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It is not surprising to find Jefferson in a state of confusion, struggling between holding on to its identity and finding its place in a new era. The customs of the South are incredibly distinct and the main character, Miss Emily, is representative of those traditions. Miss Emily belongs to a distinguished family that once held much prominence in town but now struggles with holding on to that image. Emily herself is a living tradition, unwaveringly remaining the same despite the progressive…

dialogue. Harper Lee uses dialogue and dialect to help bring her characters to life. Miss Maudie is depicted as selfless and educated. The same method also brings Calpurnia to life as accepting and protective. It also explores Atticus as wise and understanding man. Harper Lee develops Miss Maudie as a selfless educated woman through her dialogue and dialect. Fire destroys Miss Maudie’s home and injures a neighbor. Miss Maudie speaks with Scout and Jem about it. “‘Only thing I worried about last…

Miss Evers Boys is a film on the clinical study, The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Blacks With Syphilis. This film is written from the point of view of nurse Evers. Miss Evers was a nurse working at the Tuskegee Institute. The film shows the excitement enlistment Miss Evers had into the study because she was under the impressions that the cure that was offered by the clinical study was going to help cure everyone but most importantly African Americans. This clinical research lead the African…

Charity Fund of Dallas in conjunction with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. - Kappa Zeta Chapter will be hosting its 85th annual Miss Blue Revue Informational for all female high school Juniors and Seniors in the DFW metro area, Sunday, September 18th, from 3-5 PM on the campus of Southern Methodist University at the Hughes – Trigg Student Center Ballroom, 3400 Dyer St, Dallas, TX. Miss Blue Revue originated in Dallas, Texas with the Kappa Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated in…

Compared to other areas of the world- namely Asia- the way Western society treats the elderly population is atrocious. "Miss Brill" written by Katherine Mansfield is a short story which explores how the elderly or aged population feel along with how the elderly are received by others. Through reading "Miss Brill" one can deduce that Miss Brill is merely lonely; going to the park and imagining herself interacting with others is one of the only ways she is able to alleviate her loneliness. This…

previous decades, the African American society only knew poverty. One of the main characters Miss Moore, was one of the very few blacks that was well educated with a college degree. Miss Moore felt as if it was her responsibility to improve the neighborhood kids’ education. The narrator Sylvia, a poor African American girl, struggles with her growing awareness of social inequality. On one hot summer day Miss Moore took the neighborhood…

Katie, wanting to take piano lessons, offers Miss Tynmore an hour of cleaning in exchange for piano lessons. After much persuasion, Tynmore agrees, and Katie’s piano lessons commence. Tynmore tells the children to listen and watch, however they get distracted by a number of things. Francie stared cruely at the instructor's extravagant hat embellished with a bird on it. Later, told by her mother it is merely a mess of glue and feathers, Francie is scolded and told to stop staring. Francie can’t…

Miss Evers’ Boys was a distressing film to watch. Not only did it show the horrid mistreatment of African Americans, but also brought further attention to the types of biological testing that were prevalent in that time. While it is difficult to judge members of history with the knowledge we know now, it is appalling to think about the denial of disease treatment when a cure is known and available. The psychological testing that took place in the Milgram experiment was interesting to me. Even…

The town people, the collective voice acting as the narrator, play a role in Miss Emily’s isolation and depression. The town people were recorders of what Emily had gone through. And they acted as the narrator telling us what had happened. However, they were also impersonal bystanders who never tried to help Emily out of trap. For example, at the beginning of the story, when the town people came to Emily’s funeral, “the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside” (Faulkner 99). When Emily…

Miss Cather seems to definitely admire Antonia, as reflected in her writings. There are many different qualities about Antonia that are expressed in a favorable light. She was a beautiful girl with “such fine brown legs and arms, and splendid color in her cheeks – like those big dark red plums.” But as we all know; looks isn't everything. She had “strong independent natures” and “deep down there was a kind of joviality, a relish of life, not over-delicate, but very invigorating.” There was so…