Children are impressionable. However‚ important people in their lives‚ such as a father or neighbor‚ can help them mature and grow into a respected adult. In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ several adults‚ such as Atticus and Miss Maudie provide moral guidance to Jem and Scout‚ hereby teaching them many lessons such as: to always respect others and to have courage. One important lesson Jem and Scout learn is that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. A mockingbird is a bird that does
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contrast Lee’s presentation of Miss Maudie‚ Mrs Dubose and Aunt Alexandra. What do the children learn from their encounters with these characters? In the novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee the protagonist Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch and her brother ‘Jem’ meet a few female characters who all affects some part of the lives of the children. Harper Lee resists some of the conventional stereotypes of women from that era which is shown through the character Miss Maudie Atkinson who is opinionated
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When Miss Maudie tells Jem and Scout that their father is the best shooter in Maycomb they are awestruck. Scout and Jem had been discouraged because while all the other kids in her school told of all the great things their fathers did they believed Atticus was too old and feeble to do the things other fathers did. Once Atticus shot the mad dog Jem wanted to ask his dad about the shot but could not find the words. “‘d you see him‚ Scout? ’d you see him just standin’ there?... ’n’ all of a sudden
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This quote from the book is when Miss Emma‚ Tante Lou‚ and Reverend Ambrose go visit Jefferson in jail. Miss Emma tries to have Jefferson speak to his company‚ and he ignores what she says. Then she goes on to try and get him to eat the food she brought him. Then he begins to call himself a hog. Which begins to hurt Miss Emma because she obviously does not believe that Jefferson is a hog. Then she slaps him. Seconds after‚ she begins to cry and her friends carry her out of the cell. I feel as if
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Radley‚ a local neighbor‚ forces Scout‚ her brother Jem‚ and their neighbor Dill‚ to be misled by the rumors. Legend has it that he once stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors‚ and he is made out to be a kind of monster. Until one day Miss Maudie’s(also a neighbor) house burns down in the winter and Boo secretly gives Scout a blanket. Later in the book Atticus takes on Tom Robinson’s court case and attempts to defend him from the
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family or somebody to kill‚ …so I offered them Miss Watson” “‘Oh‚ yes‚ pretty well off. He had houses and land‚ and it’s reckoned
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main character‚ Scout. Ms. Maudie Atkinson is the character whom I believe has the best impact on the child and on the book. Ms. Maudie adds a humorous‚ yet stable‚ character to the town of Maycomb. She welcomes all sorts of people into her life and is a selfless role model for the children in her neighborhood. She has a more than interesting life and her attitude only helps the experiences she has gone through. Without Ms. Maudie the novel wouldn’t be as riveting. Maudie Atkinson grew up alongside
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A PSYCHOBIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF HELEN KELLER by Désirée Martina van Genechten Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MAGISTER ARTIUM In the Faculty of Health Sciences Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University November 2009 Supervisor: Prof. Christopher Norman Hoelson DECLARATION: I‚ Desiree Martina van Genechten‚ hereby declare that this treatise is my own work and that it has not previously been submitted for assessment to another university or for another
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Bethesda‚ South Africa MISS HELEN Helen Elizabeth Martins (’Miss Helen’) is considered South Africa’s foremost Outsider Artist. Born in December of 1897 in Nieu Bethesda‚ Miss Helen was the youngest of six children. In 1919‚ she moved to the Transvaal to work as a teacher. After her brief marriage to Willem Johannes Pienaar dissolved‚ Miss Helen returned to New Bethesda in 1928 to care for her ailing parents. After her mother’s death in 1941 and her father’s death in 1945‚ Miss Helen became increasingly
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involved. They should also be confident in regulations and law surrounding areas in which they are working whether it is child matters act or children in care act and should be able to discuss development stages including speech and languages. Miss
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