becoming an adult‚ I’ve decided‚ is only a slow sewing shut.” In the town of Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ in the middle of the Great Depression‚ six-year-old Scout Finch lives with her older brother Jem‚ and her father Atticus who is a lawyer. One year a boy named Dill spends the summer with his aunt. The three children become friends and soon become obsessed with a nearby house. The next year‚ Atticus is appointed by the court to defend a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ who is accused of raping Mayella Ewell‚ the daughter
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scar across his face‚ yellow and rotted teeth‚ popped eyes‚ and blood stained hands. In reality‚ Boo was ghostly white had thin cheeks‚ a wide mouth‚ gray hair‚ and a thin frame (Lee 16). For instance‚ Dill claims he can “smell death.” Dill tells Scout that she is going to die in three days. In fact‚ Dill was just trying to scare Scout and she didn’t die three days later (Lee 48). In addition‚ high school students in Maycomb tell little kids that they are touching dead body parts in the House of Horror
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racist beliefs that flow through the town‚ are not socially accepted. Conformity is shown in many characters‚ especially‚ Scout. During the Tom Robinson trial‚ Dill gets sick and then explains to Scout how he does not like the way Mr. Gilmer talked to Tom. Scout replies by explaining to Dill what Mr. Gilmer’s job was and later adds‚ “Well‚ Dill‚ after all he’s just a Negro.” Although Scout’s father‚ Atticus was doing a fine job raising her without becoming infected‚ this phrase reveals that the town’s
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started talking to him about his son and how he was in her grade and that he came and ate with the Finch family for dinner one night. Atticus was really surprised that she started talking to him like that and Atticus was not mad at Scout‚ Jem and‚ Dill because they made a diversion so then the mob of men would not hurt Tom Robinson. In the end I wondered mainly why jem stood up‚ and why the mob of men had left. Now that I looked into it I answered my
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after this chapter. Another example is in chapter 14 when Dill appears in their bedroom at the middle of the night. Jem feels like he needs to behave in an adult manner and take his role as the big brother seriously so he tells Atticus. He “broke the remaining code of our childhood” (p.155) as Scout stated it. This was a sign that Jem wasn’t making childish decisions anymore but he was entering the adult word. He knew that Atticus would treat Dill fairly and he understood that Dill’s parents would be
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realizes how much she misses Dill and that his life has changed and also that their relationship has changed. Another change addressed in these pages is that not everyone agrees with her father defending Tom Robinson. "Forever Your Girl" Paula Abdul p.116 The first 4 lines in the song "Forever Your Girl" relate to the book because Scout and Dill think that they will always be together. "Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking." Also‚ in a letter Dill wrote to her he "concluded
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love breathing.” 1.) Spoken by Scout‚ about Scout. (Page 18) – Scout Said this to show her love for books. B.) “Scout yonder’s been readin ever since she was born‚ and she ain’t even started to school yet” 1.) Spoken by Jem to Dill. (Page 7) – Jem said this to Dill to Show that Scout was literate. He was somewhat bragging about his sisters abilities. C.)” I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.” 1.) Spoken by Scout. (Page 13) – Scout said this to show that she knew
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Responses PART ONE: Divide your section in half (or by the number of members in your group). For your partial section complete the following: 1. Write a detailed summary of your section. Highlight the significant events‚ characters and settings of your section. (Full-text will be submitted - point form notes will be created for the class handout) 2. Document 5 significant quotations on the quotation template provided. (Quotes
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Times I. Introduction A. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.” To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ is about two boys named Jem and Dill. Jem lives with his father Atticus Finch‚ his little sister Scout Finch‚ and their cook Calpurnia in Maycomb County. Dill lives with his mother in Meridian‚ Mississippi and he also visits his Aunt Rachel in Maycomb which is where his family is originally from. B. In to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ I believe
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