To Kill a Mockingbird II

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4,5

 Literature 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960)

Roadmap

• Introduction
• Chapters 3 and 4

What's with the title?

'I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' (p.99)

What's with the title?

'"Your father's right', she said. 'Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' (p.99).

What went on before

Chapter 1:

The main characters, time, and place are introduced 

We're in Maycomb, Alabama in the early 1930s.

Jean-Louise (Scout) Finch tells the story.

Main Characters

Jean Louise - Scout-  Finch  

6  years old when the book starts

Daughter of Atticus Finch

Sister to Jem

Mother died

Tomboy, fisty girl

Jem Finch

10-13 years old 

Brother of Scout 

Son of Atticus 

Big Brother 

Atticus Finch

Dad to Jem and Scout

around 50 years of age

Lawyer

Kind, honest, patient, smart

Cal (Calpurnia)

The Finch's cook and general help

Second mother to Scout

Mother to Zeebo

loyal, kind, sometimes very bossy

Charles Baker Harris (Dill) 

One year older than Scout

Stays with his aunt Rachel in the summer

Father is ...? 

Mother can't really take care of him

Small for his age

Arthur (Boo) Radley

Neighbour to Scout, Jem and Atticus 

Mysterious and reclusive person with A Past

Tom Robinson

Field worker

Married with children

Accused of raping a white woman

Atticus is his lawyer

Boo Radley's story is told by Jem

Boo got into trouble with the law when he was as a teenager and has been locked up in his house ever since. 

Age 33, he attacked his dad with a knife for no apparent reason. 

Chapter 2

Scout is finally allowed to go to school. Her first day, however, is a big disappointment.

Chapter 3: Let's start!

To Kill a Mockingbird Studyguide

https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/to-kill-a-mockingbird

Assignments chapter 3

Watch out for:

Walter Cunningham

Calpurnia

Atticus 

Scout

The Ewell family

Chapter 3

Jean Louise beats up Walter Cunningham. After Jem explains to her why Walter said what he said, he is invited to the Finch's for lunch. During lunch, Cal teaches Scout a thing or two about common decency. At school, Burris Ewell upsets the teacher. 

Assignments chapter 4

Watch out for:

Scout & education

The Radley house

Boo's story

Chapter 4

Scout finds a 'treasure' in a knot hole of a tree near Boo Radley's house. Dill arrives for the summer and the three of them (Jem, Dill and Scout) hang out a lot. One day, Scout ends up flying down the sidewalk in a tire, which results in her being dumped in the Radleys' front yard. Scout swears she has heard someone laughing inside the house. As a result of this adventure, Jem 

invents a game in which the children act out the life and times of Boo Radley.

Homework

Do the assignments belonging to chapter 3 and 4.