Context of To Kill A Mockingbird: Questions on Strange Fruit I WIL MARK U BRAINIEST AND GIVE U 80 POINTS IF U GET THEM RIGHT BUT IF U ANSWER NOT PROPERLY THEN I WILL REPORT U AND U WILL GET BANNED..

1.Why were most lynching victims hung from trees? Would they have died this way had they been convicted of a crime in a court of law?.

2.What kinds of fruit do trees usually bear?.

3.How do we know from the lyrics that the "strange" fruit here means the bodies of lynching victims?.

4.Why is it that Southern trees bear the "strange fruit"?.

5.What contrast is made between the "gallant South" and the South which bears strange fruit? What is ironic about this contrast?.

6.Meeropol almost called the poem “Bitter Fruit” but then changed it. What are the connotations of the words ‘bitter’ and ‘strange’ and why do you think he changed it?.

7.Why do you think the word "lynching" never appears in the song?..

8.Do you think the song is more powerful, or less powerful, because its topic [lynching] is implied instead of stated?.

1. they were easier to do. it would of not happened if it was in the court of law. they would more than likely get sentenced to jail.

2.almonds, Japanese plums, apricots, peaches, sweet cherries, pears, European plums, sour cherries, and apples.

3.The "strange fruit" of the poem's title refers to these lynching victims, the gruesome ... in which black victims' bodies are presented as the “strange fruit”

4. they bear the stnge fruit because that is where most blacked lived and most racism happened.

5.This is an ironic description, heavy with sarcasm and yet revealing of the cultural ... meant to be a highly ironic criticism of the gap between the South's perception of its ... The men, dangling from the trees where they were hung, are the "strange fruit. ... He is contrasting this idealized view of the South with the reality in which ...

6. The fastest way to understand the poem's meaning, themes, form, rhyme ... Racism is not just hateful, then, but totally hypocritical and antithetical to the South's ... But it's already signaled that something is off here—this fruit is strange. ... in 1937 under Meeropol's pseudonym, Lewis Allan, and was originally called "Bitter Fruit.

7. This lesson focuses on Billie Holiday's signature song, Strange Fruit, a protest song Lewis .

Explanation:

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

recent brain research has shown some surprising benefits as a result of formal musical training. learning to play a musical instrument appears to develop parts of the brain that can even influence academic results. the studies indicate that the earlier a child begins training, the more benefits there are. one such study showed that children who began musical studies before the age of seven had a more developed brain in the region where language production and auditory processing take place. scientists believe there is mounting evidence to show that early musical training can improve brain function.

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