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.
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.
Atticus states that “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” How is this idea explored in Chapters 2 and 3? Atticus makes a statement which resonates through a vast majority of the novel. It can be clearly represented in chapters 2 and 3, when Scout first goes to school and Walter Cunningham comes to dinner with the Finches. Scout shows a lack of understanding for some characters, as does her teacher, Miss Caroline.
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
The game that the children created in Chapter 4 of Harper Lee’s, To Kill A Mockingbird, shows how the children are picking up on the ignorant words the adults are saying about the Radleys and whether they are acknowledging it or not, the children know the game is wrong. For example, in the book, it says, “When Mr. Nathan Radley passed us on his daily trip to town, we would stand still and silent until he was out of sight, then wonder what he would do to us if he suspected” (Lee 53). When the children stop playing the game, it shows that they know they shouldn’t be playing it and that it’s wrong because they don’t actually know the Radleys. This leads into how ignorance is affecting the world. People are being prejudice towards others without
Harper Lee uses imagery in order to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem Trespasses on the Radley Property. The best example of imagery is when Jem decides to trespass on the Radley Property. Jem was filled with fear as he stepped on to the Radley Property. The fear Jem feels inside himself can only be increased and he hears the sound of a squeaking gate opening, and the rustling of the leaves in the distance.
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.
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.
