With this english what conclusion can the reader draw about the career of barbara jordan? a. she preferred working in washington to working in texas. b. she felt she could accomplish as much good by teaching as by being a politician. c. she felt the most important issue facing the nation was the issue of civil rights. d. she was a member of the democratic party. story: barbara charline jordan was born february 21, 1936. the youngest daughter of a baptist minister, she lived with her two sisters in houston, texas. after graduating with honors from phillis wheatley high school, she attended texas southern university and majored in government and history. after graduating with honors from tsu in 1956, she earned her law degree from boston university. in 1966, jordan was elected to the texas senate and served as the first african american woman in that body. later in her career, jordan was elected to the u. s. congress. she was the first african american from texas to serve in the u. s. congress. as a member of the house, she earned a reputation for being a skilled politician and a forceful and dynamic individual. in december 1977, barbara jordan decided not to seek reelection. she taught at the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas at austin. before she died, ms. jordan was honored by democratic president bill clinton with the presidential medal of freedom, the highest award presented to a civilian.

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).

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the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.