“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee inspired by the Scottsboro Boys The trial of the Scottsboro Boys is one of the most significant moments in American history. Back in 1931 a group of nine black teenage boys‚ also named Scottsboro Boys‚ were accused of raping two white women in Alabama. A fight broke out in a train and a group of white men reported they had been attacked by black teenagers. The train stopped in Scottsboro‚ Alabama‚ where the black boys were arrested by a local sheriff after
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Two restless souls trapped in a world where money is the only salvation. Stuck in a place where only the rich can enjoy the privileges of life‚ my father‚ and Walter Lee Younger can only dream of one-day striking gold. Not long ago were they dreamers among the masses‚ eager to try something new. Once an oyster‚ now a boulder‚ the world seems to open its doors only for the select few and close them for those who dream. Like Walter‚ my father also witnesses the men downtown‚ "...sitting there turning
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JFK Murder: Did Lee Harvey Oswald Kill JFK Lee Harvey Oswald always showed a pattern of behavior during his short life which would have influenced a jury to conclude that he could have been responsible for the murder of the President of the United States. During his time‚ Oswald portrayed a behavior of not having any confidence and low self-esteem. Lee Harvey Oswald had a lonely childhood‚ he was considered a “loner” loved to read and his short time in the US. Marines. During his time in the Marines
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looked at wrong or went unnoticed. Of course everyone loved the main characters Atticus‚ Scout‚ Jem‚ Dill‚ etc… But no one really noticed the other characters; the characters who made mistakes because we as humans make mistakes all the time. Harper Lee gave a number of challenging predicaments to characters in this story. Most of the characters were able to overcome the problems but there were a few who didn’t and because of that they got shamed by the characters in the story and by
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identity but instead pushes her harder to keep persisting for her identity as a Blackfoot. Besides persistence‚ there is also the story of acknowledging the presence of other cultures and that their identities matter too. The narrator of “Yin Chin” by Lee Miracle takes us on the journey of realizing as an indigenous person in a Chinese community living in Canada‚ both the narrator and Chinese people are a minority. It hits the narrator “How unkind the world is to school them in ignorance” and build a
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Battles of the stars: Bruce Lee vs. Jackie Chan English 111 Professor DeJesus June 15‚ 2013 OUTLINE I. Thesis Statement: America’s movie relationship with martial arts has been
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Americans would say that we have come a long way from our past‚ and racism does not exist in our country anymore. This is not true. America has come a long way since the beginning‚ but we still have racism. The author of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ has a great way of pointing out our issues with racism in the past. She shows the injustice of how blacks were treated in society. Our country isn’t quite like that anymore‚ but blacks are still very unjustified in American society today. Racism still
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“Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks” This essay reflects on the presentation held by Jonny Lee which was broadcasted by Ted-talk on April 2008. Lee is a modern age inventor who focusses his research and designs on the modification and simplification of applications and technologies. A benefit for the broad public is one of his greater goals motivating his work. This particular presentation furthermore explains how to use a simple Wii remote controller together with a projector or screen to build
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Lee Alexander McQueen born on March 17‚ 1969 and passed away on February 11‚ 2010 in London‚ United Kingdom. He was known as simply Alexander McQueen to the fashion world. McQueen’s dad was a cab driver and his mother was a schoolteacher who taught Social Science. He was youngest of six children. He knew at a young age of three of his homosexuality and children used to make fun of him for it. He states that‚ “Actually‚ yeah. I would wear my sister’s clothes and people wouldn’t recognise it because
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Women of the 1930’s went through many social struggles‚ expectations‚ and hardships. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird displays an accurate depiction of how women were treated and expected to act. The decline in jobs and money in the Great Depression did not get rid of the traditional gender roles that have been long forgotten in modern time. Unattainable standards were handed to women‚ such as being expected to act like ‘proper ladies’ in a society run by men. Being a women in this time meant enduring
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