Judy Trinh Ms. Rubenstein Academic English I 8 April 2013 Lynching & Lynch Mobs Discrimination is a terrible and unfair act. White men and women are treating African Americans differently because of their skin color or race. Not only did lynch mobs lynch African Americans‚ but they also lynched and abused Chinese‚ Japanese and Italian immigrants. How are they harming other races with discrimination? They harm them by verbally and physically abuse them like kidnapping‚ beating‚ punching‚ shooting
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"She was white‚ and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society is unspeakable: she kissed a black man.” In the book To Kill a Mockingbird a rape trial takes place‚ between Tom Robinson‚ a black man‚ and Mayella Ewell‚ a white women. Though most people believe Maylla because she is white‚ I believe Tom is not guilty because of the lack of medical evidence‚ lack of witnesses‚ and the fact that Tom Robinson was crippled in the left arm. The lack of medical evidence proves
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the window and a half-empty bottle of whiskey upright on the floor. He uncorked the flagon and sniffed the liquid inside and took a quick drink. He wiped his whiskers‚ corked the bottle. Next to the rocker on a table‚ a brown leather bound book‚ a journal. Wilcox looked out the window. Schmitt walked across the field fixated on the ground and knelt and touched the damp earth. Schmitt had found a trail. Wilcox rested on the old rocking chair. Schmitt now on his horse headed south‚ bending to study the
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and where we are in this era is incredible. As technology gets into the minds of children they seem to learn faster than before. It takes minutes for children to understand where adults never really grasp what they hold in their hands. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the knowledge of understanding in her story. Jean Louis Finch “Scout” matures by seeing and hearing events most kids her age do not with the trial of Tom Robinson’s trial revealing that firsthand experience brings knowledge
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. These six chapters are about Jem‚ 13 and Scout‚ 9 dealing with the effects of Atticus’s case. Jem and Scout have always believed that Atticus is extremely boring‚ but he is actually quite the opposite. He could shoot really well and demonstrated his ability by shooting down old Tim Johnson. Furthermore‚ Atticus was gone and he didn’t want to leave the children home alone‚ so Calpurnia brought them to church. When they went to
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In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee illustrates determination through Atticus Finch’s ability to do what is right at all costs because he wants to set good examples. First of all‚ Atticus defends those who aren’t able to speak for themselves or for those who aren’t understood. Evidence of this assertion from the book is‚ “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”- (pg. 39) Atticus defended Miss Caroline
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A Maturing Relationship Harper Lee’s book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ about Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill growing up in Maycomb County and their fascination and thoughts about Arthur (Boo) Radley is very exciting and interesting. The children’s personalities change drastically throughout the story as well as their views of Boo. Growing up is the process of shifting from a child to a young adult. Watching their views grow and their minds expand made the book appealing and fascinating. Jem‚ Scout‚ and Dill
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unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this? 5. Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus’s conversation with Uncle Jack? What might this be? 6. Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it might be important in the story. Chapter 10 7. Scout says that
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Hidden Soul Entry 1‚ A DARK PRISON There was darkness seeping from the corners like an ocean bursting from a dam. Light filled the passageway for a brief moment before being engulfed by the darkness. It was pulled back into sickly darkness that oddly behaved like a strange thick black oil‚ goop or tar. The darkness was very slowly moving down the corridor‚ but quickened its pace if a ray of light escaped. The darkness had hardened way far back when it started turning into it’s strange substance
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The roles of women in society during the depression era were quite clearly defined‚ yet To Kill a Mockingbird presents female characters that break these stereotypes such as: Scout‚ Calpurnia‚and Miss Maudie. A southern lady was a precious flower. She was to be at all times feminine‚ polite‚ soft-spoken and gentle. She was to defer to men in all cases. A man was obligated to protect a lady’s virtue even to the point of never using crass language in front of a lady (recall Arthur Radely and his friends
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