2. Thought his may not be the smartest-looking blouse I own, I thought to myself, it certainly doesn’t make me look ______________!
3. A(n) ______________ characteristic of every great athlete is the ability to perform at maximum efficiency when under extreme pressure.
4. The old fellow did indeed look like a typical ______________ of the racetrack, as described in Damon Runyon’s famous stories.
5. No honest mechanic will try to ______________ inferior replacement parts on his customers.
6. If I had the time, I could point out many flaws in the ______________ arguments you find so impressive.
7. When I referred to her favorite singer as an “untalented, overpaid, and conceited lout,” she looked at me in shock, as though I had been guilty of ______________.
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Unless you can produce witnesses to ______________ your claim that you stopped at the red light, the mere assertion will have little or no effect on the jury.
9. Psychologists tell us that the years of early childhood are the best time to ______________ basic concepts of right and wrong.
10. The stubborn refusal to give me a chance to compete for the scholarship on the same basis as everyone else is a(n) ______________ injustice to the whole idea of fair play.
11. Among all those pale and sallow people, her highly ______________ complexion stood out like a
A 2) B 3) C 4) B 5) A 6) D 7) D 8) A 9) B 10) C Exercise-11 1. AMNESTY A. dismissal B. pardon C. forgiveness D. doom E. blame 2.
When he went (4) out of the room, he decided to go and sit on the grass. The professor affects (2) his decision by teaching a number (9) of different facts on
1.We never understand a person until we climb into his skin and walk around in it. We never understand a person until we climb into his skin and walk around in it. Everybody thought that Boo Radley Radley was weird and gross. Everybody but Scout after Boo radley put a blanket around Scout while they were out during the winter in Maycomb.
When the student got a B- on the test he was filled with rancor; he studied really hard for that test 32. Once in awhile everyone wants to be a recluse without any human being. 33.there was no hope of reconciliation with our neighbor 34.The new renovation that is happening the traffic is blocked 35.When the girls fought with each other they were restrained from the school for 15 days 36.
Benjamin O’Connell Mrs. Clark Mr. Rodenbaugh Number 7 6/7/16 Beautiful things happen in the most unlikely of places, even in a sleepy town in Alabama. To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of a girl weaving her way through the troubles of Maycomb and its many secrets. It all starts when they meet a boy named Dill. He’s energetic, and wants to explore Maycomb. His eyes are set on Boo Radley, a man who hadn’t left his house in years.
The title “To Kill a Mockingbird” written by Harper Lee, regard to how it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all they do is sing. Atticus told the kids they can shoot as much blue jays as they desire, but not to shoot any mockingbirds for that reasons, because mockingbird do not harm nor do they bother anyone. In this novel, there are three main mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Jem, and Boo “Arthur” Radley. Tom Robinson was just an innocent black male accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Violet Ewell, Mr.Ewell oldest kid. Although all evidences point to Tom being not guilty, he was still convicted guilty because back in the days of 1930s in Maycomb, Alabama, everyone would pick a white person words over a black person word any day
I chose a bell to represent freedom, a heart with people inside it to represent love from his family, a bird to represent peace/innocence, and an earth with an infinity sign on it to represent his faith in the world. I chose to represent freedom as something that he felt he lost as he watched fellow jews burn in the fire because when he saw them he knew that if he didn’t do what he was supposed to do he would suffer the same fate, therefore losing his freedom. I also drew a heart with people inside it to represent love from his family because when he saw the flames he lost the love from his family because he knew that there was a chance that the same thing could happen to anyone of them. I chose a bird as well because when he sees the flames
Standing Up to the Crowd in The Help and To Kill a Mockingbird “If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action”(Stephane Hessel). The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is from the perspective of a little girl named Scout and it is about her father, Atticus Finch trying to helplessly defend an innocent black man from the racist justice system that was present during the 1930s.
To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Throughout To Kill A MockingBird, by Harper Lee there are many acts of courage. This is shown in Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, and Boo Radley. Atticus shows the most courage in the book but all three of these characters show true courage in some way, shape, or form. Boo Radley showed a lot of courage, but he was not in the storyline as much as Atticus. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, courage is defined as standing up for people and doing what’s right.
“Courage doesn 't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I’ll try again tomorrow’” - Mary Anne Radmacher. Through this quote one can see the advantages of real courage. One can really understand the true meaning of courage by reading the books To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. The book by Harper Lee is written by a 9 year old’s perspective named Scout.
In the historical fiction novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the issues of racial inequality and injustice towards the innocent are exposed and clearly stated. The novel is a story of a young girl and her coming of age in the Deep South. As she grows in age, she begins to understand the unjust ways of the world, and how some people who are accused, such as Tom Robinson and Arthur “Boo” Radley, are faultless. Lee’s symbol of the mockingbird is a representation of these characters. She shares her opinion that it is a sin, physically and verbally, to attack them.
CHAPTER ONE 1. How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the novel? At the beginning of the novel Nick begins by telling us that unlike others he does not pass judgement on other people. 2.
To Kill a Mockingbird is a book mainly about the coexistence of good and evil. The book stresses and emphasizes on the exploration of moral nature in humans. There are many themes in this novel including courage, innocence, racism, femininity, etc. However the most prevalent theme in the book is innocence. Not just innocence in itself but the danger and harm evil poses to the innocent.
Option 2 Literary Analysis To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel set during the 1930s in a small town in Southern Alabama called Maycomb. The story is told through the narrator, Scout, a young girl who lives with her father, a lawyer, and her older brother Jem. As a child, Scout is portrayed as a stubborn and obnoxious little girl who loves to read, play with her brother Jem, and fantasize about her mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. However, her life gets turned upside down when Scout’s father agrees to do something that is deemed unacceptable in the south; he agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who is accused of raping a white girl. Instantly, Atticus and his family go from being respected and beloved by their town, to being
Essay 1 Date Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird “To kill a Mockingbird” is a novel in which Harper Lee, the author, presents forth various themes among them the unheard theme of social molarity. Harper dramatically uses a distinctive language through Scout, who is the narrator of the story to bring out the difficulties faced by children living in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb. Harper has dramatically displayed use of bildungsroman throughout the story; this helped to give the story a unique touch of a child’s view to bring out a different type of humor and wit. It has also used to develop and thrive the theme of morality in the society.