In the non-fiction biography “I Am Scout” (Published in 2008 by Henry Holt) Charles Shield tells in 212 pages (without bibliography) about celebrated author of “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ Harper Lee. The book describes Lee’s life and the mark she has left on American literature. “I Am Scout” gives the reader a detailed analysis of Harper Lee’s life and her tomboy personality. The book opens by showing the reader a young “Nelle” Harper Lee who heroically comes to the rescue of her puny friend Truman
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unconventional bond that develops between social outcasts and their concepts of love and interaction in an alienated community. For the majority of her life‚ Amelia Evans chooses isolation as a preferred coping mechanism for her existence. “Raised motherless by her father who was a solitary man” (111)‚ Amelia grows to be more masculine in both appearance and personality. She chooses to be left alone and does not care for the attention of a man until Cousin Lymon comes to town. Being brought up without
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Sample Paper 1 commentary on The Jade Peony Questions (a) What do you understand of the characters and the situation in the passage? (b) How does the writer effectively convey the context and feelings of the narrative voice? This excerpt from “The Jade Peony” by Wayson Choi conveys the mystery and insightful fear of the unknown of a young boy who has just lost his mother. Although the passage refrains from giving sufficient details‚ the reader is still able to understand the essentials of
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The older versions of black music is better than the modern day black music. The first Africans transported to this country came from a variety of ethnic groups with a long history of distinct and cultivated musical traditions. African Americans used homemade drums and banjos to communicate among themselves. In fact‚ back the 1700s‚ drums had been banned on many slave plantations. Slaves on southern plantations had their own musical styles‚ which later evolved into gospel‚ blues‚ and what is now
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Providing Educational Programs for Female Prisoners Toward the end of the twentieth century nearly 84‚000 women were incarcerated in a state or federal correctional institution within the United States (Gillespie 91). Currently "the number of incarcerated women has exploded within the last twenty years" (Davis 79). After serving their sentence‚ leaving behind a life composed of bars‚ guards and time to reflect upon their crime. Most female offenders are released only carrying a few items of clothing
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Write a story ending with this sentence‚ “ Nothing would ever be the same.” The sun blinded his eyes. The familiar medicinal 药的 adj. odour wafted 飘送 into his nostrils. The lumpy凹凸不平的 mattress was still beneath在。。。之下 him. Nelson shifted 移动slightly and the irritating 使人愤怒的adj. sound of creaking吱吱嘎嘎声 metal pierced his ears.The white-washed 涂白的 walls of the hospital ward was his prison. There was supposed to 可以，应该be no pain but yet the stinging激烈的，刺痛的 sensation still plagued (pleig) 使苦恼，折磨him
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Assessment task 1‚ Heinrich Schliemann‚ Georgina Hollands‚ Ancient history‚ Year 11 Heinrich Schliemann’s life was a rags-to-riches story. A poor‚ uneducated‚ and motherless boy rose through his hard work lifestyle to the highest heights of wealth. Schliemann travelled the world and learned its languages‚ married a Greek bride‚ and together they discovered the treasures of Troy and the citadel of Agamemnon‚ thereby fulfilling the dream he had chased since childhood. The reality was
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fully loved him in the beginning. He thinks this is due to the fact that his mother was killed during childbirth. "He seemed to see her again in me‚ but could never forget that I robbed him of her. "(Pg 19) It is hard for us to understand that a motherless child who’s father showed no love towards him finds a way to see the good in people. This goodness that Rousseau sees in people can be accredited early on to Mlle Lambercier. This woman was the motherly symbol that Rousseau craved as a child
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Mule Killers Lydia Peelle’s story Mule Killers is a story about unrequited love and its consequences and the change from child to adult - Growing up and entering a world of adulthood and of progress you experience both positive and negative things. In this short story we meet three generations of a family; the grandfather‚ the father and the son - as well as the different women in the story. The story takes place on a farm‚ a garden‚ on the countryside near Nashville in the Southeast of United
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tormented him‚ he allowed one of the other gods to split open his head‚ and . . . Voila! Out came‚ not the son he feared‚ but a beautiful full-grown daughter‚ dressed in golden battle armor‚ who instantly became the "apple of her father’s eye". A motherless child‚ the goddess Athena quickly became his favorite. Athena was the only one of his children that Zeus ever entrusted with his magic shield and the secret of where his lightening bolts were stored. The goddess Athena remained his constant ally
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