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    William Harley and Arthur Davidson (Harley Davidson) William Sylvester Harley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 29, 1880. He received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He co-founded Harley Davidson with Arthur Davidson in 1903 and served as a chief engineer until his death in 1943. He was married with whom he had two sons and a daughter. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Milwaukee and was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of

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    aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. Now marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors not for jobs or accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. To Kill a Mockingbird is a book displaying many societal issues

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    Atticus Finch Trial

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    (Atticus 285). As more days passed after the trial, Atticus started to go back to his original self. However, when Atticus learned of Tom Robinson’s death, Atticus went back to his bitter self. “His hand was in his hand, and his face was white.” (Scout 314). Atticus being bitter and depressed shows that he alone is taking the burden and blame of losing Tom Robinson. Atticus truly believes that it is his fault he got Tom killed. One New Republic respondent, Laura Marsh, blames the way Atticus decided

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    Essay on Feelings That Kill

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    group of people on the basis of color, race, religion, or national origin. The term racism can also be used to represent a hatred or prejudice toward another group. The novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, takes place during an extremely racist time in America. Nella Harper Lee wrote this novel to give her readers a harsh sense of the segregation that went on in the south during this time period. Between the years of 1925 and 1935 there were many problems facing the south. The depression brought job

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    for the memories of how white men treated African Americans and one example illustrated in this book is Calpurnia. Calpurnia is a black woman who works as a “cook” for the Finches, but she acts more like a mother because of the passing of Jem and scouts real mother. We see that the Finches and Calpurnia didn’t care about their race and that is shown when Calpurnia takes the two kids to a black church. When they enter you can still see the underlying difference that still exists between the two races

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    World War II was a terrible time where countries lost millions of lives and billions of dollars at least people knew that they were safe in their countries, everyone except japanese and jews. The japanese internment camps were camps in America that housed everyone of japanese descent in western United States behind walls to keep them away from the japanese front. The jewish concentration camps held jews that were believed to be the cause of germany's poor state after World War II and forced to do

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    laws have changed, yet there is still injustice around the world. Throughout Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird the readers are exposed to the cruel treatment of African Americans in Maycomb, known as Jim Crow laws. The youngest character, Scout, does not fully comprehend what this is but she knows it is not right.

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    Jem Finch Quotes

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    heart of America lives racism, prejudice, and severe oppression against people who fail to fit into the norm standards of society. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression Era, these traits of life were recurrent, especially in the South. Harper Lee recognized this and wrote what would become one of the most treasured pieces in the history of literature: To Kill A Mockingbird (1960). In small town, Maycomb County, located in Alabama lives Atticus Finch and his two children Jem and Scout. Jeremy “Jem”

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    inequality exists, but to see it firsthand, to understand the effects it has on a family. This is evidenced by a quote from Atticus “It’s just as much Maycomb county as missionary teas” (P231), an understanding that racism is prevalent, but Jem and Scout hadn’t seen the sharp consequence of actions taken by white people until the court case, something the children needed to see before their sense of morality was replaced by the racism surrounding Maycomb. "I don 't know [how they could convict Tom

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    Sociological Approach to Children and Young People. Script. Functionalism, fitting into society. Children are expected to have shared or similar experiences. For Example children will start school at the same age as every other child, and finish at the same age. They will take end of year exams, even if exams are not their strong point. All the children will be judged by the same standards. They will all be able to leave secondary education at the same age, with the expectation that they should

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