Banks spent most of his life in a discriminating and violent town. The conflict of his town motivated him to the point that he wanted to help his community and he became a successful entrepreneur. Banks attended rust university in holly springs, Mississippi. Banks opened a general merchandise store in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. He married Trenna Ophelia Booza at the age of 20.
Leadership. A word that hits close to home and describes my life to a t. Ever since I was a little girl my papaw pushed me to be the best I could be and I never quite understood why. He was always my best friend and someone I could go to for anything. He always expressed leadership throughout his lifetime and it is the one thing I remember most about him. He owned a restaurant and hired immigrants to work just so they had a job and if needed he opened up his home so they had a place to sleep at night.
28 Mar. 2011 Harper Lee wrote the book, To Kill a Mockingbird to show the metaphorical similarities between a mockingbird and Atticus Finch. Atticus is like a mockingbird because a mockingbird would not hurt anyone; neither would Atticus Finch. Out of all the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus most resembles a mockingbird because of his strong heartedness towards helping others in his community. Atticus Finch is a well-respected man in the county of Maycomb, Alabama.
Neighborhood Descriptive Essay Final Draft Through my entire life, I have experienced living in different neighborhoods. People says depending where you live at, is how you act in life. In a big city such as New York, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas you will find hundreds of different neighborhoods that goes from the poorest to the richest in the city. Most of the people that live in a rich community are mostly like to succeed in life, because they have the money and power needed. However if you live in a poor community your chances of getting out of it are lower.
Alexie was a smart child and his inspiration to read was his father. His idea was that: he loved his father, his father loved to read, so therefore he must love to read as well. There were many books that
King Sr. became a strong black leader in Atlanta he was appointed president of the NACCP to help the social reform (Carson 5). His parents were two powerful people of to Atlanta and loved by the black
IB ENGLISH MR. CHARACTER JOURNAL Elephant Run Author: Roland Smith JACKSON FREESTONE - Jackson is a brave, strong and loving father to Nick. He is also the owner of the Hawks Nest and enemy of Colonel Nagyoshi. This character first appears on page 21. His most important quotation is “If the colonel hasn’t sent you off by then, I’ll get you out myself.” This quote can be found on page 121.
First, both of them have a good education. For example, Atticus Finch, the man in “To kill a mockingbird” can read and write, and is able to read to Jem and Scout every night. Atticus: “If you’ll concede the necessity of going to school, we’ll go on reading every night just as we always have.” (Page 31, Line 26). Similarly, Michael Scotfield, the guy in “Prison break”, completes university and works as an engineer. A second way in which these two characters are similar is that they both respect other people’s privacy.
The Journey of Two Brothers Trying to Make a Living For those who have a big brother know what they are like, strong leaders, helping, and yet very condescending. In the story Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck two men that have been together since they were children George, and Lennie are like brothers. George is like the big brother that Lennie looks up to. George is a very strong leader he leads Lennie to things like a new job opportunity. George was so mean to Lennie at first.
They owed no obedience to the lord as farmers did, but had to pay taxes to the lord who owned the land were the town stood. The town government was led by a lord mayor and a council, whom usually were among the wealthiest of the tradesmen and craftsmen. A town was usually surrounded by big stone walls. People lived in tall, narrow wooden houses, usually with more than one floor. The ground floor normally was used as the owner’s shop or area to practice his profession.