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- 6381: To Kill a Mockingbird: Scout and Maturity
- ... who must leave behind her tomboy ways and become a respectful young lady, taught her to fight with her head not with her fists. Atticus stated: You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anyone says to you, don't you let em get your goat ...
- 6382: George Washington Carver 3
- ... Missouri. As a small child Carver was rescued from a band of Confederate kidnappers. From early on Carver was determined to get himself an education. Carver began his schooling in Newton Country, and while attending school he also worked very hard as a farm hand. While working and studying Carver lived in a one-room schoolhouse, and as time went on he excelled as sought out for higher education. Because of ...
- 6383: The Great Gatsby: Adults in the Great Gatsby and Adults in the 80s and 90s
- ... life and family institutions and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white,(137). In society today many races are discriminated against because they are thought to be inferior. In school, at work, and in anyone's neighborhood there is discrimination because of the skin color and they are harassed. There was violence in the 20's with gangs and mob leaders such as Al Capone ...
- 6384: Brandy's "I Want A Wife": An Analysis
- ... them or just reading them a book to them every night. Furthermore, schooling is another big responsibility that a mother has to take seriously. Mothers have to make sure that their children are prepared for school, by registering them. In many other cases mothers have to sacrifice time in order to attend PTA meetings. So they know what's happening with their child's education. The final role a mother has ...
- 6385: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... right. Mark Twain did a great job in his novel, by writing a book with morals meant to improve society, without detriment to the quality of the work, or using the too often used Sunday school bible story method of expressing ones morals onto another. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have many points to be admired. Mark Twain wrote a great story of adventure after adventure. He included nature's importance ...
- 6386: Prejudice: Looking Through the Window
- ... pictures of prejudice, the situations also show that prejudice can be overcome. An example of viewing things differently is when Aunt Alexandra forbid Scout to play with Walter Cunningham, a poor boy whom Scout attends school with. This is because Aunt Alexandra sees Walter and his family as poor and beneath the Finches, in her words,"
they're good folks. But they're not our kind of folks." Scout on the ...
- 6387: Kafka's Metamorphosis: Existentialism
- ... not good. Gregor is taking over his father's responsibilities leaving nothing for Gregor's father to be responsible for. At the same time, Gregor is making plans to send his sister to a good school, but he fails to discuss this idea with her. To make things worse, Gregor even goes as far as to lock his own bedroom doors at night. He thinks that his family is content with ...
- 6388: Summary of Aycliffe's The Lost
- ... of lords. They die and don't decay. The other characters Aycliffe has in the book start out having an attractive sense of humor but, humor fades as the creepy crawlies take over. A prep-school teacher in Cambridge, Michael Feraru, inherits Castle Vliacu, his family's fortress in the Transylvanian Alps and hopes to turn it into an orphanage for Romanian children. Delightful letters pass between Michael and his love ...
- 6389: Bless Me, Ultima: Conflicting Lifestyles
- ... land in the same way they did. In marrying Gabriel she persuaded him to move into town and start a family. She wanted to take advantage of living near others, allowing her children to attend school, and living near a church. She led a very pious life and imposed this lifestyle upon all of her children, especially Tony, the youngest son. She brought religion into their home and taught it to ...
- 6390: Summary of Terkel's My American Century
- ... in the schools began having some racism problem. Ellis of course attended the meeting to try and solve this problem, and a curious thing happened. Ellis and Ann Atwater were elected co-chairmen of the school committee. He thought there was no way he would be able to work with this lady, but he was going to give it a try. It wasn't working. Atwater couldn't get the blacks ...
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