Friday, November 22, 2013

To Kill A Mockingbird, 2nd entry


On p.99 Atticus said to Jem, ”...but remember it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird” and that line is connected to the title  of this novel. On the next page, 100, miss Maudie explains why, ”Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird"
     When Atticus shot the mad dog, Tim Johnson, both Scout and Jem were surprised about how good their father shot without aiming and even if his glasses had slipped off so he couldn't see well enough, he shot it  perfectly and hit. They asked around and found out that their father was called One-Shot Finch when he was younger but he wasn't proud of it, of killing anyone so that's why he never told them about it. 
     On p.148 Atticus was talking to Jem and Scout and said, "It's no time to worry" I found that quote interesting because he tells them not to worry but at the same time he seems to be saying that they should be worrying soon because of something that is about to happen. Also on p.176 he was talking to miss Maudie and said, "They hafta try him in public, Miss Maudie" and then continued with, "Wouldn't be right if they didn't" that quote shows how smart and kindhearted Atticus is, that he wants to give everyone a fair chance.
     The similarities between the both churches' that the church for the white ones is only for them, no one with dark skin color is accepted enough to go in and the other way around when it comes to the church that the black people attends. 
     Atticus comes out as a man with a strong authority that wants everyone's best and it's not often that he gets mad at Scout or Jem. Scout stops fighting everything and everyone, slowly she starts to understand that not everything can be solved with a fist fight no matter how much she wants it, it shows clearly that she starts to grow up in that way. Jem on the other hand, starts to get more and more irritated when it comes to small things, like when Scout wants to play something with him because he just had his twelfth birthday and thinks that it's childish to play with his younger sister in the garden. At the same time it gets tougher for him when it comes to hold his anger back when someone insults Atticus. In this entry you can also find out that Calpurnia, their housekeeper, can read which is very strange with the thought of that she's not white and has never gone to school before, but Atticus and her other boss teached her to read and write and she later also teached her son, Zeebo. 
     On p.173 Atticus says that every mob is made up by people you know. I think he wants to tell them, Jem and Scout, that even people they know can't be trusted with the fact that they will turn against you. When Atticus was threatened by the mob, Scout ran up to him and saved the situation with a little speech that left everyone speechless  for a while before leaving Atticus alone.
     I think that Tom Robinson and Atticus will win the case. Because during the trial on page 206 you realize that Mayella, the victim of the rape, starts to change her story and gets very nervous and when Atticus asks her if her father maybe hit her when he was drunk and blamed Tom Robinson instead, she gets quiet for a while, glancing at her father a few times. I think that is enough to understand that they made up this whole story and blamed Tom just so her father would get out of trouble for hitting her and hurting her pretty badly. Also the fact that they didn't get a doctor to her immediately shows that they've made up the whole case and blamed someone who happened to be black and would get in to trouble for it no matter how many times he objects and tries to prove his innocence or how much proof he got. 

Friday, November 8, 2013

To Kill A Mockingbird, 1st entry

The story is set around the 1930s and it takes place in Alabama, Maycomb County.
    Jean Louise Finch, also called Scout, is the younger sister to Jeremy Finch, also called Jem. Their father is called Atticus, their mother is dead and they have a maid, Calpurnia, also called Cal. They also have a friend that is in Maycomb every summer that is called Dill. Then there is their uncle Jack Finch, Aunt Alexandra and cousin Francis.

It seems a little unusual with the thought of Boo Radley. He just seems so odd and I do not think that someone like him have ever existed in reality. Otherwise it seems true to life and, it is a really down to earth story about the 1900s and how different someones life would be based on their skin color.

Scout is the narrator and she is the youngest in the family. Even though she is a girl, she likes to act like a boy, play the same games, use the same language and dress like them which everyone think is weird and not okay, beside of Atticus and Jem.
    Jem is the older brother that likes to be kind of rebellious and is pretty much obsessed with the Boo Radley story and wants to figure out as much as possible about him. He also have theories about everything and everyone that seems a little unusual.
    Atticus is a lawyer. He never want to school but knows a lot and want his children to be down to earth, not judging anyone based of what other thinks and says and to be true to who they are. He is one of the few that does not judge anyone because of their skin color which was really weird at that time and that made a lot of people to talk bad about him.

I think that Scout will grow up, drastically, throughout the book and tell the story through the eyes of an older and more mature, girl. I think so because on paige 98 it stood, "...it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said", so she will grow up and understand more about how Atticus sees the world and maybe see it in the same way.