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Chapters 1-3 Activity 1

1). Time  - era – Depression Era/1930s  - season (beginning of book) - Summer  - age/period of life for Scout, Jem, Atticus1). Scout is 6, Jem is 10, Atticus is a middle-aged man in his 30s or 40s.

2). Geography

 - area of world- Maycomb, Alabama, in the U.S.  - climate - It is warm in the summer, and cold in the winter.  - landscape/buildings- Old town, with old buildings. The Radley place is a very important building in this town.

3). Environment

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">- occupations - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Atticus is a lawyer, Mrs. Caroline was a teacher, many others were farmers. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> - lifestyle - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">People are poor in the depression, and most farm for a living. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> - morals/religion - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">They were Prodestants. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> - customs - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">African-Americans are usually servants or maids, and are looked down upon slightly. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> - family life - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Atticus works, so Calpurnia takes the role of mother and runs the household. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> - education - <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">The children go to school, except the Ewells, who go to school the first day then do not go again.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Chapters 4-6 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> Activity 2- Journal

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> Task: Choose one of the following questions to respond to in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the question you are responding to above your response.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">2). I Dare You

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> 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?

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';"> O ne time, my brother and I were playing baseball in our back yard, and my brother hit the ball over our fence, which surrounds our yard, into our neighbors' yard. If he had hit it into any other yard, it would have been no problem, but, my brother hit the ball in the neighbor's yard with the vicious dog. The dog is a German Shepard, and it was there to guard the owner's house. (I live in a non-safe area of Atlanta) The baseball that was hit over was our last, and I had gotten it from a Braves game. I was about to give up on it, but my brother double dog dared me to retrieve the ball. At first I didn't want to, thinking that I would end up getting mauled by the dog and still not get the ball, but eventually my brother got me to do it. I quickly jumped over the fence, and climbed onto the small shed our neighbor has by the fence so the dog wouldn't get me. Then, using a tennis racket I had brought with me from my yard, I warded off the dog while I jumped down and grabbed the ball, threw it over, and sprinted for the fence, jumped it as quickly as I could, and lay down on the other side, panting and exhausted, but grinning with pleasure. I did this dare because my brother was calling me a chicken and because I wanted my ball back.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 7-9 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 3- Journal

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Task: Respond to the following question in a journal form. This is informal writing, and your response should be 6-8 sentences. Please type the question above your response.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">1). You Take that Back!

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

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Explain your reasons and suggest ways to deal with insults.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Out of the insults listed above, the one that would be most offensive to me is an insult about a friend or family member. This would be the most offensive to me because the person insulting me is talking about something close to me, and something that is important to me. It is important to me because it is my family, or my close friend, they are making fun of or laughing at. A couple ways to deal with these insults are the following. You could fight the insulter, but that would only end up in both of you getting in trouble and doesn't really accomplish anything. You could also try to reason with the person, but, for a person who is insulting your family, I do not think that would work either. That only leaves one option. That option is to ignore the person and don't react in any way to what he is saying. This makes him think you don't care about what he is saying and he will leave you alone.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 10-12 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 4- Linking Experiences

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> There are many structural and thematic links between Chapters 11-12. The children, in many ways, begin to enter the adult world.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 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. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Themes


 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

Chapter 11

1. Courage: Mrs. Dubose trying to get over her morphine addiction before she died 2. Jem's Maturation: Jem goes to read to Mrs. Dubose after he wrecks her yard for a month 3. Hidden Identities Discovered: Mrs. Dubose being a morphine addict, explaining her fits 4. Concern for Others: Atticus admitting to loving Negroes and saying "I try to love everybody" 5. Prejudice: People using words when they think somebody's favoring Negroes over themselves 6. Illusions give way to Reality: Atticus tells the children that he actually does love everybody equally, not just because his profession requires it 7. Scout's Maturation: Scout accompanies Jem to read to Mrs. Dubose even when she does not have to

Chapter 12

1. Courage: Calpurnia standing up to the huge, imposing Lula for Jem and Scout 2. Jem's Maturation: Jem turned twelve, and gained a maddening air of wisdom and an entirely new set of values and characteristics 3. Hidden Identities Discovered: Calpurnia's second identity at her church, where she acted "normal" for a Negro 4. Concern for Others: The church collected ten dollars to give to Tom Robinson's wife so they could survive while Tom is in jail 5. Prejudice: Lula did not want the white children at a Negro church 6. Illusions give way to Reality: Calpurnia's illusion of being like a white person gave way to her other life, the one at her house and at her church 7. Scout's Maturation: Scout wanted to go see Calpurnia at her house, something almost no one did in those days for their servants.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 13-15 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 5- Journal

