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    “A life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood” These words of Thomas Carlyle impeccably describes scout as she is living in order to understand the life in Maycomb. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the author explores the concept of moral development of Scout for a little innocent girl growing up into an intelligent adulthood, Jean Louise. As she struggles through her life with the people around her. She starts to mature and realize the truth behind…

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    arm, and he slashes a pocket knife at Scout that is thwarted due to the wire in her costume. Boo Radley, a shy but protective neighbor towards the kids, comes to their rescue and kills Mr. Ewell with a kitchen knife. Boo then carries Jem home. Heck Tate, the…

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    Homeless Epidemic Essay

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    Different 4 There are a lot of factors that construe the homeless epidemic. Factors the contribute to homelessness includes job loss, divorce, domestic abuse, foreclosure of home, serious illness, mental and physical illness, substance abuse and even natural disasters all help to contribute to homelessness. Which shows it can happen to anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion and even social class. Even with government regulations there can occur a loss of financial…

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    Atticus Finch Courageous

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    Scout and Jem are in the neighborhood playing with their air-rifles, when they see a mad dog coming down the street. They tell their maid, Calpurnia, and she basically alerts the whole neighborhood and Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb. Everyone watches while they decide what to do, and Mr. Tate asks Atticus to shoot him, because in his younger days, he was the best shot in town, and was known as “One Shot Finch”. True to his name, he killed the dog with one shot. This was a courageous moment…

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    The growth in the characters and relationships between them in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens can be demonstrated through the Marsh, which symbolizes light, hope, and life, and the Swamp, which symbolizes darkness, despair, and death. The two bodies of water show the personalities of several characters/character relationships. The relationship between Chase and the Kya symbolizes the Swamp. It’s important to mention that, earlier in the story, Chase and some other boys begin to taunt Kya…

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    Proactive hazard mitigation planning (HMP) that utilizes vulnerability and resilience assessments, mitigation, and adaptation strategies can aid in the reduction of disaster impacts (Frazier, Thompson, and Dezzani 2014; Frazier, Wood, and Yarnal 2010a; Berke and Godschalk 2009; Burby 2006; Burby et al. 2000). It is not possible to mitigate everywhere within the community when large numbers of societal assets are exposed to a hazard; therefore, targeting mitigation allows agencies with limited…

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    To Kill A Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, tells the adventures of two siblings and the happenings throughout their small town in Alabama during the 1930’s. The novel is narrated by six year-old Jean Louise Finch, often referred to as Scout. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Scout is boisterous, amenable, and valiant. Throughout the novel, Scout is boisterous. She enjoys being loud and energetic. When she, her older brother Jem, along with their friend Dill, decide to push each…

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    present the human understanding as boundless and unlimited. The first of Dickinson’s poems that presents the human understanding as boundless and unlimited is “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”. This poem is a lyric poem on the theme of death. Tate conveys, “The framework of the poem is, in fact, the two abstractions, mortality and eternity, which are made to as to sociate in perfect equality with the images: she sees the ideas. and thinks the perceptions.”Dickinson poem is truly inspiring…

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    Tom Robinson Monologue

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    I got myself into. Mr.Gilmer, who is my lawyer, my father and I walk to the courthouse everybody in Maycomb County seems to come to this trail. The reason everybody is here because I accuse Black man named Tom Robinson of raping me. First, officer Tate testifies next, my father then it was my turn to take the stand. Mr. Gilmer asked me a question and I feel all right. Mr. Atticus walked up Closer to me. I started to feel nervous all…

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    A crippled black man named Tom accused of raping a white girl in 1930s Alabama town: Maycomb, and a creepy, mysterious man, Boo, that saves two children from the clutches of a drunken man: these men are the mockingbirds of Maycomb County. Mockingbirds are known to be likable animals that do not build nests or deface property; they only sing for everyone to hear. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, harmless characters are symbolized with a common songbird. This is demonstrated through Boo…

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