Characters
I am always spreading gossip, and I absolutely love it.
Ms. Stephanie Crawford
Why does Scout get in trouble on the first day of school?
She tries to tell Miss Caroline that Walter does not accept anything he can't give in return, but Miss Caroline thinks she's being sassy.
"She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop" (ch. 2 describing Miss Caroline)
Simile
“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”
Scout
This is the setting of the novel (city, state, year range)
Maycomb Alabama, 1930's
I am Scout's first grade teacher and I disapprove of her learning how to read without me
Miss Caroline Fisher
How does Atticus prove to the jury that Tom couldn't have possibly beat up Mayella
"You never really understand a man until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"
Metaphor
“I’m beginning to understand something. I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s because he wants to stay inside."
Jem
This was the key element in saving Scout from the Bob Ewell attack
Her ham costume (the chicken wire)
I gave Helen Robinson a job and I protected her against Bob Ewell
Mr. Link Deas
This significant event happened to Miss Maudie and this was how she reacted to it
"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I knew it" (ch. 1)
Personification
“Gracious child, I was raveling a thread, wasn’t even thinking of your father, but now that I am I’ll say this: Atticus is the same in his house as he is on the public streets.”
Miss Maudie Atkinson
List two things we know about Mr. Dolphus Raymond
1. He married a black woman and has bi-racial children.
2. He drinks out of a coca-cola bottle in a paper bag so people assume he's a drunk.
3. He owns a lot of property and is very wealthy.
I scared Scout & Jem on the night of Halloween on their way to the school auditorium
Cecil Jacobs
This event led to Jem having a new found respect for Atticus and finally realizing that his father is actually kinda cool
Shooting the mad dog, Tim Johnson
In ch. 27 Aunt Alexandra says "Somebody just walked over my grave" before the kids leave for the pageant. This is an example of what type of figurative language
Foreshadowing
“Now don't you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain't ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man.”
Reverend Sykes
In the first part of the novel, I gave Jem & Scout air soft rifles as part of their christmas gift.. this led to the whole "you only shoot bluejays discussion"
Uncle Jack!
I am the owner of the only Maycomb newspaper and I wrote a very nice obituary for Tom Robinson that was very contradictory
Mr. Underwood
Describe two moments in the book where characters code switch or learn to code switch
1. Jem & Scout anytime talking to Atticus
2. Calpurnia talking to Lula at First Purchase Church
3. Scout (should have code switched) with Walter Cunningham
"Molasses buckets appeared from nowhere and the ceiling danced with metallic light" (ch. 2)
Hyperbole and Personification
“You’re not gonna change any of them by talking right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.”
Calpurnia
“You know what’s going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease.”
What is the disease that Atticus is talking about?
Racism