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    Theme: Uselessness of Power or Authorities On many occasions, the authority figures present in the book, despite having the possibility of doing the right and punishing the wrong, did not use the full extent of their power for causes such as equality. Tom Robinson’s trial, for example, where an innocent man was pleaded guilty in spite of the numerous pieces of evidence which proved his innocence. The jury, in this case, the group in power, decided to act based on their prejudices and not on…

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    others; a criminal charge is the elite cure. Case Example: Tate & Lyle v Greater London Council [1983] 2 AC 509 Tate & Lyle operated a sugar refinery on the bank of the river Thames. They had a jetty from which raw sugar would be offloaded from barges and refined sugar would be taken. The sugar would be taken be larger vessels and then transferred to smaller barges to enable them to get to through the shallow waters. As part of development Tate & Lyle wished to…

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    Edgar Allan Poe Themes

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    death of his mother, as well as his wife.(biography.com) Much of Poe’s background plays a role in his writing, which is why death was one of his central themes. Dameron writes that throughout many of his works, he has a tendency to focus on death.(13) Tate states states that death can be seen as an inevitable annihilation. For example, in Eureka, Poe explains that everything comes to an end, with an inevitable annihilation created from the beginning. Poe makes it seem as if everything will…

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    because of great effort of saving Jem and Scout’s lives. Arthur saved the lives of the children by stabbing and in turn killing Bob Ewell. By doing this he has made himself a hero, however, he also could have consequences for murdering the man. Heck Tate insists that Bob Ewell fell on his knife and died rather than Arthur killing…

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    Jellicoe Road Analysis

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    Jellicoe Road opens with a tragedy on the road itself, in the Australian bush. This introduces one of the major narrative threads of Jellicoe Road, the story of a powerful bond of friendship between Tate, Webb, Narnie, Fitz, and Jude, a visiting Cadet. We then enter a world twenty-two years later where we follow Taylor Markham, meeting Taylor in her dreams just as she is about to discover an illuminating piece of information. Taylor is awakened from her bed at boarding school, and brought to a…

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    Harper Lee uses two things in the story to symbolize how it could be referenced to killing a Mockingbird. The author states that in the book how gentle a Mockingbird is a how it does nothing wrong but give us calming music with its very delightful singing. Mockingbirds were the only bird that Atticus said Scout and Jem could not shoot when they first got the air rifles. Mockingbirds only bring joy so no one harms them intentionally. Miss Maudie is the one who says the great things about them on…

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    Charles Manson was born November 12, 1934 and is currently still alive spending time in the Corcoran State Prison in California. His mom was 16 when she had him, and was an alcoholic and prostitute. Charles was sent to a boy's school for stealing. His mother didn’t want anything to do with him. She once sold him for some beer. A couple days later his uncle retrieved him. He was living on the streets and committing petty crimes. Manson began spending time in jail by his teenage years. Eventually…

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    Finch’s house Atticus calls Mr. Tate to come and investigate what happened. Mr. Tate is determined that Bob Ewell killed himself by falling on his own knife, but Atticus is not pleased with saying this because he wants the truth told. Mr. Tate tells Atticus that it would not be right to tell everyone that Boo has saved his children because it would cause Boo to receive unwanted attention that he is not used to. Boo Radley did the right thing, saving Scout and Jem, and Heck Tate thinks he…

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    In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee uses the characters to represent racism, morality, and justice. Atticus Finch representing morality, Sheriff Tate standing for justice, and the low life of the town Bob Ewell represents racism. Throughout this novel she often uses symbolism to display all of these themes. “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit’em but remember it is a sin to kill a mocking bird”…

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    case, the Arthur Radley “unveiling” catastrophe, and Jems hard times with adolescence. Many of these things has helped the characters learn and grow their empathy, and changed their character growth dramatically. Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, and Heck Tate developed an extraordinary sense of empathy and have showed it throughout the novel. To put empathy in simpler terms, Atticus Finch describes it by saying this, “You never really understand a person…

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