“Don’t trust white people because they mean us no good and don’t trust anyone darker than you because their hearts are as Black as their faces (And where did that leave me, the darkest one?)… And how can we expunge these messages from our consciousness without first recognizing what it was they were saying, and how destructive they were,” (Lorde 165). Since a very early age, children of any race, are taught what is considered to be “good” and what is considered to be “no good” or “bad.” Parents
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To achieve Liberty Paints' Optic White color, the narrator “measured the glistening black drops, seeing them settle upon the surface and become blacker still, spreading suddenly out to the edges.” When the paint batch is mixed properly, the results are a glowing, bright white color. The symbolism in Liberty Paints' signature color represents the importance black individuals play in America's past, present and future. It's only when black is added to the paint mix that the purest, most ideal, paint
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Historical Influences on To Kill a Mockingbird During the 1930’s America’s worst depression was in effect (McCabe 12). This inspired Harper Lee to write her most famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Many real life events were used to inspire Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Some of the events she used are the Jim Crow laws, mob mentality, and the Scottsboro trials. The first influence on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was the Jim Crow laws. The Jim Crow laws are a set of laws that were
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From the start of the novel, Atticus has a surplus of ideas that the rest of society does not agree with. One day, Scout comes home from school upset, she was being ridiculed by her fellow classmates because Atticus is defending an African American. Atticus finds her on the porch and explains to her that he is “simply defending a negro- his name’s Tom Robinson.” (Page 123) Most Caucasian men believe they are superior to African Americans, and deem it unnecessary to reference them by name. Thus,
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In the town of Maycomb, Alabama, as children roam free, underneath this joy, there’s so much hate and prejudice. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Scout learns about cruelty and courage. Most importantly, compassion. In this book, Atticus, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley show most compassionate to me. They seem to really care about people, even if they’re not good at showing it. This famous quote reminds me of their actions throughout the story. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion
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It’s not right to judge someone on how they look many people may have looked bad, but are really good and have done many admirable things in their life, should people have to look good just to be able to be good? Harper Lee demonstrates the belief that it is wrong to judge someone by their appearance she proves this belief through showing how segregation makes a huge difference in people's lives and how it was normal to dislike someone because of their race and how many people don’t know, but they
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What makes people do what they do? What makes people say what they say; furthermore, what makes people who they are? Courage is what causes all of these things. Courage is what causes Jamal Wallace to break into the apartment of recluse and former writer William Forrester on a dare before he gets caught and the whole story begins. Forrester has not stepped foot from his apartment for years, yet Wallace does not give up and eventually breaks the mold; meanwhile, Forrester creates a writer of Wallace
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Courage and fear are both very evident themes in the novel Tomorrow When The War Began. It is a story about eight teenagers from the bush who spend 5 days camping in an isolated region, come home and find their town overrun and controlled by enemy forces. Courage involves real risks or a change of heart or character, e.g. Fi & Robyn. Courage is evident when the stakes are high and necessary action is required to overcome adversity & discover personal strength. This is shown on page 133 when Robyn
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In many ways animals and nature can be used to symbolize humans. In this novel the three children learn about how there is unfairness in Maycomb. The book To Kill A Mockingbird, the mockingbird symbolizes three individual people. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee the three characters that symbolize the mockingbird are Tom Robinson, Atticus Finch, And Boo Radley. The character Tom Robinson was a black man who was poor and ended up being a victim of prejudice and racism. Heck Tate was
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Standing up for something that you believe in means that you found something that is worth fighting for. The quote “stand up for what you believes in, even if it means standing alone,” relates perfectly to the book “The Legacy of Luna,” by Julia Butterfly Hill, which is about her two year tree-sit in a redwood tree named Luna. Throughout her sit, Hill encountered many difficulties including freezing rains and 40 mph winds, helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards cutting
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