A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well, so can the right photo. But the operative word here is “right” not picture or photo. Let’s face it: we’ve each struggled to find the right photo to go with our articles, but oftentimes we come up short. There are numerous free places to find photos, however I’m not going to explain how to find them. Instead, my missive explains how just one photo can more than compensate for an article that might otherwise be ignored had a photo not been included. Read on for some tips on how to choose a photo that gets noticed and hooks your reader. mockingbird What does a songbird photo have to do with this article? Not much, then again…. (Photo: Matthew C. Keegan) 1. Be original — You could find a stock photo and slap that up with your story, but that photo has the potential to be used elsewhere, making it far from unique. Instead, why not use your camera to create original shots? The mockingbird photo shown here is not appropriate with this article, but I’ve included it to illustrate how this special shot would certainly appeal to birders, particularly fans of songbirds. I know that this photo is a good one as I’ve posted it to my Facebook page and have received several positive responses. A good camera makes up for the lack of skill you may have in taking pictures — trust me, that is what did the job here! …show more content…
Be clever — One photo I used on this site several years back sparked a lot of interest. It showed a pair of links chained together and was part of my “link love” series that I once ran. Interestingly, the links were heart shaped and although the photographer may have had a more amorous reason for taking the shot, I immediately seized upon its “linky love” look to appeal to my readers. Those articles containing this photo are among my best read stories and I’ve had several requests to borrow the picture. It wasn’t mine to lend, but I pointed a number of individuals in the right direction to request their
that’s offended them, including the person who wrote this and the people hearing this today. Just because something could be misconstrued as offensive doesn’t mean that it should be eschewed, this is the same case with books. Books shouldn’t be banned solely because they are perceived as offensive.
This book is very true to life even today. We all go about our day with our own preconceived notions on life. The saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is very true when it comes to this book. Many people feel that it has no use for us in today’s society. They feel that due to the racist language it should be banned. An example seen here in an Interview by Mary Dempsey and Muriel Saunders, “"To Kill a Mockingbird," written in 1960 by Harper Lee. High school administrators in Muskogee, Oklahoma, removed that same book from the school's required reading list for freshman because, they say, the novel includes racially derogatory language that could offend African-Americans.” (Dempsey, Saunders). Society wants to hide the fact that the past
The movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, was the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s award-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. The movie was two hours and ten minutes long, which took up three entire English classes including a discussion. It was extremely long time period to give up, so why did Doc choose to watch the movie?
Coming-of-age does not just involve cakes, parties, and grandparents, it is something much more exciting than that. Coming-of-age is the time when children gain new perspectives that will forever change their life. These perspectives may come from a great teacher, a mission trip, or even a disease. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is an excellent example of gaining perspectives. To Kill a Mockingbird is not only an intense book about a young girl’s adventure, but it also has a deeply philosophical meaning. David Dobb’s “Beautiful Brains” is also a good example of how coming-of-age involves gaining new perspectives. “Beautiful Brains” explains the science behind why coming-of-age involves gaining new perspectives. To Kill a Mockingbird’s
The film and novel of To Kill a Mockingbird complement each other in many ways due to their similarities, but the book can accomplish things that the movie can’t due to it’s ability to tell. The book is written in a narrated voice, making it hard to tell the entire story through a film. The thoughts and feelings of the characters can’t always be felt and understanded through a film because of its limited time allotted, but through a book you are able to know and interpret everything. There are missing parts of the plot, along with many other differences of the story because of this. While the book is very similar to the movie and vis versa, there are many differences.
The cult classic book To Kill a Mockingbird is generally considered a stunning work of art, but not in the eyes of all schools. Recently the Biloxi School District has chosen to recall To Kill a Mockingbird from its curriculum because the book includes a bit of inappropriate language. Unfortunately this opinion of the book has been around for decades. Kurt Vonnegut, the author, wrote a letter to respond Drake High School deciding to burn his book. These schools should not ban this time-honored book on the grounds that it’s bad for the students in the long run.
