As I read the beginning of chapter 12 Jem 's hit the middle school years, and everyone knows what that means: he 's angsty, moody, prone to prolonged silences broken by angry outbursts, and he all of a sudden thinks Scout should act like a girl. Also the story says that Jem is now the age of twelve, but he is now starting to get to the age where he doesn 't want to hang out with Scout and also feels annoyed. Also to add to Scout’s trouble, Dill will not be coming to Maycomb this summer, but Calpurnia eases her loneliness. What is even worse that Atticus has been called by the state legislature and to come into a special session and is away for two weeks. Calpurnia doesn 't trust Jem and Scout to go to church by themselves (there was a past
September begins and Dill leaves Maycomb to go back to the town of Meridian. Scout feels sad but is excited to go to school for the first time. She has been longing to go to school and in the past would spy on the school children through a telescope. However, on her first day of school she gets assigned to Miss Caroline Fisher who is unaware of the Maycomb customs because she is from north Alabama. Miss Caroline Fisher is not very pleasant with the children and becomes extremely upset with Scout when she learns that Atticus has taught Scout to read.
Scene 1 Scout: Hey sweet pea, wanna hear a story about grandma Scout’s past? Grandkid #1: I mean I guess so Grandkid #2:
-Summary for Ch. 11-15 (AT LEAST FOUR SENTENCES): During this chapter Jem and Scout had found the torment of Mrs. Dubose, who was an old woman who used to yell at them every time they had crossed paths. Jem eventually had lost his temper and destroyed her camellias. As reparations, Jem had to read for her everyday and he had brought along Scout everyday.
Chapter 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird was full of conflict between Francis and Scout then Scout and Uncle Jack at Aunt Alexandra's house. In the first place, I feel as the whole conflict is Francis as well as Scouts fault. Scout of course a fierce character and has a big mouth, as we learn from the Walter Cunningham conflict. To add, Scout thinks Franics is pretty boring so maybe it could just be Scouts temper that started the whole conflict since he wasn't entertaining to her.
In Chapter 12 of Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many events and situations in which irony is used to support the theme of the chapter. An example of this is in the very beginning of the chapter, when Scout is concerned about how distant and moody Jem is acting, and asks Atticus, “’Reckon he’s got a tapeworm?’” (Lee 153), to which Atticus replies no, and that Jem is growing. This is dramatic irony because the readers understand that Jem is acting oddly because he’s growing, but Scout doesn’t know this until she asks Atticus about it. This quote supports the theme of Chapter 12 by showing when Jem started to grow distance from Scout, getting aggravated with her and telling her to stop bothering him, and shows how the children
Chapter eleven in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is about how Jem ruins a mean old lady’s flowers, and how he has to read to her everyday. Shortly after that, the old lady dies. So if the chapter doesn’t advance the plot, then why did Harper Lee include this? The main reason for this chapter is because it includes sides of characters the reader hasn’t seen before. For example, early on the reader sees a side of Atticus they haven’t seen before: How pleasant he is.
In Chapter 9 Scout almost gets in a fight with a student because they said “Scout Finch’s daddy defends niggers.” Scout and her family go to Finch’s Landing for Christmas to stay with Atticus’s sister, Alexandra. Her grandson Francis doesn’t get along with Scout because he told her that Dill was a runt and called Atticus a “nigger-lover” Scout curses at him and beats him up, Scout gets in trouble for beating him up. Scout tells Jack to promise not to tell Atticus what Francis said because he told her not to fight anyone for what they say about him.
In the start of chapter 11 we know Mrs.dubose to be a cantankerous and mean spirited old lady that always shouts at Scout and Jem when they walk by, later in the chapter we realize she is much more than that through the actions of Jem reading to her. Jem was put in this predicament as punishment for destroying Mrs.Dubose’s camellia bushes with a baton after she said Atticus is not any better than the “niggers and trash he works for,”. Atticus says Jem has to apologize, clean up her yard,and read to her for a month,Scout joins him and they both face her abuse and strange fits that happen at the end of every session. These sessions would get longer each day. A month after Jem's punishment ended Mrs.Dubose died, Atticus reveals to Jem that she
In chapter 22 of “To Kill a Mockingbird” many things happen. The entire chapter is eventful through and through with twist after twist. Its entertaining with a hint of sadness, and it has the following: Jem was upset because of the trials turnout, Aunt Alexandria became dejected when Atticus returned home from court, Atticus says Maycomb is as racist as a “Missionary Tea”, and they wake up to a so called “colored breakfast”. Jem became a weeping ball of bleakness because of the trial. Jem, who is the oldest child of Atticus Finch, went to the trial to back his father.
In the passage Jem and Scout walk home during the dark hours,giving Bob Ewell an opportunity to stage an attack. As Bob Ewell attacks them Boo Radley rushes in to rescue Jem and Scout. After this Scout now understands what Atticus meant it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. The killing of a mockingbird is much like killing the innocent. It is beyond a crime and worse than the most heinous atrocities.
Courage: Harper Lee’s Commentary on the Effects of Rebelling for the Sake of Justice In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from 1960, she uses details in order to portray that Atticus’ heroic character encourages us to stand up for what we believe in, no matter the obstacles. Lee’s use of details portrays the act of compassion through Boo, revealing that compassion takes courage by refusing to conform to the status-quo that our public creates for us in order to show kindness to other around us.
1984 “You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves.” Orwell used this quote and many others while trying to create the atmosphere in 1984. The novel 1984 is about Winston turning against the party and trying not to get caught by the thought police. In Orwell’s novel he has a very dark atmosphere from beginning to end.
Essay 1 Date Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird “To kill a Mockingbird” is a novel in which Harper Lee, the author, presents forth various themes among them the unheard theme of social molarity. Harper dramatically uses a distinctive language through Scout, who is the narrator of the story to bring out the difficulties faced by children living in the southern Alabama town of Maycomb. Harper has dramatically displayed use of bildungsroman throughout the story; this helped to give the story a unique touch of a child’s view to bring out a different type of humor and wit. It has also used to develop and thrive the theme of morality in the society.
Lee’s use of elements of style in To Kill a Mockingbird to convey and support the classic’s theme is what makes both the novel and the author so distinguishable. Using the literary devices of setting, symbolization, and characterization, Lee is consistently referencing the theme of racism and inequality in society. Throughout the first chapter of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee frequently references age and appearance when discussing the town of Maycomb. ” Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it” (Lee 9). The deeper meaning that Lee is successfully conveying through this description of an old and tired town can be used to represent the old and outdated morals and view of Maycomb’s inhabitants.
