In this portion of the story, Scout also begins to experience the ideologies of the world first hand due to exposure of the Tom Robinson case. When Scout witnesses how the townspeople treat Tom because of his race, she begins to understand the extent of prejudice in Maycomb County. Over time, Atticus’s influence and this early exposure to prejudice helps teach Scout to accept people as they are, and to not judge others for their…
Chapter five and six of bad bow was about as he grew older he learned more things. Chapter five of “bad boy” was about Walter learning new things, and some wasn’t very good lessons for example. when Walter and his friend “Johnny lightbourine, a boy close to Walter age suggested that we beat Richard Aisles , but then we read in the “Amsterdam news” about a black male who had been lynched by hanging. So we decided to hang Richard”(page 39) when Walter , and Johnny tried to hang him in the church basement ,but when the pastry caught them, he was shocked because where he come from that meant something more wore them they thought it would be . He also realized things that he really didn’t notice were his speech.…
In chapter five, Walter and his friends tried to hang Richard. To the pastor this was shocking because the pastor knew what it meant. Walter had trouble with his speech and realized it when he had to read in front of the whole class. Later on in Walters’s life, Walters’s father moved to Harlem. Most people called Walter, Walter Dean.…
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 9 points) 1. Atticus says that Mr. Cunningham is basically good but has blind spots like everyone else. What does Atticus mean? How is Atticus different from the men at the jail at night?…
Readers see her grow up as a young girl in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama in the nineteen-thirties, and follow her as she grows and matures. Throughout Scout’s maturation, she is affected greatly by lessons of empathy that are brought to her from the situations that…
Chapter One- The Thaw Maroo runs to Old Mother, her grandmother, after eating bland roots to semi-satisfy her gnawing hunger. Old Mother then asks her and her little sister, Nimai to go get fresh herbs for hot water. The giggly little girl hangs on to Maroo’s fingers as they walk off to find the herbs. When they get to their destination, they find a stream nearby.…
Scout learns about discrimination, growing up, and stereotypes. She’s growing up and becoming smarter, braver, and more independent. Stereotyping other people reflects on one’s own lifestyle. Scout is stereotyped when she wants to act “like a boy.” Dr. Wayne Dyer, an American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker, once said, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”…
Lastly, Scouts childishness seems to go away and is more realistic. She knows that Dill won't be able to marry her yet, and is more accepting of others. Her being more accepting is shown when Scout walks home Boo and stands in his shoes and she realized that people are not always who they appear to be, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”…
To Kill a Mockingbird-Chapter 1 questions 1. The narrator of the story is Scout Finch and she is using first person point of view. 2. On page 4 paragraph 2, in the family is is customary for the men to remain on Simon's home state. 3.…
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, a mockingbird symbolizes innocence. According to Atticus, “It is a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Pg 119). Three examples of mockingbirds are, Mayella Ewell, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley.…
In chapter 3 of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird the mood is hopeless. Being that Atticus lost the Tom Robinson trial it left the children upset and hopeless giving the reader a that feeling. At the end of the chapter Jem talks about how he wants everyone in Maycomb to be equal,"That's what i thought too, when i was your age. If they're all alike why do they go out of the way to despise each other?…
The main events in Chapter 2 are Scout beginning her first year of school and Ha making a stand for Walter Cunningham. Scout very excited to go to school and longed to join the other kids there. Her teacher is young and came with a new style of teaching. Scout wasn’t very well behaved in the eyes of the teacher and had already gotten in trouble, the teacher, Miss Caroline swatted her hands with a ruler and sent her to the corner. Then during lunch, another boy in Scouts class named Walter Cunningham didn’t have a lunch to eat.…
To Kill a Mockingbird is a great book showing how people can grow together. We have Scout and Jem growing up together in an innocent childhood growing into adulthood. We have Tom Robinson, an African American man who, is going to court with Atticus Finch (scouts father) and is trying to defend Tom against the harming white community. Tom Robinson was accused of rape of a white female Mayella. The raping of a white woman by a black man is similar to The Scottsboro Trial in 1933, where 9 black men were falsely accused of raping two white women.…
To Kill a Mockingbird - “Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." This passage was a major part of the story because of the symbolism that has now been revealed. The Mockingbird is a harmless and pure hearted animal, which in this story symbolizes Boo Radley and Tom Robinson. I chose this passage because of the strong meaning behind it.…
In addition, Scout is becoming aware of the fact her teacher is full of discrimination and hatefulness not only to the Jews but to the black race too. As well as, Scout is realizing the fact that Miss Gates is…