To Kill a Southern Lady: The Absence of Aunt Alexandra Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, written in 1960, covers the controversial topic of race and equality at that time. In Lee’s Pulitzer Prize book, the story of the trail of a black man, the tale of the elusive Boo Radley, and the story of her brother Jem breaking his arm all in one interconnected plot. In the novel, Scout’s Aunt Alexandra plays a crucial role in raising Scout and giving her new guidelines to abide by that are incoherent…
I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird, and I will be questioning whether Calpurnia is a better mom than Aunt Alexandra. G I will be questioning whether Calpurnia is a better mom than Aunt Alexandra Y listens better R listens to the dog problem R she listens to the kids R listens if something is wrong Y cares more R made sure they were safe R made sure someone was supervising them R she made everything better G As said above, Calpurnia is a better mom because she listens better and…
and not in a good way.Alexandra shows them a book their cousin Joshua wrote, and the kids already know this story from Atticus. The story was about how their cousin Joshua went crazy at college and tried to assassinate the president of the school. Alexandra tells Atticus to talk to the kids about appreciating their heritage, but he just frightens them because he never talks to them this firm and with that…
In her persuasive essay “Your E-Book Is Reading You,” Alexandra Alter claims that through the use of digital books, reading books is no longer a private act by consumers. According to Alter, personal reading habits can now be tracked by the publishing world; used to improve book and e-book sales; and shared semi-publicly. Alter contends that in the pre-e-book era, the literature business could not know a person’s unique reading habits (for instance, whether a consumer even finished a book he or…
Composition 7 July 2017 The Epidemic of Overachiever Culture The Secret Lives of Driven Kids is a nonfiction book written by Alexandra Robbins who emphasizes the negative effects of modern American education. Robbins uses several specific examples from a group of nines students from Walt Whitman High School. Alexandra Robbins is an investigative journalist, lecturer, and author. She graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 1994 and was the editor-in-chief of her…
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee we learn how children are shaped by the choices adults around them make; such as Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia and Atticus. Aunt Alexandra had high standards for the Finch kids. She knew they were getting older and wanted to influence them in upholding the Finch name. Her primary focus was Scout and shaping her into a young lady. “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if i wore breeches; when i said i…
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. These paragraphs are mainly on Atticus, Jem, Scout and Calpurnia. In this journal, I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Aunt Alexandra is a better mother. In these chapters I will be characterizing Atticus. Atticus seems to be hoary or old. Atticus is the best checker player in town. This illustrates that Jem and Scout are not impressed with their father because he does not do things that they are interested in.…
In the article, “We Need More Nurses,” author Alexandra Robbins addresses a nationwide nursing shortage in hospitals. This article appeared in opinion section of the New York Times on May 27th, 2015. Robbins, the author of five New York Times bestseller books, is an investigative journalist who has spent one shadowing nurses in hospitals, in order, research the nursing profession. This is an OP-ED article from the New York Times that gives personal experience, rational reasons, and factual…
Richard Restak and Alexandra Samuel analyze the aspect of technology in our lives. Restak disputes in his article “Attention Deficit” that the stress to quickly process information and promptly alter our attention from one activity to another is resulting in “a devaluation of the depth and views technology as a mechanism of addressing the challenges of modern life, and offers strategies for using technology to achieve a more apprehensive and a carried out existence. Restak mainly views…
The prose from ‘Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight’ by Alexandra Fuller is full of imagery that makes the reader understand the characters better, as well as the situation that the characters are in. The author uses eloquent language to support the imagery in the text. Her usage of language helps us get a broader view of what the characters are like and how these characters form a family, we also get a perspective of the business that this family is working in and how they are in a way…