self-worth, physical and psychological integrity, and empowerment. All people have the need, even if it is very small, to have dignity. It doesn’t matter if they are good or evil people, they all feel the need. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she demonstrates how Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, and Bob Ewell show Good, Evil, and Human Dignity. Tom Robinson is a black male that was put on trial for accused rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of Bob Ewell. During the time that the…
six-and-a-half feet tall, judging his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch... There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped and he drooled most of the time” (Lee 16). When Boo comes to their aid at the end of the book, Scout learns that he was nothing like they described him. He was a good man who was unfortunately the victim to the gossip of the town. The reason he had become so feared by the townsfolk…
Task 1 He was a calm and nice man. He codes have brutal political discussions but even after a hardpoliticaldebate,hewouldgivetheotherpoliticianaunifyinghandshake. Hefights the battle for black rights and even after 27 years in prison he was ready to go for the goal. Most people would come out and be hateful and want to take revenge on society after 27 years in prison, but not Mandela. When he came out he were filled whit courtly, humble and good- humoured. And all this courage and the way he…
Many parents or adults try to teach or guide loved ones out of being caring, although, this can cause people to unknowingly discourage or hurt those they are trying to help. In “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, Miss Strangeworth tries to eliminate all the evil within her town but betrays her town by being the cause of the evil. In “The Fall of a City” by Alden Nowlan, Teddy’s Uncle makes fun of Teddy for using his imagination by playing with paper dolls. Miss Strangeworth and Teddy’s…
Why do kids not like other people that are not from their neighborhood? The war of the wall is a short story about a kid named Lou and another kid that's point of view was told by the narrator but in that story it shows not to judge a book by its cover. the kids made some poor decisions by judging and being rude to a painter because she paints on there wall. The War of the Wall is by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story that shows not to judge a book by its cover. Though the first reaction of the…
Yellow, about three foot tall, very fast, and my worst nightmare. The protector of my grandmother's hot, sticky, dirty farm a place that I dread to go. Some people fear clowns, insects, rodents, but my fear is a big yellow rooster. This rooster that I fear is no ordinary rooster, he’s leaner and meaner than any other rooster i’ve ever seen. In the next few pages I hope to tell you about this rooster and how I overcame this beast to make me the person I am today. Life for me wasn’t always filled…
My name: Lucy Kenyon Date: 2 October 2017 Title: Grade 10 Long Essay Topic: Resilience Teacher: B. Mavuso Books and Plays (4): 1) The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak (book) 2) David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (book) 3) My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (book) 4) Macbeth by William Shakespeare (play) “Resilience is the…
Harka Gurung Analytical essay by three songs (Bob Dylan) English 101-067 October 21, 2017 These three songs by Bob Dylan emphasize mostly on people and the nation entirely; he is trying to bring his message to people, warning them of their ignorance and sufferings. He also uses his song to bring the rights and freedoms of people like it are in the song “blowing in the wind.” He also discourages people from quitting, when he writes, “knocking on the heaven’s door.” He, therefore, gives hope to…
Bryan Funk Professor Debra Williamson ENG 122 19 September 2017 Book Review Hillbilly Elegy, written by J.D. Vance and published by HarperCollins books in 2016, is a memoir about the author’s, J.D. Vance’s, hillbilly family and how they differed the common ways of the rest of society, his childhood struggles with an abusive addict mother and her terrible boyfriends, and his early adult life through the military and college. Throughout the book Vance discovers himself intellectually, spiritually…
The Adventure of my Life I have never been a risk taker or daredevil. The person from a group of friends that kills the Black Widow Spider on the wall doesn’t represent me, and I shy away from dangerous tasks out of fear. This needed to change when the opportunity to complete some dangerous stunts came my way while zip lining in the mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Everything started last summer when we drove to the Smoky Mountains for vacation. We decided to zip line as one of our…