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 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="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="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">This is how I would define a mob. A mob to me is a group of individuals who are angry at someone for doing something, for insulting someone, or for just no reason at all. When I hear the word mob, it reminds me of the Simpson's Movie, where an angry mob with torches and pitchforks burned down Homer's house because he doomed the town forever. In that case, the mob actually has a reason for mobbing, but in some cases, they do it for no reason at all. The behavior of a mob differs from the behavior of an individual because of the number difference. When you are about to do something that will go on you conscience, or might even put you in jail, it is much easier to do it with a lot of other people doing it with you. Safety in numbers, you see? If you are alone, however, it will make you much more apprehensive, for if you did do something against the law, you would be alone, and it is much harder on yourself if you know it was your idea, and you were the only one who did it. Also, the way of handling the situation is different between a mob and an individual. I would handle a mob by showing humility to the whole group and apologizing if I did something. (If i didn't, that is much more serious and I would just run away) If that does not work, I would call the police and hide in my cellar. For an angry individual, I would try to find out what I did (once again, if I did anything), and once I find out, try to make up for it and apologize to him/her and try to avoid conflict.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 16-18 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 6- Journal

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 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="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 believe that a parent should tell the child some of the truth, but the part that they can not handle let them find out for themselves. It is important that the whole truth is not gives, because the shock of knowing everything might hurt the child or scare him very much. It is also important that you do not leave the child entirely in the dark. Give the child enough information so they can handle things on their own, for if you told them nothing, they would only not trust you, because they think you do not trust them. If the child really wants to know the whole truth, the can use what piece you told them and figure it out for themselves. After doing work to find out the whole truth, knowing the truth will not shock as much or will not scare the child as much. So, i also believe that it is wrong for a parent to keep the child completely in the dark, but also wrong to scare them by telling them everything.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 19-22 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 7- Building a Case

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Good arguments follow certain rules. Three which are important in the court room are brevity, clarity, and thoroughness.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 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="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 was beaten only on the right side.
 * 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 said Tom did not sneak up on her.
 * 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's left hand is gone because of an accident and most of his left arm is chopped off as well.


 * 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 get any assistance from the hospital.
 * 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 said he did not call medical assistance.


 * 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 drank a lot.
 * 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 had a bad track record.
 * 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 has no friends.
 * 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 not used to being called "Miss" or "Ma'am.


 * 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 admitted to his arrest.
 * 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 said he was convicted, showing he had nothing to hide.


 * 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 works all year round for Mr. Link Deas.
 * 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 helps Mayella every chance he can for no charge.
 * 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 says he feels sorry for Mayella because he thinks 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 was beaten around the head.
 * 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 was beat on the right side of her face and had bruises around 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 helping Mayella when she was attacked.
 * 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 both saw Tom at the scene.


 * 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 was arrested for fighting.
 * 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 walks past Mayella's place every day and might have had his eye on her for a long time.


 * 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 was being impudent to Mr. Gilmer by sarcasm and elusive answers.
 * 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 felt sorry for Mayella, a white girl

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 23-26 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 8- Journal

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

<span style="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="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> How can we overcome prejudice?

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">I believe that people feel prejudice against whole groups of people because they are insecure. When you are insecure, you tend to try to focus all your troubles and mistakes into someone else. Usually, it is easier to do this to someone who is different than you, because people sometimes tend to think that if you are different, you are deficient. We can overcome prejudice by learning that this is not true. If we accept that all people are born equal, and that no matter what size or skin color they are, that they are the same, we can destroy prejudice. So, the only way to overcome prejudice is to try to understand things from someone else's point of view, and when we learn what they are going through, we can understand how they are like us, and that will destroy prejudice.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">Chapters 27-31 <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> Activity 9- Discussion Questions

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 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="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. Atticus was not a failure of a parent. He was nice to his children, telling them all he can but withholding the things that would rankle his children's minds and make them think of him differently forever, like him being a sharp-shooter. He also almost never punishes his children, like when the mob threatens Atticus and Scout and Jem run up to the mob without even realizing who they are. He also allows his children to sit in on the trial, even though some of it is inappropriate for them. He tries to answer their questions, and even reads to them! In conclusion, Atticus was not a failure as a parent, he was just an odd one. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;"> 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="font-family: 'Lucida Sans',sans-serif;">The meeting differs from her expectations because she expects that he is a bad person, and would try to hurt or kill her. She also imagines red eyes and a frothy mouth. In reality, however, he saves her life, and she only says one sentence to her the entire time. He is also a kind, gentle person, much different than what she had imagined. Scout learned from her experience not to trust town gossip, for it usually isn't right or is altered. She also learned not to judge a book by its' cover.