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    both of their parents. It is emphasized that children see their parents as an example‚ and that they are influenced what they say in the book To Kill A Mockingbird when Jem smugly states‚ “Atticus was showing the jury that Tom had nothing to hide” (Lee 255). By saying this‚ Jem illustrates that he agrees with his father in the fact that Tom has nothing to hide. Which‚ also implies that his opinion was influenced by his father’s. This is because Atticus among all people in Maycomb is one of the only

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there have been hidden meanings and rules of society. What are all the hidden messages throughout the story? What are the rules of society? To Kill A Mockingbird started out about a little girl named Scout with her brother Jem. Atticus is their father who is a lawyer and is very wise. Scout was a complete tomboy and was a very adventurous little girl. With learning “what it means to be a lady”‚ she honestly does see what

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    up people’s gardens‚ don’t nest in corncribs‚ they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” said Miss Maudie to her six year old neighbor‚ Scout. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ killing a mockingbird is a symbol of the destruction of innocence. To Kill a Mockingbird is a memorable novel in American literature history. You may ask why this story is memorable. Because To Kill a Mockingbird is a story about human rights. Tom

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    hadn’t spent enough time with his mother before she passed. He began to think that choosing a boarding school made him lose valuable time with his mother. I believe that the idea of this essay is the relationship of the author and his mother. I think Lee wants us to relate to his family and try to teach us from his experiences. He chose Exeter and thus he couldn’t spend enough time with his mother. It just goes to show how you always need to give up something to get something. At the end of the essay

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    CHARACTERS Azreen Saleh Azreen Saleh is the daughter Saleh Abdullah.  She is the total opposite of her sister‚ Madhuri who is pretty‚ sweet‚ polite and obedient.  Hence‚ she was always compared to her and she hates it.  She was a tomboy when in school‚ and she often got into trouble.  Her bestfriend in school was Asraf.  She would do anything to help him‚ even if it meant taking the blame for his faults.  She did had feelings for him‚ but Asraf was in love with someone else.  She seems not to get

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    In the story‚ “Everything Will Be Okay‚” by James Howe‚ the main character tells the story through his eyes and from reading about him it’s clear that he doesn’t care what anybody thinks of him and he’s like an outsider and the boy does what he thinks is right. It was undeniable that the boy is an outsider‚ and doesn’t act like his family and friends. In the beginning of the story‚ the boy was in the woods and he saw an ill‚ starving kitten with wood and burs caught in places that the kitten still

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    Quais Du Seine by Gurinder Chadha is a unique story with definitive sections that fall into a classic three act structure. The short opens on three teenagers sitting on the banks of the Seine river in Paris. Two of the boys spend the first minute of the film catcalling women and laughing amongst themselves. The fact that the third character chooses to not stoop to the level of his peers signifies that he will play an important role in the film. We are then shown that sitting beside the boys within

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    “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet‚ and‚ hopefully‚ we shall overcome”- Rosa Parks. This quote means that racism is always going to be in the world so you are just going to have to overcome it and get ready to deal with it. Children are going to have to prepare for it because it will affect them too. It is still happening today. I believe racism in To Kill A Mocking Bird should not be Important in society because skin color does not matter

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    Poem Analysis Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe Students’ names: ________________________ Date: _________________ It was many and many a year ago‚ In a kingdom by the sea‚ That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child‚ In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the

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    The “transitional poet” of the world known as Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco‚ California on March 26‚ 1874. His parents Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost‚ Jr. Frost’s father was a journalist‚ teacher‚ and editor which helped contribute to Frost’s interest in literature and his later poetry career. Frost’s father died on May 5‚ 1885 from tuberculosis soon after the family moved across the country to Lawrence‚ Massachusetts with his grandfather‚ William Frost‚ Sr. Frost had troubles

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