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A critter in your attic may seem harmless at first, but it can be a major problem down the road. You might think that it will get out on its own, then you realize later on that your ceiling is already rotting from the critter’s urine and feces, your electrical wires are gnawed off, and your roof shingles are damaged from claw marks. Fortunately, Critter Getter, one of Southeast Alabama's foremost squirrel removal experts, has some tips for getting rid of the pest without having to kill it:…

There is tons of evidence supporting why Dill, Scout, and Jem will not see Boo Radley. To begin, Boo is most likely not even alive. For example, Boo Radley has not been seen in a very long time. The text states, “People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him” (Lee 10). The fact that Jem and Scout live near the Radley house yet had never seen Boo outside or even in the window suggests that he is not alive. Nobody in the entire town has said to have recently seen Boo, even though he was…

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…

In a story by Harper Lee called To Kill A Mockingbird, children grow up together in a town called Maycomb. The story takes place during the great depression. Since this was a very judgmental time, the children grow up learning a lot from their family and friends. They need to make many decisions as to what to believe and not believe. For example, they often learn stuff from their father who doesn’t believe people should be judged on status, but they also learn from their aunt who is the complete…

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…

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…

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…

Throughout this journal, one can predict the kids will not meet Boo because he is locked up and they are scared of him. First, they are scared of him in many ways. In addition, the narrator says “But to climb the Radley front steps…something their neighbors never did” (Harper Lee 11). The quotes from the book shows how the neighbors are scared of them by never climb their front steps and say hey to the Radleys and the neighbors might affect the kids. Next, there are rumors about Radleys that had…

learning about the southern ways of life and tells it through a contemporary piece of southern gothic literature. Stown revives southern gothic literature in a more modern piece. Most of elements fit into the literal definitions of southern gothic literature but with a more modern twist. Stown is a contemporary piece of southern gothic literature because it has a southern setting, decay, and violence. A main characteristic of southern gothic literature is its southern settings. Southern gothic…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book about three children, Jem Finch, Scout Finch and Dill Harris, and their experiences in their town Maycomb of Alabama. At the beginning of the book, the three children give off the sense of innocence and are naive to the facts of true society. Major changes are noticeably made to these three children as the story progresses. These alterations are mainly made by the influence of prejudice in their town. After being exposed to the true evils of the word…