Journal Questions

1.What is your personal reaction to the information presented in the What was jim crow? Article? It suprised me how one race could segregate another race in many ways that was not necessary. Colored people had to face complications every time they were in public, such as talking to a white person or riding the bus and they even had to attend different schools, public restrooms, and churches. They were treated as if they were still slaves. As i was reading this i asked some questions to myself like why did the color of a person's skin matter to people back then and still some people today. Another question i had was how many states had these laws. The worst part of these laws was that colored people could not even resist them. They had to deal with external conflicts when they resisted the system, they risked losing everything, even their lives.

2.What are your thought about the novel in general? …show more content…
And becuase she is a child she sees the world differently than an adult would for example she does not discriminate like most people in Maycomb do. The title of the book seems as if it has nothing to do with the book but it does. The mockingbird represents innocence because it doesent do anthing to harm anyone so the title is actually to kill innocence. This can be shown through out the book as scout is growing older and Tom Robinson’s trial. Another example would be Arthur Radley coming out of his home and saving jem and scout. Arthur Radley reresented the mocking bird because he does not do anything to harm anyone. Until he killed mr Ewell to save jem and scout. Atticus and sheriff tate decided not to take that case to court because Arthur would recieve lots of attention, which he does not want and it would be like killing a mocking