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    "Over my dead body Celie is coming with you to memphis. What’s wrong witchu" You’re nothing but a piece oh shit on the bottom of my shoe‚ thats whats wrong. I’m leaving with Shug and getting away from you. Your’e a dirty rat and your dead body is just the welcome I need to leave you. You might have been a half way decent man if your father raised you right. You know that Nettie was all I had and the only one that loved me and you took her away from me. Your’e nothing but trash for doing that to

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    Could an event lead to traumatized a person by making her/him insecure about their body and everything else about themselves? In the novel‚ the writer later explains and informs the reader that Melinda was raped by a guy named Andy during a summer party. After she was raped‚ Melinda got traumatized by the event that she wasn’t able to be confident with herself‚ saying that she was ugly‚ and she wasn’t able to speak. Melinda’s feeling about her body changes as she sees herself in the mirrors or just

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    Movement without Complacency One novel that teaches us that history does not turn a blind eye and shows us all the evils that exist in our world today is Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus’ decision to defend Tom Robinson during his trial is indicative of how harmful human behavior can be towards one another. Prejudice‚ which is abundant in Maycomb and the south‚ is seen by children as confusing until they are old enough to grasp the concept. Lee portrays the children in the novel

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    I used to hate the image staring back at me in the mirror. The figure that stood in front of me had skin as black as night. Skin that remind her peers of slavery and always was the butt of the jokes. I was just a little girl when I learned how to be ashamed of myself. It started at home when my uncle‚ who was as dark as me‚ would compare me to his lighter children. He would go on for hours about how dark my skin was. He wouldn’t stop until someone around him said that it was enough. The thing was

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    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol to add significance and prominence to the story and characters. In this classic novel‚ there are characters that can be referred to as a mockingbird. By examining the actions of these characters‚ readers can recognize the importance of the mockingbird symbol and understand why Arthur “Boo” Radley and Tom Robinson are both great examples of mockingbirds in To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee’s use of the mockingbird symbol is a

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    In The Color Purple‚ Alice Walker illustrates the lives of a female African American before the Civil Rights Movement. A novel that describes female empowerment‚ The Color Purple demonstrates the domestic violence women faced in the South. Walker tells the story through Celie‚ a young African American girl who faces constant hardships until she stands up for herself with the help of her closest friends – other women undergoing the same difficulties. Even though men controlled females in the South

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay This essay is on the novel ’To Kill A Mockingbird’. In the novel there is many situations that are injustice. In the town of Maycomb Alabama‚ there are many different races such as‚ the Negros (Calpurnia )‚The whites (Fintch’s)‚ and the pale skinned (Boo Radely) . They all come from the same place‚ and have the same color blood but yet they are all rated and treated like they are from different planets. The town of Maycomb proves this by looking at people differently

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    To Kill a Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ many characters in the book demonstrate bravery. Three good examples are Atticus Finch‚ Tom Robinson‚ and Dolphus Raymond. Atticus Finch was brave for defending a Negro in court because he knew it was the right thing to do. The Negro’s name was Tom Robinson. Tom gets accused of raping a young woman and shows bravery by telling the truth in front of a court house of whites. Dolphus Raymond likes to be known as the town drunk‚ but many

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Journal Entries Project Steffanie Trout Hypocrisy An example of hypocrisy that really stood out in the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was Mrs. Gates. In the beginning of the novel she told her class about the evil things Hitler is doing in to the Jews in Germany‚ then later Scout overhears her talking about Tom’s conviction and she says that the black folk in the community needed to be kept in their place. For this she is a hypocrite. She acts as though she believes in freedom

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    Mockingbird Mockingbirds are placid‚ blissful‚ and vulnerable animals. They do not harm anything or anyone. Killing a mockingbird resembles sin to many people throughout the entire novel. In To Kill a Mockingbird many characters can be characterized as being a mockingbird‚ including: Tom Robinson‚ Arthur (Boo) Radley‚ and Charles Baker Harris (Dill). Mockingbirds do not deserve any form of harm or pain in any way‚ shape‚ or form. Innocent humans do not deserve to be abused or threatened by anyone

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