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    I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 207. So far this book is about Jem getting in trouble, and having to read to Mrs. Dubose is his punishment. Calpurnia is watching Jem and Scout for a while. In this Journal I will be questioning and evaluating. G- I have 2 questions Y- Why did the mob leave? R- Atticus was stubborn and strict R- What Scout says Y- Why did Jem stand up to Atticus? R- He is 12 R- He sees what Atticus is going through G- Those are my 2…

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    Hoary and nurturing, Alexandra serves as a metaphorical image of the Russian Mother, representing Russian identity and civilization, visiting her grandson, or grandsons, who fights in the desolate land of Chechen. Basically holding a view of anti-war and attempting to reconciling with local people, Alexandra, however, bears both the pros and cons of Russian tradition: on one hand, she is wise and tolerant; on the other hand, her superior identity as the occupier of Chechen could not be wore away…

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    Counselling Case Study - Alexandra This case study will explore eating disorder problem of a 46-year-old woman Alexandra who recently started to gain weight due to developing binge eating. Two different therapeutic approaches - Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Person Centered Therapy to improve her binge eating problem will be reviewed and compared. In addition, briefly will be discussed the MB EAT program aimed at enhancement of the PC Therapy. From the CBT perspective, Alexandra can be viewed…

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    II. Major Point 1: Early diagnosis is key. A. Paragraph 1: Why it's so important? If not diagnosed early in adolescents, depression can lead to problems such as substance abuse, school drop out, etc. (Dembar, Alexandra). "Adolescence is a period when patterns of health promoting or health damaging behaviors are established that will have a substantial influence on health status during adulthood, affecting rates of acute and chronic disease and life…

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    Jack Craughton was born in Manhattan to a wealthy family. Jack’s father, Ronald, was a lawyer and his mother, Jane, was a United States senator representing the state of New York. His father’s sister, Betty, was an actress and his father’s brother, Paul, was the CEO of Brooklyn Oil. Jack had two older brothers and a younger sister. Ben was a lawyer, like their father and Bill, the oldest, was a politician, like their mother. The youngest sibling, Ally, was a real estate tycoon. Jack…

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    started out as being an elitist, cold, and strict woman who barged into Scout’s life to renovate her life. Scout was openly opposed to what Aunt Alexandra was trying to do; however, later in the novel Scout came to respect Aunt Alexandra and look up to her for her emotional clarity. After it is revealed Tom Robinson is dead, Scout says, “Aunt Alexandra looked across the room at me and smiled. She looked at a tray of cookies on the table and nodded at them. I carefully picked up the tray and…

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    traveled again and much later to USA and because she was traveling I believed she was well and she also had guts. I admired her courage. In this trip she visited her great grandchildren. Grandmother Alexandra in America, with her great granddaughter, Olga History repeats itself. Just like Alexandra 's mother, the great grandmother to me, had managed to keep on her lap and play with her great grandchildren. When I was around four years old, I began to understand the meaning of the great…

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    occasions, Scout’s aunt, Aunt Alexandra, would tell her to be more ladylike, or would force her to participate in more ladylike activities. When the family goes to Finch’s Landing for Christmas, the reader receives a taste of what Aunt Alexandra is like. Alexandra never thought highly of Scout because she was not ladylike (Lee 108). She did not wear a dress or jewelry and Alexandra thought Scout should be “a ray of sunshine in her father’s lonely life.” (Lee 108). Aunt Alexandra did not…

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    After some consideration Scout contemplates about how being a lady is so bad as she thought. Scout understands that even after the death of Tom, Aunt Alexandra still manages to act lady like and decides she must follow in Aunt Alexandra footsteps. This quote also shows how Scout has significantly matured throughout the book. It also shows how Aunt Alexandra is starting to have an impact on Scout’s life as she is becoming more ladylike. To Kill a Mockingbird shows the significance of gender…

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    Atticus sent aunt Alexandra to play kind of a mom role in scout's life. To make scout more of girl. Scout was not accepting the fact that she couldn't be a tomboy until it finally clicked. At christmas dinner scout did not think very highly of her aunt. “I decided she had been swapped at birth, that my grandparents had perhaps received a Crawford instead of a Finch”(103). Scout is saying that she thinks Aunt Alexandra is from a different family. Scout wouldn't mind if…

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