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In a hypothesis proposed by Richard Wrangham humans may have started cooking things around 2 million years ago when we were only slightly more advanced than chimps. One major hindrance that has stopped cognitive scientists Felix Warneken and Alexandra G.…

there were many times when Atticus and Jem had to step in to make Scout apologize. Jem has grown up and he knows that he needs to have his sister be respectful toward others. Jem understands that Aunt Alexandra came to live with them to help Atticus with the children. He teaches Scout that Alexandra is trying to help and that she needs to respect her. This is also shown when Lee wrote, “‘Come on, Scout,’ he whispered. ‘Don’t pay any attention to her, just hold your head high and be a…

The Courage of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird Prejudice is when a person is biased against another person. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is about a southern family that is growing up in a hard time, and the narrator of the book is a small child named Scout Finch. Her brother Jem is older and is her protector and he has to deal with a lot of issues when Atticus is not around. You get to see Jem grow over time and become more polite. Their father, Atticus takes on a very…

Galileo Galilei, the astronomer famed and scorned for his unorthodox ideas about a heliocentric galaxy once said “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Candace Fleming, in her nonfiction work, The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, strives to reveal the truth about the truth about what happened to the Romanov family, a puzzling piece of history surrounded by controversies and rumors. Many concerned parents…

Ilyich Tchaikovsky, also known as Peter I. Tchaikovsky, was a well known Russian composer who wrote classical pieces of music. Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Vyatka, Russia on May 7, 1840, to Alexandra and Ilya. Pyotr’s father, Ilya, was a mine inspector and metal works manager while Alexandra, Tchaikovsky’s mother, played music which is probably what influenced Pyotr to have such a passion for music. He was the second child out of six living children. When he was five, Tchaikovsky…

kissed me. I ran along, wondering what had come over her. She had wanted to make up with me, that was it. She had always been too hard on me, she had at last seen the error of her fractious ways, she was sorry and too stubborn to say so"(Lee 75). "Alexandra, Calpurnia's not leaving this house ... until she wants to. You may think otherwise, but I couldn't have got along without her all these years. She's a faithful member of this family and you'll simply have to accept things the way they are"…

racism classifies people into groups, innocence allows for idealized views, and that education can be used as a social construct. Lee uses Scout’s innocence to convey her message, as well as her conversation with Jem and earlier altercation with Aunt Alexandra to make her point. Analyzing such a quote can be accomplished through…

Chapter Questions Chapter 1 - Maycomb is a small town in south America, Atticus is a lawyer father of Scout and Jem - Because Boo Radley hasn’t been out of it for years, He is a Recluse and his house is scary. - The novel is in the point of view of Scout when she is older. Chapter 2 - She likes reading and she wants to be like Jem. - Because she is young. - She is a mean person. Chapter 3 - Calpurnia is the caretaker for Atticus’ house and children. - Don’t judge people until you put yourself…

Gifts can come in many different forms and have many different effects. It is not only a physical gift that can be given, but a gift of friendship, acceptance, or other things of this nature can be shared and have a greater impact than physical items. A gift can contradict the receiver’s original perspective of one’s character or personality for better or for worse, and this contradiction can spawn a new view of the gift-giver. Gifts given in Harper Lee 's To Kill a Mockingbird have properties…

A way that Atticus’ shows how he is loving to Cal when Aunt Alexandra was trying to get rid of Calpurnia, but he would not let her. ““We don’t need her now…” “Alexandra, Calpurnia’s not leaving this house until she wants to.”” Atticus loves and cares for Cal and respects her feelings and how much she has done for his family. He will not just let Alexandria get rid…