To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 5 Analysis

The black characters act justly throughout the novel by treating every one with equality and respect. In Chapter 12, when Jem and Scout visit Calpurnia’s Negro church for the Sunday service, Lula, a hostile Negro woman tells them impolitely to leave. Calpurnia defends the children and contradicts Lula by saying, “It’s the same God, ain’t it?” Amidst an argument over the antagonistic rifts between black and white regimes, Calpurnia acknowledges that all people, no matter the race, worship the same God, and are therefore equal. During Chapter 12, after the church service, Reverend Sykes takes up an extra collection of money that is collected towards Tom Robinson's wife, who has not been able to find work since her husband is sent to jail since he allegedly rapes a white woman. Reverend Sykes tells the attendees of the service, “I want all of you with no children to make a sacrifice and give one more dime a piece.” The Revenant shows justice by being equal and respectful towards everyone. In order to be fair he asks those who don’t have a family to feed and shelter to donate an extra dime, and not forcing those who have a family to donate extra money. During his testimony in Chapter 19, Tom Robinson states a different story than that of Mayalla’s; he is then questioned on whether he is accusing Mayella of being a liar. Tom refuses to accuse Mayella of lying, but persistently says that she is "mistaken in her mind." This shows Tom’s unrelenting respect and honest living; even though Mayella is unjust to him, he continues to treat her with justice and respect because he knows that she is just a little girl who is lonely and even though she sent him

I chose the title: “Alexandra vs. All” as a title for chapter 14 because the events that happened in the chapter were based on how Alexandra was harming her relationships with the people of Maycomb. In the first sentence of the chapter, Scout says, “Although we heard no more about the Finch family from Aunt Alexandra, we heard plenty from the town. On Saturdays, armed with our nickels, when jem permitted me to accompany him, we would squirm our way through sweating sidewalk crowds and sometimes hear, “There’s his chillun,” or, “Yonder’s some Finches.” Turning to face our accusers, we would, see only a couple of fanners studying the enema bags in the Mayco Drugstore window. or two dumpy country-women in straw hats sitting in a Hoover cart”(Lee

In chapter 11 Walter didn’t want to work at the garment center. Walter had wanted to be a lawyer at the age nine. Walter would simply memorize a passage and recited it. A coach had asked Walter to come for track his junior year. In chapter 12 Walter missed three weeks of school. Walter lusted three weeks before he stopped going to school again. In chapter 10 the idea of what it meant to be poor changed in the late sixties. Most of Walter life had been divided between school, reading, and ball playing. The second burden of that summer came in the form of Walter grandfather. William Dean was a tall, ramrod-straight man with mannerisms that seemed more appropriate for the nineteenth century than for 1951. After the civil war the former

“Remember, it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird,” (Lee 119). In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, this is the quote that Atticus, one of the main characters, says to his kids. Atticus is a lawyer who takes on a tough case in his town, Maycomb. His kids are Scout, and Jem. Throughout the book, they grow and mature. They don’t mess around with their neighbor, Boo, as much as they used to. But, luckily because of him, they live to see the next day. In To Kill a Mockingbird, it shows that because of prejudice, innocent people can be harmed. This is shown through Tom Robinson, Boo Radley, and Jem.

The most important scene in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is at the end of chapter six and the beginning of chapter seven.Jem and Dill obey Atticus until Dill’s last day in Maycomb for the summer. He and Jem plan to sneak over to the Radley house and look in through a loose shutter, with Scout accompanying them. Suddenly they see a shadow of a man and flee, hearing a shotgun go off behind them. They escape under the fence by the schoolyard, but Jem’s pants get caught on the fence and he has to kick them off in order to get free. Harper Lee adds this scene to the story to add to our understanding of Boo Radley’s character.

