Miguel Martinez Per. 6 English Dr. Beagle 5/18/12 To Kill a Mockingbird Chap. 23-31 Vocab. 1. Credibility- the quality of being trusted and believed in Book Sentence: “I had destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial‚” (292). Original Sentence: After beginning a lying spree to his parents‚ he had lost his credibility. 2. Furtive- attempting to avoid notice or attention‚ typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble;
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Tim O’Brien’s decision to go to Vietnam was out of the fear from disappointing his family and community. How does shame affect and play a role in the life of the soldiers in The Things They Carried? The Things They Carried is a book set in Massachusetts but the core of the book is based in Vietnam. A group of Soldiers go to war and Tim O’Brien decides to document the true effects of war but beneath his words‚ there were a lot of factors and double meaning to them. The motif ‘Shame” played a huge
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4) Chapter 9: "I drew a bead on him (p. 81)." (To draw a bead on someone is to aim at or focus on that person.) 5) Chapter 9: ‘I merely bowed to the inevitable (p. 84).’ (An event or occurrence that is inevitable is one that cannot be stopped from occurring. To bow to the inevitable is to realize this fact and resist fighting it. Atticus realizes that‚ sooner or later‚ Scout and Jem would be given guns and be taught how to shoot‚ so he doesn’t try to fight it.)
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How is fear created in the first chapter of To Kill a Mockingbird? When describing Maycomb in the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee paraphrases Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Lee uses this quote to show that the people in Maycomb should be afraid of the fact they are afraid of something for no reason. This fear of change stems from prejudice: there are four kinds of folks in this world‚ there’s the ordinary kind like us‚ there’s the kind like
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Mockingbirds are a symbol of sheer innocence; their existence causes no harm to others and the sole purpose of its life is to make mellifluous music for all to enjoy. The mockingbird’s sweet chorus is destroyed and disregarded in to kill a mockingbird‚ as the harmless characters of Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are exiled and imprisoned despite their altruism. The use of the mockingbird in the title provides distinction and coincides through characters and events during the novel. Harper Lee develops
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Qing-Si Yu Ms. Ridge ELA：10 January 4‚ 2013 1. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing bus sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Atticus explains why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird in this quote. He wants to teach Jem‚ Scout‚ and Walter that killing an innocent mockingbird is a sin. Atticus gives a hint that hurting an innocent person
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To Kill a Mockingbird Quote Work Quotation Number One "When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly‚ leaving greasy sweat steaks on the wall‚ and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A strange small spasm shook him‚ as if he heard fingernails scrape slate‚ but as I gazed at him in wonder the tension slowly drained from his face. His lips parted into a timid smile‚ and our neighbour’s image blurred with my sudden tears. ’Hey‚ Boo‚’ I said." Page 270 Analysis Here‚ for the very first time‚
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contemporary Jews still leave in the fear from the Holocaust. Especially since us Americans have been at war close to their land‚ the Holy land‚ also known as Isreal. If it happened once‚ who’s to say it won’t happen again. The Holocaust is still commonly talked about in many aspects. It’s brought up in the public; it’s brought up in schools everywhere. It’s a constant reminder to the Jews of that horrible event that their loved ones and community were put through. They have to learn how to deal with what
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Living In Fear In Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ the main character‚ Okonkwo’s life revolves around fear. Throughout the novel Okonkwo struggles with a fear of becoming his father and with a fear of not being respected throughout the village. Instead of overcoming his fears‚ Okonkwo lashes out and his fears dominate him and take over his actions. Okonkwo believes that his fear drives him to do better‚ but in reality he only becomes worse and turns into his father. Since Okonkwo was young
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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" -Franklin Roosevelt What is fear? is it the unconscious barrier that limits our thoughts‚ our desires? Perhaps it’s the minds way of preventing itself from doing something irrational. However‚ fear is irrational. It can only control you as long as your mind is incapable of rationalizing and realizing that it does not exist- and is only a figment of our imaginations. Fear molds our reality‚ limiting and constructing it to fears own will
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