To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapter 15 Paragraph Assignment
Scout’s comments manage to diffuse the tense situation at the jail because she is unaware of the mob’s true intentions. When Scout rushes over to Atticus, she is oblivious to the fact that the men surrounding him have come to lynch Tom Robinson. Shortly after, Scout recognizes a familiar face within the mob—Mr. Walter Cunningham—and encourages small talk by beginning a simple conversation with him about his entailments and his son, despite the acute atmosphere. She bases her topics on Atticus’s counseling: “Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.” This expresses Scout’s complete innocence and …show more content…
When Scout recognizes Mr. Walter Cunningham within the mob, she begins a simple conversation about his entailments and his son, Walter. Due to her innocence, Scout sees Mr. Cunningham as a friendly neighbor, instead of a prospective murderer, and converses with him in the same way. Scout ponders about proper topics: “Mr. Cunningham displayed no interest...so I tackled his entailment once more in a last-ditch effort to make him feel at home” (206). This expresses Scout’s naivety and immaturity, since she is concerned with developing a steady discussion, rather than her own safety, in the midst of a heating situation. Her ingenuous and simple discourse with Mr. Cunningham reminds him, and the other men, of their individuality—they are all fathers with families and personal issues (just like Atticus and Tom Robinson), despite the savage and reprehensible mindset they undertake when in a mob. Moreover, Mr. Cunningham feels sympathy for Tom Robinson—who also has his own family of a wife and three children—which is why he refrains from killing him. Ultimately, due to Scout’s artlessness, Mr. Cunningham and the mob are brought to their senses, and they decide to leave the
Scout’s comments manage to diffuse the tense situation at the jail because she is unaware of the mob’s true intentions. When Scout rushes over to Atticus, she is oblivious to the fact that the men surrounding him have come to lynch Tom Robinson. Shortly after, Scout recognizes a familiar face within the mob—Mr. Walter Cunningham—and encourages small talk by beginning a simple conversation with him about his entailments and his son, despite the acute atmosphere. She bases her topics on Atticus’s counseling: “Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.” This expresses Scout’s complete innocence and …show more content…
When Scout recognizes Mr. Walter Cunningham within the mob, she begins a simple conversation about his entailments and his son, Walter. Due to her innocence, Scout sees Mr. Cunningham as a friendly neighbor, instead of a prospective murderer, and converses with him in the same way. Scout ponders about proper topics: “Mr. Cunningham displayed no interest...so I tackled his entailment once more in a last-ditch effort to make him feel at home” (206). This expresses Scout’s naivety and immaturity, since she is concerned with developing a steady discussion, rather than her own safety, in the midst of a heating situation. Her ingenuous and simple discourse with Mr. Cunningham reminds him, and the other men, of their individuality—they are all fathers with families and personal issues (just like Atticus and Tom Robinson), despite the savage and reprehensible mindset they undertake when in a mob. Moreover, Mr. Cunningham feels sympathy for Tom Robinson—who also has his own family of a wife and three children—which is why he refrains from killing him. Ultimately, due to Scout’s artlessness, Mr. Cunningham and the mob are brought to their senses, and they decide to leave the