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    Chapter 15 There are several patterns present in the text that greatly affect the entirety of the novel by providing inspiring themes and concepts to the plot. The one predominant theme shown in this chapter depicts Atticus’s uneasiness to use a gun‚ a symbol of mankind’s tyranny and unfairness. Just as in the scene of Atticus with his gun standing against the rabid dog‚ Atticus’s stance at the door of the jail is symbolic of his attitude towards discrimination and injustice. At the jail‚ Atticus

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    In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is a significant character as he is a white man who stands up for a black man in a time of racial prejudice and a strong hatred for negroes. He influences the views of the people of Maycomb‚ and his children’s development in the story. Atticus made an impression on me‚ as throughout the story he stands firm in his beliefs‚ and ultimately wins back the respect of society and his children. Before the trial of Tom Robinson‚ a black man convicted

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    In A Time to Kill‚ by John Grisham‚ the location‚ demographics‚ and history of Clanton‚ Mississippi‚ greatly affect the protagonist‚ Jake Brigance. Jake is a lawyer who defends an African-American man‚ Carl Lee‚ after he kills the two white men who raped his daughter. The story takes place in a rural fictional town‚ Clanton‚ in Mississippi during the mid-1980s. To begin‚ Mississippi is located in the “Deep South” along with Georgia and Louisiana. These states are infamous for their racism‚ and this

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    Chapter twenty portrays Atticus’s plea to the jury to do their sworn duty‚ toss aside their predetermined views‚ and take account all the evidence present in order to free Tom Robinson. However‚ I do not understand why Atticus is trying to persuade the jury with his speech‚ even though he knows that it is hopeless to save Tom Robinson. In spite of this‚ I can make inferences and use the subtle clues provided in the text to answer my questions. Atticus appeals to the jury’s sense of dignity‚ and

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    How Does Lee Make Atticus Finch a Heroic Figure in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird?’ Atticus is a lawyer and resident of the Maycomb County Lee based the character on her own father an Alabama lawyer who‚ like Atticus Finch‚ represented black defendants in a highly-publicized criminal trial. Atticus is assigned to represent the role of responsibility‚ he’s a single parent to two kids and shows mortality and reason in low even handed and fair minded he treats his kids like adults which is unique and

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    Manitoba and acted as one of the analysts for the Manitoba Northern Affairs. In recent Canadian government‚ Elijiah Harper has been an aboriginal advocate working to create change in the constitutions for Canadian aboriginals. After Harper won the northern Manitoba riding in 1981 he let the New Democratic Party to be the first Treaty Indian to be elected as a provincial politician. Harper was later appointed to cabinet for Natives Affairs‚ then moving forward to be named Minister of Northern Affairs

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    In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch is a man of action. He will never sit idly by while danger is afoot. He steps in‚ takes charge‚ and does the job right. Atticus is a man the town can call upon when crisis has arisen. One concrete example of this ability would be the Mad Dog incident. Tim Johnson ran rabid in the streets of Maycomb‚ and the man called for the job was none other than Atticus Finch. Atticus solved this problem with one well placed gunshot‚ but this would be only

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    Nelle Harper Lee was born on the 28th day of April in 1926‚ in southwest Alabama in a small town called Monroeville. Monroeville has a population of 7‚000 people.<br><br>Harper Lee is the youngest of four children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Lee. Harper Lee went to Huntingdon College from 1944-45‚ from 1945-49 she studied law at the University of Alabama‚ and attended one year at Oxford University. In the 1950’s she worked as a reservation clerk with BOAC in New York City and with Eastern Air

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    Nelle Harper Lee grew up during the Great Depression‚ and in a time where there was a lot of racism. A reviewer for ‘The New Yorker’ wrote‚” Lee is a skilled‚ unpretentious‚ and totally ingenuous writer who slides unconcernedly and irresistibly back and forth between being sentimental‚ tough‚ melodramatic‚ acute‚ and funny” (Champion 124). Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28‚ 1926 (Shields 3). She was the youngest of four children (Madden 29)‚ and grew up in Monroeville‚ Alabama. She was

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    Stephen Harper Stephen Harper was elected in 2006 as our Prime Minister of Canada. Since the time he was elected‚ The Conservative Party and the leader‚ Stephen Harper have improved Canada and developed the country into more settled through these changes. Stephen Harper has completed major changes in Canada by having new policies for the environment‚ social policies and improved health and education policies. The Conservative Party had set laws regarding the environment to become more environmentally

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