To Kill A Mockingbird Socratic Seminar Questions

Atticus is guarding the jailhouse to make sure no one hurts Tom Robinson before his trial, when he is approached by Walter Cunningham and his fellow goons. Atticus shows his bravery by standing his ground for what he believes is right in front of his son. When Scout lashes out to her father’s side, Jem holds onto her and tries to stop her from interfering. Then Jem refuses to go home and stands up for his father’s side although the odds were against them, while trying to protect his sister from harm. In page 152, chapter 15, Scout says, “... but from the way he stood, Jem was not thinking of budging.” This shows us that Jem has matured from the boy who would do anything if dared, to a young man who can barricade his emotions and proceed with reason in difficult situations.

Atticus discusses the Ku Klux Klan on pg. 149 and concludes by saying that the Klan is gone. Is this statement correct? Explain.

Chapter 1 introduces readers to the town of Maycomb, its appearance, its inhabitants, and the particular attitudes of many of its people. Find a sentence or a paragraph which illustrates each of the following attitudes/ideas. Quote at least a portion of the sentence or paragraph and give the page number.

To Kill a Mockingbird was a very influential book in the eyes of a growing young woman in America in the 1930’s from the eyes of Jean Louise as a child and Jean reminiscing or reflecting as an adult about the past. Mayella Ewell was a white woman who was looked down upon by her own race and the African Americans were too scared to talk to her. Mayella was looked at to be powerless over her own life and others. If she is, then why does she win the case against Tom Robinson? In the town of Maycomb race, class, and gender played larger roles than some may think let's determine how.

1. Atticus and his sister disagree on many things, mostly the treatment of colored people and how important the reputation of the finch family is. Alexandra believe that she is above colored people, especially Calpurnia and that Atticus shouldn’t let his children go to church her because it’s a disgrace to their family. Atticus believe that colored people deserve the same amount of respect as white people and that Calpurnia is a member of the finch family and should be treated like one.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, the character Jem Finch Strikes me as most interesting. This character reminds me of my brother, asher. The age gap between jem and scout is quite similar to that of my sibling and I. Being an adolescent boy, Jem Finch has selected an individual to base himself off of, in this case, his father, Atticus Finch. As we have already established, Atticus is known for living his life with principles we call “Laws of Life”, and it seems to be that Jem has begun to follow some of these laws as well, such as an unconditional care for his family, a kind heart towards other people from different communities, or to always give to those around us. When Scout has been carried all the way into Mr. Radley's yard on the tumbling tire, Jem is frantic for her to be okay.

He stepped into the light and it reluctantly happened to be Dill. “I beat up a cop in order to meet us tonight,” Dill exclaimed, yet somehow Jem wasn’t incredibly impressed.The streets were dimly lit. I stood behind them as they schemed their next conquest. I stood studiously by their side. The three of us began to head towards the location of our exploits, towards the Ewell’s house. As we moved into the poorer area, the landscape became a state of disarray.

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt said the quote, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Tom Roberson was in the jail and Atticus was there to protect him from bad people here is an example of who showed up. “ Ones and twos of men got out of the cars. Shadows became substance as lights reveal solid shapes moving towards the jail door. Atticus remained where he was ,the men hid him from view.” This show that the scary dark shadows might hurt Atticus or Tom. However Atticus is a really brave and strong man. Atleast he is sticking up for the right thing and putting it in action. Atticus is being the bravest he can be for his children and sticking up for other

The universal theme of the novel is the coexistence of good and evil in the community of Maycomb. To formulate this theme, the author uses the metaphor, To Kill a Mockingbird. The metaphor was first introduced to readers as the title of the novel, which foreshadowed to death/injury of the mockingbird of the novel. It was mentioned when Jem and Scout were playing with their new air rifles. Atticus had said-“I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds.

Jem and Scout saw Boo Radley as a frightening man who was a childish superstition based off of the rumors from the town. As the children grew up the stories about Boo Radley caused them to become more fascinated than frightened by Boo. The Radley house intrigued them to the point where they snuck into the backyard to try to make Boo leave his house but that resulted in the children thinking that every sound they heard was Boo coming for revenge. In the first chapters, Jem describes how they pictured Boo, which was, “…about six and a half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch that’s why his hands were bloodstained…”. Logically it is understood just by Jem’s description that the children had no relationship with Boo Radley other than

With nothing else to do, we decided to investigate. Jem ran into Atticus’s room and he asked, “Can me an’ Jem go out to play?”. “Alright just be back in time for supper.” voiced Atticus as he coddled one of his books. Quickly running outside we realized that the man would have vanished by now, but luckily enough Jem spied him just as he turned the corner at the boundary of our street and continued down the avenue. Our eyes glanced at each other, the sun was baking on our skin. Running out the door and down the steps, we raced towards the corner. We blew past the Radley place and ran to the corner. Stopping just before turning the corner, as we saw the inexplicable shadow of the man stopped and facing the opposite way, Jem peeked around it. When Jem turned his head back, his face was a bloodless white, and looked as if he had seen a

Harper Lee uses imagery and metaphors to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property. The first example of imagery is when Jem sees something, “Then I saw a shadow. It was the shadow of a man with a hat on. At first I thought it was a tree, but there was no wind blowing, and tree-trunks never walked” (71). Those two sentences help us understand that Jem was using his intellect to figure out if it was an actual man

Picture this you’re Jem watching the case of the so-called rape of Mayella Ewell. You watch Tom Robinson lose the case for something that he clearly couldn’t do. You hear that Tom got shot. What do you think that he deserves it for being black or he didn’t deserve any of the charges because he was innocent. In the book how to kill a mockingbird the environment and society molds the children into what they believe and don't believe. The example I gave you was just one of the many ways the kids Scout and Jem can be molded. The reasons I will be sharing with you, consist of prejudices, judging people, and kindness.

What was your response to the ending of the novel? What questions are you left with? Having completed this novel, would you recommend it to others? Using specific examples, explain why or why not. I'm left wanting more! I have so many more questions i would ask if i could. What was Boo doing out there? Did ewell really off himself? Why was Boo in the house? Why didn't anybody notice or care?i found this book very intriguing and might recommend it to some people i know. But i would recommend it to some of the older audience i know, because as informative and interesting it was, it definitely requires a more mature palate to read for pure pleasure. Although the plot would interest younger people, the writing and the structure of