How does Harper Lee create tension in chapter 11? All the way through the book‚ Scout talks about an elderly‚ horrible neighbor‚ Mrs. Dubose who is Restricted to a wheelchair.’’ If she was on the porch when we passed her wrathful gaze would rake us ...’’ this merely expresses the hatred she has towards these two children. It was impossible to go to town without passing her house unless we wished to walk a mile out of the way. ‘’ This demonstrates to the reader that anywhere they want to go they
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war between the Allies and Germans. They were ambitious to succeed and win the war. In the end they all had tragic and horrific deaths‚ but which three of these men deserve your sympathy the most? I sympathized the most with Paul‚ Albert‚ and Detering. Paul Baumer was the character that I felt deserved the most sympathy because he had it tough in the war from finding out that his mother had cancer‚ being alone‚ and losing all of his friends. For example‚ Paul had said‚ “I am the last of the seven
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you have more sympathy‚ Aeneas or Turnus? Give reasons based on your reading of the whole text. [8] Throughout Book 12‚ Virgil clearly flicks from the perspective of Turnus to Aeneas several times in order to change with whom we have more sympathy. Overall‚ Virgil is very successful at doing this and we‚ as the reader‚ find ourselves changing our opinions of the heroic characters Aeneas and Turnus over the course of Book 12. Virgil uses a few techniques in order to extract sympathy for Aeneas
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BOOK REPORT To Kill a Mocking Bird To Kill a Mocking Bird is written by the author Harper Lee‚ and is about growing up. The main character is a girl named Scout Finch‚ who is about to turn six when the book begins‚ and eight when it ends. During the two years‚ she learns many things about people‚ and about life. Scout Finch lives with her brother‚ Jem‚ and their widowed father‚ Atticus. The story takes place from 1933-1935 in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Atticus works as a lawyer‚ however
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describe and interpret Sympathy and We Wear the Mask. Both Sympathy and We Wear the Mask were written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. To begin with‚ the poem Sympathy suggests to the reader a comparison between the lifestyle of the caged bird‚ and the African American. Paul Laurence Dunbar’s center of attention of Sympathy is how the African American identifies and relates to the frustrations and pain that a caged bird experiences. Dunbar begins the poem by stating "I know what the caged bird feels‚ alas!"(African
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In to Kill a Mocking Bird Tom Robinson is accused of a crime he did not commit. Appointed to defend Tom in court Atticus is uses all of his abilities and tries to convince the court to vote Tom innocent. Attempting to convince that Tom is innocent not raping Mayella he uses ethical‚ logical‚ and emotional appeal to protect him in Atticus’s closing argument. As Atticus is defending Tom he uses ethical appeal to bring out their reasoning of right and wrong. When defending Tom he listens to what
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Homeless Bird The author Gloria Whelan‚ wrote a novel‚ titled Homeless Bird‚ which takes place in India. In the story‚ the main character‚ Koly‚ gets married then becomes a widow‚ then her Sass abandons her in Vrindavan and now Koly is on her own. Over the course of the story‚ Koly becomes more and more courageous. Koly shows courage throughout the whole story. Koly was courageous because she got the courage to marry someone she never met. “When I heard that at last a husband had been found for
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several times that they need to walk in someone else’s shoes before judging the person. Describe times when Atticus‚ Scout or Jem walk in someone else’s shoes. How does this change how they view the situations? What role does this advice play in sympathy and compassion? b. Should Boo Radley have been locked away in a mental institution when he was a teenager? Why or why not? c. At one point Jem describes four kinds of "folks" in Maycomb County:"our kind of folks don’t like the Cunninghams‚ the
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To kill a Mocking bird – three life lessons Scout learns In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the narrator Scout Finch learns life lessons through the harsh reality of racism. The three main lessons she learns are it is wrong to be act cruel to people‚ the definition of courage and the importance in understanding others. She puts herself in others’ perspectives and positions. The lessons help Scout to gradually comprehend the society she lives in. One of the lessons Scout learns
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asked if he was hustling a game of pool‚ the Deacon replied‚ “No. I’m educating.” The most memorable scene for me is when McNulty sits down and talks to Briana Barksdale about D’Angelo. It is interesting to see how McNulty uses both his actual sympathy for D’Angelo
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