Chapter 11:
The narrator of the story is Scout, or more appropriately, the woman Scout becomes when she grew up, Miss Jean Louise Finch. What advantage does an author have in creating a narrator who is telling the story in retrospect versus a narrator who tells a story in present time?
Atticus said that Mrs. Dubose had real courage. Courage, he says is, “… when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”What is your opinion of his definition? What is your definition of courage?
Chapter 12:
Does Calpurnia’s explanation as to why she spoke one language at work and another language at church give rise to any thoughts in you about language? How do your surroundings affect the way you speak? Do you act, talk, or think differently depending who is nearby or who you are with? Why? What do you differently?
Chapter 13
Aunt Alexandra believes that "gentle breeding" is a result of heredity: that some people are better than others simply because of the families they come from. Scout, on the other hand, believes that "Fine folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had." What do you believe?
Chapter 14
Scout says, in effect, that parents never do half the things they promise. Do you think that's true? As a parent, how would you handle making promises?
The narrator of the story is Scout, or more appropriately, the woman Scout becomes when she grew up, Miss Jean Louise Finch. What advantage does an author have in creating a narrator who is telling the story in retrospect versus a narrator who tells a story in present time?
Atticus said that Mrs. Dubose had real courage. Courage, he says is, “… when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”What is your opinion of his definition? What is your definition of courage?
Chapter 12:
Does Calpurnia’s explanation as to why she spoke one language at work and another language at church give rise to any thoughts in you about language? How do your surroundings affect the way you speak? Do you act, talk, or think differently depending who is nearby or who you are with? Why? What do you differently?
Chapter 13
Aunt Alexandra believes that "gentle breeding" is a result of heredity: that some people are better than others simply because of the families they come from. Scout, on the other hand, believes that "Fine folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had." What do you believe?
Chapter 14
Scout says, in effect, that parents never do half the things they promise. Do you think that's true? As a parent, how would you handle making promises?