Chapters 20,21,22,23

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Chapter 20: The verdict Part 1

What secret does Dolphus Raymond reveal to Scout and Dill outside the courthouse? How does it change the way they think of him? page 221

What is his explanation for why he “deliberately perpetuates a fraud against himself”? What does Dill learn from him?

 According to Raymond, how will growing up change Scout and Dill? 

What will they gain and what will they lose as they get older? 

Do you think he’s right? (To kill a Mockingbird)

Read pages 224 -227 end of chapter 20

Explain:

Atticus challenges the jury to rise above the “evil assumptions” that Bob and Mayella Ewell are confident that the jury will accept. What are these “evil assumptions”? 

How do these assumptions prevent the jury from seeing Tom Robinson for who he really is? 

How do these evil assumptions—or stereotypes—threaten justice?

Work in pairs and write down your answer

Atticus states, “We all know that all men are not created equal in the sense that some people would have us believe.” What does he mean? Where are all men created equal and where are they not, according to Atticus? What do you think?

Write down your answer in your Notebook

find a synonym for unmitigated

find a suitable synonym for temerity

Chapter 21 The verdict has been decided – arguably the heart to To kill a mockingbird? Who is dying? 

Chapter 21

The verdict has been decided – arguably the heart to To kill a mockingbird? Who is dying? 

At the end of the trial, why does Reverend Sykes tell Scout to “stand up”? What effect does this line have on the reader? Why do you think the author focuses the reader’s gaze on Atticus and not on Tom Robinson?

Chapter 22 After the trail

1. The black community is grateful for Atticus’s tough defense, why?

p.238 Jem grinned ruefully
what does rueful mean?

Peeved p.228
what does verb to peeve mean?

Tacit consent

furtive
p.241