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To Kill A Mockingbird Book Reports

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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The book is about Tom Robinson in jail and Atticus is trying to get him out. Scout and Jem have an encounter with Bob Ewell, that doesn’t turn out so good. Scout walks in other people’s shoes. In this journal I will be evaluating. G- Theme: A person doesn’t really know/ understand someone until he or she walks in his or her shoes. Scout learns this through encounters with several people. Y- Scout encounters with Atticus R- She sees her dad’s serious lawyer side In court she sees his serious side, when he is questioning Mayella When Aunt Alexandra has Atticus talk to the kids and he talks very strict and serious When Atticus talks about the Tom Robinson case R- Scout sees her dad’s …show more content…

Dubose’s shoes. Scout has an encounter with her dad Atticus. She sees her dad’s serious lawyer side when he is in court questioning Mayella about the rape. She also sees a different side to him that she didn’t recognize, when her aunt Alexandra had him talk to Scout and Jem about what it meant to be a Finch. Atticus was very strict and serious. He yelled at Scout to stop the noise with her brush. Scout was stung by his curtness. One more that was very noticeable to Scout was whenever Atticus talked about Tom Robinson and the court case he gets very stern and focused. He doesn’t talk about it much with Scout or Jem, he keeps to himself about it. The other side to Atticus is his happy and fatherly side. Atticus always comforts Scout when she is sad or scared. He always makes time to hear about her day and smiles at all the fun things she did. Atticus always talks sweetly and kind to Scout, he doesn’t act or talk grumpy or rude to her. Scout has an encounterwith Mrs. Dubose. she sees Mrs Dubose’s angry side, whenever Scout passed by her house with Jem she would always yell at them no matter what. Once Scout just said, “Hey Mrs. Dubose.” Mrs. Dubose would yell, “Don’t you say hey to me.” Scout was just trying to be nice and get on her good side, but there was no way this would happen.. One time Mrs. Dubose even called Scout ugly. She said, “You ugly girl.” Scout gave up trying to be nice to her and make conversation because

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