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Quotes From To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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Evidence from story and context Commentary/Analysis Textual Reference: “Jem was suddenly furious. He leaped off the bed, grabbed me by the collar and shook me” (Lee 283). Context: Scout brings up the courthouse, and Jem gets angry and tells her to get out. Commentary/Analysis of evidence: Jem is like Atticus, he hates when those are convicted when they’re really not guilty. Jem acts out on Scout because he doesn’t ever want to think about what Tom had to go through just because of a lie. Jem is good hearted like Atticus, causing him to get angry when injustice is brought up/mentioned. Textual Reference: “You hear my costume rustlin’. Aw, it’s just Halloween got you…” (Lee 299). Context: Jem hears something/someone following them and Scout tells him he’s just paranoid. …show more content…

Scout is young and doesn’t quite understand that the world is cruel. Scout loves others and is so excited when she finds out Boo saved them and then she got to walk him home. Textual Reference: “The man was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was carrying Jem” (Lee 302). Context: Mr. Ewell attacks Jem and Scout and Boo saves them from him, and has to carry Jem back because he was knocked out. Commentary/Analysis of evidence: Boo is very humble, because he doesn’t care if everyone doesn’t know he saved Jem and Scout. Boo went out of his comfort zone by coming out of his house, just to help Jem and Scout who have bothered him by going in his yard and messing with him. Boo wants to help everyone no matter what they have done to him, because he has a good heart even though everyone thinks/thought of him as a cruel old man. Textual Reference: “I thought he got it all out of him the day he threatened me. Even if he hadn’t, I thought he’d come after me” (309). Context: Atticus thinks that Mr. Ewell would’ve taken his anger out on him and not his kids. Commentary/Analysis of

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He looked out for jem and scout when they were going home and when he saw them being attacked he went and defended them, which lead to him killing Bob Ewell with a kitchen knife. “Thank you for my children, Arthur,” [Atticus] this shows that atticus was thanking boo for his bravery to protect over the children that weren’t even his but he looked at them as his children. Boo showed courage from like behind the scene by looking out for Scout and Jem without anybody

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Boo’s innocence is abused as a result of mistakes he made in his past. Even though he tries to subtly help others so he can gain their trust, they still think he is untrustworthy. When Jem is trying to slip under the Radley fence, his pants get stuck, so he leaves them there. Boo knows that Jem will come back and get his pants, so he quickly mends them. Boo wants to help, not hurt Jem.

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Primary Evidence: Jem tells Scout that he thinks that Boo stays in his house because Boo knows that if he was to be seen in public he would be judged by Maycomb citizens (Lee 227). 2. Interpretation: Like a mockingbird, Boo is misjudged and people are scared that he will harm them, but he is actually innocent and loving. B. Claim: Boo radley is a loving giving man who likes to bring joy to

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In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout’s perspective of Boo Radley changes as others influence her. Initially, Scout thinks as Boo as a malevolent phantom, and is scared of him because of the stories she hears. Midway through the novel, Boo starts to reveal himself to Scout, and she starts on her journey to realizing who he really is. Finally, after Boo saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell, Scout walks Boo back home. Now on the porch of the Radley place, Scout looks at her street from Boo’s perspective, and she realizes that Boo is just like anyone else, but he just rather live a reclusive life. Ultimately, Scout learns that she can not judge anyone until she is able to see life from their perspective.

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What comes to mind when Jem said that is that Boo was a monster, but Boo is far from a monster. His double life comes up at the end of the book when it is proven that Boo was the one who stabbed Jem and Scout, which means he saved them. That action along with when he puts the blanket on Scout during the fire shows that he is actually a caring and loving guy and he’s nothing like what the rumors say about

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After stabbing Bob Ewell, who attempted to kill the Finch children in vengeance of Atticus, Scout describes Boo as walking “...with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was going around the corner. He was carrying Jem. Jem’s arm was dangling crazily in front of him.”. (302).

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This is the start of Jem and Scout not only having differing views, but also clashing views. Scout wants to shout it to the world, but Jem wants to respect Atticus’ wishes and keep it on the down low. Nothing large has happened to make the beast of lost innocence rear its ugly head yet, but we see that just from growing up on his own, the beast begins to peek his head out. Jem changes as he grows

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