... ground. The place where the novel is set is a county called Maycomb, an imaginary county in Southern Alabama in the United States. In Maycomb, most people were poor. Even the farm owners were always short of money. Black people worked at low wages. There was not much around as Scout says, "there was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go ... was accused of raping a white woman with not much proof but just the fact that he is black. The fact that Atticus takes on this case provides interest in the plot. He knows he is defeated before he even starts because of the attitude and legal system...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... , while the other plots are examples of freedom narratives. Weaving these two opposing stories together enabled Stowe to reveal the horrors of slavery through Tom's decline, while keeping the inspiring plot of possibilities with the escape of Eliza and George and Cassy and Emmeline. The story begins in Kentucky. The Shelby family owns a house in Kentucky with ... a farm and slaves, including Tom. After Tom has been sold, the story still flashes back to Kentucky telling about the letter that Tom wrote to Chloe and how she worked to ... ...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... civil and military aviation, expansion of the services of the departments of Agriculture and Commerce, regulation of radio broadcasting, development of waterway, flood control, and encouragement of cooperative solutions to farm problems. Most of his time was absorbed by trying to achieve world peace. But his journey was unsuccessful and unsteady. As an admin., Coolidge was most successful. He demanded and ... time writing newspaper and magazine articles. Politics was no longer of his natire. He died on Jan. 5, 1933, of coronary thrombosis. He was buried in Plymouth Notch, in the family ...

• Word Count: 363
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School