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Today, millions of students are reading books in school that they find boring and unrelatable. Students sometimes find it hard to connect to the characters and the situations represented in the books they read for class. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not one of those books. This book has relatable characters like Scout and Jem who go through situations that student can find themselves relating to. To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book with life lessons that will always be relevant…

and get a regular job barely making ends meet. We did not have very much money to send me to college, so I decided to join the military.” Shortly after graduating high school he went to the recruiter’s office in town to sign up, then to Montgomery, Alabama to follow up. Kenneth got a brief basic training in Montgomery, but within two months he was sent to fort hood in Texas. He said that it was a big shock to him, everything was new, and it was like being reborn into a new world. He talked about…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells the story of a young white girl growing up in Maycomb, Alabama who is forced by circumstance to experience the racial injustice of her town. Throughout the novel, Scout struggles as a child in her situation with understanding prejudice and the good and evil in people. She begins the novel naive to the hatred and unfairness of the world, but by the end of the novel her childlike idealism is gone and she understands how the no situation is black…

Just hours before sunrise on February 13, 2013, members of the Tuscaloosa Police Department in conjunction with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force quietly assembled on the campus of the University of Alabama. Around 3:00am doors were being simultaneously knocked down across campus by officers wearing tactical vests and toting military style assault rifles. According to Connor Sheets of al.com, 61 students were taken into custody on drug charges that cold February night. With a few exceptions,…

1. Havasupai Tribe’s Experiment Hypothesis: Results can show in DNA Havasupai Tribe gene pool affects the remote location. The foundation at the high rate of type-2 diabetes. Havasupai Tribe restricted gene pool have possible other conditions in their DNA. Schizophrenia, anxiety, depression. Are they possible inbreeding the reason a restricted gene pool? Tribes DNA compares to DNA different races, species. The Methods of Research: Use existing data: Number Havasupai Tribal members that have…

Martin Luther King Jr., a man of great power and influence felt a hint of responsibility to help the people of Birmingham through their crisis by writing a letter to the clergymen about their actions, to hopefully gain their trust and friendships. When it came to civil rights there were many powerful leaders that informed the world of their beliefs on equality. The famed reverend Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” He did not intend for his…

In the novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, Ignatius is not the best when it comes to understanding people. When he meets a man named Dorian, nothing changes. Dorian is amused by Ignatius ‘originality’ and humors what he says. But when Dorian insists that Ignatius is nuts, Ignatius starts to insult the gay community. But when Ignatius see’s that the Gay community in New Orleans is larger than he thought, even extending to the military, he decides to work with them. The gay community in New Orleans…

successful people. For instance their culture, family, experiences, and their upbringing. Gladwell has made an interesting argument about how people become successful. In this paper, I will be talking about how Bradley Byrne, US Representative for Alabama became successful using some information from Gladwell’s arguments. Gladwell wants to convince readers that different kinds of explanations of success don 't work, people rise from nothing. It really makes a difference where and when people…

The novel is narrated from the perspective of Scout , a little girl who narrates with a warm tone , and sometimes humorous, childhood was marked by two problems.The first problem is , the mysterious neighbor who never comes out of the house . Although they are scared to death , Scout , her brother Jem and their friend Dill , always trying to entice him out of the house.The second part talks about the process that has outraged an entire city where Scout 's father , Atticus , defends a black man…

In Eudora Welty's “A Worn Path” she chooses for the narrator to take a non-participating role to characterize Phoenix Jackson, who is the protagonist. The characterization helps show the symbolism behind “bird-like” references to Phoenix and other ideas in the story. It also helps bring out traits in Phoenix especially the fact of how she is obstinate. Throughout the story bird references are very common. On the surface she is portrayed as an old lady journeying to get medicine for her…