Golden Passages
Chapter 1: “Maycomb was an old, tired town, but it was a tired, old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live on the square.” Pg. 5 Reason: I picked this passage because it described to me what the town was like. In my head, I could easily visualize what it looked like. Chapter 2: “Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I ‘ll take over from here and try to undo the damage - your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat know.” Pg.17 Reason: I picked this passage because Miss Caroline tells Scout that she shouldn’t know how to read and write yet. Scout works through her problems and adapts to her new teaching ways. Chapter 3: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.” Pg.30 Reason: I liked this passage because this is when Scout learns that you have to give people chances. You can’t judge someone by what’ s on the outside, but by what is in the inside. Chapter 4: “It was the kind of box wedding rings came in, purple velvet with a minute catch. Jem flicked open the tiny catch. Inside were two scrubbed and polished pennies , one on top of another. Indian Heads.” Pg.34 Reason: I picked this quote because I liked how they described what they found. The Indian Heads were one of the things that they found in the Radley tree. Chapter 5: “There are some kind of men who - who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one , and and you can look down the street and see the results.” Pg. 45 Reason: This