To Kill A Mockingbird 6-9

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what does
'to get somebody's goat'
mean?

He died and they stuffed him up the chimney is...…..

1. Malevolent
2. Morbid
3. Malignant
4. Macabre

Chapter 6 page 59

Read the last three paragraphs starting from

"The shadow stopped about a foot away beyond Jem…..

What happened in the book
that didn't happen in the film
at this point?

Chater 6
1.Why is it so important to Jem to risk his safety to retrieve his pants from the Radley's fence in the middle of the night?

1. Jem said he had never been whipped or punished by Atticus before. He thought that if Atticus caught him in the lie about his pants, he would be whipped for sure.
2. Jem wanted to prove to Scout that he wasn't afraid of the Radley place, not even to retrieve his pants
3. Jem only had one pair of trousers, he needed to retrieve his trousers otherwise he wouldn't have anything to wear
4. Jem couldn't sleep until he had retrieved his pants

2) Scout states, "It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company." ( top page 63)

What prompts her to draw this conclusion? What does she mean? 

what evidence shows that Sout and Jem are growing apart in the novel? 

Scout states, "It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company." ( top page 63)
What prompts her to draw this conclusion? What does she mean?
what evidence shows that Sout and Jem are growing apart in the novel?

2) Jem tells Scout that when he retrieved his pants from the Radley's, "they were folded across the fence like they were expectin' me."
Of what type of figurative language is this an example?

1. Metaphor
2. Personification
3. simile
4. imagery

Jem has just discovered that Mr. Nathan Radley filled in the tree with cement, and he is upset at how cruel that was.  Boo had been, for the past several weeks, extending a hand of friendship to the two children by leaving little gifts inside the hole in the tree.  Jem suspected it was Boo, who had, the chapter before, kindly sewed up Jem's pants and left them for him at the fence, which helped Jem to not get into trouble for trespassing on the Radley property.  The gifts that Boo gave were small, but moving; a perfectly whittled figure set of a boy and a girl that looked like them, chewing gum, and a pocket watch.  So, Jem and Scout write a letter of thanks and go to deposit into the tree, only to discover the tree has been filled in.

 Read page 67-68 up until chapter 8

Why does Jem cry at the end of chapter 7? What does Jem
understand about Boo and Mr Radley that he did not understand before? Find evidence in the text to support your answer.

In chapter 8, Miss Maudie's home catches on fire, and the entire community of Maycomb comes to her aid by attempting to save all of her furniture before the home collapses. Scout and Jem watch from a safe distance as Atticus and their neighbors work together to save Maudie's possessions. As the flames spread throughout the home, the children watch Atticus carry Maudie's heavy oak rocking chair out of her house while Mr. Avery pushes her bed out of the upstairs window. 

When the flames reach the upstairs of the home, Mr. Avery attempts to squeeze through the small window and almost gets stuck while he escapes the house. In addition to witnessing the local men enter Maudie's dangerous burning home to save her furniture, Scout and Jem also watch as the men push Maycomb's broken-down firetruck to the nearest hydrant. 

What does the town's response to the fire at Miss Maudie's house reveal about Maycomb's universe of obligation in this chapter?

What we can observe here are (white) Southern manners at their finest. A middle-aged white woman needs urgent help, and so it's only right and proper, according to the prevailing values, that everyone responds as quickly as possible. The help afforded by the townsfolk is proof that everyone regards Miss Maudie as an intrinsic part of the community.

what would have happened had such a huge fire consumed the house of an African American?

2) What metaphor does Alexandra use to decsribe the role that Scout should play in het father's life because she is a girl? (page 90 2nd paragraph)

Chapter 9

Read pages 97- 98

Discussing the Tom Robinson case with Uncle Jack, Atticus refers to "Maycomb's usual disease."What does he mean?
Why doesn't he suffer from it?

The "usual disease" that Atticus refers to is Maycomb's prejudice and racism. Atticus mentions that the white people of Maycomb go "stark raving mad" when race relations are brought up. Atticus recognizes how prejudiced much of the town is. The racist citizens of Maycomb criticize Atticus for supporting a black man and also attempt to lynch Tom Robinson. He fears that his children will imitate their racist neighbors and become prejudiced towards black people. He also hopes that they'll survive the trial without bitterness and avoid prejudice of any kind in its aftermath