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Think about a town where everyone is separated by color and is completely unfair to colored people, but still find love? That's what Maycomb county is like in the book To Kill a Mockingbird . During the book Harper Lee tries to give you the message of what a good family should be (The Finches), and what they shouldn't be (The Ewell's). Harper Lee also makes the three children, Scout, Jem, and Dill, another factor of love in To Kill a Mockingbird because they would die for each other.…

The Most Striking Period of the Year: Mardi Gras Krewe Remember those bright vivid colors that only show up once a year. Those floats decorated with all different types of creative theme, knowing that as they past none were the same. Those eye-catching outfits, “wild and spunky”, as some would say while some just reminded you of a favorite cartoon character growing up. Music from all different times of the musical era from hip hop and r&b, those classic sounds that you could only get from a…

Chapters seven and eight of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee reflect the central idea of growing up by dealing with the complications of the adult world through the novel’s plot. Jem’s actions pertaining to an event in the story help readers understand the struggles of coming of age, and having to deal with adult issues and ideas. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout send out and receive objects and messages with Boo Radley through a knothole in a tree in the Radleys’ yard. The Radleys are…

Vocabulary Antiaircraft: A ground defence mechanism designed to attack aircraft through missile or gun shots. Sentence: Henry ground his teeth. That meant about a thousand miles round-trip under attack by enemy fighter planes and antiaircraft on the ground. (Page 6) Nissen hut: A half cylindrical shaped building made from corrugated steel which was originally designed by Major Peter Norman Nissen during World War I. Its main purpose was to house military men and it was heavily used during World…

accounted for the high rate of crime and miscarriages within African-American municipalities and as of yet, no effective cure had been discovered. As a result, approximately 600 male subjects were recruited from the town of Tuskegee in Macon County, Alabama. Although the ethicality of the experiment at the beginning can be advocated, when it formally began in 1932, the scope had significantly changed. Dr. Taliaferro, then Chief of the USPHS Venereal Disease Division alleged that the procedure…

“And the new Miss America 1995, Miss Alabama, Heather Whitestone!” Those are the words Regis Philbin said at the Miss America pageant in 1995 announcing the winner. But this winner had something more unique about her than a usual beauty contestant- she was deaf. In one instant, Heather Whitestone made history and became the first deaf Miss America. Not only that, she became the first woman to win Miss America with any type of disability. But there is so much more to her than the fact that she is…

Bravery Through Time At the point when Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird starts, Scout begins by recalling on the end of the story when Jem breaks his arm. In spite of the fact that Jem and his sister Scout frequently bicker, Jem turns into a decent sibling through his coming of age. He keeps her safe, and serves as one of her closest companions. Numerous things change Jem between the beginning and conclusion, his physical attributes as well as psychological. In the course of the story…

All around Louisiana, the people celebrate Mardi Gras in early spring. Urban cities such as New Orleans and Baton Rouge utilize fancy bright lighted parades, celebrity kings and queens, and shiny beads to celebrate the festivities. Growing up in south Louisiana, I attended many of these parades in the Big Easy. My grandparents would tell stories of rural Mardi Gras and the Cajun culture. After hearing their stories, I decided to attend the Courir de Mardi Gras. The Courir de Mardi Gras is a…

The main discussion point of the essay was about how the U.S. Public Health Service is trying to get together a scientific study on African American men and the disease known as syphilis. The USPHS wanted to develop a great experiment where neither the 200 men in the control group or the 400 men in the dependent group discovered that they were a part of the experiment. They also tried to maintain the advertisement of the medication for the disease ongoing, so the experiment could be maintained…

A wise man once said, “ One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others’ feelings and courteous in his behavior.”-(Ezra Taft Benson). Although his words are true, they are often not displayed in the behavior of our peers, especially during high school. I learned the hard way, through witnessing a misunderstanding that led to discriminatory actions. Prejudice against my friend, Emma, brought her to tears because she felt alone and rejected, much like Boo Radley…