diseases as they often get poisoned by human waste‚ particularly industrial effluent‚ The general population which is affected by these diseases would prefer to have these animals slain‚ rather than caged. The most dominant reason for caging animals or birds is for personal entertainment‚ whether it is a lion in a circus forced to jump through loops or if it is a macaw kept in a cage as a pet or "companion". Pet owners can argue that they love the pets they keep as a part of their family‚ they provide
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“If birds of a feather flock together‚ they don’t learn enough.” To me‚ this quote means that you have to be on your own to learn‚ to grow‚ and create your own life. If you stay in the same place with the same people you will not have the chance to see what more is out there and how many things life has to offer. Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere‚ and in the middle of nowhere you find yourself. I believe that if you never accept change you will find yourself stuck. You will not
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1. In the text "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" a young black girl is growing up with racism surrounding her. It is very interesting how the author Maya Angelou was there and the way she described every detail with great passion. In the book Maya and Bailey move to a lot of places‚ which are‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas; St. Louis‚ Missouri; and San Francisco‚ California. Maya comes threw these places with many thing happening to her and people she knows. She tries to hold onto all the good memories and get
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ by Maya Angelou‚ is an autobiography that opens in 1931‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas‚ and follows Marguerite Johnson (Maya Angelou) throughout her years of growing up. Starting when she first arrived to live her grandma‚ to when she moved to San Fransisco to be reunited with her mother‚ She encounters many experiences‚ good and bad‚ that mold her into who she is in adulthood. This book is more than just the outward journey of her life‚ it involves what she instinctively knew
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Scout’s Coming of Ages Experiences By: Jessica Batey In the Novel to Kill a Mockingbird by Harpee Lee‚ one of the main characters Jean Louise Finch‚ also known as scout; matures and grows up. Not only does she grow up but she gets to experience many different traumatic moments over the 3 year time frame in this book. She learns from mistakes she makes and from the people around her and most importantly Maycomb County‚ the town she lives in. Jean Louise Finch also known as “Scout” is a 6 year old
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Prejudice is shown in many ways in To Kill a Mocking Bird. From social prejudice against the Cunninghams to racial prejudice against Tom Robinson‚ the book has displayed many aspects of how people can look through the window and see things completely differently than the person beside them. A form of social prejudice is when Aunt Alexandra forbid Scout to play with Walter Cunningham‚ a poor boy whom Scout attends school with. This is because Aunt Alexandra sees Walter and his family as poor and
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One of many challenged books is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚” by Maya Angelou. This book was published back in 1969. While it has gained popularity over the past few decades‚ when it was originally published‚ a numerous amount of people were not satisfied with it‚ and it made people unhappy. It tells the true story of Ms. Angelou’s life‚ and the reader learns that she did not have an easy life by any means. She faced many challenges‚ and openly shared them in her book. Due to her openness‚
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EDUCATING A BIRD CHILD IS A BURDEN Education of a child starts from the family and mother is the first teacher. But‚ the irony in India is that although the deity of education is a female i.e. Goddess Saraswati according to the Hinduism‚ innumerable number of women are illiterate. They are not remaining uneducated by their own wish but they are being forbidden from receiving education because of the patriarchal families in our society. In most of the families the birth of a girl child is not desired
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heroes‚ such as wisdom‚ bravery and integrity. Atticus qualifies as a hero without any superpowers. His rare actions and attributes clearly meet the requirements for a superb hero in his time. Many times throughout Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mocking Bird” Atticus has wise words for his children and teaches them very valuable morals. Atticus gives the following advice to scout‚ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and
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Judgment Day by Flannery O’Connor is a story about an old man living in mid-twentieth century New York City but who’s mindset is one of late nineteenth century Corinth‚ Alabama. The story starts by leading you to believe that the main character‚ Tanner‚ is going to visit his hometown but it is revealed that he is going there to reside or die trying. Tanner is the main character that suffers from self-righteousness and spiritual blindness. He is arrogant toward black people because he used to employ
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