Charles Baker Harris‚ who is commonly referred to as Dill‚ is a little boy in the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird and plays the role of a cardboard character. Dill is sincere friends with Scout and Jem and spends his summers with Aunt Rachel. Dill represents the naivety and innocence of childhood and is a very intriguing character. Dill appears to be younger than his actual age. In the beginning of the novel‚ Dill had a short stature and appeared to be four years of age‚ when in actuality‚ wassix
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In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ we meet the old man Santiago‚ who is a persistent‚ hardy‚ and prideful individual. He exemplifies these character traits in his struggles to earn back the respect and reputation among the local fisherman. To do this‚ he sails out much farther than the other fishermen‚ in hopes if finding a big fish to bring back – bigger than any of the fish they have caught. Overall‚ Santiago exhibited all of the traits of any great fisherman; persistence‚ hardiness‚ and pride
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Bruce Espinoza Professor Werner WRI 1000.6 – Basic Writing October 3‚ 2013 Travel Sketch Peru has always been a place that I’ve wanted to visit. It’s located in South America‚ and hold one of the seventh wonders of the world. Growing up in a Peruvian family‚ I had only visited it twice surprisingly. Both my mother and father grew up and lived there for a majority of their life. Although I had only visited there twice‚ I would definitely live there because‚ of its scenery and people. Also‚ Peru
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Sahanator is a 13 year old boy who is half German and half Korean. He has long blue and red hair with blue brown eyes. He is 170cm and he weighs 50kg. He prefers to wear a suit and a cologne. He is a bit different compared to his classmates. He is rather quiet and he is very careful about what he says and what he does. He is quite brave and he never gives up. He always tells to himself‚ ‘Don’t start something you can’t finish’. He does like music and sports. He learned how to protect himself. He
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The story of Rosalind Franklin is a fascinating one‚ not purely because of her work with X-ray crystallography and DNA molecules‚ but rather in large part to an exciting race between her and two Cambridge students named James Watson and Francis Crick to see who could determine the correct function of a DNA molecule. Rosalind was born in London on July 25th‚ 1920 to a wealthy Jewish banking family. Rosalind wasn’t like the other kids. While most kids loved to play pretend and girls especially were
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ALICE Alice is a seven-and-a-half-year-old little girl living in an upper-middle-class family in Victorian England. She is a very imaginative little girl who goes on a surprising adventure into the looking glass world. This journey is the biggest example of her active and vivid imagination which we later come to know is only a dream. But‚ inspite of being only seven years old‚ we see some characteristics in her which are very unusual for a girl as small as her. Her relationship with her pet kittens
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Washington State University | Rosalind Elsie Franklin | A story that needs to be told | | 2/3/2013 | Biology 499 * Introduction Have you ever asked yourself‚ exactly what is DNA and why is it so important? DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid and is found in every living thing. We inherit DNA from our parents‚ half from our mothers and half from our fathers. DNA is made up of sugars‚ bases‚ and phosphates and comes in the structure of a double helix which looks like a spiral
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Character Sketch for I’m a Fool September 28th‚ 2013 The character in I’m a Fool is a 19 year old boy‚ who will be referred to as the Swipe‚ his occupation‚ since his name was not mentioned in the story. Similar to most common people‚ the Swipe likes “feeling grander and more important” (pg.94) while he does not like “putting on too many airs” (pg.93). He is introduced as a “big lumbering fellow” (pg.91) who could not get a job because he “had gotten too big to mow people’s lawns and sell newspapers”
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Mustapha Mond Character Sketch It is said that a great leader must always lead by example. This is not always true‚ a leader must sometimes partake in some negative activities in order to protect the interests of the populous. An excellent example of this is Mustapha Mond. When one first meets Mustapha Mond‚ it is obvious that he is distinctly different from the other alpha plusses; Mond is unique‚ wise‚ and authoritative. Mustapha Mond is unique in part because he reads prohibited literature
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Imagine if you made a groundbreaking discovery and your ideas were shared without your consent and then you were not credited for your achievement. Rosalind Franklin‚ a scientist‚ made a big revelation that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA. Her coworker shared it with other scientists and she was never credited for her work. Rosalind Franklin was born on July 25‚ 1920 in London‚ England in a Jewish household‚ during the time of flappers and advancement for women. In 1928 a law was passed
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