How much should be censured by school systems and why are some books accepted while others are not? This is what some people think about when deciding whether or not to ban certain book from their school systems. Furthermore, why my topic on whether or not To Kill a Mockingbird should or should not be band in school systems is important to talk about because it is a book that has an enormous amount of people that argue over it. Moreover, people who want To Kill a Mockingbird to be band believe that the book has negative impacts on children's minds however people who don’t want To Kill a Mockingbird to be band believe that the book teaches important topics that is usually hard to teach students. In addition to this, To Kill a Mockingbird should not be banned from school because it teaches children good life lessons about empathy and doing the right things.
A Time To Kill and To Kill A Mockingbird are both based upon a common theme which is racism. The novel, written by Harper Lee, and film, are alike in many ways, but they are also unlike as well. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird and the film A Time To Kill differ in many ways, for instance; the evidence that appeared in each trial, and the fact that Carl Lee was guilty and Tom was innocent. Lastly, the final verdict varied for each case.
Books are a great thing that should be cherished for their knowledge, but nowadays people resort to kindles or computers to read from anyways. Literature comes in all shapes and sizes, some of which I more prefer more than other writing. I get very much, interested in good books and two books that I have read recently include, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, and The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. Both of these novels were very well written, and they also both show prominent themes like friendship or human morality. In my opinion I would rank To Kill A Mockingbird over The Chosen. I say this because I find that To Kill A Mockingbird relates to me more, its much more interesting, and I like the characters more.
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt said the quote, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
To kill a Mockingbird: the definition of a faithful adaptation. The adaptation of a novel into a film is a very popular tradition among the film industry. Many famous can be cited worldwide such as Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, The Lord of the Rings and many more. To Kill A Mockingbird is also one of them and also known as one of the most successful book and movie for many contemporaries.
Charles Lamb once wrote, “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once,” which also happens to be the epigraph of Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. This quote demonstrates the connection between lawyers, who are usually seen as serious and understanding, and children, who are usually seen as carefree and innocent. The “lawyer” in this quote refers to anyone who is understanding, empathetic and informed, rather than just the profession, whilst the “children” refer to anyone who has yet to grasp a better understanding about the complexity of people and their lives. This quote depicts how children went through some tough times and faced difficult dilemmas which caused them to eventually, become lawyers and to who
The book was a lot diffrent then the movie I did not really like the book or the movie but in the movie the girl was a bird keeper and she had to deliver birds to this guy but in the book she did not have to do that she had already lived on the farm and in the book she went acrossed the water and got attacked by the bird and they did not really do anything but in the book she was a home and she went out to feed her chickens and got attacked by a bird in the movie she did not really do anything about that bird and so that night she went to go eat supper with that guy’s family and the next day the guys mom in the movie had to go over to the farmers and ranchers house to go buy eggs from him and there was a young adualt outside working on a tractor
Silver takes place at Mortingham Boarding Academy. The setting plays a huge role throughout the story. The school is kind of in the middle of nowhere, making it hard to reach the outside world. When the students realized what they were up against with the infection, they had no way of contacting any help. The phones were all out and the nearest town was down the valley as mentioned in the book. The characters also didn’t know where the infection started or whether it had already spread around the world. It would be horrifying to think that they could be the last people left in the whole entire world. The setting also gives the book a feeling of suspense. It is 200 years old and still has a chill heart, as said on the bottom page 44. The school also doesn’t have good cell service, so ironically no one had their cell phones because they never worked anyway. If someone had a working cell phone it
I feel that i display the good character qualities of a boy scout. Those are: trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, courteousness, kindness, obedience, cheerfulness, thriftiness, bravery, cleanliness, and reverence. Of these, I feel that helpfulness is my strongest. I have displayed this through many hours of trail building at the new river gorge, helping friends set and achieve goals, and doing duties as a band officer; which include cleaning, teaching new members, and setup and breakdown of band events. Other strong qualities i have attained are courteousness and reverence. I was taught at a young age the value of respecting others and have since kept doing that. My parents set high standards as far as mannerisms go for me as well and