The Scarlet Letter – Journal #1 In chapters four through seven‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies to convey his purpose of emphasizing the character’s opinions and also to describe what is taking place in the particular chapter. In chapter four‚ there are many times when Hawthorne uses parallelism to emphasize the character’s opinions. For instance on page 51‚ paragraph one‚ Hawthorne quotes Roger Chillingworth using parallelism‚ “…in the eyes of men and women‚ -in the
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Practise Essay- How does Part One of “To Kill a Mockingbird” show the importance of understanding individual difference? Harper Lee’s 1960 novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” conveys the importance of understanding individual difference through many aspects. Individual difference is the fact that every person is different from the other‚ that no one is the same and we all have our different views and opinions. This is portrayed through Miss Caroline’s unfriendliness towards Scout‚ the different
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>Atticus Finch Quote 1 "Atticus‚ you must be wrong...." "How’s that?" "Well‚ most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong...." (11.54-56) If there’s one thing that we learned from jeggings‚ Uggs‚ and chain wallets‚ it’s that the majority isn’t always right. But Atticus doesn’t need anyone to teach him those lessons. He already knows that individual conscience is a better guide to justice than majority opinion. The theme of justice plays a major role in To Kill a Mockingbird. Ideally‚ justice
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The novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee contains few aspects about Maycomb black community. This links very well with one of the most important theme of the novel‚ racism. Harper Lee describe black community as poor‚ uneducated and unfairly treated people‚ but in the end Harper Lee tells us that black people are just like anyone else in Maycomb and they deserve to be treated equally. To begin‚ Harper Lee describes black community as extremely poor‚ uneducated group of people. Harper
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Journal Entry #1 “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb p. 311 Word count: 522 Summary Love in L.A.” is a story that is set on the streets of Los Angeles in the heat of traffic. Love should be an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment (DK). But in the short story Love in L.A.‚ the definition of love is the exact opposite. Through “Jake‚” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions‚ none results in anything positive outcome; He portrays being lazy‚ irresponsible
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Chapter 27 – Tradition and Change in East Asia The Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Restored traditional Chinese rule Hongwu was founder Tried to drive out any Mongol influence Used mandarins to travel through the empire to make sure policy was being followed o Also used eunuchs who were loyal to the gov’t because they couldn’t have families The Emperor Yongle used the navy to expand and show China’s power Kept powerful army to keep out invaders in the early years o Mongol armies
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Jake Riley Welte‚ Riggs. Humanities II 10-9-15 Great Gatsby Journal Entry. Jay Gatsby is the main character of the novel The Great Gatsby. He was born in a poverty ridden family in rural North Dakota. He despised poverty and always wanted to be as rich as he possibly could as he grew up. He eventually became extremely wealthy‚ However he came into the money through various forms of organized crime such as alcohol distribution during Prohibition and securities trading. He is an extreme introvert
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intolerant can come to at least understand‚ and hopefully also accept‚ different ways of life that other may lead.” In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill Mockingbird the leading protagonist is a nine year old girl‚ Scout Finch. Although it comes early in Scout’s life‚this is one lesson about understanding people;that helps transform her later in the novel‚To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the book Harper Lee writes about Scout Finch‚a young girl who is growing up in Maycomb‚Alabama‚ in the 1930s. Over the course
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writing To Kill A Mockingbird‚ there were many historical events taking place. At the heart of it all was the Civil Rights movement. “There was little opportunity for African Americans to advance themselves in the South. Schools were segregated between whites and blacks‚ who were not allowed to attend white high schools. Blacks were therefore effectively denied an education‚ since‚ in the early 1930s‚ there was not a single high school for black students in the South” ("To Kill a Mockingbird." 305).
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Over the centuries‚ dictators have banned books and even burned them in order to suppress ideas. America’s classic gothic novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ has been on and off the banned book list for years ever since it was first published in 1960 in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement. To Kill A Mockingbird should remain in the high school curriculum because it teaches lessons to the reader. In a town that is “diseased” with racism‚ Atticus tries to make the all white male jury understand
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