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    How do people gather the courage to stand up for what they believe is right? Today's society can teach people to find the courage to stand up by using anecdotes, taking advantages of teachable moments, and demonstrating good choices. People should take the time and demonstrate the wrong choices to each other when the time is right. Atticus the role model to his children for telling them that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. As anecdotes are stories of experiences they can…

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    To kill a mockingbird a novel written by Harper Lee. Represents the characters linked with the mockingbird which sung without hurting anybody to illustrate how people were injustice and judgment of innocent people like Boo Radley and Tom Robinson, who mentioned in the novel. Scout Finch narrates her story as a child and what happened in Maycomb town, Alabama. Her point of view illustrates the prejudice of the people. Her story happened during the 1930s scout live with her father and her brother…

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    Ad Analysis Essay As we know advertising has been used by many companies, campaigns in the marketing industries for many years. It is a form of propaganda which tries to grab the viewer's attention in order to persuade the viewer to buy the product or be part of a service. The advertisement I chose to analyze is Smokey the Bear. Smokey the Bear was first seen in a 1944 poster in which he is asking American folks to help prevent human-caused wildfires. Wearing just dungaree jeans and a ranger…

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    An important life lesson in chapter three is to respect everyone and their ways. An example of this is when Jem had invited Walter over for lunch. While Calpurnia cooked lunch, Walter had requested syrup to go with his food. Walter pours syrup on his vegetables and meat. Scout did not approve of how he drowned his food in syrup. However, while Scout disapproved, Calpurnia says, “Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em-if you can't…

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    I chose the book Holes by Louis Sachar, a beloved American children’s novel and winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal. The story centers around an unlucky adolescent boy named Stanley Yelnats. He is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and is mistakenly arrested for stealing a pair of shoes although he is innocent. He is sent to the Camp Green Lake juvenile detention center where he is subjected to horrible conditions and forced to dig holes every day. The novel was an obvious choice for the…

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    Freak The Mighty Theme

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    In the novel, Freak the mighty, by Rodman Philbrick, many themes are revealed. Max and Freak became friends because they were both outcast and could relate to each other. They became "Freak the Mighty". They had a lot of adventures together. when Max's father was in prison everyone was afraid of Max, he would stay in his basement which became his room. But Freak was always there for him, In the end they were both separated by Freaks death.The themes of Freak the Mighty are, isolation, friendship…

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    In Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption, he explores the idea of institutionalism through the key characters Red and Brooks. Darabont uses symbolism, narrative structure and characterisation to express this idea, and does it through a wide range of filmic techniques. The first character in the movie we see as institutionalised is Brooks. Darabont uses characterisation to explore this theme through brooks. Originally, Brooks is a rather cheerful man. He does his job in the library and takes care…

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    Journal #2 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 42. So far the book is about Jem and Scout are the two kids of the lawyer Atticus Finch who keep getting into trouble. Also, Boo Radley has been locked up for the last fifteen years, and everyone being afraid of the Radley place from his action. In this journal I will be predicting and evaluating. G-I predict the kids will not meet Boo Y-He has not been seen R-He is locked up R-Contact within the house…

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    Title: Subtitle Coming of age means when someone matures emotionally/spiritually, or in some other way. The importance of coming of age is a transition from childhood to adulthood. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” there are multiple examples of coming of age as Jem and Scout’s levels of maturity progress throughout the entire story. By the end of the novel, they viewed the world, as if they had a whole different pair of eyes. Coming of age is generally known to be a positive change.…

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    Your favorite superhero might be Batman, Superhero, and Spiderman but, do you know something they all have in common? A hero is someone who goes out of there way to make someone proud or help them. A hero also means to rescue something or someone during a radical situation . A hero can be someone who makes your day at least 5% better or even just gives you a smile duin a rough day . A hero is a brave and willing person. Atticus finch and Rosa Parks stood up for black people. In the book To…

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