TKAM SOME OF THE QUESTIONS
TKAM Chapter 4 Through 11 Questions
Chapter 4
1.
Briefly describe the symbolism of Scout’s nickname and how it is appropriate.
The symbolism in scout’s nicknames is that it is referred as an explorer, someone who likes to get out and enjoy nature. That’s is why explorer is appropriate for scout because It fits the characteristics of him.
2. What does Jem’s response to Scout’s chewing the gum tell the reader about his feelings for her? It shows that Jem cares about his little sister scout and doesn’t want her to get hurt.
3. What is Lee’s intent by having Scout say: “…As for me, I knew nothing except what I gathered from Time magazine and reading everything I could lay hands on at home, but as I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something. Out of what I knew not, yet I did believe that twelve years of unrelieved boredom was exactly what the state had in mind for me.”
He want’s to show that you do not wake up knowing everything and that if you want to learn anything in life you have to educate yourself by reading and trying to persevere through the boring things in life that educate you.
4. What do Scout’s reasons for wanting to stop the game foreshadow?
One of the reasons that Scout wanted to stop the game foreshadow was that Atticus caught them doing it at Boo Bradley’s
5. What literary device is Lee using in the following quotation? “…some tinfoil was sticking in a knot hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun.”
6.
What can the reader infer from the two Indian head pennies?
7.
What character trait do Jem and Scout illustrate with their ambivalence about taking the pennies?
Chapter 5
1.
What emotion is Scout really displaying in the following passage? What does Lee show about Scout’s character through this passage? …Dill was becoming something of a trial anyway,
Chapter 4
1.
Briefly describe the symbolism of Scout’s nickname and how it is appropriate.
The symbolism in scout’s nicknames is that it is referred as an explorer, someone who likes to get out and enjoy nature. That’s is why explorer is appropriate for scout because It fits the characteristics of him.
2. What does Jem’s response to Scout’s chewing the gum tell the reader about his feelings for her? It shows that Jem cares about his little sister scout and doesn’t want her to get hurt.
3. What is Lee’s intent by having Scout say: “…As for me, I knew nothing except what I gathered from Time magazine and reading everything I could lay hands on at home, but as I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something. Out of what I knew not, yet I did believe that twelve years of unrelieved boredom was exactly what the state had in mind for me.”
He want’s to show that you do not wake up knowing everything and that if you want to learn anything in life you have to educate yourself by reading and trying to persevere through the boring things in life that educate you.
4. What do Scout’s reasons for wanting to stop the game foreshadow?
One of the reasons that Scout wanted to stop the game foreshadow was that Atticus caught them doing it at Boo Bradley’s
5. What literary device is Lee using in the following quotation? “…some tinfoil was sticking in a knot hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun.”
6.
What can the reader infer from the two Indian head pennies?
7.
What character trait do Jem and Scout illustrate with their ambivalence about taking the pennies?
Chapter 5
1.
What emotion is Scout really displaying in the following passage? What does Lee show about Scout’s character through this passage? …Dill was becoming something of a trial anyway,