Question

I've been understanding most everything we've read in the past few weeks. But in chapter 40, I got a little confused. Pip mentions that Herbert was gone, but was he really gone a year, and in that time, where was Magwitch(Provis?)? This was around page 338.

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Ideally, this picture would include a boy holding a fistful of money, and another boy, perhaps with a broom, and somehow showed how the man acts completely differently toward each of them, but as it is just a man cutting out a suit, you'll have to use your imagination.
But this man represents Mr. Trabb, and how his respect for people is coming from how full their pockets are, rather than their character or something good-hearted people might value. Mr. Trabb's attitude was completely reversed when Pip mentioned he had come across a great deal of money. This was further reflected when you noticed the contrast between his treatment of Pip and "his boy".

importance of being earnest body paragraph

There’s usually a motive for lying. Getting out of situations seems to be the primary motive for both Jack and Algernon. Jack uses an imaginary brother “Ernest” to escape the country, and once in town, becomes Ernest. He is a different person to the different people in his life--Ernest to Algernon, but Jack to Cecily. On the other hand you’ve got Algernon, who’s way of getting out of unpleasant situations requires no actual name-changing on his part. Algernon just claims his invalid friend “Bunbury” is ill again, and he absolutely must go visit him. Of course he must visit him precisely when Aunt Augusta wants him at a dinner party. Another major lie was performed by Miss Prism. Before she was governess to Cecily, she took care of a certain baby, whom she misplaced in a handbag. Upon realizing her mistake, and being unable to find him, Miss Prism fled and didn’t explain what had happened to. To not have the guts even to tell her boss where and when the baby had been lost meant that it would be a miracle if the baby was ever recovered--although he was recovered 28 years later. Miss Prism lied out of protection for herself, though it’d be better for everyone if she’d just explained what had happened.

Corruption in Animal Farm

Poetry Out Loud

I watched Stanley Jackson recite "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. I was very impressed by his voice and articulation, you could definitely hear him and his dramatization added a nice touch. When he tells of a river, he reaches his arm out, and when he speaks of scars he clutches his side. It's not too much, and I thought it enhanced the audience's perception of his understanding of the poem.
My own understanding of the poem was very much helped by the performance, had I just read "Sympathy" I wouldn't have gotten quite how meaningful it can be. The caged bird, or someone who feels trapped, sings because he wants to be free. Again the dramatization helped.

Mockingbird Motif

Motif is a literary element that means a recurring theme in a novel, that helps the book progress or get across a message more easily.
To Kill a Mockingbird really has helped me understand motif because the mockingbird is a great example of it. Before I was like, "Yeah symbolism, okay I don't know what you mean, moving on, next definition." With the discussions and timed writes on the mockingbird motif, its really helped show what it meant, rather than just a dry definition next to all the others.
The mockingbird motif is brought up a few times, but I definitely noticed whenever anyone mentioned a mockingbird because of the title, To Kill a Mockingbird meant that a mockingbird had to have some major relevence to the novel. Of course it does, it means to kill or harm in any way something innocent is a terrible thing to do, just like killing a mockingbird. Mockingbirds only provide music, they harm no one, so in return no one should harm them. Tom's death being likened to the killing of songbirds helped the theme of racial prejudace and Mr. Tate refusing to say Boo had stabbed Bob Ewell helped the theme of innocence.

life lesson? sure.

"You can't judge a person until you've walked 1.609344 kilometers in their shoes," says my mom, right after a lesson on metric conversions. At the time my childish mind just brushed it off as another bit of fluff floating around in my mother's head, but looking back, I find this over used cliche rather helpful.
I realize that this saying isn't telling you to literally rip off your enemy's shoes and prance about in them, but that you must try to see their point of view. Now when I find myself in an altercation with someone, I reflect on the wise words of my elders and re-examine my actions, which generally deflates the situation, resolving the conflict in a much more peaceful manner.