Chapter 26
Scout makes an observation that Miss Gates is being hypocritical about her feelings on Hitler. What does this say about Scout? Why do you think Jem got so angry?
Chapter 27
Why do you think Aunt Alexandra stop in the middle of her sentence on p. 253? “…she stopped short in the middle of her sentence. She closed her mouth, then opened it to say something, but no words came.”
Chapter 28
There was a lot of confusion that went on as Bob Ewell was attacking Jem and Scout. Explain what you think happened.
Chapter 29
What made Scout realize that the man standing in the corner was Boo?
Chapter 30
What did Scout mean by “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?”
Chapter 31
Scout: “…when they finally saw him, why he hadn’t done any of those things…Atticus, he was real nice.”
Atticus: “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” Explain how this quote relates to Boo Radley.
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Chapter 30:
“Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” What Scout means by this is that punishing Boo, or even giving him all that attention from the townspeople would be wrong. This is because Boo never actually did anything wrong, all he does is sit in his house all day and the one day he comes out, he saves to children's lives. Even if this did force him to stab Bob Ewell, who cares? Bob Ewell was probably the meanest person in Maycomb County anyway. She compares Boo to a mockingbird because mockingbirds are similiar to Boo. They don't eat crops and they make beautiful music for people to hear.
Response to Chapter 28
What I think happened was Bob Ewell jumped on Jem and tried to attack him with the kitchen knife. Then he tried to kill Scout with his knife but the chicken wire costume protected her. He tried to somehow get it off and that was what the squeezing was. Jem tried to protect Scout and jumped on Bob Ewell. They fought for a little while until Bob Ewell finally grabbed Jems arm and hyper-extended the elbow to break it so Jem could not fight anymore. Finally Boo Radley came and wrestled the knife away in order to stab Bob Ewell. The heavy breathing was Boo's reaction to having killed a man. That is what I think happened in all that confusion in chapter 28.
You both had great insight about the story. Zach - I think you have a good grasp of the symbolism of the mockingbird. Adam - while we don't know exactly what happened, I think your sequence of events sounds pretty logical.
Scout compares Boo to a mockingbird because to kill a mockingbird would be bad because they are inocent and just provide beautiful music for people to hear. This realates to Boo because he is inocent and although he distances himself from the citizans of maycomb, he still is a kind soul.
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