Gabriela Moreno
English 1
Critical Thinking Writing Activity (Ch 22-25)
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, as the novel opens Scout is only six years of age. As the story progresses, it covers the next three years of her life. Much the same as whatever other child, there are numerous changes in thinking and behaviors during those crucial years of development, although Scout is wise beyond her years. Her experiences during the course of the novel makes her even wiser and more mature within a matter of years than most young ladies her age. Scout believes that the hearts and minds of citizens plays a greater role in a just society because of the realization that there is true evil within the society of Maycomb. Therefore, Scout’s belief …show more content…
In part two of the novel revolves around the Tom Robinson trial, Scout knows that prejudice exist but listening to Bob Ewell during the trial is astounding owing to the fact that, he loathe all blacks, especially Tom Robinson. Inside the courtroom, Scout see segregation in place when the African American spectators are forced to wait until all of the white people enter the courtroom before they can enter. Blacks must sit in the balcony, while whites sit in the main area on the ground floor. Scout had learned that what Atticus had said about the jury was true: “The jury couldn't possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson's word against the Ewells” (88). Scout see what the jury is apparently blind to: That Tom's crippled left arm prevented him from committing the crimes of which he is accused. In chapter 23, Jem is trying to make sense of the socioeconomic classes that make up their rural town of Maycomb. Jem states, “You know something, Scout? I've got it all figured out, now. I've thought about it a lot lately and I've got it figured out. There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes” (226). His division of people into four groups accounts for the hatred and discrimination he witnesses everyday. When Scout
English 1
Critical Thinking Writing Activity (Ch 22-25)
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, as the novel opens Scout is only six years of age. As the story progresses, it covers the next three years of her life. Much the same as whatever other child, there are numerous changes in thinking and behaviors during those crucial years of development, although Scout is wise beyond her years. Her experiences during the course of the novel makes her even wiser and more mature within a matter of years than most young ladies her age. Scout believes that the hearts and minds of citizens plays a greater role in a just society because of the realization that there is true evil within the society of Maycomb. Therefore, Scout’s belief …show more content…
In part two of the novel revolves around the Tom Robinson trial, Scout knows that prejudice exist but listening to Bob Ewell during the trial is astounding owing to the fact that, he loathe all blacks, especially Tom Robinson. Inside the courtroom, Scout see segregation in place when the African American spectators are forced to wait until all of the white people enter the courtroom before they can enter. Blacks must sit in the balcony, while whites sit in the main area on the ground floor. Scout had learned that what Atticus had said about the jury was true: “The jury couldn't possibly be expected to take Tom Robinson's word against the Ewells” (88). Scout see what the jury is apparently blind to: That Tom's crippled left arm prevented him from committing the crimes of which he is accused. In chapter 23, Jem is trying to make sense of the socioeconomic classes that make up their rural town of Maycomb. Jem states, “You know something, Scout? I've got it all figured out, now. I've thought about it a lot lately and I've got it figured out. There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes” (226). His division of people into four groups accounts for the hatred and discrimination he witnesses everyday. When Scout