Mockingbird‚ Jean Louise “Scout” Finch allows the readers to see past the preconceived ideas of Maycomb and view through the eyes of a 5 year old‚ inquisitive girl who has nothing more to offer than amiable intentions. Scout has been sheltered growing up‚ not from equality and acceptance‚ yet from the world’s prejudice actions. For instance‚ the naive child has a shortage of vocabulary that is used in the 1900s daily leaving Scout questioning “what [is] a whore-lady?” (99). Even though Scout may have a mature
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really risky and making a bad decision can lead one to the loss of their innocence. In William Golding’s book “Lord of the Flies” one can see that the loss of innocence is the major theme throughout the book of these little boys in the island. This theme contributes when they find out what they’re capable of and what they’re not capable of. The conch in “Lord of the Flies” is one out of the three that represents the loss of innocence. It can symbolize equality and justice‚ so everyone has the right to
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Relationship Between Arthur (Boo) Radley and Jean Louise (Scout) Finch In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee‚ Scout is an educated six year old child who is very mature for her age. Despite her capability to understand things that most six year can not‚ she is a bit curious. That curiosity can be viewed as rude and or childish. She is curious about Boo Radley‚ as to why he never comes out of his house. Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ try to come up with ways to get Boo to
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Her childish innocence brings joy to Holden since it serves as a stark contrast to his dreary and depressing worldview. He is interested in preserving innocence and keeping childhood last forever‚ as seen in his desire to be the “catcher in the rye” figure‚ “[catching] everybody if they start to go over the cliff…[coming] out from somewhere and [catching] them” (Salinger 173). When he meets up with Phoebe once again towards the end of the novel‚ he is shocked to find her maturing with
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County To Kill A Mockingbird‚ a novel by Harper Lee‚ is the story of a young girl named Scout‚ growing up in Maycomb County‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930’s. Scout is forced to mature quickly when she father takes on a job defending Tom Robinson‚ a black man accused of rape‚ in court. As a result‚ Scout is mocked and discriminated against by a society that believes a black man is always guilty. Scout comes to realize that her small‚ safe town is not the tranquil place she had thought‚ but is full of racists who
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My name is Cassandra Duncan. I grew up an only child. I was also an only grandchild on both sides. The youngest of all my cousins and the only child in a small neighborhood that consisted of a bunch of adults‚ I never really learned what it meant to just be a kid. And I certainly never learned how to relate to other children. Accustomed to being around primarily adults‚ I was always mature for my age. Even my own friends often annoyed me during my adolescent years. I had a lot of people who invested
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6/3/10 Improving vocabulary skill chap 20 Ten words context 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B Matching word with definition 1. Endow 2. Disdain 3. Expulsion 4. Ominous 5. Divulge 6. Diverse 7. Mortify 8. Detract 9. Elation 10. Nullify Sentence check 1 1. Detract 2. Ominous 3. Averse 4. Elation 5. modified 6. endow 7. expulsion 8. distain 9. divulge 10.
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’Australian English is losing its unique characteristics to Americanisms and gradually dying’ Australian English is a very interesting language‚ It has many features that makes it unique. Some believe that these unique features are being slowly killed by Americanisms assimilating into our language. This theory‚ believe it or not‚ is untrue. Americanisms in Australia withhold an extremely small area in mainly our lexicon and some morphology‚ with all other features of our language left unscathed
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recurring themes throughout the story. One of the strongest relates to the subtitle of the novella‚ “Fall from Innocence”. The boys journey shows their fall from innocence as they encounter new experiences over the two days. Each boy shows their own emotions and ideas during the duration of their journey to discover Ray’s dead body. Over time‚ chris‚ Teddy‚ and Gordie lose their innocence by having hostile home environments‚ escaping death by a train‚ and having to point a gun at people they grew
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ASSIGNMENT 01 DUE DATE: 04 March 2013 SECTION A: SHORT QUESTIONS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: A LOSING BATTLE? 1. Yes. Affirmative action is aimed at addressing the imbalances of the past. It is sanctioned and required by the constitutional requirement to achieve substantive or real equality. There is a moral imperative on all South Africans to work towards the achievement of a more equitable society. Racial discrimination‚ in contrast‚ has no rational and objective premise and simply appeals to
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