Despite being considered part of the canon (essential pieces) of American literature and being one of the most widely-read books in upper-middle and early-high school grades, To Kill a Mockingbird is an often "banned" book. What arguments for/ against reading To Kill a Mockingbird in the classroom would you make? (State whether you think it should be read or not and why.)

What might influence people’s perspectives? check all that apply. their field of study their community their family background their individual interests their personal experiences their socioeconomic background

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

Hamlet act 1 what advice does polonius give his son, laertes?