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. Aunt Alexandra: Atticus's sister, who has strict, traditional ideas of how society works and the role for a Southern woman within it, which she tries to enforce upon Scout. She is concerned with raising Atticus's children "properly," and thus…

. Anyway he saw the word *censored* you on the hall walls and "it drove him dam near crazy." He couldn't stand the idea that Phoebe or her friend had seen that on the wall. If they saw it they would wonder and eventually "some dirty kid would tell them…

who obviously wants to be left alone. Despite Atticus' warnings, the children's thirst for knowledge of Boo's life drives them to their most dangerous adventure thus far. The new idea of looking into the window of the house is a turning point in the novel…

transmitter which improved the clarity and lowered the cost of the existing models. By adding a carbon transmitter, it enabled people to talk, rather than shout into the receiver. On Christmas 1871, when he turned 24, he married Mary Stilwell, age 16…

. The creation of the "Papal States" indebted the Pope to Charlemagne, and Pope Leo III eventually crowned Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans" on Christmas day in 800AD. (Ganshoff 41) Power in Carolingian society…

, heedless characters of so many murders. If the idea of lex talionis, "a life for a life", were to be embraced literally, then those who believed in the death penalty would bind themselves as cruel and savage as the criminals they are executing. Perhaps even…

that is different. Women can write their beliefs down in books, newspapers, magazines, and other mass media. They do not get persecuted for their ideas or their beliefs. However, if women want to fight that is not necessarily a bad thing. The women that want to stand…

idea “was a bit silly”(Gillis, 96). He therefore positioned the gunner instead to be ready to the task of wiping out the enemy. There were empty cartridges on the ground and heaps of cartridge tape to show that his ammunition was gone. The poster…

, but it was actually just this morning. We just had most of Phoebe’s Christmas dough, so we got my Gladstones, and took the Madison Avenue bus to 72nd street. There were a bunch of kids around Phoebe’s age in the back of the bus. They were all horsing around, laughing like…

to discover under the tree on Christmas morning.” (2) The killings frequently involved torture, cutting, mutilation, and beating, and showed a longing intent to make the person completely disappear from our world because of their sexual preference. This was clearly…