Level One: In chapter 30 on pages 369-370, Atticus and Sheriff Heck Tate are arguing over who killed Bob Ewell. Mr. Ewell just attacked Jem and Scout as revenge for Atticus humiliating him in court. Ewell was found dead by Heck Tate, with a knife in his chest. Atticus believes that Jem killed him and that Heck is trying to cover it up for Jem. However, Heck Tate insisted that Bob Ewell killed himself and fell on his own knife.
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
To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 5 Writing Assignment Adults often times influence our way of thinking, even instilling prejudicial views. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee, uses the character's views on religion to make that point. Jem and Scout would often sit on Miss Maudie’s porch and have discussions, one which was about Arthur Radley. One day Scout asked “do you think Boo Radley’s still alive?” (57).
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 beginning of chapter eleven it says that whenever Jem and Scout walk past their neighbor Mrs. Dubose’s house she gets mad at them and yells at them. So one time Mrs. Dubose criticizes Atticus for defending Tom Robinson, so Jem got mad and pulled out the flowers from her garden. For Jem's punishment Atticus made him go and read to Mrs. Dubose everyday. Sometimes Scout likes to go and listen to Jem read. The first few times Jem read to her she cut the reading short with her weird fits, but within the next weeks the reading goes on longer because her fits got shorter.
To Kill A Mockingbird Misunderstanding Misunderstandings occur anywhere at anytime in society and in this novel. The children and teenagers in this novel often come across misunderstandings between each other and even with an adult. The children do not always know how to explain their ideas while communicating with another child or adult which causes the misunderstandings. I think this is shown from a child’s point of view because the children are usually the one’s who are misunderstood. Teenagers and adults are usually the one’s who don’t comprehend the children very well and cause the misunderstandings to happen.
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.
At the end of the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, Bob Ewell comes after Jem and Scout and attempts to kill them. In the midst of the attack Boo Radley comes to their rescue and kills Bob Ewell. When the sheriff of Maycomb, Heck Tate, inspects the crime scene he can tell Boo killed Mr. Ewell. Instead of telling everyone the truth he makes the decision to tell the town that Mr. Ewell fell on his knife and killed himself. He does this because he knows that if he tells the truth, their will have to be a trial and that Boo wouldn’t be able to handle all the trauma of being in the spotlight.
I am reading the book, To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee. I have read chapters 16 through 23 in this book. In these few chapters one can see the various new events that take place. First, Tom Robinson’s case gets brought to court. Atticus first calls up Mr. Ewell to question him.
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 4 starts with the main characters Jem and Scout anxiously waiting on the arrival of their summer break. When their break arrives after a long year of school Jem and Scout once again meet up with their old friend Dill with whom they will spend the summer with. After the boredom of summer already hits them Jem, Scout, and Dill decide to make up some new games.
A History of Closed Minded People and a Lack of Digging Deeper "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." - Atticus Finch, Chapter 3 of To Kill a Mockingbird. We have all been taught, as our first essential lesson as children, that we as human beings should “treat others the way we want to be treated,” because you never know what their life is like outside of the short time of day that you see them. The action of listening and actually hearing someone else's point of view can give a person on the outside an idea of that person’s life, beliefs, and ideas, before jumping to conclusions and judging someone. History has shown that people can tend to only believe their beliefs and be closed minded toward new, different ideas that go against what they believe.
Most critics agree that the strength of To Kill a Mockingbird lies in Harper Lee’s use of the point of view of Scout. This point of view works in two ways: It is the voice of a perceptive, independent six-year-old girl and at the same time it is the mature voice of a woman telling about her childhood in retrospect. Lee skillfully blends these voices so that the reader recognizes that both are working at the same time but that neither detracts from the story. Through the voice of the child and the mature reflection of the adult, Lee is able to relate freshly the two powerful events in the novel: Atticus Finch’s doomed defense of Tom Robinson and the appearance of the town recluse, Boo Radley.
Scout s ready to fight Cecil Jacobs because he insults her father. Scout has promised Atticus that she will not fight, and he said he would “wear her out” if she did it. Yet Cecil angered her so much she forgot. In the novel it states, “Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch's daddy defended niggers.
