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1). Time - era – Great Depression - season (beginning of book) -summer - age/period of life for Scout, Jem, Atticus- Scout is six. Jem is ten. Atticus is a fairly old adult

2). Geography - area of world- an old, tired town in Alabama. - climate - very hot - landscape/buildings- The landscape is flat, and the buildings are poor.

3). Environment - occupations -farmers, bankers, teachers, lawyers, colored housekeepers - lifestyle -unsanitary and poor for families - morals/religion - predominantly Christian - customs - Sunday visits and the Radley legend - family life - scout and Jem have a very close relationship as well as with Atticus and Calpurnia. - education - To most kids, education is not an important need, but Scout and Jem go to school every school year.

2). I Dare You

Recall a time when you were dared to do something you felt was dangerous. How did you feel about the person/people who made the dare? Did you carry out the dare? Why or why not? When someone starts to talk about a dare he or she did i immediately think of one of my own. This particlar dare occurred in my backyard. My backyard is not flat with grass, but it is covered in leaves and pinestraw and dirt with many trees and tree stumps on a steep hill. I was dared to ride a bike down it. Some people may call me crazy for carrying out for such a dare, and they have a right to, for i have no good reason except for bragging rights. I was the first and, so far, only person to have ridden down the hill. I actually feel very proud to have done it because i did not even fall. This dare was a win-win situation for me.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">What type of insult would most provoke you? <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">An insult about your dress or appearance <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">An insult about your character or action <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">An insult about a friend or family member

Explain your reasons and suggest ways to deal with insults. I believe the insult that would most provoke me is one that is about my character or action. I just do not see any reason to comment in such a negative way about personality. You are who you are, so what you think is normal another person might think weird. It just depends on the person. These type of insults cause people to feel very down and unconfident. They might want to change themselves, which could cause them to lose current friends. I think you should not take these insults too seriously especially if it is from someone who does not know you very well and not your friend. The friends you have do not think your character is weird. that is why they are your friends.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Courage-Mrs. Dubose had the courage to stop her addiction to morphine
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jem’s Maturation-Jem bought a baton for Scout
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hidden Identities Discovered- Atticus is the best shot in town
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Concern for Others- Atticus would have made Jem read for Mrs. Dubose anyway
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Prejudice-Mrs. Dubose did not approve Atticus defending a Negro
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Illusions give way to Reality- Calpurnia's two lives
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Scout’s Maturation- Scout learns showing everything you know is not always important

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">1). Mob Rule

o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">How would you define a mob?

o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">How does mob behavior differ from individual behavior?

o <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">How would you handle an angry mob as opposed to an angry individual?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">I would define a mob as a group of angry people who have lost their mind. They have no intention except to hurt people. A mob mentality differs greatly from individual behavior because that feeling of being part of a group takes over. One feels needed and not when by themselves. I would think facing a mob takes much more courage than an angry individual. An angry individual still has some sense and is easy to calm down. A mob sees their style as the best and do not change their mind easily. also, one risks his life when confronting a mob. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">1). Protecting the Innocent

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">What is your view about shielding children from unpleasant truths?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is it important for a child to know the truth or to keep a child in the dark?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is it right for a parent to lie to a child to shield him or her?

I feel a child should know what is appropriate for his or her age. Protection is what every parent wants to do, but to keep a child protected for a very long time is impossible. I do not think parents should lie to their children because if they have heard it once it will not be the last. Protecting a child is the right thing to do, but lying is not protecting. If they ask you and you lie, they will find out from somebody else what it means. The kids might ask the parent about the other meaning and then the truth must come out. A child has the right to know, or consequences may occur.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Atticus’ Argument


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Mayella Ewell was probably injured by a left-handed man; therefore, Tom was not involved.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella had injuries on the right side of her face.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom can not use his left arm his arm got stuck in a machine.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">No medical evidence exists to prove a rape occurred.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Heck Tate did not call a doctor.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bob Ewell did not call a doctor.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">The Ewells are not credible witnesses.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bob Ewell is often drunk.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bob Ewell is an uncaring parent.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella says she can not remember much and changes her answer quite a few times.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella is always alone and unloved by anyone. Having Tom Robinson gives her a sense of company.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom Robinson’s previous arrest was unimportant.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom was fighting in self-defense.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom served his time without complaint.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom is a gentle, compassionate, hard-working man.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom has works in the fields everyday.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom is kind to Mayella when he walks back home.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom feels sorry for Mayella because she is lonely.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Gilmer’s Argument


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Mayella looked as though she was physically abused.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella had bruises all over her body.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella had marks on her neck.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Mayella was raped by Tom.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom was in the house when Mayella was being raped.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mayella and Bob Ewell said Tom was the man taking advantage of Mayella.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom acts in a shifty, dangerous, and criminal way.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom snuck up behind Mayella.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom has been arrested for fighting.


 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Tom is insolent and doesn’t know his place.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom is black; Mayella is white.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tom feels sorry for Mayella, a white girl

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">1). Closing the Gaps

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Why do people feel prejudice against whole groups of people? n <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">insecurity? n <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">result of bad experiences? n <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">automatic acceptance of old attitudes? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> How can we overcome prejudice?

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">It is very easy to be prejudice to whole groups of people just because of insecurity. One may feel the need to take out anger on a particular group of people. This is also the cause of bullying. A bad experience with one person of a certain group could be a reason to assume all members of that group to be that way. People today are very shallow and opinionated. An automatic acceptance come in hand with both insecurity and a bad experience. Another cause of automatic acceptance could be because the person was influenced by family. Friends can also have an affect on judgements.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">1). Atticus says that he sometimes feels he has been a total failure as a parent. Drawing examples from the novel, contradict or support his remark.

2). Scout is finally able to meet Boo Radley, walk him home, and “stand in his shoes.” How does the actual meeting differ from her expectations? What does she learn from the experience?

Atticus has been a great parent to both Jem and Scout. The two have learned many lessons from him. He showed them that all people are equal. When the two were in court, they saw that people make judgements that are very unfair when they came to a conclusion that Tom was guilty. He also repeatedly told Jem and Scout to leave the Radley's alone. when Scout meets Boo and "stands in his shoes" she knows exactly why Atticus told Jem and her to leave the Radley's alone. Scout always thought Boo was a scary, evil person. Ironically, Scout meets Boo after he has done something heroic. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">