.... took time with his children. Him and Scout would read everyday. Also Atticus is someone easily looked up too for his honesty and trust, which makes Atticus a great character. The novel traces the life of Scout, her brother Jem and Atticus over many years. Harper Lee used great descriptors to try to show the values of the families in Maycomb. One of the story’s greatest lessons is that social justice is not always easy to achieve. It tells the story of one Tom Robinson. Tom is a black man in a racist town who is accused of a crime that he didn’t commit. Atticus believes and tries to show others that all people are created equal, at least under the law. ....

.... anything to do with Jim's actual escape. However, he knows that society would not approve the fact that he didn't turn Jim in. He even tells Jim that, "People would call me a low down Ablitonist and despise me for keeping mum…." (p. 46) After traveling down the river for some time, Jim believes that they are nearing Cairo and starts to imagine his life as a free man. His plans for freeing his family and the nearing of the completion of the "crime" begin eating away at Huck's conscience. He resolves to go ashore and turn Jim in, which immediately relieves his guilty anguish. As he takes off in the canoe, supposedly to find out if they have reached Cairo, Jim makes a ....

.... down the took on a poetic style. Through the examination of these poems, both universal and cultural themes become present. In “The Seafarer” and “The Wanderer,” both being poems from the Anglo-Saxon time period, the anonymous authors portray the universal theme of the harshness of life through imagery patterns of the sea and winter, and in the conclusion of both poems it becomes evident to the subjects of the poems that the only way they will find contentment in life is if they accept the fact that the things that happen to them are all a part of God’s plan.In both poems the unknown authors use the imagery of the sea to represent the trial ....

.... mother as she died just ten days after giving birth. Literary theorists have suggested that this sense of loss and search for identity can be found in Mary's works, particularly in Frankenstein and the creature's search for his creator. Mary was just fifteen years old when she first met Percy Shelley. He was an ardent admirer of Godwin's works and politics and a frequent visitor to the Godwin's home along with his wife Harriet. Percy’s wife, Harriet, became suspicious of Mary and Percy, thinking they were having an affair she left Percy. Her suspicious were later confirmed when she got word of the couple eloping to France. Not receiving William Godwin’s ble ....

.... was chancellor. In 1512, fighting against Pisa, Machiavelli’s troops did not differentiate themselves from the Spanish and where defeated. He held office for fourteen years until the return of the Medici in 1512. Continuing to follow political affairs, denied participation in them, Machiavelli began to write on paper his displeasure and advice he longed to give politicians. In November of 1512 his actions where restricted and a few months later Machiavelli was imprisoned and tortured, for suspect of conspiring against the new rulers, only later to be acquitted and released. Later Machiavelli had a brief return to public life when he received a grant from Pope ....

.... instincts come into effect and these are deemed evil by society. People will choose irrationalism and evil because they involve no work on the person's part and are enjoyable. At the beginning of the story all of the children, including Jack were in favor of having rules and following them. One of the rules was that the children would come to gather for an assembly upon hearing the sound of the conch. It is stated that in the beginning of the book, " By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded." (p.32). This shows that in the beginning of the story the children were very obedient to following the rules. As the story progress, though, Ralph ....

.... about something Napoleon says, Boxer will follow the lead that Napoleon sets no matter what the other animals tell him. Boxer also tried to remain loyal to the memory he had of Snowball at the Battle of the Cowshed until Squealer brainwashes him into thinking otherwise. While Squealer is attempting to persuade Boxer, Boxer says, "I do not believe Snowball was a traitor at all in the beginning." He sticks to this until he is told that Napoleon said that the story about Snowball was true. He then resorted back the motto that "Napoleon is always right." He may have been able to stick to his belief about Snowball had it not been for his naive nature. The pigs took a great ....

.... places Macbeth in a precarious situation; he is deeply entrenched in suspicion and there is no way out. Macbeth’s vision of Banquo’s ghost at a royal banquet only drives him closer to insanity. Macbeth has changed dramatically as a character throughout the play. Macbeth was tortured with remorse after Duncan’s murder but upon hearing of Banquo’s successful assassination he is elated. His vaulting ambition was driving him to extreme measures and he could do nothing to abate it. Macbeth had risked his life to attain the throne and he had no choice but to employ Machiavellian practices to retain it. The appearance of Banquo’s ghost at the royal ....