Great Northern War

wait in misery I want to fight for this, save me from this darkness and how I relate this to tom is that he is suffering from all the bad things that are happening to him in his life right now and he just wants to be free from his “darkness” is a great example of a mockingbird because the way Miss Maudie described it was "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy…but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird." Tom never did a single wrong…

“It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird”. This means that is a sin to ruin something, or someone that is innocent, that does no harm, or just does there best to help everyone. This metaphor applies to everyone, and everywhere as in any community, anywhere there will be people and things uncorrupted by the world, and in most every case there innocence is lost in the process of life. This metaphor is used a lot in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, By Harper Lee. Sometimes, it is meant literally in the…

early 1900s “fought an insurgency that successfully challenged British rule in the whole of Ireland” (Gregory, 2010), this challenge resulted in an agreement granting Irish Independence in 1921. Independence was agreed upon with a caveat that the 6 northern counties be retained by the British. This agreement resulted in uneasy peace through 1969 when IRA leadership in Belfast split with their Dublin counterparts and adopted a policy of catalytic violence for unification. These events in…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the mockingbird is a symbol of innocence. Throughout the story there are multiple people who are shown as mockingbirds. For instance, the character Dill Harris, a boy who visits Maycomb County every summer, was shown to be an innocent boy. He was innocent because of the way he is first described, what he likes to do, and what happened to him during the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape. During Dill’s first arrival in Maycomb County, a town…

and I will be heading overseas to help France in the war. France has suffered lots of casualties from the Oise-Aisne campaign, along with the battle of Ypres-Lys, so Roger and I believe that any help is better than none. Our boat leaves next Monday from Boston and arrive at the Saint Nazaire port in France. We are not sure yet where we will be stationed, but I would assume we will start…

million people from Ireland to North America to escape starvation. One who came to America on this ship was Patrick Kennedy, the great-grandfather of JFK. Ireland’s oldest city, Waterford, was founded by Vikings in the year 914. The museums and towers in this area are 15th century vestments. Fifteenth century vestments wore by priests with biblical sense are of great importance in the history of the different cultures. St.Patricks Rock is a green hill that includes medieval castles,…

The House of Commons is made by Members of State (MPs). The public elects the members every five years. The House of Commons debates important issues, makes and reviews laws, represents the public and holds the Government to account. Inside the House of Commons, there are two sides: on one side, there is The Government, which runs the country, and the other side is called The Opposition who keeps an eye on what the Government is doing. The chamber has 437 seats for over 650 members. The Commons…

In the first part of the novel, the first impressions of Radley are made. Though they are not easily forgotten or hastily changed, they are progressively altered as Radley's true nature reveals itself. Evidently, it is Atticus who first tries to discourage the children from their fantasies about the Radleys. However, through the events with Jem's pants, the neighborhood fire and the presents in the tree, the children themselves begin to realize that Radley is more of a friend than a villain.…

“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves,” - Mason Cooley. Compassion is a valuable part of Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, and the representation of this quote can be shown throughout various spots in the novel. Compassion is a rare trait to have, and the people who do acquire it often prosper in academics as well as social skills. Lee does an extraordinary job of showing how being compassionate allows one to thrive and achieve remarkable goals all…

watches him stand by the wall at Atticus’s house after the attack, she states, “his lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor’s image blurred with my sudden tears,” conveying she realized that it was Boo Radley who saved both Jem and her from great danger (270). She is moved and her view of Boo Radley has completely changed. Moreover she, now calls Boo Radley by his actual name, Arthur Radley. He had changed from the frightening monster that lurked in his house all day to a harmless and…