Whitney M. Young is a Chicago Public school in the city’s Near West Side neighborhood. Bordering that neighborhood is East Garfield Park‚ one of the most violent neighborhoods in the city and a neighborhood that saw three schools close in the massives school closing policy that included over fifty public schools in 2013. I attended Whitney Young and was privileged enough to be able to help a local elementary school in the Near West Side‚ Victor Herbert Elementary School. During an assembly where
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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 Capote who had a knack for finding trouble. Nelle “peels” the boys
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There are many ways to be brave and bold‚ and many people illustrate it in their own way. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee many of the characters show courage. In the 1900s‚ being a lawyer in the south and defending an African American is considerably an unfavorable situation to be in given the racial and political views of the early 20th century. If it was time for a trial with an African American‚ in this case‚ Tom Robinson‚ being accused‚ you could immediately predict
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The verdict of a court case lies squarely on Atticus’ closing statement that needs to be powerful in order to win. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ a court case takes Maycomb by surprise. A case between an African American man and a poor white woman makes for a difficult situation for its residents. The jury needs to be able to analyze the information and evidence given from the witnesses to give an honest conclusion. Depending on how the jury swings‚ it could put an innocent man’s life
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Datuk Lee Chong Wei (born 21 October 1982 in Bagan Serai‚ Perak[2]) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam.[3] As a singles player‚ Lee was ranked first worldwide for 199 consecutive weeks from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012.[4] He is the third Malaysian men’s singles shuttler after Rashid Sidek and Roslin Hashim to achieve such a ranking (since official rankings were first kept in the 1980s)‚ and is the only Malaysian shuttler to hold the ranking for more
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No matter how hard they try‚ there are some people who cannot get ahead in life. Walter Lee Younger is a man who is frustrated with his current position in life‚ and every disappointment he has encountered thus far. Although he tries to be a loving man‚ sometimes he does not know how to show the idea of love‚ "Sometimes...sometimes...I don’t even know how to try" (Hansberry 89). His position in life can be regarded as symbolic of every black male struggling to provide for his family by any means
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Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was born on January 19‚ 1807 in Stafford‚ Virginia. The son of Lighthorse Harry Lee and was educated at the U.S. Military academy. In 1829 he graduated second in his class receiving a commission as second lieutenant in 1836 and captain in 1838. He distinguished himself in the Mexican War and was wounded in the storming of Chapultepec in 1847; for his meritorious service he received his third promotion in rank. He became superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy
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The Poetic and Tragic Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald Abstract F. Scott Fitzgerald was a very intellectual and troubled man. In his career as a writer‚ Fitzgerald had his downfalls then his historic uprisings. When he was just a boy‚ literature attracted him; he loved everything about it. He decided that he would become a writer; his first book‚ This Side of Paradise‚ was rejected and criticized. Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917; he was stationed in Montgomery‚ Alabama at an army base. That
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Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew was the first Prime Minister of Singapore‚ governing for more than three decades from 1959 to 1990‚ including through Singapore’s independence from Malaysia in 1965. Lee had gone through his toughest period when Malaysia chose to separate itself from Singapore. He drew strength from it to create his vision of a Singapore that is “better and stronger” than Malaysia.. Lee is recognized as the founding father of independent Singapore‚ with the country being described as transitioning
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“The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” he displays his sound love towards her through speakers. Both of these poems demonstrate how someone may be going through lost love is feeling. To begin with‚ in the poem “Annabel Lee” the speaker talks only about his life with “Annabel Lee” and how it tragically ended. For example‚ “And this maiden she lived with no other thought‚ than to love and be loved by me (Poe‚ 5-6). In these lines the speaker is expressing how he and “Annabel Lee” only lived to love each
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