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- 26491: To Kill A Mocking Bird: Injustice
- ... a good description of what he really was. The third person to suffer injustice in the novel was Boo Radley. Many accusations were claimed about him even though they were untrue. Just because he didn't leave his house, people began to think something was wrong. Boo was a man who was misunderstood and shouldn't of suffered any injustice. Boo did not handle the injustice because he didn't know about it. In conclusion, the person who deserves the deepest sympathy is Tom Robinson. He did nothing wrong but his crime was being nice to white people. This type of injustice is the ...
- 26492: Personal Writing: My Room
- ... well as giving my room high- quality sound. A turn to the left now unveils a bookshelf containing: all of my hardback books, my alarm clock, my trophies and ribbons, and most of my CD's and tapes. This storage space is really an unnecessary extra but it does help keep my room from being cluttered or messy. Up against this same wall is my bed. This bed was handed down from my great grandmother to my grandmother to my mom to me. It has been kept because of it's value and because of sentiment. Crafted out of solid pine by hand and held together by iron pegs, it adds to the "rustic" theme of my room. I believe this to be almost a mirror ... because I rarely change from my happy, reliable self and this bed has not changed in over a century. The reverse side of my bed shows off a twin to the first bookshelf. Unlike it's companion, this set of shelves holds some of my more prized possessions such as: my paperback books, my magazine collection, many of my artistic creations, and my various instruments from other countries. Yet another ...
- 26493: Shawshank Redemption
- ... his stay at Shawshank Prison. The next challenge that Andy faces is keeping the one thing that he holds dear, hope. The hope that he would one day live as free man once again. Andy's best friend is a man named Red. Red was convicted of murder during a robbery at an age of 18 and was sentenced to life. He has had multiple parole board hearings and each of ... carves the pieces with random rocks found in the courtyard. In addition, Andy has gained the attention of the warden by helping the prison guard keep a tax free $35,000. The Warden needs Andy's help to launder money that he is earning from work projects. Andy does not loose sight of his true goal, freedom. Andy is placed in a position in which he can help the other prisoners ... bank to withdraw the cash he had laundered for the warden. He escaped to Mexico to live the rest of his years as a free man. I can share my personal experiences with other RA's so that I can provide encouragement to them. Regardless of the problem you can always accommodate yourself to the specific problem. Although, the character found assimilation detrimental and it was not even an option ...
- 26494: Personal Writing: The Evaluation of My Coaches
- ... coaches that came in pointing out specific good points about the game was my favorite. The attitude of any one coach was different if we won the game or if we lost the game. Let's take, for example if we won the game. No matter if the game was close or not every coach I had would come in the locker room a congratulate each player individually. Then they would ... but the other team had talent. If we lost because we played bad some coaches would come in and yell at us. Others would say, "You guys know what you did wrong and I don't feel like talking to ya'll right now." The next day at practice we would go over the things we did wrong in the previous game. The team did not like to lose. I believe ...
- 26495: Weep Not Child By Ngugi
- Question #2 - What are some issues particular to the society in question and how are those issues expressed by the author? Ngugi's novel, Weep Not Child, is one of hope and of opposition. It opens up to address issues particular to the society. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the issues addressed in the text ... by the author. Ngugi uses parallelism and contrasting images as a technique to achieve his point, and to compare the thoughts of the society. Ngugi opens the scene with the issue of education. To Njoroge's family education is worth a lot, next to the aspect of land. The expectation of education allows one of a lower class such as Njoroge, a chance to rise up into the upper class. Ngotho ... be like Juliana." Njorge has a large determination towards school, both to fulfill the anticipation of his parents as well as for himself. This is further displayed when he allows himself to compete against Jacobo's daughter, and feels happy when he succeeds ahead of her. As the reader can see, the high expectation of education is all lost when Njorge is force to withdraw from school. Ngugi observes the ...
