Amanda Harlow English 45 Professor Moore Journal Entry 9 To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel set in the 1930s in Alabama about a small town white lawyer‚ Atticus Finch‚ who is assigned to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ accused of rape. Both are fathers with different economic backgrounds who live in the same town‚ but live in very different positions in society. Atticus Finch is an attorney by profession who is a highly respected citizen. He lives in the wealthier part of town and is the
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Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson. Lanham: Rowman and Little‚ Inc.‚ 2006. Paperback $18.95. During the Civil Rights Movement‚ there were many participants. Such participants were women. Mrs. Ruby Doris Smith Robinson was one of those college students‚ who after couple year in the movement left a legacy of excellence‚ courage‚ and leadership. In Cynthia Griggs Fleming’s Soon We Will Not Cry: The Liberation of Ruby Doris Smith Robinson‚ Flemings examines the personal life and the
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Ken Robinson: Schools Killing Creativity Ken Robinson: Schools Killing Creativity and Escaping Education’s Death Valley In this “TED talk” segment by Ken Robinson‚ an English born professor explains why the educational system in the U.S. is remaining stagnant and unfulfilling to students needs. Robinson begins his arguments by stating‚ “The educational system of the United States has been accompanied by the same curriculum for the past 125 years”. Schools are unknowingly turning creative
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Despite many of the challenges Jackie Robinson faced in his career‚ he still stood strong and composed. In the article‚ Justice at Last by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns is about the challenges he faced in his baseball career. Without Jackie Robinson‚ we might still be living in a world where people would be judged by their color and would be treated very badly. In the early 1900s‚ many major league baseball teams excluded African American baseball players. Consequently‚ these players were rejected
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It was evident Robinson was a very successful man and had numerous accomplishments. The most obvious accomplishment was that he became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues in 1947. When that happened‚ he made a big breakthrough in America. He opened the door for many African American athletes and now today more than half are African American. Jackie was the main reason why there is many African American athletes‚ “a lot has changed in 50 years. Today‚ more than 1‚600 black athletes
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Bob Radley and Tom Robinson come from different backgrounds. They both face similar stories of prejudice and unfair judgements. Boo and Tom face some of the same hardships throughout the novel. They are both good men who were put down because they were considered “different” than others in the town. Their actions were very much criticize. Boo Radley was punished by his father as a teenager‚ so if was put on lock down‚ as he
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2-18-14 Judge Taylor: The evidence presented today clearly shows that Tom Robinson is innocent‚ and casts all evidence upon on Bob Ewell. Three critical pieces of evidence clear Tom’s name. Mayella’s right eye was blackened‚ indicating that she was most likely struck by a left hand. (Pg. 235-237) As Tom’s left arm is crippled‚ (Pg. 249) and as Atticus demonstrated‚ Bob Ewell is left-handed‚ (PG. 237) and the physical evidence points to he would have been able to do it easier. Furthermore
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Could you imagine riding an ostrich across the horizon while an eagle flies beside you? In The Swiss Family Robinson‚ by J.D. Wyss‚ this is what the characters tried to achieve. The family was successful in training both of these animals‚ yet the training differed in some ways. They chose these two animals to train because they believed that the animals could help them survive on this extraordinary island. One of the first animals they decided to tame on this island was the eagle‚ because they felt
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This book report is about The Swiss Family Robinson‚ written by Johann Wyss. This story was about a violent storm that stranded a Swiss Pastor‚ his wife‚ and their four sons on a tropical island. Luckily‚ the Robinsons are optimistic and inventive‚ and with salvaged goods from the ship and abundant fruits‚ plants‚ and animals from the island‚ they soon adapt. Each and every new day brought new dangers‚ skills‚ and delights. The reason they stayed alive was because they had faith in God‚ great
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Scottsboro trial and the trial of Tom Robinson in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. “No crime in American history—let alone a crime that never occurred—produced as many trials‚ convictions‚ reversals‚ and retrials as did an alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenagers on a Southern railroad freight run on March 25‚ 1931” (Linder 1). The author of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee‚ was a young girl during the Scottsboro trial and based the trial of Tom Robinson in her novel off of the Scottsboro
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