...the novel, Atticus conveys his ability to do this and Scouts learns to put his advice into practice with the events of Mrs. Dubose, Mayella Ewell and Arthur Radely. Atticus is able to apply this notion to his children Scout and Jem through the events that occurred involving Mrs. Dubose. She is known in the neighborhood as the ‘meanest old woman who ever lived’ (Ch. 4, p. 39). After being verbally attacked by Mrs. Dubose on several occasions about Atticus “lawing for niggers”(Ch. 11, p. 112) Jem finally loses his temper and beheads her camellias. As a result Jem and Scout have to go read to her daily. Scout never really understood the reason for this particular type of punishment however everything came out into the light following the death of Mrs. Dubose. Atticus explained that ‘Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict’(Ch. 11, pg. 123) and that she could’ve ‘spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony’ (Ch. 11, pg. 123) but she chose to order to protect her protect her dignity and pride. She wanted ‘leave this world beholden to nothing and nobody’ (Ch. 11, pg. 123) and Atticus used her as an example to teach Scout about...
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...Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, mentions countless lessons that Scout learns while growing up. She learns these lessons from the adults in her life, which includes her African American caretaker, Calpurnia. Without an actual mother around to guide her, Calpurnia becomes the motherly figure in Scout’s life who guides her. The interactions between Calpurnia and Scout affects the way Scout goes about her daily life as a result of what she learns from Calpurnia, like writing, understanding black culture, and keeping an open mind in relation to other people. One of the most crucial lessons that Calpurnia taught Scout was how to write. In chapter two, Scout says, “She would set me a writing task by scrawling the alphabet firmly across the top of a tablet, then copying out a chapter of the Bible beneath” (Lee 18). In this quote, Scout explains how Calpurnia taught her how to write by having her copying chapters from the Bible and writing the alphabet. The fact that she can write, causes Scout to stand out because during her first week of school, her teacher took an immediate dislike to her since she could write. In addition to her teacher disliking her immediately,...
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...To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, was published in July 11, 1960. Harper sets the time period during the Great Depression, from 1933-1935, in a fictional city called Maycomb, Alabama. To Kill a Mockingbird tells the story of a young girl named Scout Finch and witnesses her father attempt to prove the innocence of a black man who was unjustly accused of rape. Throughout the trial, Scout witnesses as her father tries his hardest to prove that the black man is innocent even though the outcome of the trial has already been decided. A few of the important characters are Atticus Finch, Scout Finch, The Ewells, and Tom Robinson. Scout and her brother, Jem, are both young children, and do not understand. The story is structured around...
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...education, their ability to afford and hire a housekeeper, and much more. Their visit to the Negro church opens their eyes about the lifestyle of blacks. In their daily life, it seems as if Calpurnia is one of the few blacks that they ever come upon. Therefore, when they visit the Negro Church, their eyes are opened to how many privileges are held with them because they finally withstood a situation where they see and experience the culture and lifestyle of blacks. For instance, Calpurnia reveals how she doesn't know her birthday and that instead she just celebrates Christmas (124). This is a result of Calpurnia most likely either being born into slavery or being the first generation of not being born into slavery. Jem and Scout have the privilege of knowing their birthdate and age because they never had to experience slavery. The trip to the Negro church was significant on Jem and Scout’s knowledge of the privileges and cultural differences between whites and blacks. The children’s visit to the Negro church taught Jem and Scout a lot. They became aware of the several differences between whites and blacks. Although, they also connected how some aspects of the Negro church is similar to their regular church they attend with Atticus. They also realized the privileges the have compared to the blacks in Maycomb. Overall, Jem and Scout’s visit with Calpurnia have a significant impact on the way they interpret the differences and connections among the culture and lifestyle of whites and blacks...
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...understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, this is Atticus’ main teaching, and it guides Scout’s decision-making process. Because of this teaching, Scout learns that compassion solves problems more effectively than violence, and begins to rely on a deeper understanding of a situation in order to see past prejudices and view a person’s character. This is due to Harper Lee’s perspective on the use of compassion to judge a person’s decision. Lee uses compassion, rather than hatred, to overcome discriminatory practices. Furthermore, Lee views compassion to be the ultimate weapon against discrimination because stereotypes and prejudices are not intrinsic to human life, and therefore, compassion can be taught in place of stereotypes and prejudices....