Mayella is scared of Atticus and it's her turn to testify. Mayella tells Mr. Gilmer that her father requested for her to cut up an old chiffarobe for kindling. Mayella needed Tom’s help for accomplishing this task and in return she offers to give Tom a nickel.Then Mayella states that Tom took advantage of her when she went to grab the money. Mayella states that she was screaming and tried to fight back. Then Mayella’s father comes and Tom runs away. Then Atticus begins his cross examination of Mayella. We find out that Mayella is nineteen years old and her family acquires relief checks.We also learn that her father is a drunkard. We also learn that Mayella’s mother is dead and she doesn’t have any friends.Atticus also questions Mayella if

The intriguing novel, To Kill A Mockingbird is written by the prestigious author Harper Lee. Lee has utilised the lifestyle and attitudes towards ‘African-Americans" in the 1930's to create a novel which presents the reader with Lee's attitudes and values. The dominant reading of the novel is focused on the issues of racial prejudice, but there are also a number of other alternative and oppositional readings. Examples of this are the Marxist and feminist readings which can be applied to the text.

The ambition of oneself to pursue justice and righteousness may result in prosecution. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, and movie "A Time to Kill" by Joel Schumacher, each demonstrate one’s open-mindedness and forward thinking leads to penalization through protagonists Atticus Finch and Jake Brigance. Both egalitarians take the position as an attorney for an African American and are prosecuted in the process.

One major reason Atticus takes the case is that he knows as a parent he has to do the right thing. In chapter nine of To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus says, if he didn't take the case he wouldn’t be able to live with himself or be a good parent to Jem and Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960). Ann Althouse says, yes, he does take the case, but he has the option of other lawyers placed in his position to not take the case (Althouse); Atticus does not take the case because he must take it, rather he takes it because it is in his nature to help others out although he might not want to involve himself. Althouse justifies this taking a scene from chapter ten of To Kill a Mockingbird when the mad dog is on the loose and Sheriff Heck asks him to shoot

In chapter 9, Tom and Sid are told to go to bed. At exactly ten o'clock, Tom sneaks out of bed and goes to the graveyard with Huck. Tom finds huck with his dead cat, and they go and hide behind some bushes, close to Hoss Williams grave. Tom and Huck see a light in the distance. They thought the light was spirits or ghosts. Then light got closer to Tom and Huck they saw that it was no other than Doctor Robinson accompanied by the town outcasts Injun Joe and drunken Muff Potter. Dr. Robinson told Muff potter and Injun joe to dig up the corpse for the use of medical experiments. After finishing up the job, potter demands extra payments, Robinson disagrees. Injun joe reminds Doctor Robinson of what happened in past years . Injun joe's came to

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, one cannot equate the story to have a sole purpose from the author throughout. Rather the story contains many scenes and passages that have meanings in themselves. In the book, one passage where Harper Lee expresses a clear purpose is where the children meet Dolphus Raymond. The purpose of the passage with Dolphus Raymond was to show the effects that prejudice can have on individuals as well as the community.

In chapter five, Todd and Manchee meet a girl for the first time. Because the novel is written from Todd’s perspective, there isn’t much description about how the girl reacts when she meets them. If I was the girl, I’d probably be extremely freaked out that a stranger and his dog were gawking at me like I was an alien. I’d also wonder why he continuously said he was trying to help me patch up my wound but refuse to put his knife down. If I was the girl, I would feel a lot of apprehension about letting Todd help me. However, throughout the chapter the girl wouldn’t say anything to Todd, but I would probably ask him questions and let him know I’m not an extraterrestrial being. I would hate to be alienated by someone who is most likely the

Chapter 9: Atticus decides to take on the role of defending Tom Robinson and the town of Maycomb doesn’t take very well to it because Tom is a black male accused of raping a white woman. Scout gets into a fight with the classmate because he says that Scout’s dad is a Negro defender. Scout also gets into a fight with her relative Francis because he is saying the same things about Atticus. Chapter 10:

This passage is where Scout looks back at the events of the past few months. She stands on the Radley porch and imagines those events as they would be through Boo’s eyes. At first, the kids were afraid of him and mocked him through their games. But Boo truly cared for them by leaving small gifts for them in the oak tree and helping them the night of the fire. Like a mockingbird, Boo harmed no one and instead he helped Scout and Jem.

Harper Lee uses Chapter 15 of her novel To Kill A Mockingbird as a major turning point of the story. Her use of conflict in this chapter can show that the virtuous nature of a child can bewilder the acts of the more older adults present in this chapter.