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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” (Charles Darwin). To Kill A Mocking Bird depicts an innocent story of childhood curiosity. With the coming of age and the world changing around them their view on life alters. In the past Jem and Scout would play games together along with their friend Dill. But as they got older Jem begins to change while Scout stays her childish self. We…

Learning about personal finance and economics is crucial for anybody to learn in order to make good financial decisions both right now and in the future. After taking economics, I have chosen the five most decidedly important topics that we have studied throughout the semester, which include: Budgeting, different types of insurance plans, how to have and manage good credit, how to write a resume, and finally how to pay taxes. Each of these topics relate to each other in someway and without…

Every hero has a sidekick whether it be Robin to Batman or Luigi to Mario. Sidekicks are rarely the focus of a story though they can still impact a story. They are a friend to the hero and someone who stays behind them no matter how hard things get. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Charles Harris, “Dill”, is a side kick to Jem and Jean, “Scout”, Finch. Dill is a boy who lives in 1930’s Alabama. He lives in the next city over from Jem and Scout called Meridian, and he go to his friends’…

Coming of age is an inevitable learning process that every teenager will go through in order to step into adulthood. Everyone grows up differently and each story is told differently. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir where her story revolves around her coming of age from her rough past. The author grows up in a poor family with a nomadic lifestyle. As they move around, they encounter different adventures across the States, from the grandmother’s house in Phoenix to Welch. Walls’…

are telling ourselves to make ourselves feel better? Electronic cigarettes were introduced in 2004. Normally, they contain glycerin, nicotine, and flavorings. Some people believe that electronic cigarettes and other smokeless tobacco products, like chewing tobacco, are less harmful than cigarettes, but the nicotine is still just as harmful. Three thousand children begin smoking every single day. About one-third of them will have a shorter life due to the harm from the tobacco (House, 8). With…

Knowledge is Not Overrated “Knowledge is power,” is what Francis Bacon once said. Knowledge to some could be considered overrated. In reality knowledge is nowhere near over rated. It opens so many doors and possibilities. It can be proven that people with knowledge in any time period or society are always those who manage to come out on top. What matters though is what one person with a great knowledge does with it. Throughout the works of 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley,…

“The Glass Castle” The Glass Castle was a memoir that takes you on a very detailed journey of the events that occurred in Janette Walls life. In her lifetime her family faced many challenges and went through, what some might call, abnormal circumstances. Over an extended period of time she was homeless, hungry, and often socially isolated from her surrounding environment. The conditions the Wall’s children had to endure throughout the book were harsh and unfair. Jeannette and her siblings were…

try it. My grandmother actually got it, and I have to say it looks great on her, so I figured why not try it. I tried it and honestly I hate the metals, or at least this one. First off, it wore awfully. It came off from drinking anything, even chewing gum! Second, it’s too creamy for my liking, and I mean way too creamy. I’m more of a matte lipstick girl so within reason I would expect to not like the creaminess of the metals, but this was too much for me. You know that gross feeling when your…

To Kill a Mockingbird The book To Kill a Mockingbird is about a little girl named Scout, her brother Jem, and there father Atticus Finch. The story is told by Jean Louis Finch who is actually the little girl in the story named Scout. Jean Louis Finch is the narrator throughout the story and she reflects on the time when she was little. The story takes place in the 1930s in Maycomb County, Alabama during the years of the great depression when people were unemployed and everyone was in poverty.…

Personal hygiene as it says is personal: everyone has their own habits and standards that he or she have taught or learnt from others. It is really important for many reasons to maintain a high standard of personal hygiene an individual. These reasons can be either personal, social, health reasons, or even the psychological well being, etc. Personal hygiene is one of the basic conditions of feeling oneself presentable, clean and comfortable. Self esteem, self worth and self respect of an…