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Pranav Rathore Joanna Chan Lit/Writ, Period 2 12/12/17 Socratic Seminar: To Kill a Mockingbird 1. Part one of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, introduces all the characters and their day-to-day lives. Scout, Jem, and Dill were curious about Boo Radley. They tried to reenact Boo Radley’s life and tried to get a glimpse of him. From the very beginning, Atticus tried to teach his kids about right from wrong. He taught Scout a very important concept, “ You never really understand a person until…

Juveniles committing serious offenses has sparked a contentious discussion regarding whether or not they should be tried as adults and sentenced accordingly, raising concerns about the morality and efficacy of this approach to justice. Some contend that treating minors as adults upholds justice and protects society from potential dangers. However, some stress the disparities in development between minors and adults, supporting rehabilitation and second chances in place of severe penalties. This…

My Findings: A constant reminder we are a state with the right policies My Friends, we have gathered here today for the annual Pre-Equality Book Analysis to listen to the reviews of The Invisible Man and The Help, two texts which tell us what it was like before the Equality Revolution. The pre-equality era was plagued by racism, , sexism and unequal rights. It is imperative that we study these texts so we can understand what hardships our ancestors faced long ago to make sure we don’t face…

Who is Charles Manson? You may have heard his name on your favorite night time crime drama series or pop up on the news recently due to rumors of him getting a marriage license to a 26 year old female prison visitor. But who exactly is he and why is he regarded such an infamous serial killer? You may be wondering why I chose to speak about a serial killer today. Well, I am very interested in criminology and choose to spend my free time researching and studying the infamous serial killers, cult…

Primary Sources: Ung, Loung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. Print This book helped me see Loung Ung View as a child on what happened in her life during the Killing Fields Period. This book shows the struggles that she faced to become who she was today. It shows the terrible experiences she faced under the Pol Pot's Regime. And how she managed to survive through, losing her family and slowey reunited with her family. This…

A tragic event occurred at 10PM on Saturday night. Jeremy and Jean-Louise Finch were attacked by Mr. Bob Ewell. This occurred after the pageant at the local high school earlier in the evening, in which Scout played the ham. Mr. Arthur Radley saved the children and from Mr. Ewell with the very knife Mr. Ewell intended to use to kill the children. Before the attack, all seemed normal in the town to most of its inhabitants. This Halloween celebrated the fruit of Mrs. Merriweather’s brilliant mind.…

The expansion of technology into our daily lives has brought about many benefits but also many problems. In her essay “Silence and The Notion Of The Commons”, Ursula Franklin delineates the effects technological trends have had on sound and silence in our time. Specifically, Franklin explores how changes in the intrinsic nature of sound has, and will continue to affect our society. To illustrate this concept, Franklin first explains the natural characteristic of sound. It is, most importantly,…

Meanwhile, Mr. Ewell ran to Heck Tate to tell him what just happened. Knowing what the doctor would to say, Bob didn’t think about calling a doctor. Thank you Jessica. Here we have compiled several artifacts of evidence that prove the guilt of the defendant, Tom Robinson. To begin, I…

The trial begins with Sheriff Tate and Mr. Ewell being questioned. It was established that the sheriff went to the Ewell home upon Mr. Ewell’s request. The daughter, Mayella, was found on the floor beaten and bruised, and both the father and daughter accused Tom Robinson of the attack. Upon cross-examination, Atticus made it clear that a doctor had not examined Mayella to verify the rape, the injuries were on the girl’s right side indicating the attacker would need to be left-handed, and Mr.…

Five months had passed since the day I took Bob Ewell’s life. Mr. Tate and Atticus did not tell anyone about my involvement; according to them Jem defended himself and Scout, knocking him onto his own knife before collapsing in the dirt. Because of Scout’s rectangular field of vision and panicked haze, she could not accurately describe what happened and contentedly settled with Mr. Tate’s story. The court case came and went without much difficulty. With no opposing side to the tragedy, the…