To Kill A Mockingbird Dialectical Journal Essay

1. Carl cannot remember “a time when someone considered Harley in need of care instead of watching.” (p 88) Discuss.

1. Truth: “As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities.” (Ch.1 p.13)

3. My whole family knew a philippic from my grandmother was brewing as soon as her breath started to shorten.

Perspectives can change beliefs in many ways. In Harper Lee’s novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, Bob Ewell hears and sees Atticus defending Tom Robinson who is black, therefore, he believes Atticus ‘loves niggers’. Jem, Scout, and Dill have never seen Boo Radley come out at day and they hear rumors that Boo only comes out at night. People believe rumors and their perspectives until they get the truth and change their beliefs.

I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 36. This book is about the Finch family, which consists of the main character Scout, her older brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus. Every summer, their friend Dill visits Jem and Scout. The family’s cook, Calpurnia, spends time watching the children. The story takes place during the Great Depression, in a small town in Maycomb, Alabama. So far, the children are fascinated with their recluse neighbor, Boo Radley. They are trying to make him come out of his house. In this journal, I am predicting and evaluating.

20. The new treasures the children found in the knot-hole was a ball of gray twine, dolls made out of soap, a pack of new chewing gum, a tarnished medal, and a pocket watch on a chain with an aluminum knife. Scout thinks it’s Miss Maudie leaving the treasures.

This was it, a week before halloween, and I’m going to a haunted house with my friends.

A bunch of characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird affect other characters. Each character is affected differently. Scout affects a bunch of characters. On page 46, Scout brings out the good in Dill. What I mean by this is that Scout and Dill are really close friends and Dill says he is going to marry Scout. This also affects Scout. Dill says he is going to marry Scout makes her feels joyful. On that page it says “He had asked me earlier in the summer to marry him, then he promptly forgot about it. He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love,then he neglected me.” Dill started to neglect Scout by hanging out with Jem more yes that upset

1)From the rusty window of the second floor, my eyes could easily spot her lying in the lush, green grass. Her small body stretches like a snake. The sun’s rays gently touch her bright yellow-orange fur. Her expression is as calm as the one of a sleeping baby. Once the sun starts to annoy her, she walks into the shadows of the walls and continues her sleeping beauty routine.

This single quote is the most meaningful passage in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and in turn has a major impact to the content of the novel and to the emotions of the reader.

They had been in training for six months under Akemi's demanding tutelage, Gertrude and Chandi had made great progress, Josie however lagged behind the other two. When the day's lessons were done, Akemi sent the other two away and had Josie stay behind. Josie was filled with dread, she was afraid that Akemi, who had been patient with her up until now, was going to send her away.

3. Supporting Sentence: When Mr. Grierson died the town’s people felt as though she had

I lifted my cup of coffee and took a sip of it. My eyes concentrated on the newspaper but in my head, I was thinking of what happened yesterday night. As I looked up to see the clock, my eyes went to Jem’s eyes. His hands were wrapped around his cup of coffee, still untouched. I smiled and remembered what happened.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. Discuss this quote from Atticus in relation to 3 characters from the novel.

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird a major theme is the loss of innocence. Whether from emotional abuse, racial prejudice or learning, Boo, Tom, and Scout all lose their innocence in one sense or another. The prejudice that each character endures leads to their loss. Through the responses of Boo, Tom, and Scout, Harper Lee shows how each character responded differently to their loss of innocence.