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...In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch is a well known lawyer, father to Scout and Jem Finch, and citizen in Maycomb County. His predominant characteristic is integrity. The definition of integrity is, “adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty” (Dictionary.com). Atticus Finch shows this in the court and in his home. Most people only play by the rules and keep people’s wellbeing in mind when it can affect their own reputation or they are out in public. Atticus not only shows his integrity in town, but also in his own home and to his children as well. Scout and Jem have absorbed the genuineness of their father, through many daily lessons to life-threatening troubles. Mr. Finch is very unique...
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...Atticus risks his reputation in order to do the right thing by defending a black man. His children, Jem and Scout, must forego large amounts of pressure because of their father’s righteous actions, and so the family suffers as a whole. Jem reads to Mrs. Dubose with a servant’s heart, despite his distaste for her, and Scout contains her anger at school even when her schoolmates make fun of her. The suffering and perseverance of the Finch family, however, is not without reward. James 1:12 says, “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.” While Harper Lee does not specify if the Finch family are true believers, this verse makes it clear that God appreciates those who persevere under...
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...LESSON to your Re-Entry Plan (ReP) so that will affect POSITIVE CHANGE in you, your organization and/or stakeholders? What we constantly think and talk about becomes a reality. I used to think all the time that I’m not good enough to do the job that was assigned to me. I would always say, “That’s not my area of expertise”. I’m scared of trying new things. There are times that I tell to myself, “You don’t know how to do it, you might fail”. But when I entered PMDP-MMC program, I see improvement in myself. I started participating in every activity in our class. I started believing in myself. With the help of my classmates, affirming what I’m doing is good, it made me feel great. I would definitely make the habit of reaffirming myself daily by talking to myself. I would try to at least once a day, reaffirm or acknowledge a person I worked with. Managers versus Leaders I’ve learned that there are two Class Mental Models, that is Manager and Leader. I used to think that Managers and Leaders are the same; they strive for the same goal. I viewed them as tough and persistent people who are required to implement change. But I realized that there are differences in the two. Leaders get people to understand and believe in his vision and to work with him to achieve the goal, while Managers are more about administering and making sure the day-to-day things are happening as they should. Leaders define the organizational goal, formulate plans and organize people to achieve the...
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...plays a big part in both adults and children's lives. Jem and Scout live in a town called Maycomb. They meet a boy named Dill who visits Maycomb every summer. The threesome lived an adventurous and innocent life until a black man is convicted of rape and is put on trial. Reality then crashes down and Jem, Dill, and Scout’s opinions on Maycomb changes. In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates the effects of racism on the minds of the youth. This racism changes Jem, Scout, and Dill’s views on Maycomb and the people that live in it. This brings painful feelings to all of them. Dill, Scout, and Jem witness Mr.Gilmer...
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...Maycomb as luxurious but also boring especially for the two main protagonists Scout and her brother Jem. Lee lived in Alabama as a child in a town called Monroeville, her father was also a lawyer with this in mind I helps the reader to view the novel as realistic. Throughout the prose Lee presents that Jem’s moods and emotions change and fluctuate “Jem stayed moody and silent for a week.. So I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him.” This quotation presents Jem as temperamental. In addition Lee highlights Scout as mature and polite as she respects Jem’s privacy and sees it right to leave him as it will cause them to argue. Lee uses this lexis so Scout and the reader can reflect on how bored Scout was and how much she needs Jem in her daily life. The context of the quotation presents Scout as being older than her years as many ten year olds would annoy their brothers to spite him. Whereas she does not showing that she has an abundance of respect and love for her older brother. Lee presents the relationship between Jem and Scout in many different ways including characterisation. In the first section of the novel, we see Jem and Scout grow closer as they perform and recite plays alongside their newly found companion, Dill. Lee includes this to show that unlike many modern sibling pairs, the two protagonists get on and enjoy time with each other “ the summer passed…running through our list of dramas.” Over the course of the novels summer months Lee...
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...is in a lower class than she is. Aunt Alexandra tells her that “The thing is, you can scrub Walter Cunningham till he shines, you can put him in shoes and a new suit, but he’ll never be like Jem...Finch women aren’t interested in that sort of people” (Page 300). The way Aunt Alexandra speaks about the Cunninghams derogatively and explains that Finch’s are more superior because of their social standing shows how people of different social classes are treated differently only because they are more poor. Harper Lee displays the stereotypes associated with social class and how society judges the person's personality and other traits solely by the amount of money they earn. Also, the discriminations of social class is represented in what Jem, Scout’s brother says. While laying in bed, Jem tells Scout that “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” (Page 302). Jem essentially categorizes four different types of people and ranks them based on their wealth and their lifestyle. He calls his family ordinary, but then classifies the Cunninghams, Ewells, and Negroes as being of lesser...
