... us about her ancestors who originally fled England to escape religious persecution and they established a large farm on the banks of the Alabama River called Finch's Landing. The family was farmers for a hundred years until Atticus became a lawyer in Maycomb while his sister, Alexandra, ran the farm. At the start of the story, Scout is aged 6. Scout's mother had died four years previously and their cook, an old black ... facing no-win situations. This is now a turning point in the book. The antics of the children start to take a back seat as the drama of the trial takes over the storyli...

• Word Count: 10075
• Approx Pages: 40
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... of a long series of such outrages, of which I was doomed to be a witness and a participant." (p. 51) Douglass then introduces us to Mr. Gore, who he describes as "His savage barbarity was equaled only by the consummate coolness with which he committed the grossest and most savage deeds upon the slaves under his charge." (p. 66-67) It is Mr. Gore who whipped a slave who then ran into a river ... , given to them- (p.54) And when the children wore through their clothing allotment of two coarse shirts, " they went naked until the next allowance-day." (p.54) It only stands to reason then, that...

• Word Count: 2890
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

... through Indian villages ruthlessly attacking tribes, capturing their children and putting them to death. Governor Sir Thomas Dale introduced a policy that would give three acres of land to settlers, which, according to Morgan, was the start of the capitalist system in English America, ultimately resulting in the annihilation of American Indian tribes on the East coast, (Morgan 119). Dale's policy of giving away free land to settlers encouraged white ... forced to move to reservations west of the Mississippi River, leading to incidents such as the Trail of Tears in the late 1830's. The T...

• Word Count: 2993
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... bee fails because Colonel Sherburn tells the crowd in front of his house that they are cowards and pitiful people who do not fight with honor and the crowd discouraged breaks up. 2. At daybreak, Huck observes that Jim is moaning and mourning to himself. Jim is mourning because he misses his wife and children and he was low and homesick. Jim's love for ... , claims to be the son of Louis XVI and heir to the French throne. Although Huck and Jim know these men are frauds, the Duke and Dauphin carry out a number of scams as they travel down the river in the raft. 4. I think the land symboliz...

• Word Count: 2534
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... to have essentially freed themselves from economic slavery and become successful through ingenuity and business sense. Their dilemma, already experienced as children, is similar to that of our slaves, Roxy and "Chambers-. But the townspeople, as we see at the end of the story, don't see the parallel and would never admire a slave for freeing himself from slavery. Let's come to "Chambers-. Because "Chambers- was raised as ... . "Tom- is condemned for the crime of murder but punished for the crime of being black when he is sold down the river. Pettit says: "From the beginning this novel is...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School