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Atticus Finch, 2005.
An analysis of the character of Atticus Finch from Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird".
749 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 0 sources, MLA, AU$ 38.95
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This paper examines how Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" depicts life in a small, southern town and the struggles one man and his family encounter trying to preserve justice. That man is Atticus Finch, a middle-aged lawyer and the father of Jem and Scout who is appointed to defend Tom Robinson, a young black man accused of raping a white girl. It shows how Atticus is a man of very admirable characterwho is even-tempered, wise, and courageous.
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"Atticus is an even-tempered man and remains calm under any circumstances, despite provocation. Concisely, he keeps his cool like no other. At one such time, Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose was a lady. Jem replies, "After all those things she said about you, a lady?" "She was," answers Atticus. (112) Mrs. Dubose, an elderly neighbor of the Finch's continually talks down about Atticus, and once even goes as far as to say that he is no better than the (Negro)'s and trash he works for. (117) In spite of this, Atticus always remains a gentleman to her and never mentions a word about it. Shortly after the trial, Mr. Bob Ewell stops Atticus on the post office corner and spits in his face, and tells him he will get him if it takes the rest of his life."
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"To Kill a Mockingbird", 2003.
Character sketch of Atticus Finch in the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
953 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 48.95
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This paper discusses the main points on the character Atticus Finch, and why he is the most important character in the Novel "To Kill A Mockingbird".
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"During the first half of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee constructs a sweet and affectionate portrait of rowing up in the world of small town Alabama. Harper Lee, however, continues on to dig underneath the portrayal of small town courtesy in the second half of the book. None of the characters in the book are perfect. This begins to show through in the second half of the book when the facade is removed to reveal the ugliness of Maycomb and the people living there. Through these tough times though, one character manages to keep his cool. Atticus Finch, through all the struggles and pressure, stands strong as a very positive father figure, making sure to instil in his children three very specific values: education, bravery, and acceptance."
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The Finch, 2002.
This paper discusses the finch and weather conditions.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This paper describes a computer simulation of evolution using the Galapagos Island finch population and manipulating weather conditions to see the result.
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Ron Hansen's "Atticus", 2006.
A summary and review of Ron Hansen's novel, "Atticus".
1,431 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 68.95
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This paper discusses the plot, character development and theme in Ron Hansen's novel "Atticus". The paper describes both the strengths of the novel and its weaknesses, explaining that while the plot is intriguing and well-developed, Hansen's attempt to create quality literature out of a story that is simply good escapist reading ultimately weakens the quality of the novel.
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"The story of the prodigal son is one of the oldest themes in literature. A son asks for his part of his future inheritance from his father, then proceeds to squander it, only to return home in shame. Upon the son's returning home, however, the father is so overjoyed to see him that he unquestionably accepts him back into the fold. The most famous occurrence of this story is to be found in the Bible. So much of Western literature is based on the Bible, and so it is no surprise that writers have adapted the story of the prodigal son to their places and times. One of these writers is Ron Hansen. In his novel Atticus, Hansen tells the story of a prodigal son, among other things. One of these other things is a mystery involving an unlikely suicide. Although Atticus at times is suspenseful reading, it is ultimately a murder mystery that is unfortunately burdened and flawed by Hansen's attempts to add symbolic and literary value to the story."
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The Jane and Finch Community, 2008.
A report on the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, its economic status, nursing situation, and services to its peoples.
1,030 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, AU$ 52.95
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This paper describes the health services and social activities that are necessary for the Jane and Finch area of Toronto. The paper further describes the various social groups and different class levels that populate the area and the differant requirements that must be instituted to create a viable social group. Additionally, the social problems that constitute such a community of this social level are addressed in full.
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"The Project Y.O.U Advisory Committee will provide service to 20 youth ages 13 to 20 years in the Jane/ Finch neighborhood. The project will train youth as peer mentors in designing and delivering drug awareness workshops to middle school students and to train youth in job readiness. The project will also facilitate youth co-op partnership with local businesses for placement and a summer camp component to service children and youth ages 5 to 15 years old. The project outcome is to enhance youth self-esteem, leadership skills and community cohesion
Being a nurse in this community means having a large number of opportunities to make a difference and to serve different groups, but it also requires learning how to serve the needs of the different groups and how to communicate with people with different ethnic background and perhaps different first languages."
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Discrimination at Abercrombie and Finch, 2006.
An analysis of a class action employment discrimination case against clothing retailer, Abercrombie and Finch.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This essay discusses an employment discrimination claim against clothing retail company, Abercrombie and Finch. The paper answers specific questions about the case, cites the laws that were violated in the case, and analyzes how they were violated.
