"The Heidi Chronicles" by Wendy Wasserstein kept my interest so much that I could not put it down until I was to the last page. I liked how the issue of sexuality played a role along with the issue of feminist goals in this play. I believe they complimented one another in that both groups strive for equal right among the majority. For example when Peter starts to march with the other women from the Art Institute. It shows that he is standing for a cause the effects another minority group in our
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As years go by in American history many things come‚ go‚ and change in people‚ but one that which never seems to flee the spirit is the so called "American Dream". The idea that something greater exists for everyone becomes an obsession for most‚ and lives are formed around it. This being true in real life‚ there would be no hesitation to put it forth through literature. More often than not it is portrayed through someone‚ a character‚ striving to achieve that which the rest of the country hold so
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Coming of age novels‚ Cold Sassy Tree and To Kill a Mockingbird introduce readers to 14 year old Will Tweedy of Cold Sassy‚ Georgia and 5 year old Jean Louise “Scout” Finch of Maycomb County‚ Alabama. Both characters were brought up in small‚ close-knit southern towns‚ with false views of the world‚ and ignorance to knowledge and experience. As the stories progess however‚ the two gain a new type of knowledge and realization of the world. Experiences dealing with love‚ death‚ racism and discrimination
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What is the importance of Dill in TKMB? Dill is a very important character in the novel ‘to kill a mockingbird’. He is used to explore many different themes. Dill is a close friend of Jem and Scout’s and represents the childhood innocence that Maycomb lacks. He is also important‚ as he is an outsider of Maycomb and so we can see Maycomb from a different point of view. Dill is a crucial character to the story’s development. Dill represents childhood innocence. He brings adventure and exploration
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It is the later years of The Great Depression in a small town of Maycomb‚ Alabama where a young girl by the name of Jean Louis –called Scout- plays with her brother and best friend. They imagine ways to get their scary and mysterious neighbor‚ Boo Radley‚ out of his house. But instead decide to re-enact fictional scenes of Boo stabbing his father. As their curious minds think up more and more versions of these little re-enactments‚ they begin to lose interest and instead turn to the more pressing
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How does Lee use details in the passage to show what Maycomb is like? In the passage‚ Lee is describing what the town is like and he says that the town is old and tired. He shows this by saying that the ‘courthouse sagged on the square.’ The verb ‘sagged’ suggests the lack of strength in the courthouse and almost gives the impression that it is almost sinking from the weight. ‘Sagged’ also reminds the readers of old people and how they often can’t stand upright‚ this again reinforces the fact that
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Harper Lee‚ the author of To Kill a Mockingbird stated‚ “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another race inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned everything is war”. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout‚ the main character‚ faces all kinds of discrimination along with Skeeter‚ the main character‚ from The Help. Scout does not to act like a typical girly girl. She wears overalls and plays around with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their friend‚ Dill. Throughout her story
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In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ the main theme is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This metaphor of not killing mockingbird is clearly portrayed throughout the course of this novel. This theme is so important to the plot of this novel that the author decided to entitle the book after this very metaphor. Mockingbirds are birds that do not do anything wrong and they just give us music. Atticus is the main character in the novel that really stressed why it is a sin to
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Protection of Values A tricky question we ask ourselves in life is what boundaries do we have for our life? How we keep boundaries? Shall we cross our boundary? What should our consequence be? In 1986‚ August Wilson published the play Fences which exhibits the life of an African American family during segregation. The protagonist of the play is the father of three children; all from separate women‚ Troy Maxson. Wilson uses the title of the play to create a metaphor in the play‚ which is symbolic
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Atticus Finch‚ the best lawyer in Maycomb‚ was sitting nervously in his chair as he waited for the town Judge to arrive in court‚ Tom Robinson‚ Atticus client was nervous himself as well because he knew he didn’t do it‚ but Tom Robinson was black and 5‚7 and a lot of racemus was going around because it was in the 1930’s so Tom thought people were going to be against him because he was black. Toms sister katie was there to fight on his side. Tom is trying not to get charged with what they are saying
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