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    Walter Cunningham Quotes

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    Those who can’t provide one way will provide another. Due to the need of an attorney, Mr. Cunningham pays through the only way he can: through an entailment which he provides stove wood, hickory nuts, and other farm produce. Asking why Mr. Cunningham pays back with food and other farm goods, Atticus answers Scout , “ Because that’s the only way he can pay me. He has no money” (Lee 27). This quote explains that through the difficult aftermath of the Great Depression, most people lost what little money they had.And their debts were paid through the equivalent of money worth. At the table with their new guest/ friend the Finch’s and Walter Cunningham they all enjoyed their food, when all of a sudden Walter asked for some syrup. “Walter poured…

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    In the story “White Angel,” by Michael Cunningham, love and death is widespread, and it follows the story of two brothers - a nine-year old narrator, Bobby Morrow and his sixteen year old brother, Carlton. Both brothers are outgoing, and they have a strong relationship together. Cunningham uses both point of views and symbols to promote the theme.The Morrow’s house, which borders the cemetery becomes the symbol of both love and death. Bobby and Carlton often visits the cemetery to smoke…

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    Mr Cunningham Quotes

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    Maycomb was often thought of a quiet town where everyone moved slowly with no rush to do anything. There was nothing to buy and nothing to see. People often left their doors open on Sundays to have their neighbors join them and celebrate. However, one thing separated the citizens of Maycomb: their economic class. The Cunninghams, for example, don’t have enough money to pay for services in cash. When Atticus did legal work for Mr. Cunningham, he paid him in goods such as hickory nuts, a crate of…

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    Bill Cunningham, who grew to become fashion photography into his own branch of cultural anthropology on the streets of new York, chronicling an technology’s ever-altering social scene for the brand new York instances by way of training his busily observant lens on what individuals wore — stylishly, flamboyantly or just plain sensibly — died on Saturday in long island. He was once 87. His dying used to be demonstrated with the aid of The times. He had been hospitalized recently after having a…

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    Merce Cunningham Legacy

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    collaborations of Merce Cunningham. One could expect for a collaboration to be an intimate process between composers, designers, and choreographers and you could expect for Merce experience to be the same do to his exposure in Martha Graham’s company. In Martha Graham’s company, Cunningham was exposed to dance, sets, narrative and lighting being interdependent, but Cunningham decided to take the opposite approach in his work. He abandoned the theatrical and musical dependency of Graham’s work…

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    In this novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, there are many different social classes shown. Within the same social classes, most of the various families do not have the same values. For example, the Cunninghams and the Ewells are both White, poor families who own entailments. Therefore, these two families are both categorized under the same social classes but have different values. Their different values are demonstrated throughout the novel. The Ewells and Cunninghams have many ways…

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    A person doesn’t really know or understand someone until he or she walks in his or her shoes. Scout learns this through encounters with several people. The first encounter with this theme is when Scout is speaking with Miss Caroline in school. At lunchtime, Miss Caroline offered Walter Cunningham a quarter for his lunch. What she did not know that the students did was that one should never offer money to a Cunningham. They are an especially poor family who will never be able to repay that debt.…

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    Determination is a trait that is a key essential in our lives. It can help us overcome many obstacles and struggles throughout life. A humans will is sufficient enough to accomplish any goal thrown at them. Just as Rob Hall says “With enough determination , any bloody idiot can get up this hill”. Determination is the key to success, you have to be willing to do the work in order to succeed in your goals. The story of Glenn Cunningham is an amazing example of what determination can help you…

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    There are, for example, moments of epiphany when, to your surprise, you realize you have acquired certain undesirable traits associated with your parents, despite your conscious effort to be different. That’s the power of exposure. Vinson Cunningham’s illustration is helpful. According to Cunningham, James Baldwin’s sense of “duty” to exhort his readers toward better racial understanding had been compelled by “the Christianity whose dogma he eventually rejected, but whose air he breathed for…

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    In addition to historical events, Jansen also includes monuments to historically significant ideas. Of the Cunningham Park monuments, only The Miracle of the Human Spirit monument fits this category. Celebrating the determination, compassion, and strength of the Joplin citizens, this monument resembles the wristbands worn by citizens and volunteers during the first few months of recovery. City officials and locals repeatedly highlight the vital role these attitudes and values played in the…

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