- 26496: Canadas Shame
- ... infamous Harp (whitecoat) and Hooded (blueback) seal hunt photos have virtually disappeared from newspapers or television news. That does not mean that seal hunting in Canada has stopped. The mass killing of seals off Canada s East Coast is commercial, cruel, and wasteful, yet despite furious outcry from Animal Rights activists the government is refusing to take notice. The cruelty of this extensive killing operation, which starts during the seals birthing season, has been denounced for years as Canada s Shame. The senseless slaughter of seals springs from the profit they bring, the use of their pelts for coats, and other products. It has been proven though, that other products can be used in place ... to 1984. The truth is, nothing has changed about 220 000 seal pups were killed in 1997 alone. And this statistic does not even take into account the thousands of mature seals being killed; it s merely the estimated number of seal pups being massacred. Consequently the Canadian commercial seal hunt has been a focal point of international attention for more than 20 years. There are many organizations working towards ...
- 26497: Langston Hughes
- ... well known poet, novelist, journalist, and playwright. Because his father emigrated to Mexico and his mother was often away, Hughes was brought up in Lawrence, Kansas, by his grandmother Mary Langston. Her second husband (Hughes's grandfather) was a fierce abolitionist. She helped Hughes to see the cause of social justice. As a lonely child Hughes turned to reading and writing, publishing his first poems while in high school in Cleveland ... in Harlem, where he spent the rest of his life. Hughes still feared for the future of urban blacks. His point of view became immense and included another book of poetry, almost a dozen children's books, several opera libretti, four books translated from French and Spanish, two collections of stories, another novel, a history of the NAACP and another volume of autobiography, I Wonder As I Wander (1956). He also ... the spirit of the blues song in its cadence of lines, and extend the limits of oral tradition by changing or modifying the existing structures or themes of the blues. The range of Langston Hughess knowledge of the blues tradition and his attempts to utilize aspects of the oral blues tradition in his work demonstrate his creative genius in recognizing the blues as a truly great folk art itself. ...
- 26498: The Harmful Effects Of Discrimination And Segregation
- ... white mans facilities were almost 100 times better than the blacks. Then in the Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka case it was brought to attention that segregation and discrimination obviously affect the children s state of mind. In the experiment to prove this hypothesis many black children were given a variety of white dolls and black dolls. They were then told to describe what they thought of each doll ... vs. Board of Education in Topeka segregation was ruled unconstitutional because everything was not equal and because of the result of devaluation. This is a start for our world to become unified, but it isn t all gone yet.
- 26499: Analyzing Noir Films The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep
- ... The Maltese Falcon, many shadows disguise faces, change the mood of the story and alter the appearance of characters. One intriguing scene includes Ms. O'Shaughnessy being taken away by the police from Sam Spade's apartment. The shadows of the elevator cage bars depict those of bars in jail. During The Big Sleep, an extreme amount of shadowing constantly keeps the viewer wondering who's who. Also, translucency used on the windows of the house only allows the viewer to see a silhouette of the unidentified person on the other side of the window. Neither Marlowe nor the viewer know ... In conclusion, these reasons are the cause for sustaining interest in noir films. If one element of noir film is missing, the whole mood and situation of the noir film might totally change the viewer's outlook of the movie. All the reasons tie together to form a transcending suspense-filled experience.
- 26500: Personal Writing: Teacher on Trial for Teaching Religion in School
- ... not religious scriptures, but just plain old common stories. Even if it was a religious scripture, what did this man do wrong? Would you say taking stories from a religious book teaching religion? I wouldn't think so. I would see it as taking parts of stories and criticizing about them. What did he criticize about the book? Was it the holy scriptures? No, it was the technique of how it ... It was just what any English teacher would do, read some books and put them out for discussion. This has nothing to do with teaching religion, but it was more like reading a book. That's exactly what it was, reading a book. So in conclusion, I would fully agree that if someone had violated the law, then that person should be charged, but this man had done nothing. All he ...
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