First Draft Outline- Essay number 10

TS- Everything comes around in a circle

SD- In TKAM the book comes around in a circle
CM- Harper Lee tryes to finish every part of the book at the end to close it
CM-She trys to keep you guessing though

SD- Scout
CM- Scout has grown up and is coming to the end of her circle in the book
CM- She has learned through out the book

SD- Boo Radley
CM- even though boo wasnt in a lot of the book, we are starting to figure out at the end
CM- So the Boo Radley mystery is coming to a close

TS- Everything in school comes to the end like a circle


SD- Essays come to the end
CM- we always try to pull in somthing from the first paragraph to the end so that it comes around in a circle.
CM- And its an accompishment at the end.

SD- The school year
CM-at the end the teachers try to close all the subjects and finish all the learnign
CM- You Finish school so the year comes around in a circle

SD- Exams
CM- Exams pull in everything you learned through out the semester and pull it back into a circle
CM- It helps you look back on what you learned in the beginging.

Salvation Army #3

Today was my third visit to the Salvation Army and when i walked in and opened the door there was a huge sign saying 50% OFF. The store was filled with people, i knew it was going to be a busy afternoon. The first lady i helped spoke mostly in Spanish, which was a bit tricky because I could only pick up some words. She had black hair and a brown jacket on. She was holding a purple hand bag and a red Salvation Army basket filled with some clothes. She asked me if i could help her find a blue jacket in the front of the store, we didn't find one but she settled for a purple. I also helped a man find a pink polo shirt that he was looking for. He seemed to be in a rush so i think i helped in out a lot. In the down time between people I folded some clothes and organized them into piles. At the end of today I felt like I had accomplished a lot. Because many people had left the store with things that they were looking for and that made me feel good.

Salvation Army #2

When I walked into the Salvation Army in downtown New London for my second visit i wasn't nervous anymore because i knew what to expect. I walked in and the woman who runs the store named Carrie was at the front desk. She was wearing a white shirt with a red apron, that in the left hand corner had the red salvation army sign on it. After she was done helping the costumer she told me that the store was very messy today and so she asked me if i could help some of the other volunteers fold some cloths and help with the costumers. There was one costumer in particular that i remember she was looking at cloths for her daughter and she has brown hair and a black shirt on. I helped her look through some stacks of cloths for her daughter. When I was working at the Salvation Army I felt good because i knew that the work I was doing was helping the people who are less fortunate. I also enjoyed helping people find cloths and furniture etc. I think that this relates to TKAM because at first i was a little sceptical about the whole project. I wasn't sure the things i would have to do and i wasn't looking forward to it. Like Jem when he had to read to Ms.Dibose. But he ended up not minding it so much, just like me.

Essay #9

Quiet Hero's; 

Being A Hero In A Silent Way

An Essay By Hanna Kronholm 

1.24.11

Quiet heroes are all around us, people who are just simply doing their jobs. They impact our lives in huge ways and without them things would be a lot different. One of my quiet heroes in my life is my dad, and one in TKAM is Atticus and they are both fathers. I think that in most cases parents are silent heroes because they do things everyday, like drive you to school, make you lunch and a lot more that you couldn't live without.

TS In my eyes Atticus Finch is one of the quiet heroes in To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. SD "In one shot he killed the dog." CM Atticus was a hero because he saved the town from the mad dog. CM With only one shot, a man with incredible skill, a person with great accuracy, only shoots "when he needs to."  SD Atticus was definitely not discreet while fighting for Tom Robinson. CM He was very brave because it was a big risk to defend a black person in that time. CM What Atticus did gave everyone a look at a white person and black person working together to achieve a common goal, and even though this goal wasn't reached, they worked together and tried their best. SD If I were Atticus, I don't know if I could do that, do something my family didn't agree with, something that people looked down on you for. CM It would be a challenge for a lot of people. CM It's hard to do things when people are judging you for it.CS That's why I think Atticus is a silent hero.

 SDTo me my dad is a silent hero just like Atticus. CM A couple of years ago, my dad saved a mans' life out at sea, a man who had been in the water for hours, a person who had no strength left, a sailor whose boat had capsized. CM My Dad and his crew were very modest, they didn't ask for any recognition.  SD They were very brave because they didn't know what was going to happen and it took them a long time to get the enormous catamaran in position to throw a life ring. CM He is also a quiet hero because my mom has just recently fought breast cancer and she had to be driven to Yale Hospital in New Haven, CT. 3 times a week.  CM He had to rearrange his work schedule and work extra and long hours to make sure my mom would be taken care of.  SD My Dad also work  tremendously long hours and he never complains.  CM He works from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM and I think that's pretty remarkable.  CM Especially because he never complains.  CS My Dad is a quiet hero to me because he's always there when one of us needs help.

I appreciate all the silent heroes in my life. Mostly because they're unboastful and just do it because they know it's the right thing to do. Maybe we can all try to be quiet heroes. We can try to do things on a day to day basis and not worry about getting any recognition. We might even find peace in being a quiet hero.