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    statement that Tom Robinson has served time‚ he is making an ethos argument on behalf of Tom. He is proving Tom has nothing to hide‚ and he tells the truth. When Atticus makes the closing statement where he speaks to the fact that there is no evidence that Tom could have committed the crime he was accused of besides two eyewitnesses with highly improbable testimonies‚ he makes a logos argument. He is stating the facts and trying to shed light on the truth‚ which was only spoken by Tom. When Atticus

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    Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ has many interesting parts in the beginning of the novel‚ such as the mood and writing techniques. The mood of the text is very light-hearted and humourous. Having the story be about a child creates a cheery atmosphere to the events that occur. This is because of how innocent and harmless Tom Sawyer’s life is‚ even when he is getting into trouble. The reader can feel nostalgia as they see Tom’s crazy antics‚ reminding them of what it once was like to his

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    The character Tom Buchanan has different role from all the other in the novel The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tom is apprehensive about Daisy’s actions and his background with being handed everything makes him unaware of how to react or treat the situation. The ability to control people has always been given to Tom and eventually becomes all he cares about. His recklessness has always been a part of him until it leads him to have one of his puppets cut the strings. The deceitful manner

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    if the effect is negative‚ then their existence and conduct will change for the worse. Regardless‚ the integrity and behavior of the individual will always change and adapt to the situation. This idea is clearly depicted in J.C Burkes “The story of Tom Brennan”‚ and the BBC’s “Death in Paradise”. These texts are able to prove that one’s mindset changed based on impactful‚ and meaningful correspondence between people. Positive

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    characters are Scout‚ a young child is the daughter of Atticus who is a tomboy‚ portraying Harper lee as a child. Atticus‚ Scout and Jem’s father‚ a lawyer in Maycomb one of the few citizens of Maycomb committed to racial equality. When he agrees to defend Tom Robinson‚ a black man charged with raping a white woman‚ he exposes himself and his family to the anger of the white community. Jem‚ Scouts brother and Atticus’ son‚ Jem moves into his adolescence during the story‚ and he is shaken badly by the evil

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    the world The Story of Tom Brennan Quote |Technique |Effect | |“...We’re all hurting. It’s not helping anyone being like this” (p11) |Dialogue (Gran) Collective ‘we’ |Gran sums up the far-reaching effects of the accident through the collective nature of “we’re all” and the negative connotations of the word “hurting”. | |“That was the thing about my sisters‚ she’d become tough. It was like I hardly knew her anymore” (p29) |Characterisation of Kylie; simile; metaphor |Tom sums up Kylie’s negative

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    Tomsshoes. "TOMS - Gives New Shoes to Children in Need. One for One." YouTube. YouTube‚ 02 July 2012. Web. 08 Mar. 2017. .The commercial begins with the song "Coahuila" by Balmorhea playing in the background as Blake Mycoskie‚ the founder of toms‚ says "What if is started a shoe company and every time I sold a pair of shoes I gave a pair away and that way as long as I continue to keep selling these shoes these kids will have shoes for the rest of their lives”. As Mycoskie speaks‚ the scene starts

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    Tom Robinson and the Lynch Mob During the scene at the gaol Scout and the other children don’t fully understand the incredible danger posed by the presence of the lynch mob. The story is told from Scout’s point of view we aren’t directly told what could happen. Similarly we are not given access to the thoughts of the members of the lynch mob. The narrative perspective prevents us from knowing Tom Robinson’s thoughts or even what Atticus is thinking at this point in the novel. However‚ we gain some

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    Gutierrez Gutierrez Ashanti Gutierrez Professor Bird English 101 27 October 2024 The Rhetorical View On Tom Purcell Before smartphones and social media gave people license to become increasingly rude to each other? Tom Purcell. In the article?Issues & Controversies? it talks about the way people act differently online. This article is about how many people can be rude only because it’s online. The author told how one time he had experienced such a thing through email and stated this had been

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    and beliefs about himself are noticeably fractured by his family’s forced relocation to Coghill‚ evident in the metaphorical language of‚ “the black curtain” which reflects Tom’s depression that acts as a barrier and blocks his transition. Burke‚ in Tom Brennan displays how reckless behaviour as a rite of passage in a rural communal paradigm can act as a catalyst for a multitude of consequences including an individual’s loss of belief in oneself and how this can lead to a deeper understanding of oneself

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