s where the Great Depression and unemployment were very
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Dill Empathy Writing You know something? These past three years summers in Maycomb have been pretty amazing. The Finches have helped me learn a lot of things‚ and I only thought that being able to read was learning a lot! I can remember in the court room that Mr. Gilmer‚ the prosecutor in the Tom Robinson trial‚ was speaking horribly to Tom. It just made me sick and I started crying‚ so Scout took me out. But outside‚ we met Dolphus Raymond‚ who I thought was dangerous at first‚ but turned
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Biology 1020 Review Questions for Final Exam 1. who proposed the theory of natural selection ← Darwin and Wallace 2. what are the four characteristic features of natural selection ← Overpopulation ← Inherited variations within the species ← competition ← Survival of the fittest 3. how is fitness measured ← by survival and by the numbers who survive 4. what are some examples of selection in action ← Peppered
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Assess the relative importance of physical and human factors in causing change in ecosystems (30 marks) Both human and physical factors impact upon ecosystems due to their holistic nature which means that even small changes in the human or physical environment around them can cause an exponential chain of results. However these factors can be both positive and negative to varying degrees. Some of the most obvious physical factors which cause change in ecosystems can be seen through succession;
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Pied Beauty Glory be to God for dappled things - For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold‚ fallow‚ and plough; And áll trades‚ their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter‚ original‚ spáre‚ strange; Whatever is fickle‚ frecklèd (who knows how?) With swíft‚ slów; sweet‚ sóur; adázzle‚ dím; He fathers-forth whose beauty is pást change: Práise
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system and if you look at the system the ones with the more education are higher up on the class system. Now let’s explore more into how this class system works in this small town of Maycomb Alabama. At the top of the class system in Maycomb are the Finches who have lived there as long as any family
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thankful for everything with dots‚ circles‚ different colors‚ etc. He seems to be fond of nature and "the great outdoors." Many of the images in the poem made me think of camping out‚ or a picnic. For example‚ fresh fire-coal‚ chestnut falls‚ finches‚ skies of two colors‚ cows‚ etc. But the poem does not only speak of natures’ diversity. It also makes reference to manmade things. For example‚ man’s trades‚ tackle‚ and trim are also varied. The landscape plotted and pieced. The poem goes on to
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There is a top to every social hierarchy‚ and starting at the top in Maycomb county are the wealthy white families. Included in this social class are the Finches. Atticus Finch is a white lawyer; therefore he makes a good income and is a highly respected figure which places him and his family in this specific social class. Many of the Finches’ neighbors who live on the same street are also in the same social class. A step below in the ‘social ladder’ is the middle class. These people are white and
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black man’s word‚ the white always wins. They’re ugly‚ but these are the facts of life” (Lee 252). Aunt Alexandra’s excuse of not allowing Scout to play with Walter because she thinks he is trash proves how much segregation is going on already. The Finches and the Cunninghams are both white families‚ but Aunt Alexandra dislikes the Cunninghams because they are poor.We see this even in today as white people think that black people have no manners and teach there kids that they should not be near them
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Calpurnia is a black woman who is the Finches "cook"‚ but acts more of a nanny to the children. One day she brings the children to her church where only black people go. The kids notice a distinctive change in the way Calpurnia speaks to her friends at church‚ to the way she speaks at the Finches residence. Calpurnia finds that if she speaks as proper as she does in the house‚ than she does at church‚ she fears her
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