The Ewells are the poorest family in Maycomb. Since the mother is dead‚ the children have to depend on the father‚ Bob Ewell. Bob is a man who drinks his money away and doesn’t care much for his children. Like animals‚ they live in the town dump. Burris Ewell‚ one of the children‚ has to deal with this. He has no parental guidance‚ he never washes himself‚ and lives in extremely poor living conditions. Burris is described as the filthiest kid in the class‚ his “neck was dark grey‚ the backs of his
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After their near altercation with the mob at the jail‚ Scout asked Atticus why Mr. Cunningham‚ one of their friends‚ wanted to hurt him. Atticus said that while Mr. Cunningham was part of a group‚ he was still an individual. When Scout asked Mr. Cunningham about his entailment‚ she forced him to have empathy for the Finches who have shown kindness to his family. Had Scout not done this‚ Mr. Cunningham never would have considered things from Atticus’s point of view and the mob would have hurt Atticus
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Biped‚ choreographed in 1999‚ is the culmination of Cunningham’s experimentation with technology and dance. For Biped Cunningham collaborated with Paul Kaiser and Shelley Eshkar to compile 25 minutes of motion-captured animation that could be broken down into smaller pieces and projected onto a scrim that covers the front of the stage (Copeland 2004: 193). The animation can appear as the concentric-circle shaped figures from LifeForms‚ or it can be stripped down to appear as floating dots or lines
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Vindication Station: The Bob Ewell Story “Treat others the way you want to be treated” is a phrase that children have heard since kindergarten. “Minimizing” one’s reactions in response to a certain situation is an idea taught from birth‚ as an individual’s actions have enormous impacts on the people around them. But what is it that makes one react in a volatile manner? In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” we are presented with a variety of characters who respond to adverse situations with poise
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Bob Ewell is a character in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Bob Ewell is the head of the Ewell family‚ a poor family who lives in the town dump. Bob Ewell has many children‚ but his wife is deceased. Bob Ewell’s racist attitude‚ fecklessness and vengefulness make him one of the most hated and wicked characters in the book. Bob Ewell is thought of as the most despicable man in all of Maycomb‚ except for its black residents‚ who the racists of the town think are worse than anyone else. Bob
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Walter In the play Raisin in the Sun by Lorrain Hansberry there are quite a few characters that I can relate to without difficulty. The character I can relate to easily is Walter. Walter is a poor man who dreams big and always wants more for himself and his family. By dreaming big it also makes Walter very selfish and negligent. While he acts this way it causes a lot of pressure on the things that mean the most to him‚ his family and marriage. Throughout the play Walter‚ like a lot us in the
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English 1 CPE: Period 7 February 14‚ 2013 Comparative Essay Martin Luther King Junior’s “I Have a Dream” speech is similar to Walter Lee Younger’s dream in Lorraine Hansberry’s‚ A Raisin in the Sun. Both of the men were faced with poverty. Poverty was a large growing problem in the 1950s that many people had to face. Therefore‚ they did not have enough money to live an enjoyable life. Discrimination was a major problem in the 1950s. For example‚ colored people would have to go to different schools
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you ever wondered what it is like being in a family that is the lowest class in Maycomb? A family that is pitied on my blacks? A life you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy? Well I am here to tell you about what it is like to be a Ewell. I am Caroline Ewell. Being a Ewell is like being in a boundless nightmare that you can never wake up from no matter how hard you try. No money‚ no education‚ and no hope for a better life. We know our lives are gruesome‚ still my older sister Mayella tries to shield
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The Cunningham Family and Intergenerational Poverty Brian Byerly SW 5010 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment I The Cunningham Family and Intergenerational Poverty This review of Rosa Lee Cunningham’s family system utilizes an eclectic point of view and incorporates aspects of object relations theory‚ behavior theory‚ and multi systems family theory. From the micro level‚ an intervention will primarily follow a behavioral model due to the breadth of negative reinforcers
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Is Mayella Ewell powerful? Numerous believe she is not‚ but a few suffice. Many say she is powerful in a few ways. Mayella Ewell is powerful; even though she lives in a dump and is considered poor by others‚ she still has advantages as a white female. These trump cards of hers‚ being white‚ poor‚ and female. To begin with‚ Mayella has a specific race. She is white‚ and being white in the 1960’s had countless superiorities. “ The witness swallowed hard. ‘She reached up an’ kissed me ‘side of
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