Setting of the Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Calpurnia, or “Cal”, was the Finch’s African-American housekeeper and cook. Her being a black, middle-aged woman in a white dominated society, we can already infer she has experienced great racial injustices. Throughout the novel, we see significant and noticeable changes in the main characters, but little development in Calpurnia´s character. Before you discard this essay on what was supposed to be about a chosen character changing due to social and racial injustices throughout the book, give the thesis some thought. Scout is the narrator of the book, therefore we are seeing changes through her point of view; so we only see Calpurnia changing through the eyes of Scout, but they were not in actuality

She was always trying to inspire others. She was a helpful person and always wanted to have an extraordinary life. She enjoyed hanging out with friends, family and doing art. She worked hard and studied hard in school. Her favorite subject in school was science, she enjoyed learning new things. She struggled in math a little, but she never threw in the towel. She always tried to keep an open and positive mind about school and her classes. She wanted to get a high school degree, go to college and get a job in graphic

achievements and some really cool facts about herself as a kid. She is married and she has a great life

Growing up, most kids in my generation had Disney Channel or Barbie Dolls. As I was raised with 6 siblings and cousins and having just emigrated from England, my family did not have ample money to expend on cable or fancy toys; subsequently, I resorted to books. As I read more and more, my interests began to broaden, and my keen admiration and curiosity for how and why things work in certain ways progressed. As I grew older, I realized that science could be used to answer many of life’s most complex questions. Once I was accepted early into The University of Georgia, I declared my major as Biology with a pre-medical intent, deciding to further pursue my curiosity about living organisms. I soon realized that I needed to achieve more, and decided

Corpus bones! I utterly loathe my life!” cries Catherine. Who wouldn’t, if they were in Catherine’s situation? In a book entitled Catherine Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman, Catherine hates her life, for she has to face horrible suitors even though she doesn’t wish to marry. While these suitors come and go, Catherine slowly starts to change in character, two main reasons why Catherine changed throughout the book are because she had the courage and determination.

She excelled in scientific subjects versus subject such as language and philosophy. In 1966, she completed her baccalauréat degree and was undecided on which subject she would study for her university study medicine or biomedical sciences. Opting to go to the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Paris to obtain her undergraduate degree. The ultimate reasoning for choosing the Natural Science degree was that it was shorter and would be less expensive than a Medical degree. This decision was necessary so she wouldn't burden her family with further unnecessary expenses to support her during her

As a young girl, Ruby Harris knew inside of her that she had great potential. She dreamed of being a scientist, studying in a laboratory every day, and eventually making discoveries that would change the world and the face of medicine. When she was in third grade, her teacher asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, and with great joy in her eyes she explained that she wanted to be a scientist, and described the dreams she had of making an impact on the world and learning all that she could in her lifetime. He responded with a chuckle and told her to come up with a new plan.

Music with some stress occasionally and she likes to talk to people that are trustworthy to her. She deals with conflict by simply walking away. It complements the power she know she has over herself. Her close friends would describe her as thoughtful, caring, and dramatic. She listens to stories from strangers just to hear them out and assure they’re heard and cared for. She's soft in soft moments from movie scenes to actual real-life touching situations asserting her emotion in all ways. She’s also dramatic. When she’s dramatic it’s “over the top dramatic,” especially when the problems are simple. She’d choose to have mind reading ability out of any superpower. She would like to further understand the human mind. She also believes in spirits and demons and she’s interested in ghost topics. But she doesn’t believe in aliens or any other extra terrestrial organisms. She’s not that big of a science geek. Science is her least favorite class subject. Also we touched on world topics. If she could be anyone else in time she’d go back in time and be Dr. Martin Luther King. She’d be Dr. King to be one of the first black to step ahead to vocalize what was going on in a sad America. She wouldn’t change a bit of his role, she’d be him, serving the country no different that the real MLK did. To her, success is “accomplishing any desirable goals.” So she can see in her eyes that everyone is successful no matter what

It had been raining intermittently for the past four days and by late Saturday afternoon, another storm was approaching the rural southern town of Wrongberight. Clemmy Sue Jarvis since birth has lived in the town and had a simple philosophy concerning weather. As long as she was six feet above ground instead of six feet below, she did not care what it was. Today as she lifts her petite frame into her rusty Ford pickup, she is preoccupied with what she hopes to accomplish this evening. Absorbed in though she pulls out of her driveway and heads south on Flat Bottom Road along the edge the Dismal Swamp towards the isolated home of her dearest friend Estelle

She was interested in using science to create new products and devices to help the human body. Mae Jemison went from graduating high school with honors. Jemison was only 16 when she started her freshman year of college at Stanford.

This book takes place at Merryweather High School. It is in the modern day. It takes place somewhere in the United States. It sometimes at Melinda’s house and other places.

It wasn't until the eighth grade that she realized that she had become a very intelligent young woman (Notable Black 144). She often engaged in competitions with a friend of a different learning disorder to see which of the two could receive better grades. Until that point in her life she considered herself as not being very bright but when she started winning the competitions she described it as "the first time that I'd ever done anything to impress myself" (Notable Black 144). It is interesting to consider that she may have been forced out of her dyslexia by the accompaniment of adults and her strange attraction to science fiction novels. However, the consequences of the dyslexia such as shyness and the difficulty to understand still haunted her throughout high school (Notable Black 144).

In Chapter 16 of “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” the darwin states “Although some species may be now increasing, more or less rapidly, in numbers, all cannot do so, for the world would not hold them.” This darwin tells the readers that everything is growing so fast and there is nothing anybody can do about it. By the name of the chapter, everybody knows what Jacqueline Kelly means. Technology is going to overtake all the humans one day. “ Change is coming” Callie said, and she is right.

Additionally, Shelby has many interests outside of school as well. In her spare time she enjoys the beauty of the outdoors. She loves planting seeds and watching them grow into flowers and trees. She actually has a small nursery in her back yard, which is filled with blooming flowers and small trees. Whenever Shelby is not gardening, you can find her with her nose in a book. She believes that reading develops an individual’s mind, reduces stress levels, improves their imagination, and can help one escape from the real world temporarily. Fiction is her favorite genre of books because she enjoys getting lost in a world in which you can only you’re your mind to imagine. Shelby also enjoys drawing because she is able to think and explain things in a non-verbal way. Shelby enjoys traveling as well; she enjoys going to the beach, lake, and river, mountains or desert. She believes that beauty can be found anywhere on this earth and that God’s creations should be admired.

One of those characteristics is motivation. She would have had to be extremely motivated in order to accomplish everything that she did. She would have had to go through many years of schooling and she must have had a lot of trial and errors. She had to go through over 300 different experiments in order to find a lipstick that she thought was suitable. Another characteristic that she showed was determination, she had to have been extremely determined to be able to go through all of her science experiments and goals.