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"One of the most well known allegations of employment discrimination in America in recent years, at least from a young person's perspective, involved the clothing company Abercrombie & Finch which caters to the late teen and twenty-something crowd; apparently the clothing chain prefers this crowd to be white and male. The famous retail clothing outfitter has been in the news several times in the last few years over allegations of discrimination in its hiring practices. Recently the company agreed "to pay nearly $50 million and to institute sweeping changes in its hiring practices to settle a trio of class action race and sex discrimination lawsuits that accused the company of maintaining a "virtually all-white" and predominately male sales force in its 600-plus stores."
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"The Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan Weiner, 2006.
This paper reviews Jonathan Weiner's "The Beak of the Finch," which explores the opinion that humans are responsible for the increasing pace of evolution.
876 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 45.95
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The writer of this paper assesses Weiner's view of evolution and its importance to the well being of human society and human activities. Weiner emphasizes that evolution is happening everywhere, all the time and explains why man-made technology affects nearly all aspects of the environment. This paper also delves into the failure of the medical community to address and correct the issue of resistance to medicine, which could have disastrous effects.
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"Antibiotics are an excellent example of a lack of understanding in most of the society, creating an economic burden and a serious health risk. Resistance to bacteria is growing and growing and companies throw away millions on new drugs that will become tolerated, too. The lack of knowledge causes people to take antibiotics at the drop of a hat and build resistances when their bodies could fight their illness itself.
The failure of the medical community to address and correct the issue of resistance to medicine could have disastrous effects."
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Finches in a Cage, 2004.
Presents a history of domesticated and wild canaries.
3,332 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 138.95
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This paper provides background information on domesticated and wild canaries. The paper describes where canaries originate, how they became domesticated, the physiological differences between domestic and wild canaries, how domestic canaries have changed over time, their genetics, nutrition, and breeding process.
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"The first records of trade in birds?canaries?from the Canary Islands dates to about 1402. Sailors captured the wild birds, attracted by the song of the males, and kept them in cages as pets aboard ship. It wasn?t long before landlubbers, too, got acquainted with the birds and found them charming and relatively easy pets to keep. And, an added attraction in Europe, they were also exotic, an attribute guaranteed to make them popular at a time when ships were venturing farther and bringing back unusual items not seen in Europe before. (Home pet Web site)"
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"To Kill a Mockingbird", 2003.
A critical analysis of racial myths and fallacies in Harper Lee?s "To Kill a Mockingbird".
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 106.95
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This paper examines how Harper Lee?s compelling story about Atticus Finch and his efforts to see justice served at any cost provided Americans with much food for thought and helped fuel the civil rights movement that followed. It provides a summary of the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird", followed by an analysis of the fallacies of the racial issues in America during this period of history. A summary of the research is also provided in the conclusion.
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"The story is set in a small town full of ?slow-moving people? in Alabama in the 1930s, and tells the story of a lawyer, Atticus Finch, who is Scout's father. Atticus is compelled to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, who has been falsely accused of raping a white woman during a period in American history when such an accusation was tantamount to a conviction. According to Alan Lenhoff, Scout is naturally curious, and although she has never seen her reclusive neighbor, Boo Radley, she desperately wants to. ?Like most children, she is self-centered. Her world revolves around games and fights with Jem; fear of nasty old Mrs. Dubose; problems at school; a dramatic fire; the time a rabid dog threatens the neighborhood? (Lenhoff 2001:20). In her childhood innocence, though, Scout does not understand what all of the fuss is about when her father takes Robinson?s case."
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"To Kill a Mockingbird", 2008.
A critical analysis of the theme of racism in the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird" directed by Robert Mulligan.
808 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 41.95
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This paper analyzes the critical elements of racism that arise as they pertain to Robert Mulligan's film "To Kill a Mockingbird". It looks at how in many scenes within the film, Mulligan effectively captures the spirit of Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) and his desire to defend a black man from being wrongfully charged with raping a white woman. The paper also discusses how, by acknowledging the problems of racism in the South in the 1930s, Mulligan provides cultural and community based examples of racism that are realistic and poignant.
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"The major issue in Mulligan's civil rights era film To Kill a Mockingbird is how racism is prevalent between families within the town. The Radley's are the racist faction that seeks to have the black boy hung for supposedly raping a white girl, and it is the Finch's that help to bring about justice to seek a legal means to try the case. Mulligan brings this conflict into focus, which is a major reason why the film depicts racism effectively as a cultural issue that divided communities in the 1930s. In Mulligan's characterization of the families, Nathan (Richard Hale) is very similar to Boo's dad, as he is racist and does not care for outsiders to interfere with the events that occur inside the Radley home."
