What does Scout mean in Ch. 30 of in To Kill a Mockingbird when she says, "Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?"

The quote "To Kill A Mockingbird" is deep and used enough by the major characters of this book, it became the name of the book. In many wonderful stories including but not limited to: "That Was Then and This Is Now," "Just Listen" "The Truth About Forever" and "Dreamland" these authors use the titles many times.

Scout says this kind of ironically; Atticus has said this before, so has Miss Maudie. But, when Scout says it, a man and Atticus are before her. The Man, a police Cop if I remeber correctly is asking her to change her story to say that Boo did kill Bob Ewell. But, she knows that would be framing Boo because he isn't like his neighbors. So, when Scout is saying "well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird , wouldn't it?" She's talking about how turning in Boo because he is different is like judging someone because they are different, or as Harper Lee writes "To Kill A Mockingbird..."

Evaluate the relationship between media and crime, considering to what extent the medias portrayal of crime affects the audience?Include, - At...

Like I said in your previous question, the major reason for the media's fascination with crime is the fact that it makes for good TV (and print, to some extent).  Crime stories are simple -- they have good guys and bad guys, they have drama, they have emotion, someone wins, someone loses.  They tend to have a beginning, a middle, and an end.  All of this makes it easy for people to understand them and be caught up in them.

Outside of that, the main factor I can see "mediating" this relationship is the fact that people who commit crimes are generally very different from those who report on them.  They tend to be poorer, less educated, and are more often non-white.  This helps make it so that reporting on crime is stereotyped because the reporters don't have a good understanding of the people involved.

However, the money aspect is the more important of these, in my opinion.  The most culturally sensitive reporter is still going to be pushed by the business demands of the industry to portray crime in certain ways that will appeal to the average viewer.

What are some symbols in "No One's a Mystery"?

A major symbol in Elizabeth Tallent's "No One's a Mystery" is the car ride that the narrator and Jack take through town.  This car ride is symbolic of the journey on which Jack and the narrator find themselves.  They are both present in the car; however, each one is on a very different path in life.  There is some sort of relationship between the two; however, the illegitimacy of the relationship is evident when Jack pushes the narrator to the floor of the car to avoid being seen by his wife passing by in another car.  The narrator believes that she and Jack will be married someday, but Jack knows that this is just the narrator's naive fantasy.  So, like the car ride that is likely a brief jaunt, their life journeys are simply together for this brief moment in time.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird" what is a thesis for don't judge a book by its cover, stand up for what you believe in, and respect your elders?

All of these sub-points could fall under a thesis statement that has to do with lessons that one can learn from the book "To Kill a Mockingbird."  Another thesis statement that they could all fall under is valuable lessons that Scout learns throughout the course of the novel.  You could also use those subpoints to argue the main thesis point of lessons that Atticus tries to teach his children, either through example or action.

Once you pick a main thesis idea, it helps to formulate a sentence that captures that idea.  So, for example, "In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', Atticus teaches his children valuable lessons."  Or, "In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Scout learns several very important things that will help her in her life."  Or, "In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Harper Lee uses the characters and situations to promote several important morals."  Then, using that main sentence as a guide, use those three individual sub-points, with examples for each. So, for the first point of not judging a book by its cover, you could use Tom Robinson or Boo Radley, and discuss how they don't end up being what they seem.  Other characters to fall under this category are Mrs. Dubose, and Atticus himself (as he shoots down the rabid Tim Johnson).  For the second point, you could use Atticus as he defends Tom's innocence at the possible threat of danger to his children, and Mrs. Dubose as she goes off her pain addiction to be clean before she dies.  For the last point, you could use how Atticus teaches Jem to respect Mrs. Dubose, an elderly woman, or how he always supports Cal's opinion on issues. Discuss each of these examples for each sub-category, all under the main umbrella of the one thesis statement that you end up choosing.

I hope that those ideas helped a bit; good luck!

Why does Jem say that Boo Radley must not be home? Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"

In Chapter 28 of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," the children depart for the Halloween pageant where Scout is going to perform.  "Thus began our longest journey," Scout narrates.  As they walk along, the street light casts "sharp shadows" on the Radley house and Jem remarks, "Bet nobody bothers them tonight."  The siblings laugh at their former fear of "haints," but Scout tells Jem to "cut it out" as they near the Radley home.

As they stand in front of the Radley house, Jem comments that no one appears to be home.  A mockingbird "poured out his repetoire."  And, as the mockingbird is a symbol of both Tom Robinson and Boo Radley, the significance of the hovering "mocker" cannot be missed after one has finished the narrative.  For, at this point in the story, Lee hints (foreshadows) the hovering of Boo Radley, who comes to Scout's rescue when she is attacked by Bob Ewell. 

Also, before they arrive at the pageant, Cecil Jacobs jumps out before the children, frightening them, thus foreshadowing the attack of Ewell.  The suggestion of danger along with the theme of bravery are in this chapter.  The little mockingbird is not afraid to sing all his songs, be they "shrill," "irascible," or melancholy--all the feelings of the recluse, Boo Radley, who will later emerge brave and heroic.

In Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene i, critically analyze Orsino's character and the romantic atmosphere.

Character analysis of Orsino:
Orsino is a foolishly romantic enthusiast. Had this been the Romantic era, he would have been the optimistic romantic to Goethe's pessimistic young Werther. Orsino is all emotion with no reasoning restraint and taken away by imaginative fantasies. Instead of seeing Olivia's commitment to seven years of mourning and weeping as a closed door to his affection and happiness, he praises it as a sign of how deep her romantic love will be for the future "king" of her heart, then hies him away to revel in dreams thereof on "sweet beds of flowers." [Twenty-first century men would do well to be infected with a little bit of Orsino's malady.]

Analysis of romantic atmosphere:
Literary atmosphere is the same as literary mood. Mood is created by the combination of diction, vocabulary, setting, objects, and other details. In Act I, Scene i of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare introduces Orsino's high diction of poetical language that is ludicrous for its extremity, the ludicrousness of which is set up by Shakespeare in the second and third lines in the words "excess" "surfeiting" "sicken" and "die." By these early vocabulary choices, the audience is warned not to take Orsino seriously.

In addition, the background ambiance is supplied by musicians playing love music, which is of course what prompts Orsino's great entrance line, " If music be the food of love, play on." In addition, a courtier attempts to change the ambiance and possibly the setting, which is an intimate chamber in Orisno's home, by distracting Orsino with the thought of a hunt. This effort fails when Orsino takes up the awaiting play on the word "hart" (a male deer more than five years old) and rejects being practical or sensible or reasonably employed in an activity and chooses instead to change the present setting and ambiance for one even more romantic...a dream-laden bed of flowers.

In Poor Richard's aphorism, "He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes books". What is the moral lesson that is being taught?

The translation is that a person that understands himself or herself then manages to control themselves is a lot wiser than a person who drives his ideas home to others through writing.

What he means is this: when a person can understand themselves and accept themselves, they have achieved a lot more than a person who looks outward attempting to teach others how to live.

The lesson is focus on yourself, learn how to live instead of trying to teach others how to live.