In the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Miss Caroline is treated poorly because some of her students think she is picking on a kid that comes from a poor family. It is the first day of first grade for Scout and Miss Caroline is her teacher. Miss Caroline's students do not realize that she is not trying to pick on a student named Walter when she tries to be nice by paying for his lunch but does not know that he would have to pay the money back. “You’re shamin’ him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn’t got a quarter at home to bring you”.(Lee 28)
Lucy Flucker Knox….. By Annika Heieie Lucy Flucker Knox helped with her own time and resources when ever possible. "I hope you will consider yourself as commander in chief of your own house,but be convinced, that there is such a thing as equal command.” By Lucy Flucker Knox. This quote means that everyone has an equal say.
The first quote is by Dorothy’s brother’s wife. When Dorothy and her daughter are first staying with her brother, they brother and wife get tired of all the poor and homeless staying and eating in their home. Dorothy then shows them that those people had been donating what very little money they had to help them out. The brother then asks the wife if she is comfortable continuing to do this and she says, “you never know when you may be entertaining an angel.” This quote displays justice because it teaches us to treat each other equally and to always help out those in need no matter who they are.
“I heard the distant whistle of a passing train, and I wished I could get on it and go far away, to a place without struggle meetings, without class status, without confessions.” - Ji-Li Jiang. This quote is from The Red Scarf Girl, a memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. This is a book about a 12 year old girl, Ji-Li Jiang, witnessing the Cultural Revolution. The quote is her wishing away all her current problems.
Character Essay Quote: “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it”. Margaret Thatcher (first female British prime minister, 1925-2013) In order to win any fight, battle or war, it may have to be fought more than once. It may even have to be fought more than two, three or four times.
As a young girl, she was innocent and unaware of all the discrimination in the south. Growing up, Anne has dealt with severe poverty and is often the one bringing income to her family’s home along with her mother. Her employers are a huge factor as to why she is so drawn to the movement. For instance, when Anne learned about Emmitt Till being killed, she ran to her mother for an explanation but her mother had replied “…just do your work like you don’t know nothing… that boy’s a lot better off in heaven than he is here” (262). Her mother brushing off the death of Emmitt Till took the best of her curiosities and she questioned why her mother was acting so afraid although it was obvious that.
She begins by talking about her college experience of how her own professors and fellow students believed and “always portrayed the poor as shiftless, mindless, lazy, dishonest, and unworthy” (Paragraph 5). This experience shocked her because she never grew up materialistic. She brings up the fact that she is the person with the strong and good values that she has today because she grew up in a poor family. In culture, the poor are always being stereotyped.
In the historical fiction novel Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, the central character Billie Jo faces many adversities that could have crushed her hopes, dreams and spirit. The author Karen Hesse, states, “the way I see it, hard times aren’t only about money, or drought, or dust. .Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.” This quote means that the way the author sees it, the hard times in Billie Jo’s life aren’t always on the surface, as she faced losing her sense of self, her optimism, and her goals she wished to achieve. Billie Jo is confronted with the challenges of her strained relationship with her father, as well as guilt over her mother’s death, yet she is able to hold onto her spirit, hopes,
Have you ever heard about Paul Revere? He, (in my opinion) was the best patriot ever to live. He was the guy who went around telling people that the British were coming. One of his amazingly famous quotes was “one if by land, two if by sea”, this quote means when he was warning people in Boston about the British, he sent Joseph Warrens to light two lanterns if the British came by sea and one lantern if the British came by land. If you want to learn more about Revere, r Paul Revere was born on December 1734, in Boston 's north end.
Becky Thatcher: The Heartbreaker Have you ever wished that you could go back to the past and undo a mistake you did? Becky Thatcher has, and she has done it more than once. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, Becky makes mistakes and then regrets her actions that she wishes she could take back and never do. Even though she is a character in the book, Mark Twain does a wonderful and spot-on job of how Becky and the other characters would be in real life.
Becky Thatcher: The Heartbreaker Have you ever wished that you could go back to the past and undo a mistake you did? Becky Thatcher has, and she has done it more than once. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, Becky makes mistakes and then regrets her actions that she wishes she could take back and never do. Even though she is a character in the book, Mark Twain does a wonderful and spot-on job of how Becky and the other characters would be in real life.
In To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, it is very clear that the main character, Scout, sees no point of going to school and does not approve of her teacher, Miss Caroline. One quote that supports this opinion is, "If I didn't have to stay I'd leave. Jem that damn lady says Atticus' been teaching me and for him to stop it-"(Lee 23). This quote shows how Scout does not approve of her teacher and feels like she should not be going to school. I feel like, as the years go on, that Scout will start to enjoy school more and see the importance of it.
Pride is deadly. “For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain.” (Hurst). Once pride clouded his conscious he abandoned Doodle for dead. He understand, when Doodle died that when one has pride, it will take revenge on you.
Joan Didion Quote The famous author Joan Didion has a quote that says “Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit to down for dinner and life as you know it ends.” This quote can easily be mistaken for dark or depressing but there is a lot more meaning behind these few sentences.
College is very expensive, most parents cannot even afford to send their kids to college. That is why you have things like FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), Scholarships, grants, sub/unsubsidized loans, and private loans. All of these sources are to help pay a percentage if not all of your schooling costs. But, applying for these sources is not that simple. There can be a number of things that could affect the amount of money you can receive, the most common is credit.
