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Western New England University The United States Criminal Justice System Faults Readers from varied backgrounds will approach this book with different knowledge and experiences. Did Stevenson’s example resonate with you, or were you shocked? Is the book an eye-opener for you, or validation of what you already knew? Explain your answers, using evidence from the text. Consider how your reaction would differ if you were of a different race or class; were a victim of a serious crime; or had a…

Moral Courage American poet, E.E. Cummings once stated “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” This theme of courage in growing is seen in To Kill a Mockingbird with Scout Finch watching her father, Atticus Finch, stand up and do the right thing and in turn growing up through the entire book. Harper Lee had given To Kill a Mockingbird the theme of moral courage. This can be seen in the plot and conflict, but also the characterization Lee had given to these people. Other…

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Summaries and Theme Analyses Chapter Summaries ______________________________________________________________________________ -Summary for Ch. 11-15 (AT LEAST FOUR SENTENCES): In chapter eleven, we were given a more in depth view into Mrs. Dubose. It was revealed that the children really did not like her. Mrs. Dubose insulted the Finch family and drove Jem to vandalise her plants, causing Jem to be forced into reading to her every day. In chapter twelve, Jem was…

I: Introduction Have you heard of the game series Nintendo, watched different animes, and love sushi? Well, Japan is where all of that good stuff comes from! Japan is a country made up by many different islands. In this research paper, Japan’s physical geography, culture, history, and many more topics will be discussed. II: Physical Geography a) Location: Japan is a country on the eastern part of the continent Asia. The country happens to be made up of thousands of islands, large and small.…

The Help movie was set in the 1960’s during the civil rights movement. It is about a smart, southern girl named Skeeter, who everyone just so happen to adore. She just returned from college and decided to move back home in Mississippi. Skeeter then decides to be a writer. Not just any writer, but a writer that interviews black women who have spent their whole lives taking care of prominent southern families. She starts of with one lady named Aibileen, who opens up to her about the hard times and…

Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English artist who gained notoriety from his landscape paintings that utilize the dynamic lights that illuminate the scenery he builds. Joseph Turner’s work innovated and popularized landscape painting, which laid the foundation for impressionism to come into prevalence after the Romantic period. This is observed in his painting Rockets and Blue Lights, painted in 1840 with oil on canvas. Rockets and Blue Lights displays a coastal view of the ocean that…

Whenever a person hears the word cult, they will either be frightened or not think much about it. The word cult, is nowadays often used to describe a group of people that believes or does something out of the ordinary. Its original definition however, is a “ritual observance involved in worship of the supernatural or its symbolic representations” (Cult). While most cults have died out, many are still active today or have influenced modern cults. People may know these cults by name but they may…

Google describes social class as a division of a society based on social and economic status. “There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.” (302) According to Jem, social class in Maycomb is split into four different categories: the ordinary middle class, the poor, the outcasts, and the blacks. Although some cannot fit into these…

novel, the dialogue between the characters helps to develop the overall setting of a small town in Alabama. In the text, a mad dog is seen down the road from the kids and Calpurnia calls Atticus and the Sheriff to come handle the situation. When Heck Tate arrives on the scene with Atticus, Heck tells Atticus to take the shot at the dog. This is to the amazement of Jem and Scout who have never seen him with a gun. After he makes the shot, Mrs. Maudie and the neighbors begin to fill the kids with…

The mockingbird is but a solitary bird. It keeps to itself and does no harm unless attacked. In Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird”, she creates a metaphoric picture of innocence using a mockingbird. In a conversation with his son, Jem, Atticus Finch says, “Shoot all the blue jays you can, but it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. In this award winning classic, Harper Lee shows many examples of mockingbirds. Perhaps most prominent among these are Tom Robinson, Jem and Scout, and Arthur…