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...Jem is Scout’s brother, and he helps teach her some important things as play and go about their daily life. The first way Jem helps Scout mature in the novel is when he tells her not to cry when their knot-hole in the tree got filled up with cement. “Someone had filled our knot-hole with cement. ‘Don’t you cry, now, Scout...don’t cry now, don’t you worry-’ he muttered at me all the way to school.” (83) This quote signifies that Jem wants to help Scout to mature and become a “big girl”, and not to cry whenever something bad happens, and to move on and either deal with it, or try to solve the problem. The second quote happens at the beginning of chapter twelve and part two of the novel. The author starts the chapter off telling the reader that “Jem was twelve. He was getting so moody and hard to live...
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...To kill a Mockingbird Journal entry #1 “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop…” Pg: 5 This quotation on chapter one is Scout’s introductory description of Maycomb. Scout emphasizes the slow pace, Alabama heat, and old fashioned values of the town. She writes of time when she “first knew” Maycomb, indicating that she embarks upon this recollection of her childhood much later in life, as an adult. It makes reference to the widespread poverty of the town, implying that Maycomb is in the midst of the great depression. As stated in the quote “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with.” As been specified above Maycomb county was a ghost town. In the text on page six it clarifies how mysterious it was, “Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” To kill a Mockingbird Journal entry #2 “I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” Pg: 20 On chapter two scout talks about how she takes reading for granted. Losing it would be devastating to her. Scout compares it to not breathing anymore, reading, for little kids, is not a priority in Maycomb. Scout, however, has Atticus her father teach the incredible joy of reading to his children. This applies to the second sentence about breathing. Although she does not think to herself ‘I love breathing’ for there she does not realize...
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...Teacher and Author: Teaching Middle and High School Using Literature Sandra Coleman Grand Canyon University RGD 545 Professor Karen Foster February 27, 2008 Teaching Middle and High School Student Using Literature Outline: I. Short Stories a) Activating Prior Knowledge b) Responding to the Selection c) Short Story Selections 1. Suggested Activities to use with Various Groups II. Oral Tradition Literature – Tall Tales and Folktales a) Analyze characteristics and plots of Folktales and Tall Tales b) Understanding Hyperbole c) Writing a Tall Tale d) Selections of Oral Tradition Literature III. Novel Studies a) Previewing the novel b) Defining and Understanding Elements of c) Character Analysis d) Problems and Solutions of the story IV. Historical Fiction a) Activating background/prior knowledge b) Setting a purpose for reading c) Writing about historical fiction V. Realistic Fiction a) Evaluating Realistic Fiction b) Responding to the selection c) Distinguishing between Fact and Opinion d) Summarizing the Story Chapter 1 – Short Stories: A short story is, like the name...
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...ENGLISH HANDBOOK -“Welcome to my evil lair…” -Mr. Braiman Brooklyn High School of the Arts www.mrbraiman.com http://handbook.mrbraiman.com “EVIL” Welcome to my evil classroom lair. In order to become full-fledged evil “minions,” you need to read this handbook carefully. It explains everything you need to know. “English,” as you may know, is shorthand for “English Language Arts.” Being that we are in an Arts school, but one where academics must and always do come first, it is important that we approach the subject as what it is: an art form. How does one study the arts? What exactly do we do when we study drawing, sculpture, music, or dance? Well, anyone who has studied the arts will tell you that studying the arts essentially involves two things: • Learning about, and developing an awareness of and appreciation for, existing works of art in that particular form; • Developing the skills and techniques associated with the art form, in order to create our own works. In the case of language arts, much like any other art form, we will be studying existing works of art (i.e., reading books, stories and poems), and developing the skills to produce our own (i.e., writing). That’s what English Language Arts is. We will also be preparing ourselves for New York State’s Regents Comprehensive Examination in English, which we’ll all be taking in June. This two-day, six-hour, four-part exam requires no specific knowledge or content, but it does require the skills to listen, read,...
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