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    would choose Daniel Huttlestone to play Jonas because he has blue eyes which makes him different. Also he looks curious and the innocent type. In addition he was a little boy in the movie Les Miserables and he acted very well. Furthermore he is exactly how I had pictured Jonas. I chose this slogan to represent my movie. “The world is a tragedy for those who feel”-Horace Walpole. This is what the government in The Giver makes the society feel. They don’t allow the people to have any feelings so one of

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    How does Harper Lee use the symbol of the mockingbird? According to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” So‚ mockingbirds are harmless‚ innocent creatures‚ and killing them is wrong‚ because they don’t hurt anyone. The mockingbird represents innocence and purity. After all it only sings for us to hear its music‚ they don’t bother us or harm us. So‚ to kill a mockingbird is a sin because you destroy innocence. Throughout the book‚ a number of characters

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    our guide” The piano is a guide for both himself and the reader through his recollection. The song-like rhythm to the poem tries to imitate the melody of woman’s music which prompted this memory. As the melody evolves and his memory gets clearer‚ so does the poem’s structure. Apart from the fact that rhyme what seem to make Lawrence’s poem like a song. He uses a trochaic structure‚ stressing the first syllable of each line. This causes the effect of a song. The form creates a song-like rhythm similar

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    rushing through their veins trying to antagonize you to respond violently‚ how will you respond? Violently?Or non-violent? In Maycomb there is an everyday battle with racism. To kill anything innocent such as a mockingbird‚ and especially Tom Robinson is a sin. What would be the point of taking away a life that didn’t threaten or harm your’s? The way Atticus resolves conflicts is through peace. When Bob Ewell spit in Atticus’ face and he responded peacefully‚ just wishing that he didn’t chew tobacco

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    knowledge lacks. The American Psychological association states that the one telltale sign of schizophrenia is‚ “hallucinations‚ such as hearing voices or seeing things that other do not experience.” This lets us know that what Simon hears and sees does not exist in reality‚ instead it emerges from his

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    14th June 2013 How Does Lee Make the Shooting of Tim Johnson Such a Tense and Exciting Moment in the Novel? At the beginning of Chapter 10 Jem and Scout are embarrassed of Atticus as he is atypical to the other men of Maycomb. Lee writes ‘our Father didn’t do anything. He worked in an office’. Here she is establishing that Scout is ashamed as Atticus is opposite to the Fathers of Scout’s contemporaries. Lee emphasizes Scout’s remorse towards Atticus for wearing glasses‚ by writing‚ ‘besides

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    him through the front window‚ but he didn’t know it” (98). In here‚ Doodle does this for the bird because he starts to feel connection for it‚ in a way that they are both out of the place and have similar characteristics. On the other hand‚ the parents have a lack of concern for the ibis and Doodle‚ so they could only watch his clumsy attempts at burying the bird and never help. Conversely‚ their indifference connects to how in the beginning‚ they expressed prejudice towards Doodle’s disability to

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    Jem‚ and their widowed fatherAtticus‚ in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression‚ but Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society.There are multiple themes in the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee. However‚ one of the most important is courage. This theme is shown almost by all of the characters in the novel but mainly by Jem‚ Scout and Atticus. Courage is shown in the

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    truly cares for Pip as well. This is ironic in the sense that the better person had the worse outcome in life. Dickens is urging readers to realize that judging people solely based on their social class is wrong‚ because people are worth more than just how much money they

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    Gabler. Hedda is having a conversation with her friend Judge Brack‚ and it is through this conversation that readers are made aware of the dissatisfactions Hedda has toward her husband her reasoning for marriage in the first place. Although this passage does not include direct interaction between Tesman and Hedda‚ Hedda instead reveals thoughts and feelings she would otherwise not say when conversing with her husband. It is then that Hedda’s honest feelings are disclosed. Hedda initially describes George

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