Courage is the ability to do something that frightens. Some courage shown in To Kill a Mockingbird is when Atticus agreed to be a lawyer for Tom Robinson. It would be unheard of in this time period for a white man to defend a black man in a trial. Atticus knows that defending Tom would put his family in danger. It is an important character trait because shows off his other qualities Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical, pain, hardship, death or threat of death. Jem shows courage
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Though people might give you advice how well it is depends on their knowledge. In To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s theme was that the more knowledge you have the more advice you can give and she shows this though Atticus, Miss Maudie, and Mr.Ewell. For example, Atticus is a wise man that has much knowledge and will share that with his kids in hopes of bettering them. He does this so that his kids will know what’s right and what’s wrong and to learn skills that will help them in life. Harper
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A Salty Potato, and An Albino Polar Bear ...Oh yeah, and that ghost dude Maxx Jones was a tailor who loved the big city and he loved to go into the big city, but there was one tiny little big problem, Maxx lived miles away from the big city he loved so much. But nothing stopped maxx, “ROAR” said to Oliver his purple albino polar bear “That's racist” Max yelled, and hopped into his big white van. The city was eight miles away, and slowly, mile after mile he reached the halfway mark. Four miles
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Lee 85). The advice given by Atticus Finch to his daughter in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, manifests the idea that compassion is based on sympathy. To understand why an individual acts a certain way, even if not agreed upon, reveals how one’s compassion can vary. Being in someone else’s skin proves to show that unless experiencing the other’s adversities
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Sookan changes in many ways throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with the following situations, Russians are leading the Korean people into a mental trap, the tree grandfather used to meditate was chopped down, and Sookan and Inchun are being interrogated by the ruthless Russians. The Russians are leading everybody into a mental trap! They took over North Korea and have been treating the people very kind. The Koreans were living in a very bad time and now since the Russians
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For someone who couldn’t watch Scooby-Doo as a child before bedtime, I’d say I have matured a lot on what I can handle as far as gore and suspense over the years. Over the past five years, television shows like “Joe Kendra: Homicide Hunter” and “On the Case with Paula Zahn” have become my favorite. From watching those television shows, along with many others, I’ve become interested in pursuing a career in crime scene investigation. I feel that a career as a crime scene investigator will be of best
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The oregon standoff is a battle between the federal government and American militias. The American militia is lead by Ammon Bundy. The county of Harney is where the whole incident is taking place. At once a peaceful protest in the county of Harney, turned into an armed occupation. Their goal of the protest was to free ranchers Dwight and Steve Hammond, who were both found guilty of committing arson due to setting a fire on federal land. In the act of what was a peaceful protest, the militia has taken
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Other Information Officer Randall Denny’s Taser download showed he spark tested his Taser for one second at 0509 hours on Saturday, September 26, 2015 (day of the incident). It didn’t spark again until 0502 hours the next day. Case Summary On September 26, 2015, Sergeant John Arvin was assigned by the chain of command to conduct an administrative investigation reference an in-custody death involving 18-year-old, black male, Terrell Day. While there are no specific allegations against apprehending
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The Cheerios commercial featured an interracial couple and their daughter in 2013. Unfortunately, this video generated a large number of strong racist backlash on YouTube that the comments section had to be closed and the commercial was removed. It received more than 5 million views. Watching the commercial today, in 2017 I did not think a cereal commercial would cause just a heartfelt conversation about race, but it did, and the reaction of the public was ugly. I would think that African- Americans
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Samantha Hoppe – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Hondo Journal “I know those law books mean a lot to you, but not out here. Out here a man settles his own problems,” says Tom Doniphon to the tenderfoot Ransom Stoddard when he first arrives in Shinbone at the beginning of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He is simply stating that men of the West do not follow the same laws that men from back east do. Committing murder is easily the biggest crime that men of the West commit. As clearly
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