Say Anything...

Mayella Ewell is powerful, even though she does not have much of anything she is a smart, white, woman. She is a powerful woman because she knew how to plan everything so she could get rid of her father. She made sure all of her siblings were not at home. Mayella knew when her father was coming home so she kissed Tom Robinson. When Mayella kissed Tom it made her father angry, so he tried chasing Tom. Mayella knew her father would be upset she was with an African American man. Mayella knew Tom…

things, one being intrinsic reason giving-power and the capability to categorically motivate us to act. Mackie believes that moral judgements make attempts but fail to explain reality, and that all moral terms are simply false. Mackie continues to say that moral values can be best understood as subjective, and explains how there is a dissimilarity between cultures and their feelings on moral terms and this is caused by the other cultures ways of life. The idea Next, Mackie discusses “argument…

How much do you appreciate your religion, or even your own beliefs? Is there anything pertaining to prayer or anything religious at school? There has been a decrease of prayer or anything religious at school mostly because of the U.S. Supreme Court passing a law that outlawed prayer in schools in the year 1962. Prayer is still allowed, but it cannot be lead by adults in a classroom or somewhere very specific like that. The U.S. Supreme Court had passed off a law in June 25, 1962 that had some…

irrelevant to the story but it does immediately give Victoria a reputation. It tells the judge right from the beginning, that there is a very great chance she is a liar. When you already have a reputation, it makes it harder to believe anything else that Victoria says. Secondly, Victoria also said that there were twelve negroes, however the negroes stated that there were actually 15 of them.…

In the story A Midsummer Night’s dream, there are many characters. The story has a general serious mood but Puck lightens the mood, pulls pranks, and makes a lot of mistakes. To be around Puck is a recipe for disaster. Puck is a very important character in the story A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is characterized as being mischievous, clumsy, and loyal. Puck is mischievous in many ways. The first example of Puck being mischievous is when he changes Bottom’s head into a head of an ass: “An ass's…

To Kill a Mockingbird The main ideas of To Kill a Mockingbird, is that you shouldn’t hurt the people who don’t do anything to you, the ones who are just nice. There are examples of “mockingbirds” in the book that don’t actually mean someone being a “mockingbird”. Another central idea is also racism. Harper Lee doesn’t really say that you should hurt black people. Instead, Atticus says “Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." What…

You can say you want to lose weight a million times. But, until you actually get up and try, you are not going to lose a pound. I believe the theme actions speak louder than words is very important. If you can't prove something you said, then you shouldn't say it at all. To start with, everybody has the freedom to say anything they like. But, people are not going to believe everything you say. If you want someone to believe in you, you most likely have to prove yourself by showing actions…

you could say anything you wanted without worrying about someone telling you, “That is politically incorrect”or “do not say that, that could offend someone.” People long to be able to speak their mind in public without anyone thinking that they are weird or crazy. This theory applies in movie theaters, grocery stores, shopping malls and even schools. Lately it seems as though you have to retain your thoughts inside your mind and not say anything out loud. People have to censor what they say so…

away, they should have just kept them on trial longer, until they could prove that they were a witch. If the puritans were good people, they wouldn’t have killed so many and they should have trusted more people other than just the girls. The puritans say that they are a court based off of God, but yet they go and not believe in God’s word, but the girls. When the Salem community killed some of its finest citizens, that is ironic. They killed for the common good of the people…

is “I’ve tussled with a whale.” This shows he thinks he's the best, can do anything and is very cocky. Later it says “I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.” This also shows he thinks he’s super good and can do anything, portraying a cocky/arrogant tone. An example that the tone from Hall of Fame doesn’t change is “You can be the best.” This shows that the tone is encouraging, and the author wants us to feel good. Later it says “And the world's gonna know your name 'Cause you burn with the brightest…