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    Loss Of Innocence Swinging in the back yard waiting for the clock to strike 5, sits a young child old enough to wonder why the mockingbird sings every morning. Jean Louise, also known as Scout, becomes a young women throughout the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Scout faces many obstacles, such as a brother growing up, a court case that takes a toll on the family, and learning that there are different life styles in the town of Maycomb. Scout, her brother Jem, and Dill have one goal for the first summer, make Boo Radley come out. But as the summers come and go, they realize they won’t get anywhere with Boo Radley and the court case fills their summer now. The ladies in the neighborhood only want Scout to be a polite young lady, so when Aunt Alexandra comes to live with them Scout must now learn how to act more like a lady when the time arises. As the story progresses, Scout faces reality. She learns how to overcome her troubles, starts to understand things more, and finally gains wisdom that will be used throughout her life. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that she has overcome.” (Booker T. Washington, BQ) Scout was a very talented girl when she started school. Achieving much more than the average Maycomb girl. Scout could easily read and write. Her teacher, Miss Caroline was not impressed. Scout was not supposed to be able to read according to Miss Caroline. She was going to teach Scout how…

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    small racist town. The mockingbird is first mentioned when Atticus tells his kids how it is sinful to kill a mockingbird. Lee intelligently demonstrates innocence in characters such as Tom Robinson, Jem and Scout and also Arthur Radley. In using the mockingbird she creates a clever symbol that foreshadows when something is going to happen. And then she brings it one step further and involves the mockingbird in other miniature symbols, such as the last name Finch or the tree outside the Radley…

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    innocence in the beginning of the story but you slowly start to see his fade because of his coming of age moments that slowly break away at his gem. At the very beginning of the story Jem is almost identical to Scout, he wants to see Boo Radley and he knows almost nothing about the world and the reason why Boo chooses to hid himself. The harassment during the school year and from Mrs. Dubose starts to truly get to him because he didn’t think it mattered about black or white, however he was…

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    they read for class. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is not one of those books. This book has relatable characters like Scout and Jem who go through situations that student can find themselves relating to. To Kill a Mockingbird is a wonderful book with life lessons that will always be relevant and important to people of all ages. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches students about walking in other people 's shoes, the innocence of the world and the people living in it, also the way people should…

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    Trouble in Paradise Well maybe not heaven on earth the island nations of the British isles offer a unique climate with rolling green pastures, misty mountain crags, breathtaking castles, and cool summer breezes. There is something about Ireland that makes people just want to come back, but however like any place it has not been with out its share of wars and troubles. Ireland has a unique problem that has been around for hundreds of years. A question remains in the minds of many of those…

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    understand what their reasoning might have been, and is able to present that reasoning to the jury in a way that helps the jury sympathize with his client. All he had to learn was how to sound intelligent, and he would become very successful. Atticus is telling Jem and Scout not to kill mockingbirds with their Christmas gifts, air rifles. He is teaching them not to beat up on the innocent. He wants them to understand that mockingbirds bring nothing but joy and song to humans, so they shouldn’t…

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    Wind Patterns Lab Report

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    To see the similarities and differences between wind patterns in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres alongside with explaining the major wind belts. Material: • Map of North America with longitude and latitude • Drawing compass Procedure: 1. View the map from the lab given. The map represents the barometric pressures at 5000 feet in North America on a precise day in February. 2. Use the Web to get another map of North America that covers the same approximate area shown in the map given in the…

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    Harrisville is a tiny town that is almost completely dependent on tourism. Harrisville has beautiful, sprawling beaches, a faultless state park, and an up-to-date harbor. However what it seems to be lacking is people. When the recession hit this small, tourist town, its profitable production nearly stopped. Now the harbor is barely utilized by local fishermen. A state park established in 1921, now struggles to fill just half of its 229 campsites. Along with the vast expanse of beaches, the…

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    The Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, often shortened to Delta, decides on where the water gets allocated. The Westland’s is the largest district and is supplied by the California Aqueduct which comes from the San Luis Reservoir - the largest in the state. Water districts located to the north of the Delta are more likely to get water rights than the southern districts. In most contexts, California is divided into three large locations: Northern California, Central California, and Southern…

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    Irish Diaspora History

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    specifically having ties to what is now the Republic of Ireland while the other 12 are linked to Northern Ireland. Despite the fact that most presidents find themselves linked to Northern Ireland, this meant that when Clinton came into office in 1993, it meant that the US now had a president who had interests vested in the conflict that 43 million Americans were also interested in(John DeWind and Renata Segura 2014:99-100). When considering all of this the immense political power of the Irish…

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