October 2011
3 posts
Reflection on Marking Period #1
I truly cannot believe that the first marking period is over when it feels like school just started. So much has already happened in this marking period though. So far I like the curriculum of this year. I really enjoyed how we were very involved with technology. Most classes are still pen and paper, but this class is more technology based which I believe is actually helping to set me up for the...
I chose the scene of the trial of Tom Robinson...
Emmett Till & injustice today
In 1955, Emmett Till was beaten and shot to death by two white men, who then threw his body in the Tallahatchie River. Emmett Till was in Mississippi visiting family when this happened. He was a 14 year Negro, who did nothing more than talk to a white woman. The trial of the two white men who killed him was only three weeks later. The jury was a completely white jury and led to the unfair verdict...
September 2011
5 posts
US Economy Now and Then
Though there are many differences between the economy now and the economy during the Great Depression, there are still many similarities that link the two together in comparison. First, during the Great Depression, unemployment rates were at an all time high, 25 percent, and now during out Repression, we having been climbing to 9 percent. 9 percent doesn’t seem as bad, but that is about 8 and a...
What role does gossip play in To Kill A...
Gossip is very prevalent in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In her novel Harper Lee uses gossip in a very interesting way. Throughout the beginning of the novel her character Arthur “Boo” Radley is completely built off of gossip and the opinions of others. Boo Radley hasn’t been seen outside of his house since he was an adolescent because his religious father kept him in there for...
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Your post was very detailed. You really delved into Harper Lee’s childhood and connected it to the events of To Kill A Mockingbird, such as her lawyer father and the trials in her home town. I thought it was interesting how she was going to follow her father’s footsteps in law before realizing she would rather write, even though she’s only published one major story and...
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Who is Harper Lee?
Nelle Harper Lee was born the youngest of four on April 28, 1926 in Moneroeville Alabama to mother Amasa Coleman Lee and her father Frances Cunningham Finch Lee who was a lawyer, and a true inspiration to Lee’s character Atticus in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. When she was young, she was an avid reader, a tomboy, and had a close friendship with Truman Capote, who was the man behind Dill...
Summary- Chapters 1 & 2 of TKAM
We are introduced to the characters in To Kill A Mockingbird in chapter one, Jean Louise, who is the narrator of the story, Jem, who is her brother, Atticus who is their father, and Calpurnia who is the help. You learn about how each of them interacts with each other, and the background behind them. Jem and Jean make a friend Dill who only comes during the summer, from Meridian, who dares Jem to...