Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed‚ but Jem and I had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down‚ and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap‚ it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work. Once the town was terrorized by a series of morbid nocturnal events: people’s chickens and household pets were found mutilated; although the culprit was Crazy Addie‚ who eventually
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Anger 1. “Shut your mouth‚ sir!” Judge Taylor was wide awake and roaring. He was also pink in the face. His speech was miraculously unimpaired by his cigar. “(Page 261). This quote shows how quickly Judge Taylor was to anger. Before Mr. Link Deas proclaimed Tom Robinson had worked for him for eight year‚ and never caused a speck of trouble‚ Judge Taylor was quite and showed no emotion. Even before the trial‚ no matter how good of a testimony Atticus or Tom could give‚ everybody already
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To Kill a Mockingbird ~Ten Themes ELA 20 Prejustice All these people making assumptions‚ assuming a black man did it‚ just because he is black. Prejudice is explored on both a social and racial level. Boo Radley‚ is a suspected dangerous criminal for killing his father. No one asks Boo why he stabbed his father‚ though we are told his father was cruel‚ instead Boo is isolated in his home and boo is actually a very nice guy‚ but nobody seems to know it until the end. Tom Robinson is falsely
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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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ing Bi Andrew Spearman Mrs. Pendlebury Honors English 9 December 6th‚ 2010 The Power to Change One person can change the society you live in by expressing their own opinions‚ ideas‚ and beliefs. During the Great Depression‚ there was widespread hardship and largely segregated communities. However‚ some people had the power to change society which is explained by Harper Lee‚ through the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She tells how one person can change society overtime by expressing their ideas
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