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The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was an experiment held in Tuskegee, Alabama from 1932-1972. The study contained at least 600 African American men, 399 entered the study with syphilis and 201 without the disease, used as controls. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can result in fatal consequences. It can affect many internal organs, such as the heart, lungs and brain. Instead of being told that they were part of a medical experiment and that they had contracted syphilis, these…

Everything you think, feel, and act has to be perfect. In the passage from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee explains how this little girl named Scout says thank you in her own way by sticking out her tongue to the African American servant named Calpurnia. The first element the author uses in this passage is Imagery. Lee tells you an Image of scout drifting into sleep, when Atticus came inside Jem and Scout’s room. For example she said “... When the memory of Atticus calmly folding his…

Opening Doors of Sickness Sickness plagues our world, whether someone is ailing, mentally ill, or morally disgusting. It is one of the more miserable aspects of being human, and we’ve all had to experience it. In Maycomb, a fictional town that serves as the setting and as a character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, “closed doors meant sickness and cold weather only.” (Harper Lee, pg 11) This is so that the ill person could be in hiding from the rest of Maycomb. Doors are closed for all…

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Jem and Scout Finch are exposed to two very different parenting styles. Although Atticus and Aunt Alexandra are siblings, they differ in every way. However, the most important difference on Jem and Scout are the parental views of Atticus and Aunt Alexandra. Atticus represents the new, modern, progressive style of parenting while Aunt Alexandra believes the old fashioned, traditional ways of the Old South. Atticus cares more about behavior than fitting…

the information about something so that she can make her own perspective about it but in the beginning she made childish accusations. As the story progressed she was shown the true colors of people and understands how life is in Maycomb County, Alabama. Near the end she makes better decisions and the ideas that come to her mind make her seem more mature. After Tom Robinson gets shot Scout matures into a woman mentally and the court trial was the route that showed her the people and…

During the 1900s America violated loads of rules with African Americans with the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment in such ways that you could not even imagine. "The U.S. Public Health Service discontinued a successful program to document and treat syphilis in rural African American populations" (Reverby). According to this citation the purpose of the experiments was to document and treat syphilis among African Americans. However later on in the trials when penicillin became the drug of choice to…

The Positive Miss Maudie How can someone have such a positive outlook on life when they have been through so much? In to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Miss Maudie is a neighbor to the Finches. Miss Maudie is a kind of mother figure to Jem and Scout. She helps them get through tough times in their life and is always there to give them advice. Miss Maudie is a caring, wise, and care-free woman who is usually socializing with her neighbors and positively affects the novel by…

In the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, many different families are depicted throughout the book. These families, and especially the children, show how the values of the parents are reflects in their children’s behavior. Many of the children in the book act in ways of which Harper Lee clearly disapproves, while others seem to be struggle to embody the good values their parents demonstrate. In particular, Scout and Jem, Dill, and Burris Ewell provide clear examples of…

In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are many times that Harper Lee shows compassion, sympathy, and tolerance through the characters of the novel. Lots of times in the novel Harper Lee shows compassion, sympathy, or tolerance through key events in the story including: Atticus has compassion when he defends Tom Robinson, who is a black man, to the best of his abilities. Atticus shows Tolerance when Bob Ewell spits in his face, by not doing anything back. Jem shows sympathy to…

Small-town Alabama, 1932. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and a widower. He has two young children, Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch is currently defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Meanwhile, Jem and Scout are intrigued by their neighbours, the Radleys, and the mysterious, seldom-seen Boo Radley in particular. During the first half of Mockingbird Harper Lee constructs a sweet and affectionate portrait of growing up in the vanished world of small town Alabama.. Lee,…