OUR GROUP QUESTIONS and OBSERVATIONS:
1. Pg. 73 Why doesn’t Mrs. Maudie really care that her house burnt down? … She might just be trying to make the best of it. Even though she knows she lost a lot of stuff… she tries to look on the positive side of it.
2. Pg 85. Why does Uncle Jack think he was too strict… was it because he doesn’t have children of his own? Why doesn’t he have children?
3. Pg. 58 Why did Boo Radley fix Jem’s pants? Since everyone makes him seem like a bad person why is he helping out with things.
4. Pg. 62 Why did Mr. Radley fill the tree whole with cement? The tree wasn’t dead, and that was his excuse for filling it up.
5.Pg 88 Why does Atticus keep defending the black man, when he knows he isnt going to win?
6. pg 90 The title comes into play when Atticus says “Its a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Because they are innocent and all they do is make music.
7.Pg 96 Its weird how Attics is this big laywer and some people think highly of him, and now he held a secret from his kids about his gun skills, which he doesnt seem so proud of.
8. Pg98 Why did Miss. Maudie ask the children if they thought their dad couldn’t do anything? When obviously they respect him.
9. Pg99 When Scout and Jem say they hate Mrs. Dubose, becase she interrogates them… Maybe she is hiding something.
10. Pg 108 I like how Atticus stands up for himself and addresses that he does inface car for black people, even if others in the town find that wrong.. including his own kids.
11. Pg 111 Is the reason Mrs. Dubase wanted off the morphine, was becase she wanted to die clean?
12. Pg 112 I like how the last page hasa good moarl that Atticus talks to Jem about being brave, and how Mrs. Dubose was a brave women.
Themes:
At first the theme could of been something to do with a brother and sister relationship and what that means… but now getting into the book… its more about prejudice in the town.. and the mysteries of Boo Radley.
Symbols:
1. The cross in the tree… or any objects in the tree
2. Mr. Radley house.. every kid in Maycomb is scared of it.
3. The soap carvings, that mysteriously looks like Jem and Scout.
4. Mrs. Maudie’s house burning down…. the prejudice side of town.
5. The blanket wrapped around Scout.
6. The string, or yarn they find after Jem found his pants sewn, and folded.
7. The first snowfall since 1886, and the Snowman that they made to resemble Mr. Avery.
8. They use dirt, but cover it up with snow so it doesn’t resemble a black man… racisism in town.
