Katherine+S

//- season (beginning of book) - //
summer

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//**Why do people tend to make fun of those who are in some way different? Do you believe the tendency is stronger in children or adults? Suggest ways to combat this tendency. **//======

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People tend to make fun of those who are "different." If someone is not normal by another person's standards but are perfectly normal by their own may be called different. I think that it is just that the other person who thinks they are normal may be different from the one who they are mocking. Unfortunately for them, the person they are mocking has an equal right to make fun of them because the mocker himself is different from the mocked. It is wrog to mock those different to you because you are just as different to them as they are to you. No one is normal to a person who is normal in a different way, so it is wrong to mock someone different by your own standards when they have an equal right to mock you because you are not like them. ======

//**Explain your reasons and suggest ways to deal with insults. **//
Unintentional insults to character or actions are usually made when someone does something another person is not accustomed to. Insults that are made on purpose are less easily forgiven than those that are accidental. When someone insults my character, I am hurt on the inside. My character is my personality, so I think I am fine the way I am. If someone disagrees, then that is their opinion. I put on an air of nonchalance until the speaker is gone, then I ponder what they said. If it is a sore spot for whatever reason or if people notice it a lot, then I feel bad about it. My best way to deal with an insult of character or of an action is by feigning indifference and later figuring out what I did and trying to fix it. An insult is a type of punishment to me, where I am embarrassed so I try not to do it again.

**//Task: Seven themes are listed below. For each theme find 1-2 examples of this theme in Chapter 11 and 1-2 examples in Chapter 12. You may organize your findings in any way you would like—such as a chart, outline, etc. Full sentences and direct quotations are not necessary—you may put the examples in your own words.//** ch.12, pg.158 || Atticus Calpurnia || "Mrs. Dubose won (her fight against morphine)... she died beholden to nothing and nobody." "'Don't you fret,' Calpurnia whispered to me, but the roses on her hat trembled indignantly." || ch.12, pg. 166 || Atticus Jem || "I'd have made you go read to her anyway, it may have been some distraction. (from her addiction) <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"' But Cal,' Jem protested, 'You don't look even near as old as Atticus.' (Cal was older than he thought) || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.12, pg.153 || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jem <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scout || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"'You must be a gentleman, son,' and the phase of self-conscios rectitude he had recently entered." <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody." || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.12, pg.158 || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Atticus <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Calpurnia || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"'Son, didn't you know what her fits were?' Jem shook his head. 'Mrs.Dubose was a morphine addict.'" <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"'They's my comp'ny,' said Calpurnia. Again I thought her voice strange: she was talking like the rest of them." || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.12, pg.153 || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scout <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scout || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"'This looks like you.' That was the nicest thing I could think to say to him, but it was no help." <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible." ||
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Themes// || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//ch.#, pg.#// || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Speaker// || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//Quote from the book// ||
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Courage** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch. 11, pg.149
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Illusions give way to Reality** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.11, pg.148
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Jem’s Maturation** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.11, pg.136
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Hidden Identities Discovered** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.11, pg.147
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Concern for Others** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.11, pg.137
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Prejudice** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.11, pg.135

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.12, pg.153 || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mrs.Dubose

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jem || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"She pointed an arthritic finger at me. 'What are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisol, young lady!'" <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jem hollered,'It's time you started bein' a girl and acting right!'" || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.12, pg. 154 || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scout <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Scout || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"What Jem did was something I'd do as matter of course had I not been under Atticus' interdict..." <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"...I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl." ||
 * <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Scout’s Maturation** || <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ch.11, pg. 137

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**Task: Respond to the following questions in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response.**//

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//1). Mob Rule//**

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//- How would you define a mob?//** <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A mob is a large group of people gathered together, all with the same or very similar reasons to be there.

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//- How does mob behavior differ from individual behavior?//** <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People involved in a mob are usually stubbornly driven to achieve what they want. The mob way of thinking is simply to get what they want, and there is usually very little thinking from the individuals involved. Often, mobs do things that as individuals they would agree was terrible. Yet in mobs, people do silly things that they don't always mean to do.

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//- How would you handle an angry mob as opposed to an angry individual?//** <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">If I was confronted by an angry mob, my first impulse would be to flee! Unfortunately, mobs usually prevent their victims from running away, so I would be stuck. As opposed to a mob, I could easily escape an angry individual, as they will most likely have trouble (catching me!) restraining me. I would have to convince the mob that I made a mistake or that they misunderstood. I hope a mob will never use physical force to get what they want, and I hope I will be able to altogether prevent that from happening.

<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**Task: Respond to the following questions in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response.**// <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**1). Protecting the Innocent**// <span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">//**What is your view about shielding children from unpleasant truths?**//


 * //**<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is it important for a child to know the truth or to keep a child in the dark? **//

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In some situations it is better to tell the child the truth but in some to keep the child in the dark. When it the truth involves the child, such as if their grandpa died, then it is important to tell the truth. If the child will not be affected by it, they do not need to be told. Even if they will not be affected for a few years, they do not need to hear the truth until it will affect them.


