Bob Harper

Ryan Long was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley or “the Valley” which is just outside of the city of Los Angeles. When he was born there was something wrong with his foot, a ‘club foot’ is what the doctor described to his Mother as the condition that he was born with. Long spent the first two years of his life in surgeries and casts with bars bolted to the sides of his legs in order to straighten out his foot and be able to walk correctly. As for Long’s family, he’s the first of 2 children that Donna Long mothered along with his brother, Robert. Robbie and Ryan have different father and Long says that although he has encountered his father, he doesn’t really know his paternal father. Long’s last name was actually Davis at birth. Since Long’s father disappeared and ran away from the responsibility of fatherhood, Long’s mother legally his changed his last name to Long in honor of his grandfather James Daniel Long. Throughout Long’s elementary and teenage years he was prone to athletics and really didn’t care much for behaving himself in class. His mother would describe him has a child that had “too much energy” to sit still in class and be attentive. So, as Long’s mother would put it, “I had to visit with every single teacher to put out the fires from kindergarten all of the way to his senior year in High School”, said Donna Long Although Long’s grandfather passed away over a decade ago, he admires his grandfather and holds his grandfather’s guidance so dear that he…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many times that Harper Lee shows compassion, sympathy, and tolerance through the characters of the novel. Lots of times in the novel Harper Lee shows compassion, sympathy, or tolerance through key events in the story including: Atticus has compassion when he defends Tom Robinson, who is a black man, to the best of his abilities. Atticus shows Tolerance when Bob Ewell spits in his face, by not doing anything back. Jem shows sympathy to…

Throughout the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the theme of the mockingbird to describe innocence and only helping others. Although this novel’s theme is mainly about racial discrimination, the theme of innocence is just as prevalent. Harper Lee displays the theme of innocence through Tom Robinson, an African American falsely convicted of rape, and compares him to a mockingbird, an innocent songbird that helps humans by delivering joy. Another character Harper Lee compares to a…

The way a kid is raised changes the adult that the kid will become. The book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is about Jean ‘Scout’ Louise Finch and Jeremy Atticus Finch going through the process of growing up and having their solicitous father, Atticus Finch, to guide them through the chalenges of the process and help them become better people. Harper Lee uses the novel To Kill a Mockingbird to show that a parent is responsible for teaching his children morality, empathy, and courage. …

caused him to constantly fly around the state and because of this it was just my mom and I for the first 5 years of my life. Due to the high population there was a wide range of diversity among its people. This taught me at a young age to be acceptable of everyone, no matter of what background they derive from. However I was also taught that not everyone is a nice person and you can’t trust everyone. After a while my dad decided he wanted to quit his high paying job and start being at home, so…

illustrates what a classic piece should do in order to be a classic piece. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is certainly a novel that fits the mold of Northrop Frye’s definition of a classical piece of literature. She is able to do this through mainly through imagery and by evoking emotion out of the reader. Harper Lee is able to paint an accurate portrayal of these events and evoke emotion by using description in events such as the walk back from the high school, the characterization of…

Harper Lee addresses many different social classes in To Kill a Mockingbird. The definition of social class is a division of society based on social and economic status. In the book, Harper Lee helps readers to understand life in the south during the 1930s. Again and again she opens the readers’ eyes to the strife between white and black citizens, the division of the have and have-nots. Along with the way a community perceives man that is different from themselves. Harper Lee shows readers…

green robe bordered in white fur, dark brown curls, which were long and free, free as its genial face, its sparkling eyes, its open hand, its cherry voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air. Their journey began through the city streets, seeing joy and excitement from families that didn’t care if they were rich or poor. The spirit stated, “There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-witted, hatred, envy, bigatory,…

God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.” ~Bob Marley In the late fifties the scarcity of jobs forced Bob and his mother from their home to seek employment in the big city of Trenchtown. Trenchtown got its name because it was built over a huge trench which was used to drain the sewage. In Trenchtown Bob was bullied and taunted for his racial mix, which forced him into taking self defense classes. He then gained a reputation for his physical strength, which…

An unknown author wrote, “It’s only a failure if you don’t learn something.” State Band Festival, a big question revolving in our mind is should we go or not? Many things factor in this debate, but the pros outnumber the cons. We have to go to State Festival because it would benefit the students as a unique learning experience and the Lee High School Band is evolving. Going to State Band Festival serves a unique learning experience for the students participating in band. Going to State is not…