When the author gives insight on Scouts school life, It makes sense to me because she is rather wealthy and been around intelligence. So yeah, that’s probably why her teacher is mad because she cant teach this kid because she probably already knew it.…
I rate this book a 2 out of 4 because I feel like the author could’ve extended the book in many different ways. One example is that the author didn’t explain and describe the actual two people who killed Mr. and Mrs. Lee, she just stated that they were thrown in jail. The length of this book was also a bit diminutive in my opinion. The idea of the book was wonderful which makes me feel that the climax could’ve been bigger and a bit longer which would’ve made it a better book. Another reason why this book held me back from rating it a 3 was that, the way Mike and Rebecca found Amanda Brown wasn’t as intense compared to other mystery books I have read. For example, when Rebecca found Amanda’s number from Cecilia, she searched Amanda’s address…
I found this quote very peculiar at first, because most people would interpret someone saying…
I think the kids will not meet boo. Boo appears to be locked up for the majority of his life. Boo is part of a gang. When the gang got caught everyone but Boo got locked up below the courthouse. Boo did not get locked up because his father said he would deal with Boo to make sure he did not do anything like this again. This leads people to think that Boos father locked him up. Some one saw Boo stab his father. People wanted to put Boo in an insane asylum but Boos father said no son of his will be put in an insane asylum. Boos family does not interact with other people in the town very often. Nobody ever saw Boo for fifteen years after he stabs his dad. People have been bothered b y a peeping tom in the town and many have seen Boo sneaking around at night. Scout says she saw him but when Atticus got there he was gone. People are scared to go by Boos house. People thought the pecans that fell from tree in his house where poisonous.…
The verdict of a court case lies squarely on Atticus’ closing statement that needs to be powerful in order to win. In “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, a court case takes Maycomb by surprise. A case between an African American man and a poor white woman makes for a difficult situation for its residents. The jury needs to be able to analyze the information and evidence given from the witnesses to give an honest conclusion. Depending on how the jury swings, it could put an innocent man’s life at risk. Atticus Finch needs to use many forms of strong rhetoric when giving his closing argument to convince the defendant not guilty.…
Before Holden goes on a date, he has the impression that all girls are phonies, and is assured by his opinion after his date with Sally. When Holden takes Sally on a date, he is disgusted with her when she goes to talk to George. For example on page 141, “....The jerk noticed her and came over and said hello. You should've seen the way they said hello. You'd have thought they hadn't seen each other in twenty years. You'd have thought they'd taken baths in the same bathtub or something when they were little kids. Old buddyroos. It was nauseating. The funny part was, they probably met each other just once, at some phony party. He went to Andover. Big, big deal.” (141) Holden was baffled by all of this because they had met just once and Sally…
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 42. This is a book about a girl named Scout and her brother, Jem, who are both scared of Boo Radley and his family because of the rumors they have heard about the family and they also has not seen him. School is also starting in Maycomb, Alabama for Scout and Jem. Scout got in trouble with her new teacher already. In this journal, I will be predicting and characterizing.…
I can relate to Holden Caulfiled because he refuses to talk about his early life. I do not like to talk about my early life because those memories can be very emotional.…
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the characters in Maycomb, Alabama, illustrate how it takes more than just a father and a brother, but a town, for one child to grow up. Scout is six years old, at the beginning of the book. She is whiney, and fidgety, and can hold a grudge for as long as she can hold her temper. By the end of the novel, Scout is about eight years old, and has moved on from her ways of childhood behavior, into a more adult-like attitude. The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird, really maps out Scout’s changing from a young child to a more structured young lady. It shows the theme of how Scout is taught to move from innocence to adulthood. This theme is shown greatly through the relationship of Atticus and his children, and how he devotes himself to building up a civil mind and attitude in Scout and Jem. The times when the children are at school display Atticus’s effective teaching to his children. For example, in school, Scout is constantly confronted for knowing too much, by the teachers, whose cool attitudes towards the children are dark, and overly judgmental. In chapter two, of To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Caroline scolds Scout for being able to read when she says, “Now you tell your father not to…
In the novel Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee comments, “Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends” (Lee 270-1). This quote not only describes what prejudice is, but also how it comes to be. Prejudice is illustrated in many different forms throughout various works of literature. A few skillfully portrayed classics include: Twelve Angry Men, a play by Reginald Rose, “As I Grew Older”, a poem by Langston Hughes, and To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee. The aforementioned works all convey messages of racism, bigotry, and injustice.…
Imagine you are in a town where racism is evident and you have been falsely accused of rape against a white woman, Mayella Ewell. You are an African American young man who has a beautiful wife and children, fighting for your freedom in a trial that could end with you being six feet underground. The evidence of the trial is to your advantage and your defending attorney is now presenting his closing argument that is sure to prove your innocence. The major conflict in the trial is the inequality you face because you are a colored man against a white woman. Racism was one of the many problems affecting the United States, especially in southern states, during the 1930’s. It is still a major issue in the United States today. In “To Kill A Mockingbird”…
The symbol that best represents the theme of growing up would be clothing. Throughout the book, clothing has been more than just a choice of style; it had been a sign of maturity. Another instance would be when Miss Maudie asks Scout, “‘Where are your britches today?’” Scout answers back, “Under my dress.” (Lee 309) This shows that Scout has finally learned to accept the inevitable and allow herself into becoming maturely feminine by wearing her breeches under a flowing dress; a sign of growth. “You’re also growing out of your pants a little.” (Lee 105) This quote by uncle Jack shows the physical change that is altering Scout over time. When Alexandra told Scout, “‘It won’t be many years, Jean louis, before you become interested in clothes and boys.’” She thought to herself, “…ill never be interested in clothes…” (Lee 107) This example points out where Scout started before her journey into a lady. But none the less in all of these examples, clothes have been the symbol of growth both physical and mental.…
“I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life I thought of running away” expresses Scout’s distaste for dresses. The metaphor of a dress to a penitentiary helps the reader understand the oppression Scout felt while wearing one. These experiences helped give a negative connotation to being a girl in Scout’s mind. “It’s time you started bein’ a girl and acting right! I burst into tears and fled to Calpurnia”, was a statement Jem made to Scout, which completely contradicts his earlier statements. This hurts Scout emotionally because she always wanted Jem’s approval and was always being told how she should conform to the traditional expectations of women at the time. Scout’s stereotype of being a tomboy and the constant critique that her character endured reflected the apparent sexism that women in the 1930s were subjected to in Maycomb.…
Firstly, as the novel progresses,Jem’s attitude to Scout is different .His changing attitude toward Scout is an important measurement of his development from innocence towards experience. At the beginning of the story, Jem plays with Scout. He treats Scout as playmate and equal. But after Scout started going to school, Jem does not want Scout to embarrass him in front of his fifth-grade friends. Later he and Dill develop a friendship from which Scout is partly excluded because she is a girl. After one altercation with Scout ,Jem hollered to Scout; “It’s time you started being a girl and acting right!“(115).Jem realizes that Scout is a girl and she may do things like girls. Jem becomes more aware of the difference in age between himself and his sister. He wants Scout to leave him alone.…
The trial of Tom takes up a great deal of space in the novel because it gives Harper Lee a chance to do an in-depth exploration of characters and situations. The people involved in the case are Bob and Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson and Atticus Finch. The alleged rape of Mayella by Tom allows Harper Lee to look in detail at issues of racial and social prejudice in Maycomb.…