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To Kill a Mockingbird. Chapter One. Now that you’ve read Chapter One…. What are your initial reactions?. Characters Mentioned. Scout Jem Atticus Dill Boo Radley Calpurnia Miss Stephanie Crawford. Major Theme. Through the eyes of a child. Suspense/The Radley House.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter One
Now that you’ve read Chapter One… • What are your initial reactions?
Characters Mentioned Scout Jem Atticus Dill Boo Radley Calpurnia Miss Stephanie Crawford
Major Theme • Through the eyes of a child
Suspense/The Radley House • Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom
Ancestry—how important is it? • Everyone knows everyone • “they were Haverfords…a name synonymous with jackass” • What does this tell us about family names?
The Finch Siblings and the Finch Landing • Finch Landing: owned slaves, disliked the North, slow to change • Alexandra Traditional • Jack • Atticus Nontraditional
Practicing of Law • What made Atticus have a “profound distaste for practicing criminal law”? • Why do you think that is? • How do you think this might come into play?
Maycomb, Alabama • What’s the town like? • What are the people like?
Atticus as a father • We found our father satisfactory • Courteous detachment • Why do his children call him by his first name?
Brother/Sister Relationship • Scout knows when to leave Jem alone
Scout and Dill • Mature or immature?
The Radleys • What do we know about their way of life? • How is this different than the rest of Maycomb? • Why would there be rumors about this family?
Making someone a ghost • Atticus tells Jem there are other ways of making a person into a ghost besides keeping them locked up… what do you think he means? • Do you think he’s referring to Arthur or the legend of Boo?
People said the house died • How does this add to the suspense of the story?
Miss Stephanie Crawford • What do we know about her?
Child’s imagination? • Where do we see childhood and imagination?
Foreshadow • End of chapter one
Theme Questions • Each table is responsible for answering one of the following questions on an index card. Use full sentences and create a well-thought out response. Turn the card in to Miss Lewis when you are finished. Please put your names and the number of the question you answered on the top
Through the Eyes of Youth • Is the loss of innocence inevitable? • How does a child’s perspective of the world differ from an adult’s? • Is it better to be naïve or to be aware? • Do adverse events have the capability to steal the innocence of youth? • What happens when youth try to grow up too quickly? • Are youth capable of having/understanding adult emotions and issues? • Is there a price for the early loss of innocence?