Chapter 26 Question
Why do you think Jem became so mad when Scout started talking about the trial?
Chapter 27 Question
Why does Bob Ewell have a chip on his shoulder with everyone that had something to do with the trial of Tom Robinson?
Chapter 28 Question
Who do you think attacked Jem and Scout? Why do you think this person wanted to attack them?
Chapter 29 Question
When Scout first saw Boo Radley, how do you think she felt? How would you have felt if you were Scout?
Chapter 30 Question
Now that we have met Boo Radley, does Scout think any differently of him now? In what ways?
Chapter 31 Question
Scout needs to be comforted int his chapter. How did Atticus provide that for her?
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My feeling towards how the black people were treated in Maycomb is very strong. I think it is a shame that all these people were treated so very badly just because of the color of their skin. Exaple: Tom Robinson was proven guilty of rape, when there was so much evidence to show that he really wasn't guilty. In Maycomb blacks are treated as a lower class, less important, and people are overall just disrespectful to them. It's hard to believe that this only happen so many years ago. To think people would actually do all those things to a man or a woman is a horrible thought. I feel for the people who had to go through all those terrible comments and threats. I hope now and in the future no one will treat another person as the people did to the blacks in the book "To Kill A Mocking Bird".
Mia...I have the same thoughts. I think the way the people of Maycomb were horrible people. I think to myself...how can someone that thinks they are a good person send another person to jail just because of the color of their skin. It seems so unfair. It still happens in our world today and that makes me sad. Hopefully one day we will all overcome treating others badly based on the color of their skin. Great throughts!!!
Great thoughts, Mia. The people of Maycomb did have very strong negative feelings. It is hard to imagine that something so terrible could actually happen.
Chapter 26: I think that the trial effected Jem very much. He wanted his father to win so badly. He wanted to prove people that his father wasn't a bad person, and I think he had had a lot of faith in him. When Scout brought up the trial in front of Jem, it upset Jem to think about it. Jem had been very sensitive when it happened, and was still not over it. I think Jem just wanted to stop thinking about it, and maybe in his mind pretend that it hadn't actually turned out the way it did.
I think Jem became so mad when Scout started talking about the trial, because Jem felt uncomfortable talking about something that was injust and inhumane. Jem had not fully understood what the world of Maycomb was like until that trial. Jem learned how unfair our society is, from the trial of an innocent black man againgst a guilty white man. The community knew the truth, but did not say it because they were afraid they would be outcasted from the community. Jem now understood the unfortunate way most of Maycomb thought, and was disgusted with it. (My blog was not here earlier because I was on the Quebec trip. )
Bob Ewell has a chip on his shoulder with everyone that had something to do with the trial of Tom Robinson. I think this is because he was humiliated and made a fool of in front of the entire community. Bob Ewell wanted to have the final laugh. He felt insulted by his peers, and wanted to gain their respect back. He did not care who he hurt in order to accomplish this. (My blog was not here earlier because I as on the Quebec trip. )
Chapter 30: Scout definitely thinks differently of Boo Radley after meeting him. Before Scout pictured Boo as a grumpy man who tried to kill his father and stayed in the house. She began to think different as she became older, though. Scout dreamed of walking past the Radley’s home one day and seeing Boo sitting on the porch swing. She imagined saying hello and being friendly with one another. When Scout realized it was Boo in Jem’s room on Halloween night, I believe she felt gratitude and kindness towards him, for helping out her brother and possibly saving their lives. Scout doesn’t think of him as a crazy person now. When she showed him the way to the porch that night, she was friendly and it seemed all too familiar to the fantasy she had about seeing Boo on the porch one day. I think Scout is very grateful towards Boo Radley after the incident on Halloween night.
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