protagonist of the story‚ Scout Finch‚ mature from her child like mentality and thoughts to become a strong feminine character with high morals. This is achieved through the characters and situations in her life that influence her to see reality‚ past her childhood mirage‚ for what it really is. The roles of people such as Atticus Finch‚ and other minor characters‚ greatly influences how she views the topics of racism‚ prejudice‚ and stereotypes. Atticus’ character embodies
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Power distance is one of the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework for assessing culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members
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home‚ I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn’t much else left for us to learn‚ except possibly algebra.” (pg374) This quote from the end of To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee Harper is when Scout realizes she has learned a lot about life in the past two years. She grows up and matures greatly throughout the novel. A dynamic character from To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout Finch‚ who changes from a naïve and aggressive tomboy to a calmer‚ more wise and lady-like young girl. Scout is very important
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Man is Hard to Find”‚ and “The Cask of Amontillado.” I was against the use of permanent‚ irreversible‚ intrusive behavior modification through surgery or chemical/medication in cases of the criminally insane. I was a believer of no one should be changed from the way they were created. Then I realized that different acts should have different actions.‚ Some may argue that it isn’t right in no way at all‚ but in some cases‚ it may be the only option left. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Misfit and his
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Three Rules by Which I Live There are three rules by which I live. I think that it is a good value to have rules in my life because they set boundries and they set standards. By keeping boundries‚ rules‚ and/or standards in my daily routine it helps me stay focused and out of trouble. The first rule I tend to follow is‚ Dont mix business with pleasure. Mixing business‚ such as your work life‚ along with your social or home life can bring lots of drama into your world. For instence‚ getting
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I feel like Zoroastrianism and the big three monotheistic religions are all quite so similar‚ which is why I find it amazing that Zoroastrianism is not as popular today. I think there are key values in the religion that does hinder the growth of the religions‚ but I think the presence of other groups as caused the populations of Zoroastrianism to decline by such a large amount. Dina McIntyre comments on why the Zoroastrianism community is shrinking make sense to me. She says that one of the reasons
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After reading "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "The Cask of Amontillado‚" I believe that Montresor is the least sympathetic out of the characters in both stories. In Flannery O’Connor’s story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find‚" we are introduced to The Misfit‚ who obviously has a few loose screws. His actions and the little empathy that he shows towards human life leads us to believe that he is a sick man. A sick man with no motive for his wickedness. In O’Connor’s short story‚ The Misfit claims the lives
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The poverty gap exists to strand the poor on an island‚ which will leave them stuck on their island until their deaths. The article “Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World” most directly conveys the idea that the poor are overwhelmed and discouraged gap to the rich‚ and those that attempt will fail through the use of direct quotes and metaphors. First‚ the idea that the poor are overwhelmed by the gap is explained in a quote by Grace Ngubane. “The scale is staggering—it makes you
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There are many forms of crime prevention and crime reduction. Explore two such strategies and illustrate with practical examples. Background Crime prevention has been in existence since the nineteenth century. It is linked with the period marking the emergence of the modern state. During this period the community handles it own crime preventative measure but it was hard to sustain it. However‚ they perceived a belief that the criminal justice system could prevent crime alone and propaganda to
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A picture of a typical American family in the 1950s could be fittingly delineated as a patriarchal organization with a clear division of labor. Status inequality and the division into two functional roles‚ wherein the male takes the income provider role and the wife takes the homemaker role‚ carved the power structure of the traditional one-career family. The male was elevated to a higher statusbeing keeper of the finances rendered even greater influence over the family. Fundamentally‚ the traditional
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