Bentley stated he heard Singleton was found deceased on the side of the road. Bentley heard when Singleton was found he was naked and had a tongue on his chest. Bentley also heard Singleton’s head had still not been found. Bentley heard this information from Facebook, people in the area talking, and from people telling Singleton’s sister and family.
This is because he has been locked up in the house. People speculate he has been tied to his bed. His father also has been keeping him locked up in the house after he was arrested. Before that, he was kept in the courthouse basement for months. They also would not see him because the whole family is reclusive.
I believe that this quote refers back to the time when Scout and Jem get new rifles for Christmas and Atticus tells Jem that it would be considered a sin if they shot a mockingbird. Mockingbirds are not predators and they will not harm anything or anyone; the only thing they do is make music with their mouths. Scout is remembering that time and comparing it to what had recently happened in her life. I think that she sees Tom Robinson and Boo Radley as the mockingbirds. Tom Robinson didn’t harm anyone, and the only thing that he did was help those who needed assistance.
Another reason for the kids being afraid, is Boo stabbing his father with scissors. This lead to Mrs. Radley screaming at the top of her lungs, which alerted the whole town. His father did not wish to send Boo to jail, and decided to keep him at home, never letting him go outside. Finally, Boo has been locked up in his house due to his family living a secluded life. The Radley family is rarely seen around Maycomb, and practice religion at their house rather than go to church.
In this journal I will be questioning and predicting G I predict the kids will not meet boo Y Boo is locked up R never comes out R does everything at home R cut his dad with scissors Y Kids are scared of Boo R stories of the house R stories about his terroristic doings R hesitant to go touch his house G The kids will not meet Boo most likely because both he is locked up and he is also scary and intimidating. As I am reading this story, I question what is going on with the character Boo Radley.
Scar - Bloody hands - Drools G- two reasons kids will not meet boo I predict the kids will not go and meet Boo because they all fear him. One reason they fear him is because he acts scary. Boo was in a “gang” with his friends and did bad stuff. Also one day he was cutting paper with scissors and his dad walked by and he drove the scissors into his dad’s leg.
Emmett Till, a young black boy of Mississippi, was murdered by Roy Bryant and John W. Milam in August of 1955. The notorious case drew in a crowd of more than a thousand people, all attentive to the decision on whether or not to indict the accused men. However, by the ruling of an all-white-man jury, Bryant and Milam were acquitted on all charges. This decision sparked a national outcry from the African American population, and ultimately fueled the flames to Black Civil Rights in the South. Despite racial barriers established in America, Bryant, Milam, and the town of Sumner, Mississippi recognized the extinguished life of a human being, not just a negro boy, evidenced through the website famous murder trials by Douglas O. Linder.
In this journal I will be predicting and Evaluating the story. To start off my prediction, I think that Jem and Scout will not meet Boo. For one the boys are terrified of him.
There was nowhere to run, Nowhere to escape. I was a prisoner locked up in jail. A prisoner who will stay in jail forever never knowing how the outside looks or how it feels to be outside . I was nonexistent to everyone around Maycomb. I was a ghost.
A short history of the town is narrated by Scout , and Maybomb’s insensitivity of citizens such as Mr. Radley and Boo Radley is shown. Dill and Jem happen to discuss Boo Radley. Dill then insults Jem for not being manly enough. Jem then marches to the corner to warn Dill of the consequences of attempting to bring Boo out of his house. Jem says, "Dill, you have to think about these things, Jem said.
In an attempt to influence the jury, the prosecution and defense of the Lizzie Borden trial utilized female stereotypes in intricate ways. Understandably, the defense applied the public labels for women to convince the jury that Lizzie Borden could not possibly commit murder, let alone kill her own father and stepmother. The defense’s main goal became proving that Lizzie Borden’s actions and attitudes fit the stereotypical description of a Victorian Era woman. Throughout the trial, the defense provided seemingly indirect remarks regarding Lizzie Borden’s feminine nature to intentionally develop the idea of her innocence in the minds of jury members (Carlson). The defense often referred to Lizzie as “’a little girl’”
“‘...remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird’”(103). One sometimes just do things to fit in but there are those who are walking through the crowd. This can be seen in a novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. First idea is being intolerant and tolerant to society classes.
Since Mr. Radley never came out of the house, frightening rumors spread about him and the children all knew them. They even played games where they reenacted the story that was spread around about him, not realizing how disgraceful it was to the Radleys. Towards the end the book, Scout finally get to meet Boo Radley after Bob Ewell attempted to kill her and Jem. Scout took Mr. Radley home and on the way back she thought, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.
To the children, so much as entering the front yard of the Radley house is a terrifying feat. At this time, the children do not understand Boo’s situation, as they have yet to meet him and know little about him apart from the stories. In the end, the children learn that Boo has been watching them all along and has even been a helpful presence in their lives. He was the one who left gifts in the tree outside the Radley yard for Scout and Jem, and he gave Scout a blanket during the fire. More importantly, however, Boo was the mysterious figure who saved the Finch children from Bob Ewell’s attack.
Throughout the novel, the children befriend Boo Radley, since he is a shut in and many children of the neighborhood are quite curious as to what he does inside all of the time. Boo and Scout came specifically close, him giving her a blanket when Maudie Atkinson’s house burned down and at the climax point when he makes his initial known physical appearance as he saves Scout and Jem when Bob Ewell attacks them. After the Tom Robinson trial, Jem and Scout are finally starting to see from his perspective as Jem says “Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he wants to stay inside.
