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Inner Cities
Words: 268 - Pages: 1.... a symbol for innocence as it does not harm anyone. This is exposed in the novel when Scout is about to shoot the Mockingbird and Atticus halts him.
It is also a symbol for security and happiness. In the novel, when the mockingbird is singing everything is okay and everyone is happy. When it is not singing it is significant. The atmosphere is tense. Two examples of this from the novel are the rabid dog in the street (Part 1) and the court case (Part 2)
In the novel some of the characters are like mockingbirds. Tom Robinson was one of these characters as he was an innocent figure, he didn't harm anyone and he didn't hurt Mayella. Tom .....
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Robert Frost
Words: 589 - Pages: 3.... turn the grass. Whoever did the mowing is already gone, for there are no signs of his presence. The speaker is alone. Then, a butterfly catches the speaker¹s attention, and leads his gaze to a tuft of flowers, which the mower chose to leave intact. The patch of beauty left by his fellow worker causes the speaker to feel that he is no longer alone. There is a sense of understanding between the speaker and the mower, because an appreciation of beauty unites them.
Frost uses peaceful images to relate the feeling of his poem. The setting is in a grassy field with a brook running through it. The tranquil feeling is added to by a silent butterfly .....
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Revolutions
Words: 599 - Pages: 3.... same legal rights as
Catholicism.
Revolution came in many forms. The Scientific Revolution brought many
different changes. The idea that the sun not the earth was the center of
the cosmos was a dramatic change in the way people viewed their place in
the universe.
Invention such as the telescope and microscope made new scientific
discoveries possible. The printing press was a very important discovery
that made it possible to spread ideas far and wide.
Astronomy, mechanics and medicine were the areas that were affected
the most during the scientific revolution. It was proven that the planets
and the moons revolved around the s .....
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Women In The Book Of Genesis
Words: 1129 - Pages: 5.... of temptation. As the serpent presented the option of tasting the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, Eve became full of pride in believing she could be like God with this wisdom, (Genesis 3:5). When God found Adam and Eve hiding from him and asked him if he ate from the tree, Adam's reply was that Eve gave him the fruit and he ate. He did not take sole responsibility for eating the fruit but made sure to point out that it was the woman's idea to eat it. Even the punishments given out to the three violators illuminate the guiltiest of sinners. God punishes Adam by making him have to work for all his food and punishes the serpent by causing .....
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Dealers Of Lighting
Words: 1112 - Pages: 5.... 1960s, Xerox founded a PARC, California. Eventually, that facility, became ground zero of the computer revolution. the dinosaur era of computing, a typical machine filled a large room and was shared by dozens of researchers. Hiltzik credits Robert W. Taylor, who assembled the PARC team, with changing that. A psychologist, rather than an engineer, Taylor’s vision of the computer as a communications device proved to be a revolutionary idea. He found his chance to realize it when Xerox’s chief scientist Jacob Goldman persuaded his superiors to launch a basic research facility along the line of AT&T’s famed Bell Labs. Xerox management, .....
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Getting A College Education
Words: 448 - Pages: 2.... is possible.
Anything can be achieved once you set your mind to it, and that’s just what I want to let them know. I think that if I can make it to college, I can always find ways to aid and assist my family getting there.
My goal is to go on to medical school and to become a psychiatrist. I have always wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember. I enjoy working with people, and I would love to heal the world one person at a time. Mental illness is such a problem in our country that I feel there should be more people to work with the mind. Psychiatrists, psychologists, and neurologists are people who are shied away from. .....
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Robert Frost - Nature In His P
Words: 444 - Pages: 2.... in detail.
Second, in the poem “Once by the Pacific” there is a lot of nature expressed. Frost changes his natures view from woods to water. In this poem he now talks about water. The reader can see how powerful the water is when it eats away at the cliff. The shore was lucky by being backed by the cliff. Once again Frost is discussing water which goes back to stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by stating the water because there is water in this poem with snow Frost keeps bringing up water and snow. Water is a sign of being powerful, Frost must love having power by showing it with water. He also shows how powerful water is by tea .....
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Gender
Words: 1143 - Pages: 5.... a male behavior. As oppose to if a girl is born, the family members
would buy dolls, and cute dresses, and stuffed bears. They would inspire her to behave
soft and kind like a female should behave. Parents would allow their sons to stay out late
and be little more liberal on them. And they would not allow their daughter to stay our
late and be a little strict. Dads would expect their sons to help him in the garage or any
other project around the house and moms expect their daughters to help them in kitchen.
All of these characteristics are not unusual or our of ordinary, this has been the tradition
for hundreds of ears and as far a .....
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The Gothic Novel
Words: 2090 - Pages: 8.... genres, the Gothic ceased in approximately 1820 with the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. had come full circle, from rebellion to the Age of Reason's order, to its encompassing and incorporation of Reason as derived from terror. The influence of is felt today in the portrayal of the alluring antagonist, whose evil characteristics appeal to ones sense of awe, or the melodramatic aspects of romance, or more specifically in the Gothic motif of a persecuted maiden forced apart from a true love. The Gothic genre today has remained an elusive minor literary upheaval that has had immense influence on genres today. Literary critic .....
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Poetry 3
Words: 877 - Pages: 4.... her is all that is hers. She says, “Shine on me, sunshine, rain on me, rain, fall softly, dewdrops, and cool my brow again.” The rain and the dewdrops symbolize tears falling on her in her final resting-place. She then says, “Storm, blow me from here with your fiercest wind. Let me float across the sky, ‘till I can rest again.” The storm represents death and the taking away of her soul to her heavenly inheritance. “Fall gentle snowflake, cover me with white cold icy kisses and let me rest tonight,” is the image of snow falling on her grave. The last stanza is, “Sun, rain, curving sky .....
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