The former correction officer Brian Coll was sentenced to 30 years in prison after kicking an inmate in the head while being held down by other officers. Ronald Spear died due to the kick from Brian Coll. Ronald Spear was a pretrial detainee at Rikers island in the infirmary unit when he was killed in 2012. Coll and Spear got into an altercation where Coll tackled Spear while other inmates got control of the situation. During the altercation this is where Coll repeatedly kicked spear in the head
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One example that people have to be adults to understand the world is Scout, a young 7 year old who does not always understand everything in front of her. In one case was when Scout had dinner with Walter Cunningham. “Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He would probably have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what on Sam hill he was doing” (32). Scout does not realize how rude she is being in this setting. She thinks that she is just asking a everyday question
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In the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the character Boo Radley is widely misunderstood by Scout, but as the novel progresses, her changing perspectives of him show how she is growing up. Boo Radley is originally thought of as a myth- a “malevolent phantom” that was locked away inside the Radley house, but when Scout and Jem start finding presents in the knot-hole of a Radley oak tree, Scout realizes that it could be no other person than Boo who was leaving the presents (9). A few
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The Outsider- Dallas (Dally) Winston Awa Diop- 6R In the book The Outsiders, a young adult novel written by S.E. Hinton, Dallas ( Dally) Winston, a greaser, had a very complex personality. I refer to him in such sense because Dallas is extremely gallant, a dependable friend and emotionally secretive. You can rarely find these qualities combined into one person. Dally may seem to you as just a tough looking guy in the beginning, but your perspective
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To Kill A Mockingbird Final Essay Today in society, many people empathize so they can further understand another's point of view. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how empathy is the key to understanding somebody. Atticus really supports the theme of empathy. He wants Jem and Scout to live by empathizing for other people. Atticus and Scout use empathy to understand another character's point of view. Empathy is more than just saying sorry, it actually helps someone feel
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test and push others and then there are those who can help others. In To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee shows this. Prejudice in this novel is described as the "simple hell people give other people without even thinking." The novel powerfully portrays examples of reachable and social prejudice through the experiences of the characters: Tom Robinson, Scout, and Boo Radley. In this novel, Lee puts one man on this road of a simple hell. A very poor family that doesn't have much respect gave hell
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for leading his people out of slavery , and how women fought for their rights. In the book "to kill a mocking bird " by Harper Lee the making of courage is shown through Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, and Mrs. Dubose, which demonstrates how courage is shown in different ways. The first person to show courage is Atticus Finch. "You rarely win but sometimes you don't" (Lee ,149) This points out that even though he knew he wasn't gonna win the case he took It anyway. He has the courage to stand in
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In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows how the theme of ignorance and be connected to many different topics relating to the original theme. Ignorance can be tied with many other topics throughout the entirety of the book. Such as guilt or knowledge. Those are two many that could be discussed. Closely linked to the theme of prejudice, are issues of guilt and innocence, for the same ignorance that creates racist beliefs underlies assumptions of guilt. The most obvious instance is the case of Tom
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In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, racism is an issue and black people are discriminated just because of their skin color. Prejudice is used to show how society is in To Kill A Mockingbird. Prejudice is used from a child’s point of view so people can see what it’s like for innocent children to get brainwashed by the judgmental people around them. In the 1800’s, most people in Alabama didn’t have much money. “Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard game me some pleasure,
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Colour Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451 This world can sometimes be seen as impure, but occasionally, someone can make it pure again. The novel Fahrenheit 451 shows this throughout its many pages. In the dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury, colour symbolism can be used to show purity and impurity. Montag and the firemen, Faber, and Clarisse are three characters used in the symbolism. Bradbury’s characters, Montag and the firemen, are represented by the colour black. The novel reads that Montag “hung up
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