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
I have been reading To Kill a Mockingbird and in chapters sixteen through twenty-three there have been a lot of crucial parts to the novel, which I will be analyzing. To begin, the trial begins and we find out the verdict of the trail. In this journal I will be characterizing Tom Robinson, who Atticus is defending, and be analyzing why Mr. Ewell would lie. In this paragraph I will be characterizing Tom Robinson while he is in the trial.
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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 30 takes place in Jem’s bedroom where Scout finally meets Boo Radley “Mr. Arthur” for the first time until Dr. Reynolds appeared with a package of medical supplies. So Atticus insists everybody on the porch instead of the living room so Boo Radley could be more comfortable in the dark. Atticus thinks Jem killed Bob Ewell, however, the sheriff, Heck Tate, thinks Ewell fell on his own knife puncturing himself. Yet, nobody knows Boo is the one that killed Ewell. Scout and Boo go outside on the porch to sit on the swing while Atticus and Tate discuss Bob Ewell’s death.
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 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.
Harper lee “ to kill a mockingbird” chapter 28 begins with Scout and Jem's walk to the pageant at school. On the way, Scout's classmate, Cecil Jacobs, jumps out of the darkness and scares them. When they arrive, Scout and Cecil wander the school, eating snacks and going through the haunted house. Just as the pageant is about to start, Scout falls asleep in her costume. She wakes up, having missed her queue to go on stage, so she runs out at the very end of the pageant.
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.
At the beginning of the chapter, Jem angrily weeps tears of injustice of the verdict; during the trial he remained optimistic for Tom. When the kids and Atticus come home, Aunt Alexandra says she is sorry Atticus lost the case and that the kids should not have attended. However, Atticus believes that the kids should learn to deal with it so they know that racism is present in Maycomb. For breakfast the next morning, it seems that Maycomb’s entire black population delivers the Finches a gift of food to show their thanks. Outside, Miss Stephanie, Mr. Avery, and Miss Maudie are gossiping about the trial, however to avoid Miss Stephanie from asking Jem and Scout rude questions, Miss Maudie invites the children inside to eat some cake.
The last sentence of chapter 9 is important because it is preparing her for the future. She understands that Atticus wants her to hear everything he says and not what all the other people of Maycomb are saying. He doesn't want her to follow the rest of Maycomb and discriminate against the blacks. Instead, Atticus wants Scout to listen to him and see the black people as equals. The last sentence of chapter 9 is also important because it teaches us from Atticus’s point of view that he is more concerned about Scout.
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.