 * //**<span style="color: #00945d; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is it right for a parent to lie to a child to shield him or her? **//

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It is never okay to lie to a child. If the child is persistent and they really do not need to know the truth, then their parents can either tell them part of the story and clarify it when the child matures and can full y understand, otr they can choose to not say anything at all. If the parents decide not to say anything at the moment, they can promise to tell the child in a few years. If a parent wants to shield their child by lying, when the child gets older, they may realize their parent did not tell the truth and may begin to expect that, unless they understand the lie was told to shield them.


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Good arguments follow certain rules. Three which are important in the court room are brevity, clarity, and thoroughness. //**


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Task: Review the way that Atticus and Gilmer handle Tom’s case. You goal is to provide evidence from the trial to support each statement. Hints have been given throughout to help you. //**


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Atticus’ Argument //**

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella Ewell was probably injured by a left-handed man; therefore, Tom was not involved. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella: the left side of her face was bruised as was the rest of the left side of her body
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella: her father was left handed and she would not admit if he beat her up instead of Tom
 * 3) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: his left arm was useless and he was less likely to hit the right side of her face with his right hand

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No medical evidence exists to prove a rape occurred. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Heck Tate: He came right away when Bob Ewell came for him, but admitted he had never gotten a doctor because Mayella "didn't seem to need one"
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bob Ewell: He claimed he had never thought to run for a doctor, and he would not have wanted one, even if he had remembered, as it cost $5

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Ewells are not credible witnesses. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bob Ewell: had come from the woods, arrived late, and looked through a window. He could have misinterpreted what he saw.
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bob Ewell: was not a trusted member of Maycomb County, lived off of relief checks
 * 3) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella: lived a lonely life and was not heard from often by anyone of Maycomb
 * 4) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella: no one knew whether or not to trust her, as she was a sort of recluse

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom Robinson’s previous arrest was unimportant. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: the other man had beaten him up, Tom had not exactly been at fault
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: his previous arrest had nothing to do with the present case

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom is a gentle, compassionate, hard-working man. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: he never yelled or overreacted in the courtroom
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: his boss said Tom had been a loyal worker for many years and had never caused trouble
 * 3) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: he has a wife and three young children, whom he cared for diligently

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **//Gilmer’s Argument//**

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //Mayella looked as though she was physically abused.//
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella: seen by Mr. Tate and Mr. Ewell right after and both claimed she looked badly beaten
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella: had felt him beating her and could easily witness what had been done to her

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella was raped by Tom. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: he had been doing small chores for her every day
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mayella and Bob Ewell: Mayella was the so-called victim, and Bob Ewell was the witness

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom acts in a shifty, dangerous, and criminal way. //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: a quiet man whose eyes were always watching
 * 2) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: previously served time in jail

//<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom is insolent and doesn’t know his place. Tom: had not accepted money for her the first time, and never received any offers of payment again //
 * 1) <span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tom: had felt sorry for her, and he was not allowed to have feelings for a white woman

//**<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Task: Respond to the following questions in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response. **//


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1). Closing the Gaps //**


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Why do people feel prejudice against whole groups of people? //**
 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- insecurity? //**
 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- result of bad experiences? //**
 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- automatic acceptance of old attitudes? //**
 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How can we overcome prejudice? //**

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Prejudice against large groups of people occurs when someone is jealous, if they have one bad experience, or if they accept stereotypes. When someone is jealous and make a prejudice against a group, they are usually insecure about what others think of them. Prejudice caused by insecurity is usually very vocal. The person is always trying to criticize everything the group does, just to make themselves look better. Sometimes, a previous bad experience may cause a prejudice. For example, if once a person goes to a very good restaurant that accidentally burns their food, that person will never come back and will tell their friends that the food is terrible. In that case, a prejudice is developed that could be fixed easily and could have been prevented. Then, there are stereotypes of people or groups of people. If someone has always been taught that a certain group of people is bad, they will never like the group, and may never discover whether they are right or wrong about that group. This is the most narrow-minded and stubborn kind of prejudice. People who are open-minded will always be watching to prove or disprove their stereotypes. Prejudices against large groups of people are usually caused because of lack of true knowledge about that particular group.


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Task: Respond to the following questions regarding the conclusion of the novel. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the questions above your response. //**


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 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. //**

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Atticus is not a total failure as a parent, he is just not teaching Scout and Jem the way most parents did. He still cares for them, and they adore him. Instead of using the typical method to teach them between right and wrong, the child's trial and error, Atticus taught by example. He was polite to everyone of every social status, and treated them all with respect. Scout and Jem loved him so much, they were always looking to please him, so rarely disobeyed. Atticus's relationship with his children was remarkable, truly drawn from love and caring for each other.


 * //<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 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? //**

<span style="color: #00945d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Atticus always told Scout that to really understand a person, you had to stand in his shoes and walk around in them. When pale Boo Radley asked her to walk him home, Scout was able to stand in his shoes, on his porch. She held his elbow, led him to his house, and Boo went inside, and she never saw him again. But she did stand on the front porch of the dreaded Radley Place. She stood, looking at his view of the neighborhood. She imagined watching Jem and herself walking home from school every day, and sitting there watching from the window. She imagined watching when Dill came and all the plays and mischief performed in view of Boo's window. Scout finally understood that Boo stayed inside because he wanted to, and he watched Jem and herself every day. Boo wasn't a monster, he was just a shy recluse.