In this nation’s most prized document‚ the document‚ the declaration of independence it says that all men are created equal. Every man was considered equal except for black men‚ women‚ and children. For many years blacks were slaves that were treated like animals. People saw them as item‚ as their own property that they could do whatever they wanted to with them. Blacks have been treated like filth in our society for hundreds and hundreds of years. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper
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Justice League is Challenged by Revenge Revenge can lead to justice‚ but justice may also lead to revenge. Throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the idea of justice is challenged and revenge is served to someone who deserves it. Justice and revenge are shown within the novel because Judge Taylor elected Atticus to represent Tom Robinson‚ Bob got Tom sent to jail‚ and Bob Ewell died. During the time of the novel coloured people would not get a good lawyer because they were considered
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 1-8 Chapter 1 #1 A) “tired old town” B) “Maycomb county had nothing to fear but fear itself.” C) “nothing to buy and no money to buy it with.” #2 starts during the 1930s in the summer. #3 we know for certain about Boo that when he was a boy‚ he got in trouble with the law and as punishment‚ his dad wouldn’t let him outside the house at all. We also know that fifteen years after Boo got in trouble with the law‚ he stabbed his father with a
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The Osage Firebird written by Sudipta Bardhan Talk about a girl named Betty Marie. Born in 1925 as an Osage Indian Learned about her heritage by her Grandma. She could never forget the stories she was told. She loved to learn about her heritage. The paragraph below will help analyze the story. Betty Marie love her heritage because she was an Osage Indian. She learned so many stories about legends at her grandmothers feet. As an typical Indian Girl she was very docile and shy. She had her first
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ever been attacked by birds? I have. I was at the beach feeding bread crumbs to the seagulls‚ when I dropped the bag. The bread crumbs spilled everywhere and tens of birds swooped down around me. They practically formed a wall of feathers and flapping sounds. Luckily though‚ those birds weren’t trying to peck my eyes out and kill me. That is exactly what happens in both the short story and the movie‚ both titled The Birds. Both of them are quite similar‚ in the aspect of birds attacking people and
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caged birds are used throughout the story to symbolize Edna’s journey from entrapment to freedom‚ to then losing hope. A caged bird‚ a free bird and a broken winged bird all relate to her journey as an enlightened person‚ wanting freedom but feeling a lack of hope. During Edna’s gradual awakening‚ the caged birds are used to symbolize her feeling of imprisonment by a male dominated society‚ in which she tries to overcome to have her own freedom. In the beginning of the novel‚ caged birds are used
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Bullying And Discrimination Differences in the social status are observed considerably large in the society of Maycomb. Scout and Jem are two little children who are growing up‚ observing all the complicated incidents and trying to understand them. In the Maycomb County‚ incidents get more and more complicated as the dilemma of racism becomes bigger and bigger and as wise Atticus starts losing faith in the good in people. Maycomb’s society is like a hierarchy. On the top there is Atticus Finch
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Kalif Chew Mr. Spain APUSH 21 March 2014 To Kill a Mockingbird Book Report To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes place in Alabama in the early 1930s‚ during the beginning of FDR’s New Deal. FDR’s New Deal was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was caused by industrial overproduction‚ stock market crashes‚ and thousands of bank failures. This put the United States at its lowest economic point of all time. Too many
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Preliminary Questions 1- What are some of the differences between folk and popular culture? Folk culture is usually homogenous in ethnicity‚ and pop culture can vary greatly. Folk culture is in more rural areas and have a smaller population than pop culture. Folk culture is also more consistent in what they do‚ Pop culture changes very often. (List at least 3 difference comparing folk and popular culture) How is folk culture diffused differently than pop culture? Folk culture is diffused by relocation
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TKAM notes Chapter 17-26 (pg 166-237) * Mr. Tate describes the event of Maya being raped and how he was the first one called By Mr.Ewell * He speaks about the bruises on her right eye and on the rest of her body * Atticus asked why they didn’t first call a doctor to attend Maya but no response came and he kept making sure that it was her right eye that was damaged * Scout describes how The Ewells’s are one of the most wretched people in the county and how dirty and filthy they
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