Great Northern War

Through life, the perception a person has rules over everything they know while also emphasizing how they are perceived by others. Furthermore, perception can bring people to wrongly judge what they see in the world. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the perception of a child in a town full of rumors to fully affirm Arthur “Boo” Radley as the true mockingbird. Considering that the perspective of the novel is told from a child, it can be hard to see Boo Radley as anything more…

The Wise Father Named Atticus Finch Atticus Finch plays a key role in the story. Throughout the book, he teaches Jem and Scout, along with the reader, essential life lessons. Along with preaching much needed lessons to his children, he was also a worthy role model of justice for them that was very much needed in the time setting of the story. Not only is Atticus an important character to the story purely as himself, his is also needed to help form the characters of his children. To Kill a…

Another similarity between “Hansel and Gretel” and The Hunger Games is the conspiracy of the birds. In both of these stories, the birds seem to guide the children throughout their journey. Hansel thinks he sees a white bird above his family home; there is also a white bird that guides them to the witch’s house and the duck that helps them across the water. It states “Help us, help us little duck. Hansel and Gretel are out of luck. There’s no bridge, not far or wide. Help us, give us both a ride.…

Would you say Jem has the same behavior throughout the whole book To kill a Mockingbird? In the story you will realize the change of behavior in Jem. There had been many moments in the story where you see Jem growing into a young man. Some may not see but these sites will prove to you his growth and improvement of behavior in the story.People may believe others in To kill a Mockingbird had matured more but in my opinion i see Jem has changed the most. The beginning to the end you will notice Jem…

Long ago, in a time where only land animals existed there was a bird named Aves. Unlike, the birds we know of today Aves wasn’t able to fly nor were any other animals. Day after day, he would stare up at the trees branches and clouds wishing that he could, at least just once, touch them. He had tried many times to climb the trees but his tiny, fragile legs weren’t capable of taking him to the top. One evening, out of anger and spite, he yelled up to the Sky God, “Caelum! Why do you create such…

Northern Baroque: Baroque Art was the principal European style of art in the 17th century. Although encapsulating the whole of Europe, Baroque art greatly varied from region to region. Having been divided into two separate spheres, the Northern countries who turned Protestant, and the Southern countries who remained Catholic, developed two distinctive artistic styles. In Italy and Spain, the Counter-Reformation was in full swing, promoting complex and dramatic paintings and sculptures such as…

To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, the book takes place in a Southern town in the twentieth century in the fictional town of Maycomb. In to Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses symbolism in order to convey the idea that doing harm to people who are helpless and innocent is a horrible thing and can lead to unwanted actions. As we all know mockingbirds represent a symbol of innocence, Lee makes Miss Maudie point out that "...[mockingbirds] don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for…

Vonnegut further convey his ideas on death and war. Vonnegut uses a bird to symbolize his speechless silence towards war. For example, Vonnegut says “everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like ‘Poo-tee-weet?’” (Vonnegut 19). Vonnegut uses birds to show that animals cannot even make sense of the massacres and devastations of war. There are no human words or bird…

negative emotions in Ireland today. Cromwell went to Ireland with the aim of seeking the loyalty of the population to the Westminster Parliament. Attacks on towns such as Drogheda would have been strange if the aim was ethnic annihilation. Throughout The War of the Three Kingdoms Drogheda had either been loyal to the Roundheads or the Cavaliers, not the confederates. The argument that Cromwell advocated genocide for religious reasons…

liberate Northern Ireland from the UK and to join with the Irish republic. They carried out many bombings during a period colloquially known as the Troubles. Their prime target was members of the British Army and officers of the Irish national police force. They fought a guerrilla warfare against the army and police, rarely confronting them “head on” but using surprise attacks and car bombs. The IRA was an incredibly strong and brutal paramilitary group vying for an Independent Northern Ireland…