Holly Holland English I First Period December 3‚ 2009 Annotated Bibliography Handschuh‚ Judith. “Harper Lee.” Teen Reads. 2003. Carol Fitzgerald. 2 December 2009. Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28‚ 1926 in Monroeville Alabama. Lee was the youngest of four children born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. She studied law at Huntington College in 1944 to 1945‚ following in her father’s footsteps with her career choice. She then studied a year at Oxford University‚ followed by working
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The songs that represent The songs you listen to or hear on the radio connect to your favorite character from a book or to the book in general. To kill a mockingbird main characters Scout‚ Jem‚ Atticus‚ Calpurnia‚ Tom Robinson‚ Bob Ewell‚ and Mayella have many songs that connect to their traits and the situation there in. The song “Not Afraid” by Eminem represents the traits Jem portrays in the book. A line that represents Jem is “I’m not afraid to take a stand”. This line portrays Jem because
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and morally by interacting with minor characters‚ society‚ and applying the themes of the story to their lives. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird the reader can see the protagonist of the story‚ Scout Finch‚ mature from her child like mentality and thoughts to become a strong feminine character with high morals. This is achieved through the characters and situations in her life that influence her to see reality‚ past her childhood mirage‚ for what it really is. The roles of people such as
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Nelle Harper Lee grew up during the Great Depression‚ and in a time where there was a lot of racism. A reviewer for ‘The New Yorker’ wrote‚” Lee is a skilled‚ unpretentious‚ and totally ingenuous writer who slides unconcernedly and irresistibly back and forth between being sentimental‚ tough‚ melodramatic‚ acute‚ and funny” (Champion 124). Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28‚ 1926 (Shields 3). She was the youngest of four children (Madden 29)‚ and grew up in Monroeville‚ Alabama. She was
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Alynie Xiong Hour 2 Rudolph 10-23-2010 Societal Influence on Scout Finch Jean Louise “Scout” Finch shares her childhood in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. She talks about her thoughts and decisions as she grew older and how they changed. Society had a very powerful influence over Scout as she grew up and her thoughts‚ actions‚ and choices were based off of what she learned from her environment. The story takes place in Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ a sleepy little town in the South. There
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Harper Library‚ situated at the center of the main quadrangle at the University of Chicago‚ resembles a converted abbey‚ with its vaulted ceilings and arched windows. The library was completed in 1912‚ before Enrico Fermi built the world’s first nuclear reactor‚ before Milton Friedman devised the permanent income hypothesis‚ and well before Barack Obama taught Constitutional Law. Generations of scholars have pored over Adam Smith and Karl Marx in the main reading room‚ penned world-class treatises
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In the novel‚ "To Kill a Mockingbird"‚ the character Scout plays an important role; Harper Lee portrays her as straightforward‚ abrupt‚ impulsive‚ and even just plain rude. One example of this is when Scout says‚ "He ain’t company‚ Cal‚ he’s just a Cunningham‚" (Lee 24) in reference to when Walter Cunningham was over at the Finch residence‚ and Scout disapproved of the way he ate his food‚ that is‚ with a liberal amount of syrup. This shows that she is unafraid to speak her mind. Also‚ it shows that
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How Intelligent are Chimpanzees Compared to Humans? A chimpanzee’s brain size is less than ⅓ of a human’s brain size‚ yet they are still so intelligent when compared to humans. Chimpanzees don’t haven’t invented computers or iphones‚ but just a small it of research shows that chimps are actually quite intelligent. Jane Goodall is someone who has spent lots of time with chimpanzees‚ and she herself has experienced the intelligence of chimps. Chimpanzees are our closest relatives‚ sharing lots of
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Harper Lee Biography Harper Lee wrote a book call ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ which was a number one best seller for a couple years after it came out. Harper Lee’s book is still very famous today in high schools for teaching kids.(Wilder‚ Mike) One of the most interesting things that Harper Lee used real life events in her book. She also used people in her life as characters in her book. Harper Lee‚ her real name was Nelle Harper Lee‚ was born on April 28‚ 1926‚ in Monroeville‚ Alabama. Harper’s father
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events are catalysts to violence in the Harper High School area. 2) In Act One‚ "The Eyewitness‚" what has Thomas been an eyewitness to? How has it changed his life? How does he cope with his experiences? How does Anita (the school social worker) try to reach him? What do they have in common? How does Anita deal with it? Thomas was an Eyewitness to many shootings. He has been traumatized but also shootings and violence has become a regular part of his life. Thomas tends to cave in and not share
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