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    To begin with in chapter 8 it talks about a boy named Walter he starts school at Stuyvesant high school but the only problem was a all boys school and it was strange to him in some ways but he could deal with it. ’’But in the book it was an all boys school’’ In chapter nine Walter talks about trying harder in school with his grades. On page 132 Walter said ’’I resolved to do better the next year. ’’ However Walter had to get a job that involved a pushing hand truck. Walter saved money up from his

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    Marshal Samuel Wilcox kicked the blackened remains of Benjamin Gross’s barn. A single wall stood‚ scarred black by flames. He kept his eye on the Pinkerton Detective‚ Hans Schmitt‚ while he examined Benjamin’s charred body. Wilcox stroked the hairs of his long gray beard. A pungent odor of death and flies began to collect. "Most likely the work of Comanche’s. Must have come from the west‚ from Indian Territory‚” Schmitt circled the body. The aroma had no effect on the detective. His palm under his

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    In the beginning of chapter 28‚ Jem and Scout walk to the high school for the play. As they walk through the dark field‚ Cecil Jacobs jumps out to scare the two. They finally reach the high school and Scout puts on her ham costume. Scout falls asleep and accidentally misses her cue to go on stage‚ making Mrs. Merriweather very furious. Scout keeps her costume on for the rest of the night as a way to punish herself. Jem and Scout begin to walk home after the carnival. As they walk home‚ Scout realizes

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    Chapter four begins with the opposing side’s lawyer saying that Meursault showed absolutely no sympathy for committing this murder and that he is a very smart man. Both of these reasons are good enough to charge him with premeditated murder. However‚ from what we know of Meursault‚ showing emotion towards this death would not be him. Meursault is incapable of feeling human emotions or even processing what is happening. He goes from one moment to the next and never looks back. The lawyer then goes

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    Question #1 The events after the rare snowfall symbolize many life lessons that Scout learns from various people. First‚ the snowfall itself symbolized how Scout has had trouble controlling her temper. Mr. Avery accuses Jem and Scout of the change in season‚ claiming that it is bad children who cause seasonal changes. Next‚ Jem constructs a figure that is made of mud but is covered in snow in response to Mr. Avery’s accusation. This symbolizes Mr. Avery and how he may seem white on the outside

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Responses PART ONE: Divide your section in half (or by the number of members in your group). For your partial section complete the following: 1. Write a detailed summary of your section. Highlight the significant events‚ characters and settings of your section. (Full-text will be submitted - point form notes will be created for the class handout) 2. Document 5 significant quotations on the quotation template provided. (Quotes

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    So far I have read chapters one‚ two‚ and three in “To Kill A Mockingbird.” They have been quite interesting‚ and a lot has happened in these chapters. In this journal I will be predicting on if the kids will meet Boo Radley‚ and also evaluating on the Ewells. While I was reading the book I started to think that by the way they would talk about Boo Radley they would not be meeting him. There is an old story in the Maycomb town that Boo Radley was locked away for a good amount of time. The story

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    One morning Jem and Scout woke to an amazing suprise‚ Snow! On their front yard layed a very thin layer of snow. Every step on the presus snow wasted a foot size patch of snow. KNowingly Jem decited to collect all the snow and try and make a snow mane in their front yard. Mr. Attucus was very dowting that the snow man would be sucessfully made with the amout of snow in their yard. Both of the siblings were brain storming how to resulve the situartion. Jem had a quite clever idea and walked to her

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    ‘To Kill a MockingbirdChapter Questions: Chapter One 1. it is a small and very poor town in southern America‚ Atticus is a lawyer and has two children. They aren’t poor they are just lower class. 2. Because the house is full of mystery and myths 3. Scout is the narrator of the story and is looking back on this particular chapter of her life Chapter Two 1. Scout loves learning and has heard about all the good things at school from Jem 2. Jem doesn’t want anything to do with Scout at school

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    To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ is a story that takes place in a town called “Maycomb” in the Southern United States during the early twentieth century; the Great Depression. The narrator of the story‚ Scout Finch‚ tells of life in Maycomb County. Up to Chapter 19 in the text‚ Atticus Finch‚ Scout’s father‚ is defending a black man named Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of rape against Mayella Ewell. Due to this‚ Harper Lee makes it apparent that the story essentially revolves around racism‚ abuse

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