CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

a. When did the civil rights movement begin?

The civil rights movement begin on December 1 , 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to cooperate with a segregation law.

b. What was the civil rights movement about?

The civil rights movement refers to the new aim that the united states outlawed to against racial discrimination on African American and recover the voting rights in the Southern States. The civil rights movement also enlarged to target racial dignity and freedoms from American whites, social equality and respects among races.

c.Significant incidents

The first event was The Little Rock Nine case where nine black students were allowed to study in a public high school in Little Rock and there were guards sent to Little Rock to protect them.

The second incident was a guy called Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968 and his death inspired the Civil Rights Movement. Robert Kennedy also a supporter of Civil Rights was also assassinated.The third event was a landmark law that outlawed the segregation in schools, workplace, facilities and transports provide for the publics.

d.Which American president supported the civil rights movement?

President John F. Kennedy

e. What was the outcome of this movement?

The civil rights movement outlawed the racial discriminations against blacks and racial segregation among blacks and whites.

f. In what way the Civil Rights movement related to the novel?

The author is emphasizing the racial equality among blacks and whites and show how pity they are. The novel shows that Civil Rights law should be implemented.

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT AND SCOTTSBORO TRIAL

a. State the specifics of each trial and why they were significant

The Montgomery bus boycott is about a African women because she refused to give up her seat to a White. Besides there were also several incident happened such as that before. Because of this unfair treatment on blacks and and some other unpleasant factors about the discriminations against blacks, finally the US Civil Right Movement won the first time as the society is starting to look into these problems and try to outlaw racial dignity and freedoms on blacks. The Scottsboro trials caused Roy Wright to be sentenced to death and four out of nine to drop charges. All but two served prisons and the rest were killed. The trials were significant as it shows how the miscarriage of justice could bring the end of all white juries in the South.

b.How is the Scottsboro trial related to the trial in the novel?

Both trials are about the same as they were judged according to racial issues and skin colours. Although Tom Robinson was innocent by the fact that it was Mayell Ewell who pounced on him, he got accused and failed to get the supports from the public because of the prejudice on blacks at that time. Same as Scottsboro case , the blacks were misjudged by the miscarriage of justice on them.

c.In what way are these trials similar?

Both were carried according to skin colours and race.

TRIALS OF A TRUE SOUTHERN BELLE AND SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN

a. What were the rules of etiquette for Southern gentlemen and ladies?

Southern ladies must follow a few rules which are knowing how to cook, sowing dresses, sit in a lady-like posture and be gentle when doing things example: lifting a cup of tea, talking etc. Besides, they must expose to more girlish games and toys when they were small to promote the lady image in their mind( According to TKAM). Southern gentlemen whereas must be kind, honest and respect the female genders and present in a mannerly well suits.

b.What did the southern ladies do to pass their time.

They sew clothes and do needle work.

c.Picture of gentlemen and ladies

d.Identify characters in the novel that fit the mould of true southern belles and gentlemen and those who don't? Explain why they fit the mould and why they don't?

Calpurnia is a true southern belles as she knew to cook and act as a lady all time. Atticus, Scout's father is also a true gentleman as he respect all ladies and everyone around him. Bob ewell do not fit the mould of a southern gentleman as he raped a woman and accused Atticus when Atticus confronted him.

HARPER LEE

a.About the author

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926. She is an American author that wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which the content is about racism in southern states and a girl living with the racial issues in Maycomb, Alabama. After her book was published, it won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize and also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom of the United States for her novel that made a significant contribution to literature in 2007.

b. Biodata of Harper Lee

Harper Lee grew up in the small Alabama town of Monroeville. Her father was a former newspaper editor and was a lawyer. Harper Lee was a tomboy and also a keen reader as he always read with her father at night when her father came back from work. She also appreciate the friendship of her schoolmates and neighbor. Harper Lee studied at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama and then went to University of Alabama, spending one year at Oxford University, England. At first of her career, she worked as a reservation clerk for Eastern Airlines in New York City. Later she devoted herself to writing novels. So Lee published her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, it was popular and selling more than fifteen million copies. President Johnson made Lee to the National Council of Arts in June 1966, since then she continues to live in New York and Monroeville prefers a private life and barely had interviews and giving speeches.

