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    English Monologue Script & Bibliography Script I really hope that I will be able to teach the children something important by taking them to my church today. I am going to dress the children up all neat and nice to show all my friends‚ I take pride in my work. There is so much racial prejudice in Maycomb and I don’t think it is right for the children to think that we are so different‚ especially with Atticus defending Tom Robinson in his court case and all. It was time for Scout and Jem

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    Scottsboro Incident Summaries In 1931‚ nine black boys were arrested because they got into a fight with a group of whites and threw them overboard. The local sheriff had the boys arrested‚ and also two white girls that were on the train. The two girls were scared that they were going to be blamed for vagrancy‚ so they said that they were raped by the nine Negros on the train. In no time‚ the blacks were set to jail and were put on trial. The two girls came up with a bunch of lies about being

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    Job interview‚ Employment messages‚ and performance appraisals Objectives: 1. Explain the nature of structured‚ unstructured‚ and stress interviews. 2. Recognize the interviewer’s role in the job interviewer process. 3. Prepare for and participate effectively in a job interview. 4. Recognize and bypass illegal interview questions. 5. Write effective letters related to employment (follow up‚ thank you‚ job acceptance‚ job refusal‚ and resignation letters‚ and recommendation request)

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    Chapter 1 1. A.) “During his first five years in Maycomb‚ Atticus practiced economy more than anything‚ for several years thereafter he invested his earnings in his brother’s education. John Hale Finch was ten years younger than my father‚ and chose to study medicine…He liked Maycomb‚ he knew his people‚ they knew him‚ and because of Simon Finch’s industry‚ Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town.” Page 5. B.) “Maycomb County had recently been told that it had

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    concentration camp on their own land due to the prejudice they receive when placed in a white society. One of the texts I studied was Harper Lees ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ this novel shows the different forms of prejudice in all their greatness. To kill a mockingbird has really helped me understand prejudice a lot more. You see how no one in to kill a Mockingbird is completely good or evil. Every character is human‚ with human flaws and weaknesses. Harper lee even changes Atticus‚ the shining example

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    To Kill a Mocking Bird Speech We as white people in 2010 treat black people as equal as we treat another white person. Back in the 1930s this wasn’t the case. Prejudice towards black people was happening almost everywhere‚ especially in the state of Alabama. This was where Harper Lee had decided to base her novel To Kill a Mocking Bird. She wrote this book to show the people the racism‚ discrimination and prejudice towards black people. My setting is based during the aftermath. I refer to

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    To Kill a Mocking Bird Essay In the book “To Kill a Mocking Bird” by Harper Lee‚ many different events take place. It all starts with Jem and Scout Finch who live with their father Atticus in Maycomb‚ Alabama. Jem and Scout along with their friend Dill‚ wonder about their suspicious neighbor Boo Radley. Meantime Atticus defends Tom Robinson a black man who was accused of raping a white woman‚ Mayella Ewell. Her father then attacks Jem and Scout to get revenge on Atticus. Miraculously‚ Boo Radley

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    Mockingbirds in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley and Tom Robinson all represent innocent mockingbirds. Atticus tries to always do the right thing making him harmless to the town. Boo Radley a caged bird in his own is innocent but still gets ridiculed by people for his reputation. Tom Robinson‚ a hardworking man‚ is brought down by the racism of the south. All three of these characters are innocent “mockingbirds” that it would be

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    To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that has received great acclaim‚ largely due to setting‚ themes‚ and accuracy. The setting‚ themes‚ and accuracy of the novel seem to fall into place in a great order‚ which makes this novel receive great acclaim. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in a small town in "fictional" Maycomb County‚ Alabama 1933-35. "It was more of collection of short stories than a true novel…yet‚ there was also life" (Commire‚ 18). The Characters of To Kill a Mockingbird we also created from

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    The most obvious form of discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird is racism; however‚ there are other types of prejudice and discrimination that typify relationships among the novel’s characters. Scout‚ for example‚ is ridiculed in “To Kill a Mockingbird” because she is a tomboy. Boo Radley is ostracized despite the fact that hardly anyone knows him. Reverse racism is also present in the novel‚ as evidenced by the threats against Atticus Finch and his family as he defends Tom Robinson.In current day

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