-Summary for Ch. 11-15 (AT LEAST FOUR SENTENCES): In chapters 11-15, Jem did not know much about Mrs. Dubose but Atticus said that she was the bravest person he knew as she died of her illness. Cal took Scout and jem to a black church and some didn't quite welcome them to their church but they learned some new things about the difference in races. Dill surprisingly ran away from his family and came to Scout's house to see them and he stayed the night. Jem got a feeling that Atticus wasn't where he said he was and they found him in the jail as he waited for people that he was expecting. -Summary for Ch. 16-20 (AT LEAST FOUR SENTENCES): In chapters 16-20, Scout asked why the mob wanted to hurt Atticus even though she did not get an answer. Atticus said that Scout brought them to there senses and they left. Scout, jem, and dill desperately tried to watch the case as they were waiting for it to start. In trial Atticus asked why there wasn't a doctor called; which was suspicious. They said it was too much money. Bob Ewell is left handed, the bruises on the girl's face were on the right side and that would more likely be caused by a left handed person. …show more content…
21-25 (AT LEAST FOUR SENTENCES): In chapter 21-25, Ewell was set on getting revenge on Atticus for making him look like a fool. Tom Robinson was moved to another jail. Atticus hopes that Tom will be let go but, if he isnt he will have to go to the electric chair. He also suggest that Boo Radley just does not want to leave his house that maybe he likes it
Chapter 17, pp 231-238: With the first day of the trial starting, Mr. Bob Ewell is called to the stand to the stand to be questioned. Atticus targets the matter of Mayella Ewell's bruises which were all on her right eye. Mr. Ewell claims he caught Tom Robinson in the act of the crime but Atticus questions him about the bruises on her face, and then makes Mr. Ewell sign an envelope. This made the courtroom notice that he was left handed which revealed that he had probably
One night, as Scout and Jem were walking home in the dark, Bob Ewell tried to attack the two of them. As Bob Ewell attacked Scout and Jem, Boo Radley came outside for the first time in a long time to their rescue. Boo Radley has been staying in his house for many years without going outside, but on this day he went outside with a kitchen knife, and killed Bob Ewell to save Scout and Jem and safely bring them home. Heck Tate, who is the county sheriff, sees what has happened and decides to hide the knife Bob Ewell uses to attack the children. He says to Atticus that Bob has accidentally killed himself as he stumbled onto his own knife, but Atticus doesn't buy it.
By making Boo seem terrible and evil without even seeing him created a lot of questions which were answer during the end of the text. This all started from a case of where Mayella Ewell and Bob Ewell falsely accused Tom Robinson of raping Mayella. During the court case Mayella and Bob Ewell win the case due to Maycomb’s racist white community. However Bob was made a fool of in front of everyone and now looks like a terrible person in front of everyone, thus he went to attack Atticus’ family resulting in Boo Radley killing him. The ending of the showed how many characters are like, their characteristics, and their personality.
Hook: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch Thesis: Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird explores the complexities of prejudice and racism through the perspectives of Scout and Jem Finch, two young children growing up in the deep South during the 1930s. Body Paragraph 1: Topic Sentence: Scout's innocence and naivety initially blind her to the racism present in her community. Quote: "I was starting to learn that a quick temper could get you into trouble faster than anything else."
Because of this event, Jem starts to act more empathetic towards others, and he learns to stand by his beliefs even if all the odds push against him. The latter lesson ties in to the scene when the children visit the jailhouse to find Atticus defending Tom Robinson from a lynch mob. Atticus demands Jem to “Go home... [And] [t]ake Scout and Dill home…” but to Scout’s notes with surprise that “... from the way [Jem] stood Jem was not thinking of budging” (152).
The Contrast of Empathy and Racism Although Americans follow the same rules and government, there is a clear divide between the priorities of the citizens. As with Americans, in Maycomb, Alabama, there is a clear divide in people’s viewpoints. Some of them are empathetic of others and see everyone with an open mind while others generalize people and can immediately make an assumption about someone from the color of their skin. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, she makes it clear that there are two kinds of people in Maycomb, the majority whom are racist and the select few who are empathic. Empathy is shown throughout the novel in many situations by the Finch family.
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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
To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Plan Thesis: The three main protagonists of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (Scout, Jem, and Dill) both learn and demonstrate empathy through the story. Directional Statement: The characters demonstrate empathy to Boo Radley both after the trial and after Scout walks him back home, and they learn about empathy during Tom Robinson's testimony. Body Paragraph 1: Point: Jem demonstrates empathy towards Boo Radley after Tom Robinson is convicted of raping a white woman. Proof: Right after the trial, and Tom Robinson has been convicted of raping Mayella Ewell, Jem starts to understand why Boo Radley doesn't come out of his house: "I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all the time...
Have you ever wondered, do I have blind spots? Do others have blind spots? What is a blind spot? A blind spot is when a person doesn't realize that they are missing something on a topic and sometimes end up hurting others. Everyone has blind spots.
To Kill A Mockingbird Rough Draft “It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. ‘It ain’t right,’ he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where he found Atticus waiting.” (pg 284) Throughout the story To Kill a Mockingbird Jem, Scout’s older brother, matured and change a great deal.
In chapter nine , it doesn't start off so good because Scout and jem also Cecil Jacobs were all arguing in the schoolyard . In this chapter Scout doesn't like the thought that atticus is actually defending a negro so he asked why he was defending Tom Robinson , but he tells him that it was for a number of reasons . Later on Scout had enough of Cecil and was willing to fight Cecil the next day but atticus had told her some advice about why she shouldn’t so she took it and walked away . Christmas had come along and every Christmas eve jem and scout got to spend a week with there Uncle jack .
In Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee took the minor character of Mayella Ewell and made her into a sympathetic role to her readers in a latent way. Mayella's life at home is told through the story's background and foreshadowing references. This is how Lee made Mayella memorable enough to the reader to know who she is and her family situation without needing her point of view of her side of the story. Once Mayella enters the storyline, her actions will become understandable to the reader and generate sympathy. One way Lee makes Mayella a sympathetic character is how before entering her into the story, one of Mayella's younger siblings was introduced.
What dose Scout learn about Boo Radley from standing in Boos shoes and walking around in them. In this novel To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee. We learn about how a man comes out of the shadows after a man named Tom Robinson is tried on the account of rape. Which when you read into it you will see that he did not really commit rape. It was Bob Ewell who had beat his daughter Mayella Ewell.
He was used to playing football and this incident was enough to shake his self-confidence. He was really conscious about the injury in his arm because his left arm was shorter in length than the right arm. This was an introduction and the plot of the story further moved to the upbringing of Scout and Jem by their father Atticus who is a lawyer in the story. The brilliance of the story lies in