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- 8811: To Kill A Mockingbird
- To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee In Harper Lee’s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, there are many examples of racism and injustice. During this time in history, racism was acceptable, and injustice was a problem in which everyone faced. Nobody likes to suffer from ... both counts. He was a man with great wisdom, and yet he suffered from the fact that he had taken on a Negro case. An example of this is when Mrs. Dubose said, “Your father’s [Atticus] no better than the niggers and trash he works for!” He was constantly persecuted for his decisions, which made him work even harder at winning the case. Even though his family was made fun ... all the abuse and was greatly respected after the trial was over. Blacks, because they were considered inferior, were expected to do everything for whites. Everything had to be perfect, without excuse. Even the Finch’s family friend, Calpurnia, was mocked when she didn’t make the perfect cup of coffee. “She [Calpurnia] poured one tablespoon of coffee into it and filled the cup to the brim with milk. I [ ...
- 8812: Comparing A Streetcar Named De
- ... only because of a disease that gives her a slight physical defect. They are mentally and physically crippled, and they want to use illusions to deceive other people. In P.117 Blanch said I don t want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don t tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth. Laura does the same thing, where she deceives her mother. She lies to her mother about going to the Business Collage, just like Blanche lies to ... community either. She cannot tolerate the way husbands treat their wives in New Orleans, and she is shocked when Stella goes back with Standley after the Polka Night. The same thing happens to Eunice(Stella s neighbor) a few scene after. In P. 63 Stella tells Blanche You are making much too much fuss about this. And later says it wasn t anything as serious as you seem to take ...
- 8813: History Of Photography
- ... photographs. A fellow countryman named Joseph Niepce made the first actual image of a view from a window in 1826 but Mr. Niepce died in 1833 before his project could be fully completed. Unlike Niepce's process which used pewter and resin, Daguerre's process used silver plated copper sheets with iodine to make them light sensitive and by exposing them in a camera using warm mercury vapors and setting the image with distilled water created wonderful life like ... after the creator…). Daguerreotypes where developed in natural light in artist studios. The subject had to hold perfectly still for up to 45 minutes. Children where restrained with harnesses and metal neck braces which can’t have been the most comfortable thing for the children to put up with. The image itself is like chalk on a chalkboard and therefore has to be protected under glass and sealed with tape ...
- 8814: George Bernard Shaws Mrs. Warr
- I think George Bernard Shaw was mocking the socialist opinions of the time regarding women's place in life. I also feel he was mocking people who believed that money was what made them a "somebody". We see this many times in the play when Mrs. Warren preached to Vivie about ... financial well being. Not only to be able to support yourself, but to enable yourself to marry someone "worthy", meaning someone who could afford you. Page 1734 we see Mrs. Warren defending her actions. She's "explaining" to Vivie the ways of the world. On one hand, Mrs. Warren is admitting that what she is doing is wrong, but on the other hand she answers Vivie's questions about being ashamed by saying: "It's only good manners to be ashamed. It's expected of a woman". To me, she is saying, "yes, I am ashamed, but only because I'm ...
- 8815: To Kill A Mockingbird: Wearing Masks
- ... throughout the book, and demonstrates these characters up until the second part of the book, where Jem becomes disagreeable, moody, and displays general discontentment with his sister and her conduct. Jem said of scout: "It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right!"(115). Scout was reasonably appalled by his new manner, and asked Atticus about it. "Reckon he's got a tapeworm?"(115). Although Scout's conceptions about his [Jem's] behavior may have been wrong in some respects, she was right to recognize he wasn't acting his usual self. I believe these behavioral changes may have been because ...
- 8816: Movie: Good Will Hunting
- Movie: Good Will Hunting As human beings, we all possess an unconditional need for some type of love. It doesn't matter where it comes from or how it is received because we all have our own perceptions of what love truly entails. What does matter is that love from another person is available, and that ... be able to trust others with our hearts and ourselves. In the movie Good Will Hunting, the main character struggles with trying to understand the depths of love throughout most of his life. Will Hunting's parents abandoned and abused him, which left him with false perceptions of affection. His problem is quite ironic considering the fact that Will is pure genius, with a photographic memory and an incredibly strong working ... and opens our minds in ways we never thought possible. Will undoubtedly challenges others day after day, and that is why so many people were drawn to him out of sheer amazement. But, they weren't afraid to get to know him, and they all chose to let him into their lives in hopes that he would do the same. The problem is that he never knew how to do ...
- 8817: The World's Longest War
- The World's Longest War Where We Are Journals practice a laudable self-censorship of criticism of religions. The most vicious devil worship is mentioned with little comment and then only in crime reporting of the atrocities committed ... hating infidels is a virtue and killing an infidel is a ticket to heaven. In many of the faithful this religious fanaticism has merged with the secular fanaticism of Marxism-Leninism to make a witch's brew of hate and savagery against Christendom and capitalism. ('America is the Great Satan.') The demise of Marxism-Leninism in Europe does not extend to the Middle East. Russian and Chinese weapons continue to be ... Hussein of Iraq, the Mullahs of Iran, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Hussein of Jordan, and the competing warlords in Lebanon and the PLO. This theocracy has conquered or converted much of the civilized world. It's conquests have been impeded more by internal factional wars, murders, and schisms than by resistance of its victims. It is now on the rising slope of its next onslaught. It can not yet attack ...
- 8818: Correctly Political: A Look into the Dynamics of Political Correctness
- ... understand the effects of politically correct thinking, it is necessary to see it through time to its present state. There is a wealth of information on the history of the term “political correctness” and it's applications. However, scholars usually do not agree. The most common commentaries have noted its use in North American social movements from the late 1960's and within Leninist parties before this time. “Politically Correct” seems to have originally been an approving phrase of the Leninist left to mean someone who steadfastly toes the party line. It evolved into a term ... the expression went from having a positive meaning to having a negative meaning. What we think of today as political correctness (PC) began in a recognizable form during the social movements of the late 1960's. PC was used as a self critique by social movements, each saw itself as politically/ethically correct. PC referred to the culture or practices of the women's movement or gay liberation or a ...
- 8819: The Lottery
- ... winning a large sum of money. Shirley Jackson uses the setting in The Lottery to foreshadow an ironic ending. The peaceful and tranquil town described in this story has an annual lottery, and you can’t possibly guess what the “prize” is… The author foreshadows an ironic ending at the very beginning by establishing a cheerful setting. The story occurs “around ten o’clock” on June twenty-seventh, a time of day that is very bright and joyous and a time of year that is warm and makes people feel happy. The town’s physical setting also contributes to the overall “normal” feeling of the story. The grass is described as “richly green,” and the flowers are “blossoming profusely.” An ironic ending is also foretold by the town’s setting being described as one of normalcy. The town square is described as being “between the post office and the bank;” every normal town has these buildings, which are essential for day-to-day ...
- 8820: Shakespeare's "Henry IV": Summary
- Shakespeare's "Henry IV": Summary In the play “Henry the fourth” written by William Shakespeare is triumphant and denial. There is a prince named Hal that does not act like a prince that you think a prince ... For instance when the prince started calling Falstaf, “This bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh”. Then Falstaf came back by saying, “Sblood, you starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's- tongue, you bull's pizzle, you stock-fish,--O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor's-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck!” (Act 2,2,245-251). All this just ...
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