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    that matters is that he is an innocent man who is loyal to others. In this journal I will be characterizing Tom Robinson and evaluating the reasons why Mayella Ewell lied in court. G. (To begin with) I will be characterizing Tom Robinson as

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    looks to the world and your reputation. The NFL was thinking about their reputation and how they would look if they came out to say that they had been lying. On one

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    I’m going to tell you why either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is best and why. The reason why Donald Trump is a much better choice in my opinion is that I like his main points. His main points are to defend the second amendment, build a wall to keep illegal aliens out of our country and bringing the Mexican drug trade to a halt. Hillary Clinton is the complete opposite, she wants to abolish the second amendment and wants complete amnesty. I think that everyone has a bad image of Trump because

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    from fiction. This is just the beginning. It’s going to get worse in the coming days.” Somebody, perhaps sensing I was referring to Trump, spoke up saying, “It’s been that way for a long time. It was just as bad when Bill Clinton was in office.” (She proved my point.) No — It was not just as bad. When he lied about his affair with Monica Lewinski, the country was outraged. The man was subject to impeachment proceedings because of a single lie. Donald Trump’s lies are so commonplace they have become

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    knows how to adapt himself.” (Salinger 55). Holden lies to Mrs.Morrow to make her feel better about her son. lying is a very childish thing but the reason why he did it was because it was the adult thing to do by lying to her because Holden knew Ernest wasn’t a great guy but Holden wasn’t going to tell his mom that so he just let it slide. Holden tries to be an adult, yet he does all these bad things to make him look

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    When is it okay to lie? From youth to adulthood people are taught that lying is awful and those who use deception are dishonest people, but what if the fib were to save a life or several lives. In the film Never Forget to Lie (2013) is about the last survivors of the Holocaust, the children that are now dying, coming together to document their lives so that the story lives on. They recall parents and children lied to save themselves and others. Furthermore, certain people such as Catholics, Christians

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    What is pride? Pride can mean multiple things. When I think of pride, I think that someone accomplished something and they are now prideful. Sometimes it can be,not bad but,not good. Pride can mean multiple things. Sometimes it can be used to hide the way someone really feel about someone, it can be used to hide emotions. We all have had pride, we could have had pride when we have won a sports game by accomplishing something that doesn't even have to be the big. By making the lead

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    Cole struggles lying broken and near from death on the ground accepting his fate until he sees the sparrows lying dead on the ground the same sparrows he wanted gone before the storm but once he saw the birds dead he felt sorry for the birds “the birds were fragile and helpless, they didn't deserve to die” (82). Cole

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    head down. You're watching from the top row and can't help but feel bad for him. That's empathy, and it happens all the time, especially in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. There are three people that show the most empathy: Scout, Tom and Jem. One of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird is Scout and she shows empathy multiple times. When Jem is told he has to read to Mrs Dubose, Scout goes with him. Seeing Mrs Dubose lying in bed, looking sick, Scout notes that she feels sorry for her. "In

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    illegal, something bad happened or is happening, or the families don’t think she is mature enough to. In one situation in the book, the family is going to smuggle the Rosens into Sweden because Sweden is free. When father had a phone call with Uncle Henrick, he used code not only to keep it a seceret from the Nazis but also from Annemarie. He said “ So, Henrick is the weather good for fishing.” ( p.53 ) and Annemarie had no idea who Uncle Henrick was and even had a code for a reason why they were going

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