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in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Scottsboro Boys trials. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel meant to represent The Scottsboro Boys case in a way that young adults can easily understand. The judges and lawyers of both cases were similar because they all oversaw a case that they knew had very little chance of winning, and their alleged victims are comparable as well. Both trials took place in the 1930’s. In the Scottsboro Boys case, nine…

there was a famous case called “Scottsboro boys trials” about nine African-Americans were accused of gang rape by two young Caucasian women, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. The characters in the trial has similar background and personalities as the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The trial and the novel can be compared from their court session and the characters that are plaintiffs and defendants. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird and the trial of Scottsboro Boys Trial, there are many figures that has…

The Beastie Boys were known for their unique lyrics and became the first successful, white rap group. The members gained loads of fame over the past three decades of music making. People were negatively inspired by listening to the strange lyrics in their earlier productions. The Beastie Boys had more of a positive impact on society than negative as they grew older and wiser. The first successful, white rap group formed in 1981 and shortly became popular on college radio stations and clubs. The…

Comparing and Contrasting the Trials of To Kill a Mockingbird and the Scottsboro Boys In the 1930’s there was a lot of flaws in the judicial system. Black lives didn’t count back then. The jurors didn’t really care if there was enough evidence to prove their innocence; they would still be guilty. They would presume that a black man is guilty. The jurors were not willing to deal with a black charged with raping. Therefore, the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird have the same attitudes and…

Love is love. It can be between men, women, or a woman and a man, but homosexuality isn’t always accepted in society. Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale continues to become a background case for the expressive association within the First Amendment for cases in the future. This specific case is about the Boy Scouts having a leader that is a gay right activist while also being a homosexual. James Dale became one of the highest honors such as “25 merit badges, was admitted into the prestigious Order…

to hear men pour their hearts out back in the early 2000s, but things have certainly changed. While there are critics who can’t think past what’s been ingrained in them, who use the term “emo” to degrade other men for being emotional, many Fall Out Boy fans not only reject the old connotation of the term, but have reclaimed it. Fans of the band, specifically younger fans, proudly declare themselves “emo trash,” and while it isn’t entirely dismissible that “trash” has been tacked on to the end of…

To everyone who has an opinion on Boy Scouts of America's decision on letting girls join the program, I thank you for your insight and respect everyone’s point of view. And while the facts are that BSA intends to start a program that will begin to integrate girls into BSA by having “Girls Only Troops”, it still does not change the core argument that BSA is changing the dynamic of Boy Scouts. This is the first step to the inevitable merger of male and female troops. While the troops, for now,…

What would America be like if every young boy was enrolled in Boy Scouts? The Boy Scouts started in America in 1910, after Lord Baden Powell traveled to England. He was trying to find a business building, and being a foreigner, a young boy could tell that he was clearly lost. The boy asked him where he was going, and after Lord Powell told him, the boy didn’t know either. Powell and the boy were wondering around London trying to find the building, and as soon as they came upon it, Baden Powell…

The boy in the stripped is a book inspire in the Second World War and it is written by John Boyne. This book is full of different cross-cutting issues. In this literal analysis we will analyse the innocence of Bruno during this period of the world war. In the novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Bruno is an innocent and naive boy of eight year old that enjoys exploring as much as any other children of his age. He is unaware of the war and also he doesn't know that his father is a Nazi…

Every week thousands of Boy Scouts across America vow to keep themselves “morally straight” as they recite the final line of the Boy Scout Oath: “[I promise] to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.” Unfortunately, many of the Boy Scouts of America’s critics claim Scouting has lost its moral standard. When the Boy Scout National Council decided to remove its ban on homosexual boys and adults, Christians began to ponder the ethics of supporting Scouting. While some…