Atticus Finch is a skilled lawyer who defends an innocent black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who was charged with the rape of a white girl. This was a controversial case in the history of Maycomb and Atticus was a brave man to have taken the task of defending Tom. Atticus is courageous and stands up for what he believes in. He is a compassionate man who is very morally conscious and believes in equality. He hates unfair advantages and‚ in particular‚ the unfair advantage that white people have over Negroes
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Eagle scout life statement I started cub scouts when I was 7 years old. My dad took me to a meeting and I loved the fun games we played and interesting topics we learned. When I graduated from cub scouts and joined Boy Scouts ‚I really enjoyed the camping‚ hiking and outdoor experiences. Earning First Class was easy. I learned a lot about camping‚ first aid‚ orienteering‚ canoeing and cooking. When I achieved Star‚ I started to learn how to complete merit badges‚ some of which took me a lot
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In Catcher in the Rye‚ the protagonist‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is introduced to the readers as a troubled young who desperately wants to protect his youthful innocence. Because Holden constantly faces harsh realities of adulthood and world‚ he is even more compelled to protect innocence. He wants to protect not only his‚ but also those around him. Holden feels that childhood is something to be saved and kept‚ instead of learning the truth of adulthood since the adult world is an impure place that corrupt
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This theme of Bruno’s innocence is clearly stated throughout this novel‚ with both Bruno and Shmuel showing a “childlike innocence”‚ unable to comprehend the political rules their friendship is breaking. The ironic truth is that Bruno’s father is Commandant of a Jewish concentration camp‚ while Bruno’s best friend is a prisoner at Auschwitz. This theme of innocence is also brought up again when Bruno’s parents go to great lengths to hide the
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In The Age of Innocence‚ Edith Wharton uses the minor character Ned Winsett‚ to contrast with the protagonist‚ Newland Archer. Newland Archer is a young lawyer from a rich New York family‚ living by conventions and sticking to the social order‚ on the other side of the spectrum is Ned Winsett‚ an unconventional journalist. While Archer is rich‚ Ned is poor; Archer thinks Ned is free to do whatever he pleases and is not held down by a strict social life like him. Ned Winsett serves as a character
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be dedicated‚ enduring‚ and supportive in order to be effective in addition to many other qualities. Jennie Finch is a great example of a dedicated leader.She was born on September 3‚ 1980 in the United States. She is a two-time Olympic softball champion. While on the U.S.A. Olympic Softball team‚ she contributed to a gold medal in Athens (2004) and a silver medal in Beijing (2008). “Finch shrugs off the attention and remains committed to the principles that made her near unbeatable.”(Beech‚ Mark)
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Last August I started working on my Girl Scout Gold Award‚ the highest award that can be earned in Girl Scouts. This is an individual project for the girl to lead while incorporating the help of others. It must address a global issue in my neighborhood. The award consists of at least 80 hours of working on a community service project and 15 hours of that could go towards planning. I chose to remodel the activities room at Sunset Nursing Home. I had to fill out paperwork to explain my vision on how
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Virtue‚ rather than being a teachable piece of knowledge‚ seems to be an innate understanding. Every person in the world‚ save perhaps psychopaths and sociopaths‚ naturally has a strong moral compass. An example that proves this idea is the innocence of children. I have never witnessed a child perform an action with solely malicious intent. Children always have some outside motivation for any hateful actions they perform‚ so they never do it only to hurt someone. At this point you might think that
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understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.”- Atticus. The subject of innocence is displayed by a mockingbird in the book‚”To Kill A Mockingbird‚” by Harper Lee. In the slow‚ old town of Maycomb during the 1930’s‚ (Great Depression)‚ racism is a great issue and is attemped to be stopped but the ways will continue no matter what. To kill a mockingbird represents the destruction of innocence in the story. This is shown through Tom Robinson’s innocent death and Boo Radley’s societal
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The innocence of a child slowly deteriorates as they develop into an adult. The narrator in the short story Araby loses his innocence on his voyage to a bazaar (Araby) in hopes to impress a girl. In Araby‚ James Joyce develops the narrator through the trip to Araby where the young boy is exposed to the realities of adulthood. The narrator in Araby is an older man reminiscing back to his childhood. He recollects playing in the streets with his friend Mangan and more specifically seeing Mangan’s
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