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    Theme is the main message a reader will learn about in life or human nature from a literary piece. Prejudice is the theme developed through the setting in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The reader witnesses the speaker‚ Scout‚ experience numerous kinds of prejudice as she grows within the city of Maycomb in Alabama. The small and large settings of school and the courthouse all contribute to the theme in the novel. Conative prejudice refers to however individuals are likely to behave. Scout

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    TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 17/11/12 SA’ADATU SHU’AIBU Calpurnia is the woman we all see as the mother figure at the Finches house. At the beginning of the book the narrator (scout) shows off Calpurnia as a strict but caring woman‚ who was always there for the kids. As we get to the point of her confrontation with Lula‚ we learn more about the character. Harper lee uses dialogue to portray Calpurnia with a split personality and also not being prejudiced. The dialogue Harper Lee uses in

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    Scout’s Lessons in “To Kill a Mocking Bird” It can be said that no matter where or how‚ we as humans tend to learn a new lesson every single day. Some we may remember for a lifetime‚ while some we forget the next morning‚ but no matter what‚ lessons are something all individuals go through within their lives. Similarly‚ in the novel‚ “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Scout is a character who learns many major lessons throughout her adventures and encounters. Over the course of the story‚ Scout grows

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    In the oceans‚ this has produced the mid ocean ridge system‚ which can also be described as a global range of underwater mountains. Well known ocean ridges include the Mid Atlantic Ridge‚ the East Pacific Rise‚ the Juan de Fuca Ridge‚ and the Galapagos Rise. Within continents‚ divergent margins produce rift valleys such as the Red Sea and East African Rifts; and the lesser known West Antarctic Rift. Mid-Atlantic Ridge: The North American and Eurasian Plates are moving away from each other along

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    Study Guide Biology Chapter 13 How Populations Evolve Key Terms to Know: artificial selection balancing selection biogeography bottleneck effect directional selection disruptive selection evolution evolutionary tree fossil record fossils founder effect frequency-dependent selection gene flow gene pool genetic drift Hardy-Weinberg principle heterozygote advantage homologous structures homology microevolution molecular biology natural selection paleontologist

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    Charles Darwin was born English in 1809 and died 1882. He was a naturalist and a geologist who traveled around the coast of South America and the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle with Robert Fitzroy. The expedition was to chart the coastline; however Darwin was participating in the trip more for geological‚ natural history‚ and biological interests. He took specimens to study‚ dissected invertebrates‚ and generally spent more time on the land that aboard the boat. Darwin suggested through

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    America was a fur-trader and apothecary namedSimonFinch‚who fledEngland to escape religious persecution and establisheda successful farm on thebanks of the AlabamaRiver. The farm‚ calledFinch’sLanding‚ supported the family for many years. Thefirst Finches to make a living away from thefarm wereScout’s father‚AtticusFinch‚ who becamea lawyerinthenearby town of Maycomb‚and his brother‚ JackFinch‚ who went to medical school in Boston.Their sister‚ AlexandraFinch‚ stayed to run the Landing. Asuccessful

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    her mother‚ father‚ and little brother Joey. Lizabeth‚ a known troublemaker‚ destroys her neighbor’s‚ Miss Lottie‚ pride and joy‚ her marigolds‚ out of pure frustration when she sees her father crying. Mrs. Dubose lives down the street from the Finches‚ who also loves her Camilla bushes‚ and is crushed‚ due to Jem cutting the tops of each bud‚ when she lashes out comments on his father defending a black man. Due to the many similarities in the two books‚ both characters loose their innocence and

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    In‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ Jem Finch matures and becomes a person with good morals‚ that he has learned from his father‚ Atticus Finch. After Jem learns about the humility of Atticus and his talent of marksmanship he says to his sister‚ Scout‚”...I wouldn’t care if he couldn’t do a blessed thing… Atticus is a gentleman just like me”(Lee 99). Jem has a change in character‚ he learns it isn’t about what other people are doing‚ it’s about what is right. Jem now wants to be like his father

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    Her mother‚ Frances Cunningham Finch Lee‚ was the inspiration for two families’ last names‚ the Cunninghams and the Finches. The setting‚ Maycomb County‚ was loosely based around the town Lee grew up in‚ Monroeville‚ Alabama. Some of the activities that Scout and Jem do‚ like going down to Boo Radley’s house (Lee‚ 71)‚ was something that Lee would do with her siblings

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