When I lived in Fishers, Indiana it was a big deal when there was court. I made this connection to when Atticus was in court in Maycomb county, everybody went to see the trail. Although the court house had guards outside the doors and they wouldn't let any of the kids in the door even if it was a simple matter such as an unpaid parking ticket.it reminded me of when Scout, Jem and Dill went to the court house for Tom Robinson's trail the main difference is that they were allowed inside the court house to watch the trail.
I noticed the conflict between aunt Alexandria and scout is close to the one of society and us.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Morrison- Chpt. 6-11 Illuminator
For the Chapters 6-11 it was my job as the Illuminator to notice the different literary devices and how they impacted the story. I also had to notice any symbols used and what they represented in the story.
An important symbol in the story is the sewing on Jem's pants. The sewing shows that Boo Radley is actually nice and cares about other people outside of the house. It also shows that he's not mean or anything like that, it shows that in a way he is civilized and is not crazy or anything like that, all the rumors are wrong about that.
Harper Lee describes everything, from the what the character acts to the sound of the grass crunching under foot. She takes the time to describe how everything looks, for instance when she was describing Tim Johnson, the mad dog, she described exactly how he looked and the way he walked down the street.
The author makes this section seem like the kids feel fear and sadness for Atticus, and what the case is about. Harper makes this whole section kind of fearful to like scout felt alot of fear.
An important symbol in the story is the sewing on Jem's pants. The sewing shows that Boo Radley is actually nice and cares about other people outside of the house. It also shows that he's not mean or anything like that, it shows that in a way he is civilized and is not crazy or anything like that, all the rumors are wrong about that.
Harper Lee describes everything, from the what the character acts to the sound of the grass crunching under foot. She takes the time to describe how everything looks, for instance when she was describing Tim Johnson, the mad dog, she described exactly how he looked and the way he walked down the street.
The author makes this section seem like the kids feel fear and sadness for Atticus, and what the case is about. Harper makes this whole section kind of fearful to like scout felt alot of fear.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Morrison-Directer Ch 1-5
When I was reading the chapters I kept comparing my childhood to that of Scouts. Seeing what they were doing, the games, the curiosity of everything around them. The wanting of trying new things and finding out how things work in the world and playing games to try and understand it. I also kept noticing how the boys were being unfair to Scout and how they kept using her to do errands and be an extra pair of eyes for what ever they were doing that needed to have an extra person for what they were doing.
One quote to know to best understand the story is on pg. 23 "First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." This quote tells me that Scout didn't really understand different kinds of people until then and now shes going to be placing herself into other peoples shoes to see what they think and to better understand them and how they think.
One quote to know to best understand the story is on pg. 23 "First of all, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." This quote tells me that Scout didn't really understand different kinds of people until then and now shes going to be placing herself into other peoples shoes to see what they think and to better understand them and how they think.
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