c.Novels written by Harper Lee

"To Kill a Mockingbird", "Love in other Words", "Christmas to me", "When Children Discovers America", "Romance", "High Adventure".

d. Awards Received

She won the Pulitzer Prize (1961),

Brotherhood award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews ( 1961 )

Alabama Library Association Award ( 1961)

Bestsellers Paperback of the Year Award ( 1962)

Member, National Council on the Arts ( 1966)

Best Novel of the Century,Library Journal ( 1999 )

Alabama Humanities Award ( 2002)

ATTY Award, Spector Gadon and Rosen Foundation (2005)

Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award ( 2005)

Honorary degree, University of Notre Dame ( 2006)

American Academy of Arts and Letters ( 2007)

e. Why was TKAM a significant novel to her.

Because it was instantly successful winning the Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American Literature .

Slavery, Civil War and Jim Crow's law

SLAVERY

a. When and how did slavery begin in the southern state?
Slavery in the southern state begins in the 1600. Slaves starting to evolve in the South where there were large plantations grew cotton and other crops. These plantations needed many workers and manpower to take care of the crops and farm thus they hired a of those in the southern states which are the blacks to work for them and they gradually named as slaves.

b.Which country were the slaves brought from?
The slaves were brought from countries like Africa and South America.

c.Who traditionally bought and owned the slaves?
The whites traditionally buy and own the slaves as they were born physically strong and they were very hardworking and low pay manpower. They were also not given educations so they will be loyal and not encouraged to run away.

d.Were there laws/rules that the slaves had to abide by? If yes what were they?
They could not gather in groups of four or more because they will be suspect to plan an escape from the employers.If they caught trying to run away, they will be beaten and cut off their body parts so that they could not run away.They were also controlled by their owner and could not own any forms of weapon as the owner scared they might shoot their owners. Lastly, they were not allowed to read or write as the whites feared that they might had the ability to think about freedom and planned to escape.

e. I understand now the feelings of being a slave. It is cruel and inhuman-like to treat other people as a slaves or animal because they too are humans and deserve the privilege to be equally treated like other normal humans. After doing research on slavery, I now learnt to respect others and hope that in the future I will not discriminate others based on their physical appearance or their historical past.The study of slavery also helps me to understand the novel better as it shows the discrimination based on slavery and blacks.

CIVIL WAR

a. Identify the southern states.
American south, Dixie, Down south, or just simply south countries.

b. Who was the president who proclaimed war against the South?
Abraham Lincoln was the president who proclaimed war against the South.

c. Why was the civil war fought?
Some thought that the civil war was fought over slaveries and that the Union forces were fighting to free the Slaves while the South fought to keep the slave continue working for them. But some they thought the civil war was fought over secession, if the south had not declared independence ,Abraham Lincoln might not have launched an invasion.

d. When was the civil war fought?
1861-1865

e. What was the outcome of this war?

The civil war had several outcomes, one of it was that slavery became illegal in the United States and the South or Confederacy failed to be an independent republic after the North Union won the civil war. Also after the war, it united them and resulted in accelerating advanced technology and creation and their strength was overpowering. And there was quotes about the United states now which are "The United States ARE" to "The United States IS".

f. The Civil Rights movement shows the discrimination on blacks and it may resulted in bloodbaths or some unfair issues like making the blacks to be slaves. Example in the civil war, it was fought because of the racial equality among the blacks and whites introduced by the Union, the South could not tolerate the fact and so fought the Union. In TKAM , Tom Robinson who was a black was accused by Mayell Ewell, a white of raping her. The case was settled by some juries, but the jury had already the answer in mind and mark Tom Robinson as a rapist as he was a black. They did not investigate properly the fact that Mayell Ewell was the one who wanted to had an affair with Tom Robinson. Because of the prejudice on blacks , the juries was convinced that Tom Robinson was the rapist. It was sad on how blacks were treated in the past, they did not have the chance to speak up right just because of the prejudice on them. Because of that also, it resulted a lot of issues in the public against the prejudice and thus resulted a war or something like Scout's father Atticus accused by the public just because he decided to help a black.

