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    In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, which takes place during the great depression, Harper Lee uses symbolism, which is using a object to represent an idea, such as the mockingbird. The mockingbird stands for innocence and purity. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mayella Ewell as human “Mockingbirds” to contribute to the overall theme of innocence and purity. First, Lee uses Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley as a Mockingbird, Boo Radley’s a adult who…

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    How To Kill A Mockingbird

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    How to Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the great depression of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The narrator, Scout and many other characters show innocence and many of them lose that innocence. They say that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because it shows innocence and does not harm, only sing. First, Tom Robinson was an African american man who was wrongfully accused of raping a white woman (Mayella Ewell). Atticus Finch defended him even though he knew it was a losing battle of white man’s word…

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    A good parent(character) What makes a(n adult) good parent a good parent? We’ll that’s totally controversial,but in my own personal view a good parent (for example( would be Harper lee’s To kill a Mockingbird's Atticus. Why I see Atticus as an excellent character to admire as a parent figure is because Atticus is selfless, wise, and loyal. Selfless Atticus is constantly putting other before him. Hes has never shown any worry for himself but for scout and Jem. Like when preparing for trial…

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    Pi's Heroic Journey

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    In Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, it shows that there are many steps to Pi’s heroic journey.(Knight) You don’t just become a hero overnight.(Knight) In the beginning of the story he was nobody important, he was a religious man, he studied Hindu, Islam, and Christianity.(Martel) When the boat is sinking the crew members threw him overboard, he didn’t panic, he did the mature thing and found a lifeboat where we could stay on. He didn’t know at the time that he would be sharing it with a 450 pound…

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    The Raven Black Poem

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    They put a curly, honey blonde wig on you, the color of hair you use to have before you dyed everything raven black. Your tight, sickening pale skin clung to your pores, and placid expression. Your eyes, which used to be a brilliant and enchanting blue, were closed so that those of weak mind, didn’t have to see the naked truth of pain. They tried to make you look alive, plastering your skin with artificial liquids. They gave you red lips; ironically the same color as your blood. You look like a…

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    Atticus Finch Book Report

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    "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," My father said these words to me and my brother, Jeremy, when we got our first guns. My name is Jean-Louise Finch some people call me Scout. Atticus was the kind of person who always said what he thought. We're all here today to remember Atticus, how he was kind and honest to everyone he talked too, his feelings about people being equal and against racism, and how he taught me and Jem to 'walk…

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    The Life of Pi is an interesting novel, in which the protagonist, Piscine Patel, finds himself stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a 450 lb. Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Or was he? The novel presents two stories to the reader, one in which Piscine, commonly referred to as Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with animals, and one story in which Pi finds himself stranded in the same setting, but with human counterparts, and a much more gruesome ending. The true story is the one with humans for…

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    Divergent Themes

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    Theme Analysis Paper Even the bravest people have fear. Beatrice was born into Abnegation, but her aptitude test results show that she is Divergent! She tries to blend in by picking Dauntless, but Erudite is planning a war on Abnegation. Beatrice will have to stop Erudite and save Abnegation despite her fear. In Divergent by Veronica Roth, it shows that bravery does not mean an absence of fear. Beatrice is brave in this novel. When Beatrice goes to take her aptitude test she had to drink a…

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    Empathy is challenging to give or have when one has not taken the time to think about the different situations each person has experienced in their lifetime. In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, she demonstrates how fully knowing a person can be difficult to do, especially when untruthful statements block the real facts about that person. Through the use of the characters Scout Finch and Dolphus Raymond, Lee portrays that empathy and understanding who someone is, is not easy to do until…

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    Atticus’s main goal of being a good father who helps his children, is seen as he teaches Scout to have authentic relationships and Jem to not be biased, demonstrating you should think about others first and how you connect with them, which creates a good relationship between a child and their father Atticus plays a big role in changing Scout’s perspective because he taught her to be kind to all living things that she comes across, which is important because being considerate helps a person form…

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