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…Dear good friends, I write you again to let you know how far our society has come since I last talked to you. Our business has really come along. Kingston is a big fur-trading town. We’ve gotten big in the business. I’ve started to take part…

…, if not viewed favorably, was a reason for a person to be removed from society. This removal was based solely upon the reputation that the person had and how it reflected upon the town. Ambrose Bierce believed that in order for one to retain a good reputation…

…Atticus Finch Atticus is one of the main characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. He is the father of Scout and Jem. Atticus works as a lawyer in Maycomb County. Atticu's wife died when Scout his younger daughter was two. Atticus was home taught. He…

…they had a colorful argument in the street, they were made to stand together in the town square, bound back to back, and gagged as punishment for their "sinfulness". Thomas died in 1679, she later married Edward Bishop. Bishop was a well-respected man…

…of the factor which pushes both protagonists into getting independence is the environment they are living in. Grassbank, in Brother Dear, is a small town where there are not a lot of opportunities. Sharlene calls her home town "the land of sheer boredom" because…

…and Greenwood were transformed from the ghost town in to crowded city. The living condition is better than the camp in the Hasting Park, but still hard to compare to the original homes. But the prejudices from local residents, were another trouble that they have…

…, "A mortal man, with once a human heart, has become a fiend for his especial torment (page 168)." It is also said "She thought of those long-past days...when he used to emerge...and sit down in the firelight of their home, and in the light of her nuptial smile…

…. They are cheap (50 cents a ride). but are very crowded. After asking several drivers "Donde va este autobus?" we finally found one going to the Plaza Independencia. This plaza is the main square of the colonial town and is bordered on one side by a cathedral…

…My whole life I used to be the tall, lanky scrawny kid around town. The push-over, the semi-popular rebel who everyone used to make fun of and use for laughs or favors. "No more!" This is what I told myself after visiting a big school in a little town…

…that it was a stranger. As he knocked on the door, he reminded himself to act like a girl. The lady invited him in. They talked about Huck's home town, Tom Sawyer's 20,000 dollars, and inevitably, Huck's murder. The lady soon became suspicious of Huck's femininity. She…