Journal Entry 184 We are about 6 months in the expedition and we are preparing for our first winter in the new territory. We spent it at a place called Fort Mandan with the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians. There‚ we met a girl who knew the terrain better than anyone on the Corps. We learn that she is pregnant but the Corps. Of Discovery and I ask her to come along with us. Her name is Sacagawea. A member of the tribe tells us that we need horses for crossing the Appalachian Mountains or as they call
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To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ 1960) Setting: To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming-of-age novel that takes place in Maycomb County‚ Alabama in the 1930’s. Plot Summary: Jean Louise Finch (Scout) starts out to be a very immature child not knowing the prejudice times that surround herself‚ her brother Jem‚ and her father Atticus Finch in the town on Maycomb. Scout must learn to mature as acquaintances accuse her father‚ a lawyer‚ of being a "nigger-lover" for defending a black man in trial
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To Kill A Mockingbird Essay It’s a sin to kill mockingbirds. That’s what Atticus told Jem when he acquired his first weapon. He told him it’s a sin to harm anything that doesn’t commit any wrong‚ a message the American South needed to hear desperately at the time Harper Lee was writing. In the book‚ the children have been relentlessly making fun of Boo Radley‚ but Jem soon realizes that Boo is not what their prejudices had caused them to make him out to be. He learns from this‚ and
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Mariano Marcos State University GRADUATE SCHOOL Laoag City Jamaica B. Vizcarra Prof. Ronald Candy Lasaten MAED-LL Student Professor TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: THEME ANALYSIS To Kill a Mockingbird is a modern American literature written by Harper Lee which gained popularity and positive acclaims because of its authenticity and content. This novel is based on the life of the author when she was 10 years old and what transpired in her hometown during that time. Its great impact
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Dulian Progonati 1/5/2013 The Sin of Killing a Mockingbird “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”(Lee 90). They’re beautiful‚ harmless creatures that do nothing‚ but sing their hearts out. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ the literal reference of the mocking bird is depicted as an innocent creature‚ a creature that is considered a sin if you kill one. In the story‚ the mockingbirds are depicted as two characters; Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. The characters show significance
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The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean LouiseFinch‚ who is almost always called by hernickname‚ Scout. Scoutstartsto explain the circumstancesthat led to thebroken arm thather older brother‚ Jem‚ sustained many years earlier; shebegins by recounting herfamily history.Thefirst of her ancestors tocometo America was a fur-trader and apothecary namedSimonFinch‚who fledEngland to escape religious persecution and establisheda successful farm on thebanks of the AlabamaRiver. The farm‚ calledFinch’sLanding
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The title of this novel is "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. The novel takes place between 1933-1935 during the great depression in Maycomb‚ Alabama. "To Kill A Mockingbird" is about a family growing up together and discovering new talents and different views in each other as they go through emotional and stressful events that occur in their early lives. Jem is the older brother of Scout (Jean-Louise)‚ being the older brother; he has a certain responsibility that teaches him about caring and
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Journal Entry – Business Law Mr. Robert Menendez has recently raised concerns over his possible unethical behavior while residing as the New Jersey state Senator. There are many moral ethical issues‚ as well as one particular contract with Dr. Melgen that may be an issue. His poor ethical choices can be related to his possible egoism. (All parties are innocent until proven guilty.) Ethics is the study of an individual’s character with regards to their choices of right and wrong as assumed
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Hastings Secondary School TKAM Mockingbird Symbol Essay Submitted by: Denver Jones Submitted to: Mr. Rogers Course Code: ENG 2D1 Date: April 30th‚ 2012 A mockingbird is a harmless bird that makes the world more pleasant by doing nothing but sing to us and doing no harm to anyone. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird symbolizes Boo Radley‚ Tom Robinson‚ Scout and Jem‚ and Mayella Ewell‚ who were all peaceful people who never did any harm. To kill or harm them would be a sin
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The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is influential today by affecting other books‚ media‚ and people. According to‚ Cooper Ilene‚ a famous journalist the book‚ The Mighty Miss Malone‚ is an excellent example of a book influenced by To Kill a Mocking; she stated‚ “ It’s 1936… This story shows hardship from the point of view from an African American girl… ‘ I got the idea long after reading To Kill a Mockingbird‚ ’ stated Cooper.” This excerpt undeniably demonstrates the lifelong effect of the famous
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