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To kill a mockingbird - bird that sings for the pleasure of others.

Setting: Maycomb, Alabama

Arthur Radley:

Rumors: 1. only leaves house at night

2. hands permanently blood stained

3. eats raw squirrels and cats

4. face has long scar

5. drool all the time

6. Stabbed father with scissors in leg

6. Blamed for crimes/misfortunes , despite culprits been found

7. Stephanie Crawford claimed he was staring into bedroom window

Houses:

doors + shutters always closed = secret

9. Boo arrested , father persuade judge release =/ reformatory

10. dill dares jem prove unafraid therefore touch house/ gate, Serious consider 3 days then cautiously do it. Considered effect on scout if didn't.

11. slaps wall of house , runs back to finch veranda, dramatic anticlimax, little effect despite anxiety, perhaps saw shutters flicker

Seite 2

Scout: Impulsive, blunt, intelligent, sturborn, inqustive, oserbevent

jem: inflentual, proud, thinker, proctive

Atticus: Fair, strange, breaks mold, just, self-effacing

Dill: Mischicevous, small , white hair, couragoues, vulnerable, story teller.

Relationship between Atticus and children: Equals, respect, guidance, wisdom, detached, teacher.

Children Fansitaed with radley place? Mysterious stories told by mrs stephanie crawford. Radleys rarly seen, out of maycombs ordinary. Only interesting thing in the quiet town.

Chapter 2:

2.1 Brother attends, left behind inmagination the type of place it is sees only children play in the playground.

2.2 yes, Jem protective of younger sister but also quiet pushy and wishes to be seen as olderly and more experienced. Silbing sqobbles. Scout always looks up to him and goes on adventures with him

2.3 trouble at school for: 1. Reading 2. Writing 3. Lecturing the teacher

2.4 the depression of the country

2.5 She is tired, and has had a hard first day of teaching. I feel a bit sorry for her for her lack of experience, and clueless, but annoyed the she try to place

her students into boxes when trying to teach them. Power sruggles.

Chapter 3:

3.1 Walter - poor family, farmers son, hit by depression, she thinks it fairly obsious as to the reason, Atticus or Calpurnia when she was trying to explain why people were diffrent.

3.2 diffrent burris and walter: walter higher on socail hierchy, family has honour and pride, manners. Burris family has little dignery and he is very rude and lives with little reguard for other.

3.3 Mother-figure, strict, rules and manners. cooks dinner.

3.4 that she cant say anything to anybody, she must stop learning.

Seite 3

Mocking birds : harmless creatures,

Methods of killing: Prejudiced, social snobbery, religious bigotry.

Themes: 1. Predjiced

preconvieded judgement, formed through eximatnition

sources: ingornacne, misunderstaaanding, fear.

Tom and Boo

theme 2: Apperance versuses reality

Not as appear, blinded by fear or prejustice or genlazation

Theme 3: Courage

courage and psychical bravery

Atticus refuses to use guns = coward but shoots dog = hero

Moral bravery /courage - standing for beliefs

Theme 4; JUSTICE

fiair and right