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There are two sides too the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, there is a very optimistic view, as well as a pessimistic view. The town of maycomb is divided into two sides, which is the whites and the blacks, but there is also another two sides to this town, and that is the division between optimistic and pessimistic people. Now there is not an actual physical division between the optimistic and pessimistic people, but they are divided mentally. In almost all cases of this book whenever there is…

It is a sin to kill a mockingbird. This simple phrase seems unimportant and trivial, however, it has a much deeper meaning. The understanding, or misinterpretation, of this phrase makes all the difference in this book. In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, there are three main literary elements throughout the story. These elements are imagery, symbolism, and allegory and are used to show the themes of misunderstandings, courage, and prejudice. The first literary element…

My central research question is: Where did the idea of rebelling against authority come from and how did it inspire bushrangers? In Australia in the 19th century, outlaws were known as bushrangers. In today’s society, bushrangers are seen as folk heroes and are a part of Australia’s national identity. This especially is seen through Australia’s most notorious bushranger, Ned Kelly, who is considered somewhat as a legend, and inspires an idea of rebellion against authority. However, this idea of…

It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird In to Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus says to Scout “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it” (119). Many people can elaborate from this quote, mockingbirds can be considered a sin to kill them. All mockingbirds do is sing their hearts out for us and that it’s a sin to kill them. In To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus elaborates on why people can be considered…

England vs. Ireland England vs. Ireland Throughout James Joyce’s short story “The Dead” there is a very strong ongoing motif of England vs Ireland. This power struggle is depicted through the use of character interactions, underlying messages, and imagery throughout the story. James Joyce seemed to incorporate a lot of political issues into his work, which seems to be appropriate for the time period it was written. Written in 1914 “The Dead” by James Joyce was a very popular short story for…

The Basques are considered to be one of the oldest ethnic groups in Europe, possibly the oldest. Their homeland or region lies on the border between France and Spain, in the Pyrenees mountain range. They live in three regions on the Spanish side of the mountains and three on the French side. The Basques refer to these regions, together, as Euskal-Herria, or Land of the Basques. The population of Basques is almost 3 million, but there are about one million people living the Basque regions that…

In this set of materials, the reading part discusses the ways and solutions that are represented for preventing injuries to birds from building that the glass is used in them. The listening section casts doubt on the information presented in the passage and argues that this three represented solutions are not effective suggestions and utilizing of them can't be useful and effective for preventing injuries to birds. Frist, the text posits that people can replace the regular glass with one-way…

The vast majority of people in the world are good, but there are always some who are bad. There are people who make peace and there are people who break peace. Different people can be represented by different symbols or other things. The mockingbird in the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is used as a symbol that represents innocence and peace. Two characters from Lee’s book that the mockingbird would best represent are Boo(Arthur) Radley and Tom Robinson, for they are both innocent…

Confucianism is in the song “Honor to Us All”, which speaks about how women should be perfect porcelain dolls, and how they should find husbands to bring honor to their families (Fowler). In the legend, Mulan would have been Buddhist. She was living in the Northern Wei dynasty, which was a highly Buddhist society where Confucianism was looked down on (Editors). Buddhism’s goal was to reach nirvana, or a higher state of being (Erricker), while Confucianism’s goal was for people to accept their…

Sky Burial, also known as celestial burial is a ritual commonly practiced in many provinces such as Mongolia and Qinghai, but mainly in Tibet, has been done for a thousand years. It is the way of disposing the body in the most beneficial way, by it being fed to the vultures. They consider the body after death to be empty so there's no harm in disposing it in the most generous way possible. It starts off with the body being untouched for three days then wrapped with white cloth and finally…