Camellia

This is shown by when Jem receives a box after he helped an old lady by reading to her. When “Jem opened the box” inside was “a white, waxy, perfect camellia” (Lee 148). He was praised for this because of his exceptional work for reading to her. He learned that his actions are heavily praised when done right. While, when Scout did not want to go to school Atticus asked her to “concede the necessity of…

INTERVIEWEE: How you going to say that? INTERVIEWEE 1: I stay focused, no I played football and that is the only reason I came to school. I was like, I’ll play football and I don’t have to worry about nothing. That’s what they did in high school; they basically passed me because I played football. INTERVIEWEE: Right. INTERVIEWEE 1: I didn’t have any challenge in high school. My mind said, football, I can do whatever I want in college, because that is how they make it seem on TV. They…

In the United States about 610,000 people die of heart disease each year (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). Heart disease is caused by plaque build up in the arteries causing circulation of blood to slow or come to a complete stop (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). There are many factors that can put a person at risk of developing heart disease, the three most common factors being high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking. The Heart Disease Facts (2015) offered by the Center of Disease Control…

Patel Period -5 Chemistry Mrs. Nguyen 10/29/14 How do Different Kinds of Tea Affect the Body Physically and Psychologically? Tea is a sweet-smelling refreshment normally arranged by pouring hot or bubbling water over cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. After water, tea is the most broadly expended drink on the planet. A few teas, in the same way as darjeelings and Chinese greens, have a cooling, marginally biting, and astringent flavor that numerous individuals revel in.…

Chapter 1: What narrative point of view does Harper Lee use to begin the story? What can the reader expect to learn from this narrative point of view? What is the setting of the story? How does Harper Lee use this setting to set the tone? Why does Jem tell Scout (the narrator) not to ask Dill about his father: What can the reader infer about Jem and Scout’s relationship from this exchange? Scout puts a great emphasis on her family’s lineage and comments about other families in the town. What…

that it doesn’t hurt to fight back difficult challenges down the road even if the odds are against you. Also she brings light to the fact that it's better to have a chance than to not have one at all. After Jem was given a candy box with a white camellia in it, he began to immerse himself in rage. To cool down Jem, Atticus mentioned, “I think that was her way of telling you everything’s all right now… You know she was a great lady” (Lee 112). Harper Lee demonstrates that actions speak louder…

Atticus taught this life lesson as a way to survive in their unfair town of Maycomb. Another use of conflict occurs after Mrs. Dubose, a sick old lady, had said rude things to Scout and Jem, which led Jem to tearing up her garden, and ripping up her camellias. Consequently, Atticus sent Jem and Scout to read to Mrs. Dubose after school every day for a month. Then one day Atticus went to tell Jem and Scout that Mrs. Dubose had passed away. He elaborated on her condition by explaining, “Mrs.…

Atticus Finch, is the protagonist in the famous novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. A protagonist in literature, is the leading, or one of the major characters in a book, or any other forms of literature. In the story written by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is protagonist because, he is the character trying to pursue th goal of the story. As one of the most well known and important citizens in Maycomb, Alabama Atticus’ needed not to worry much despite it being the Great Depression. Owing…

incidents of harassment, Mrs. Dubose accuses Jem and Scout’s father as someone “in the courthouse lawing for niggers,” telling them, “Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for” (135). This insult makes Jem “cut the tops of every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves” (137). Because many women take pride in their gardens during this time, Jem decides to ruin Mrs. Dubose’s pride, since Mrs. Dubose, an adult, slanders his…

place to portray common typecasts of African-American, Chinese, Jews and Irish Americans. Early Klan image- it was founded to battle restoration reforms and intimidate African-American in the year 1866. Similar organizations; Knights of the white Camellia and the White Brotherhood emerged across the south in 1870s. These terrorist groups helped seizure local reform-minded governments and reinstate white supremacy by instilling fear, brutality and committing killings on those who opposed the…