JIM CROW's LAW

a. What/Who is Jim Crow

Jim Crow is a song by Thomas Darthmouth "Daddy" Rice. Rice is a white man who was the first performers who wears black-face makeup. Rice discriminates black through musics and his performance. He was stereotypical and has alot of racial slurs.

b.What were Jim Crow's Laws?

Jim Crow's Law were the segregation of public schools, transportation, restaurants and other kinds of places where crowds gathered. They were forced to attend different facilities or section of places, like different school, different toilets, different seats in transportations to separate whites from blacks.

c.What was the response of the slaves and the blacks to these laws?

The segregation led to a lot of fights and discussions or debates on civil rights, especially some of the Jim Crow's law that segregated schools and daily transportation. Some of the slaves or blacks refuse to obey the law of segregation in buses. These problems gradually build up the tensions and anger in society and in some times, the Jim Crow's law finally became a major questions and problems to settle.

d.Do we see the Jin Crow's laws surface in the novel? If so then in which part of the novel?

Yes, when the blacks and whites go to different churches and they lived separately from the whites.

DO NOT PRANK!!

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The plot is about a guy wanted to scared the pants off of his friend by setting a prank letting him to see something. And the ending shows how serious the prank can lead to.

I choose the background as a study room because theres the possibility of having a computer. The place helps me to set up the plot which is the prank through scaring people using computer. Also, the study room also provide a reasonable reason for the case to happen while the two friends were discussing homeworks or projects.

The character i chose is nothing special just two kids hanging around. The first comic picture consists of the "being pranked" boy concentrating on the screen while the "prank guy" asking him to look at the screen. This gives an imagery that something may happen when the guy look at the screen. The second picture shows the conflict of the theme which is where the prank happened where a ghost picture displays on the screen. The third picture shows the cause of prank which is the guy was scared to death. And the "prank guy" was crying in sorrows for the cause he made. The death emphasize the seriousness of pranks and the crying and sorry part also gives a brief description on how you going to feel when you did something wrong.

So my last advice is DO NOT PRANK!!!!!

Discrimation issues

1) Sexual orientation /

2) Age/

3) Family background/

4) Disability/

5) Marital status/

6) Language/

7) Religion/

8) Breast-feeding/

9) Skin-colour/

1 Nationality/

11) Economic status/

12) Political preference/

13) Race/

14) Parental status/

15) Sex/

16) Gender/

17) Intelligence/

18) Pregnancy/

19) Discrimination against discrimination

20) Appearance/

21) Medical Status/

SEX

Sexual orientation

-Being verbally abusive to a person because of their gender or sexual orientation

Sex

-Paying men more money than women for the same work

Pregnancy

-Decline to hire pregnant women even though they are qualified .

Breast-feeding

-Disallow females to breastfeed in public.

Gender

-Make fun of sensitive issues about the opposite sex.

FAMILY

Family background

-Discriminates against others’ ancestors because of some particular issues.

Marital status

-Negative comments about one’s marital status like divorce or unsuccessful marriage.

Parental status

-Despise others because of their parents occupations or status mostly in schools where comparisons take place the most.

Economic status

-Bad remarks on other’s wealth status especially on people who live in poverty.

PERSONAL

Race

-Someone makes jokes or comments negatively on racial issues.

Intelligence

-Insulting other people’s intelligence in different aspect and views especially in educations or workplace.

Disability

-Refusal to help disability people when they are in need or give unnecessary comments on them.

Religion

-A person makes derogatory comments on other people’s religion.

Nationality

-Insulting others nationality like ignoring them or making rude remarks on them.

Appearance

-Bad remarks on people’s physical appearances.

Age

-Jokes about a person’s "old-fashioned" taste in clothes, music or films, etc.

Language

-Imitate their foreign language in a rude manner.

Skin colour

-Decline other’s existence because of their skin colour and making fun of them.

Medical status

-Laugh at their medical condition and refuse to get in contact with them.

OTHERS

Political preference

-Despise fans of different political party.

Discrimination against discrimination

-Has issues with discrimination matters.