Characters
The narrator of the story. Can be described as tomboyish and inquisitive.
Who is Jean Louise (Scout) Finch?
Who is Atticus?
This person represents the importance of black maids and nannies played in raising white children and how under appreciated they were by society.
Who is Calpurnia?
What is pathos?
What is an appeal to emotion
The author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee?
Father to Jem and Scout. A lawyer and who can considered wise and fair.
Who is Atticus Finch?
Poverty does not define one's character, one's actions do.
Who is Mr. Ewell?
This person represents the treatment of special needs individuals during the 1930s.
Who is Boo Radley?
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are....
What are Persuasive appeals?
What was the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird?
What is 1930s, Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression?
Friends of Jem and Scout. Comes to visit Maycomb in the summer.
Who is Charles Baker (Dill) Harris?
One can find the freedom to challenge the boundaries and gender norms of society, while at the same time working within them to promote change.
Who is Miss Maudie?
This character defies gender norms and expectations/represents innocence and truth.
Who is Scout Finch?
"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place." Is an example of what appeal?
What is logos?
What is the Dust Bowl?
A poor child in Scout's class. His father shows up at the jail to kill Tom Robinson and it Scout's connection with him that causes his father to go home.
Who is Walter Cunningham?
One courageous person can often be enough to inspire others to fight against injustice. (Hint: This person is inspired by the actions of Atticus)
This character represents how poor farmers fought to survive and provide for their families leading up to, during and after the Great Depression.
Who is Mr. Cunningham?
"I have nothing but pity in my heart..." Is an example of this appeal.
What is pathos?
Separate but equal is an example of these laws...
What are Jim Crow Laws
A busybody and town gossip.
Who is Miss Stephanie Crawford?
Once fear and ignorance is dispelled, one can see that oftentimes perception is not reality and that initial assumptions must be correct.
Who is Mr. Cunningham?
He represents injustice/inequality in the justice system.
"Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the distaff side of the Executive branch in Washington are fond of hurling at us." Is an example of what appeal?
What is ethos?
The Scottsboro Boys trials brought this to light.