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Mockingbird Journals

Mockingbird Journals. Courage. What is courage ? What situations can you think of in which you or someone else have shown courage? Are there different kinds of courage? Explain. Do you think courage is an important quality? Why or why not?.

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Mockingbird Journals

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  1. Mockingbird Journals

  2. Courage • What is courage? • What situations can you think of in which you or someone else have shown courage? • Are there different kinds of courage? Explain. • Do you think courage is an important quality? Why or why not?

  3. “First of all,” [Atticus] said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—” “Sir?” “—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (30) How might this advice be useful to Scout or to Jem? How might it be useful to you? What was a time you did this or should’ve done this? Is this strategy that Atticus suggests easy or difficult ? Why?

  4. Jem’s pants • Think about the episode of Jem losing his pants from Jem’s perspective. Try to imagine how he would remember and understand that night. • Retell the episode from his point of view (pretend you are Jem, use first person “I” and “me” as Jem)

  5. Jem’s pants • Now, think about the same episode from Boo Radley’s perspective. (Remember, Boo Radley now lives in the Radley house with his brother, Nathan Radley, and their mother, Mrs. Radley.) Feel free to imagine things the book does not specify (e.g. does Boo mend and fold the pants for Jem? Why? How does he feel about the children sneaking into his yard, etc.?). Write in first person, as Boo Radley.

  6. “I’m simply defending a Negro” (75) • Re-read Atticus’s explanation to Scout of why he is defending Tom Robinson (75-76). • Think about this conversation with Scout from Atticus’s point of view. What do you imagine he is thinking and feeling after this conversation?

  7. Chapter 11 • Re-read the passage on pg 112 in which Atticus explains to Jem and Scout why Mrs. Dubose was “a great lady.” • Write: What does the episode about Mrs. Dubose help us understand about Atticus’s values? How can you relate this passage to any other parts of the novel?

  8. Chapter 12 • Write from the perspective of Calpurnia about taking the Finch children to church. What are you thinking? Feeling? Hoping? Fearing? Proud of? Worried about? • Retell the episode from Cal’s point of view (pretend you are Calpurnia, use first person “I” and “me” as Cal)

  9. 12 & 13 QuestionsAnswer the questions in groups. Include page #s. • Why can’t Helen Robinson get work? • Of what has Tom Robinson been accused? • What does Aunt Alexandra say is the definition of “fine folks?” • What is the caste system in Maycomb? Is there a caste system in Darien? Explain. • Why do Jem and Scout get upset with Atticus at the end of Ch. 13?

  10. Chapter 15 Questions • Why does the group of men come and stand on the Finch front lawn at night? • Why does Atticus go sit outside the jail at night? • Why does the group of men gathered outside the jail stare at Scout the way they do? • Why do the men disperse?

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