Is Atticus a good father or not? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Atticus is trying to be a good father as much as he can to Scout and Jem. He never brags about his abilities. Atticus Finch only wants to be a good father as well as a lawyer. He is loving and caring‚ tells his kids what is the difference between good and wrong‚ and teaches them about peoples rights. Atticus as a parent is teaching Scout and Jem of fundamental values. He tries hardest to pass on to his children his
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Was He a Great? We read To Kill a Mockingbird in English class. Many people have their own opinion about Atticus‚ one of the main characters in this book‚ and the way that he acts. My personal opinion about Atticus is the way that he treats his kids and carries himself is awesome! He is a admirable person in terms of parenting. Atticus did many admirable things in life ranging from deciding to do the right thing and defend Tom Robinson to giving his kids advice about life at such a influential
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one Questions 1. Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene? * The servants of both houses (Montagues and Capulets) 2. Benvolio and Montague describe the way Romeo has been acting. What do they have to say about him? * Romeo has been depressed and has been in the dark Note It takes place in Verona in a public place. Sampson and Gregory of house Capulet aremed with swords and bucklers. It is not long before they see Abraham and Balthasar and make a plan to anger them into
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As a father Atticus is affectionate with his children‚ Jem and Scout‚ ready with a hug whenever he can and is available to spend time reading to them during the night. Although he allows his children the freedom to perform many risky tasks and get into dangerous situations‚ he is also a firm disciplinarian‚ always teaching his children to think of how their actions affect others and devising punishments to teach his children valuable lessons. He makes sure that they get a proper punishment for what
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Troy Maxon Troy is a interesting character full of emotions which make him who he is. he can be a bitter character and sometimes quite unbearable. he is confident and sometimes overly confident and boasts a lot‚ showing impressions that he is trying hard‚ to hard‚ to impress people and this might make people think he is actually insecure and covers it up with overly strong opposit emotions. For some of the readers of this book‚ i can imagine that troys
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Intentionally Wicked: Thoughts on The Lord of the Rings and Our Motivation in Committing Evil Acts The Main Point: The following analysis deals with the nature and source of evil and whether‚ given our innate motives and moral obligation‚ we willingly choose to succumb to our desires or are slaves of our passion. From this argument‚ I intend to show that our human nature requires that we play into our desires in order to affirm our free will. This is not to say that our desires are necessarily
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on the Capulet-Montague feud‚ some underlying reasons for a tragedy so harsh are finally being revealed. As we mourn for those who perished as a result of the recent Montague-Capulet tragedy‚ we still must be cognizant of the fact that the Page‚ Balthasar‚ and the nurse all had chances to prevent this misfortune from happening. The idea of commanding people to do things as we wish‚ has questioned our morality as humans‚ and it is now a common reason for three tragic deaths. The nurse was tested
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fate of the star cross’d lovers; death. Romeo‚ Lord Capulet‚ and Friar Lawrence all influence the direction of the play with their hasty actions. Lord Capulet is no exclusion from hasty behaviour. Lord Capulet is very quick to plan Juliet’s decisions. Although “[Juliet] hath not seen the change of fourteen years” (1.2.9)‚ Lord Capulet allows Paris to “get her heart” (1.2.16) and hr prepares to give “[his] consent and fair according voice” (1.2.19). Capulet gives no regard to Juliet’s wants‚ and gives
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more eminent. A line that shows this is “here comes your father. Tell him yourself‚ and see how he will take it at your hands”(3.5 129-130). From this we can infer that firstly she does not want to start a fight with her daughter because she knows she does not have the power to influence her decision and secondly she does not want to get in Capulet’s way‚ because she does not know what he wants to say to Juliet and how hew will react. What Capulet wants is what will happen. Therefore‚ she does not do
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The intention of this work was to create an adaptation of the original story of Romeo and Juliet. Unlike the traditional version‚ this portrayal features the two families‚ The Montagues and The Capulets represented as fairies and mermaids. The Capulets are depicted as fairies whereas The Montagues are illustrated as mermaids. Like the original story‚ the two families are engaged in a feud‚ in this story‚ their argument is over the differences in their families and the obvious difference in their
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