.... 1. 1. In chapter 10, Jem and Scout thinks Atticus is old. In the beginning of the story, they use “Atticus was feeble” to begin the chapter ; Atticus was much older than the other parents in their school. Jem plays football with Atticus, but when Jem wants to tackle Atticus, Atticus would say he’s too old for it. Furthermore, Atticus wore glasses, he sat in the living room and read ; unlike others father went hunting and fish. I think this is a common feeling between children and parents, it is because of “Generation Gap”, when the children want to play or do something but the parents say “ No”, they would think their parents are old. They have different perspective of viewing things, children would think their parents are old-school. 2. 2. The title is important because It's about how you shouldn't be cruel or discriminate those who haven't done anything wrong. Tom Robinson was treated badly just for being black he didn't do anything wrong. Miss Maudie tells the kids never to "kill a mockingbird" because they are good birds and don't do anything wrong. So the title reflects what Atticus and Miss Maudie tells the children and about Tom Robinson. 3. 3. The mad dog is really important in chapter 10. First, The dog itself symbolizes racism. Atticus's willingness to shoot the dog, parallels his willingness to take on Tom Robinson's case. Secondly, the dog represent the idea of “Good vs Evil”. Atticus was brave enough to shoot the mad dog (evil). Yet, Jem and Scout...
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...To kill a Mocking Bird parody I’ve lived in this run-down town for years now. It feels like centuries. Hawesville, Georgia is a nasty place with up to no good people, my uncle included. Uncle Curtis, or King Curtis as he is called, is a man with no morals. Everyday he wares the same clothes and goes out with his friends leaving his 9-year-old niece on her own, me. My name is Mary and I’m from New York. With my parents passed away, the only place for me to go was here. Out of all the years I have spent here, I have only made one friend, Alyson. She is a very nice girl and we play together everyday. She can’t come to my house because my uncle forbids it. He cannot stand black people. ‘Someone help!’ The screams came from outside. Fearing for the worst, I peeked over my windowsill to see what was happening. It was very hard to make out what was going on as a crowd started to slowly develop. Because I was the curious type, I needed to find out. Closing the front door behind me, I started to make pace towards the scene of the crime. A chill ran down my spine as my eyes made contact. Someone tried to pull me away from the crisis, but it was too late, I had seen enough. It was Susan, someone in my class. Except from she was hurt, bad. Patches of dark red scabs had covered up her face and what was her bright white skirt was now a dark, flimsy rag. She was twitching uncontrollably trying to just get air in. Then all of a sudden, someone shrieked out, ‘it was the Mary’s. I saw them...
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...‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.’ (3: 85-87) To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAMB) written by Harper Lee focuses on the inequality of race throughout America in the early 1900’s. The building roman novel published in 1960 utilises literacy techniques including symbolism, first person and characterisation in order to explore key themes such as innocence, social inequality and gender stereotyping. The novel promotes an insightful, entertaining and morally educating perspective for all readers. Literacy techniques are a critical part of the storytelling. Symbolism is used in order to enhance the story; it expresses a deeper meaning towards...
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...TKAMB: Setting Essay The rural backdrop of Alabama provides a unique setting for the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The story begins in summer right before school starts in Maycomb County. Scout (narrator of the book) is starting 1st grade and her older brother Jem is starting 5th grade. The story takes place during the Great Depression era when racial difference and prejudice slurs were at their best in the south. The area where they live is old, poor, and run down town that does not offer a lot of activity. Maycomb is an old town in Alabama. “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I knew it.” (5) The town of Maycomb has no paved roads and when it rains, the streets turn into red slop. Grass was in the sidewalks, and building foundations are terrible from not being took well care of. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place during the Great Depression Era. “There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb county” (5). The quote demonstrates the missing of money and hope in the town. Most people in Maycomb were hopeless and without care for their futures. The climate in Maycomb is hot like very hot, that is why most people choose farming as their occupation. “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 oaks on the square” (5). Alabama has a humid...
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...„As you grow older, you´ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don´t forget it – whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.” Good morning Mrs. Braun and fellow year 10 students. Today I present with this text three key themes – social class, prejudice and ignorance vs. cowardice – of Harper Lee´s novel “To kill a Mockingbird” (TKAMB). Social class is one of the key themes, which Harper Lee used in her novel and illustrates this with quotes like “You ain´t got no business bringin` white chillun here – they got their church, we got our´n.” This is said by a coloured women to Calpurnia, because she is bringing Scout and Jem, two white children, to the church for coloured people. This shows the reader the big differences between the social classes, because different coloured people have even separated services. Also a highlighted quote in the novel is “I don´t know, but they did it. They´ve done it before and they did it tonight and they´ll do it again and when they do it – seems that only children weep.” The court condemned the coloured man Tom Robinson for raping a white women, although they could not really condemn him, because of missing evidence. Nevertheless, he was condemned, because he is coloured and back then the words of white people were more credible than the words of coloured people. However, there are still people like...
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