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"To Kill A Mocking Bird", 2005.
An analysis of the theme of parenting in Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mocking Bird".
901 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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This paper examines how in the novel "To Kill A Mocking Bird", an extraordinary tale of courage and morality, Atticus Finch epitomizes stability, humility, high moral and ethical values and exceptional parenting skills. As a single parent in 1930s, life wasn't easy for ordinary people, but Atticus is not an ordinary widower. It looks at how he is an exceptional lawyer who understands the worth and value of human life. He doesn't look at his children as little people who can be overpowered, but views them as individuals with their set of needs and acknowledges their quest to gain knowledge.
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"Scout is an aggressive child and finds it difficult to get along with others at school- Atticus tells her a golden rule which he believes can help solve her problem: "If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view--- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"." (Lee 30). This was indeed a sign of Atticus' humility and wisdom that he also wanted to instill in his children. He understood that the best way to deal with people was to view their problems, their issues, and their reaction from their position and that it when everything becomes clearer. "
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"The Introduction"., 2002.
Examines the symbolism, structure and meaning in 17th Century poet and feminist, Anne Finch's "The Introduction".
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, AU$ 38.95
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Feminist literature, as opposed to literature by women, upholds a political, cultural, social, or religious stand asserting the position of women as equal to that of men. Anne Finch, a 17th century poet and writer, in her work "The Introduction", presents just such a feminist assertion - that she is a legitimate writer who, because of her gender, has been discounted on every level possible and is relegated to "fashion" and "play". Anne Finch, also known as Anne, Countess of Winchilsea, is one of the earliest feminist writers who plied her craft at a time when women were property and thus had no rights, no say in the world and certainly no voice that would be heard by men. This is a poem of rage, of frustration, and of righteousness for the author understands that the binds of men are artificial and that she has the truth of the world on her side. Anne Finch wrote before there were feminist slogans, before there were Margaret Sangers and Gloria Steinems moving the feminist movement forward. She, in many ways, was a lone voice in a world that had never heard such thoughts, and had certainly never entertained them.
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Three Eighteenth-Century Poets, 2002.
Shows how 18th Century poets, Pope, Finch and Thomson reflected nature in their works.
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This paper examines the use of nature in three eighteenth-century poets, Alexander Pope, Anne Finch, and James Thomson.
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"To Kill A Mockingbird", 2003.
Compares Harper Lee's actual life with that of the character of Scout Finch from Lee's novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird".
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 58.95
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This paper discusses the novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," written by Harper Lee. The paper specifically focuses on the similarities that seem evident between the life of Harper Lee herself and her character of Scout Finch. It looks at the parallels between the trial of Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and one of the most notorious series of trials in the nation's history, the Scottsboro trials.
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"How would you write a book about your childhood memories, let's say at six years old, some thirty years later, without ever writing a diary? You would need to know specific dates, important events, your favorite places to go, and other important things that had happened while growing up. Well, Harper Lee, wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, some thirty years after her childhood. Lee had many childhood experiences which are similar to those of Scout Finch, the narrator of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird."
" Harper Lee was making use of a history as she knew it, and in the back of her mind was her knowledge of the Scottsboro Trials, based on the arrest of nine young African-American men in Alabama in the l930s. During the l950s when she was writing To Kill a Mockingbird, the Civil Rights movement was an active force in American life, especially in the south. But it was her imaginative gifts as a storyteller that enabled Harper Lee to move beyond the factual circumstances of history and to write an original and compelling novel with moral meaning
(http://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/library/book/author.html.)."
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All Equals, 2002.
Examining the concept of gender equality in Anne Finch's 'The Unequal Fetters'.
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This paper shows how Anne Finch in the poem 'The Unequal Fetters' refuses to be bound by the chains that perceptions of gender enforce on women and speaks out against the inequality that rules society---through the beliefs of men and women alike.
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"Anne Finch was an acclaimed writer in the late sixteenth and seventeenth century when women were marginalized in society. She threw away the barriers that gender imposed on her and refused to bow to the conventions of society. Had she been alive today she would have been declared a feminist and enjoyed a freedom that she could not, even with her foresight, have imagined."
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Restoration Women, 1994.
A look at the views on social conventions in the poetry of Anne Finch and Jonathan Swift.
2,020 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 91.95
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This essay examines the roles of women as writers, during The Restoration, from the points of view of the women themselves, the men who supported them, and the men who opposed. Specifically, the writers in question are Anne Finch and Jonathon Swift.
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"Also in the same poem, Swift contends that women are incapable of forming and maintaining an argument and therefore should not be taken too seriously. He writes, "Her Arguments directly tend /Against the Side she would defend."(51-52)"
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