Children are born into and will grow up in a racist and ignorant world. No matter how hard you try to keep them away from it with your words and protection‚ it is a disease‚ and everyone catches it at some point. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a widower named Atticus Finch with his two children Scout and Jem‚ are in the prime time of segregation‚ the 1930’s. Atticus is a very serious lawyer that is presented with an intense rape case. Scout and Jem are tasked with the process of growing
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wasn’t ready to be a Tsar because just in 1881 he witnessed his granddads‚ Alexander II’s assassination when his carriage was blown up. Nicholas was not a strong character and he didn’t want to be a Tsar but he was religious and both he and his wife Alexandra believed they were chosen by God and couldn’t challenge his decision. ‘He had intelligence...faith and courage but he was...ignorant about governmental matters. Nicky had been trained as a soldier. He had not been taught statesmanship and...was not
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Chapter 1 "Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it." Page 5 This quote is important to the narrator‚ because it upturns her feelings about her home. Chapter 2 " ’Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now. ’ I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime." Page 17 This quote shows how Scout’s teacher is mad at her because she knows how to read instead of being proud. It shows how closed minded some people
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Chapter 1 Pride in ancestry and “tradition” “Being Southerners‚ it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestry on either side of the Battle of Hastings.” (Lee‚ 2) Pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different “It was customary for the men in the family to remain on Simon’s homestead‚ Finch’s Landing‚ and make their living from cotton.” (Lee‚ 4) Awareness of difference in social classes “..no hurry‚ for there was nowhere to go‚ nothing to
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point of view.”You never really undersand a person until you consider things from his point of view…climb into his skin”.pg 35. He is scrupulously honest. He tells Jem and Scout the truth about their relatives - rather than the gilded version Aunt Alexandra prefers. He has a dry sense of humor. For instance‚ when Jem is anxious about going to Mrs Dubose’s to read because it is dark and spooky‚ Atticus tells him: "That should appeal to your imagination. Just imagine you’re inside the Radley house".pg
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he was representing a black man in court‚ by doing this he put his family’s life‚ his life‚ his job‚ his career‚and everything that was important to him. Their cook was a black lady named Calpurnia‚ Atticus thought of her as family‚ but when Aunt Alexandra came to visit‚ she couldn’t believe the way Atticus treated her‚ he
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Cuenca and I’ll share to you today the controversy in regards to the possible escape of Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov to the Philippines from the 1918 execution. I will also discuss the evidences presented such as her similar picture with Czarina Alexandra Romanov‚ coincidental name‚ grandeur childhood and how she landed in the Pearl of the Orient Seas. Last May 2012‚ the Philippine Daily Inquirer published an article wherein a lady called Catherine is expressing the possibility that her grandmother
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To Kill A Mocking Bird A Comparison of The Novel and The Film There are many differences between the movie and the book. First the positive points: This film attaches faces to Scout‚ Jem‚ Miss Maudie‚ and Dill‚ since no description of their faces is given in the book. Also‚ the film has some genuinely hilarious moments‚ particularly the scene where Scout is dressed as a ham and walking through the forest. Another good point is that the acting was superb and a treat to watch. Gregory Peck‚
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In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch exemplifies leadership. Finch is a soft spoken attorney in the post depression South who agrees to represent a black man charged with raping a young white woman. In a prejudiced region‚ during an oppressive era‚ Finch boldly chooses the path less taken. Though he may have upset a good many in challenging the values of the time period‚ throughout the novel‚ Finch displays leadership by bravely acting on his principles‚ as well as in the way he
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