Camera Angles
Characters
Literary Elements
Setting/
background/Misc.
Who Said it...and what does it mean?
100
What is a shot of one face or object that fills the screen completely?
close-up shot
100
The narrator/protagonist of the story. This character is intelligent and by the standards of her time and place, she is a tomboy. As the novel progresses, this faith is tested by the hatred and prejudice that emerge during Tom Robinson's trial. This character eventually develops a more grown-up perspective that enables her to appreciate human goodness without ignoring human evil.
Scout "jean louis finch"
100
Define Symbolism and Tone.
Symbolism-An object or image that an individual unconsciously uses to represent thoughts, feelings, etc. Symbols represent something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible. Tone- the attitude of a writer towards his subject, the mood that is created through the use of language.
100
What is the setting of the story? And what time of year is it? (Think back to your close reading).
Maycomb, Alabama Summer of 1933.
100
**Bonus** What is your wager? You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Atticus This important snippet of conversation from Chapter 3 finds Atticus giving Scout the crucial piece of moral advice that governs her development for the rest of the novel. His ability to relate to his children is manifested in his restatement of this principle in terms that Scout can understand ("climb into his skin and walk around in it"). Scout struggles, with varying degrees of success, to put Atticus's advice into practice and to live with sympathy and understanding toward others. At the end of the book, she succeeds in comprehending Boo Radley's perspective, fulfilling Atticus's advice in Chapter 3 and providing the novel with an optimistic ending despite the considerable darkness of the plot.
200
**BONUS** What is your wager? What are the three camera techniques used here? 1. The camera looks down at what is being photographed, shows superiority. 2. A shot that is human vision; the shot is looking straight on-represents equal status. 3. The camera looks up at what is being photographed. symbolizes importance.
1. high angle 2. eye level 3. low angle
200
Who is Jem and Scout's summer neighbor and friend? He is a diminutive, confident boy with an active imagination. He becomes fascinated with Boo Radley and represents the perspective of childhood innocence throughout the novel. *Hint*Rachel Haverford is his aunt.
Charles "Dill" Baker Harris
200
What is the theme of To Kill a Mockingbird?
1. Good vs Evil. Harper dramatizes Scout and Jem's transition from a perspective of childhood innocence. Throughout the novel, light and dark imagery juxtapose what is right and what is terribly wrong in the town of Maycomb. Many of the characters assume that people are good because they have never seen the evil that exist. As a result, they pay a high price. 2. Educating the children. The children are taught to move from innocence to adulthood. Taught right from wrong as explored by the relationship between Atticus and his kids.
200
How many years pass during the retelling of the story?
3 years
200
Who said "Remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy ... but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Ms Maudie Atkinson These lines from Chapter 10 are the source of the novel's title and introduce one of the key metaphors of the book: the idea of "mockingbirds" as good, innocent people who are destroyed by evil. Boo Radley, for instance, is like a mockingbird—just as mockingbirds do not harm people but only "sing their hearts out for us," Boo does not harm anyone; instead, he leaves Jem and Scout presents, covers Scout with a blanket during the fire, and eventually saves the children from Bob Ewell. Despite the pureness of his heart, however, Boo has been damaged by an abusive father. The connection between songbirds and innocents is made explicitly several times in the book: in Chapter 25, Mr. Underwood likens Tom Robinson's death to "the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children"; in Chapter 30, Scout tells Atticus that hurting Boo Radley would be "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird." The moral imperative to protect the vulnerable governs Atticus's decision to take Tom's case, just as it leads Jem to protect the roly-poly bug from Scout's fist.
300
What is it called when the camera moves horizontally on a fixed base.
Pan shot
300
Who is the sheriff of Maycomb and a major witness at Tom Robinson's trial. This person is a decent person who tries to protect the innocent from danger
Heck Tate
300
Whose point of view is the novel told from, and what is the point of view?
"Scout" Jean Louis Finch. The novel begins as the voice of a mature adult recalling events from childhood and sometimes shifts to the point of view of a six-year old, (flashback). 1st person
300
Name 2 things that were happening historically in the world when TKaM was set?
The Great Depression Jim Crow laws Stock market crash WWI-III
300
You know something, Mr. Cunningham, entailments are bad. Entailments...(She suddenly becomes self-conscious) Atticus, I was just saying to Mr. Cunningham that entailments were bad but not to worry. Takes a long time sometimes... "What's the matter?' I asked.
Scout This exchange occurs after Scout has diffused the potentially dangerous crowd of men outside the jailhouse. Scout knows something is wrong and reaches out to a man she recognizes in the group, Mr. Cunningham. She does as she has been told and tries to connect with him by talking about his son who is a schoolmate of hers. Unknowingly, Scout appeals to the man's humanity and forces him to realize he must behave honorably and leave Atticus and Tom Robinson alone.
400
what is it called when a scene gradually goes dark and the new one gradually emerges from the darkness?
fade in/out
400
Who is the elderly, ill-tempered, racist woman who lives near the Finches. Although Jem believes that she is a thoroughly bad woman, Atticus admires her for the courage with which she battles her morphine addiction. She ridicules Scout when she says "Don't say hey to me you ugly little girl"
Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose
400
While characters may say all kinds of things, it’s what they do that shows what they’re really made of. Example: Atticus says that Mr. Underwood "despises Negroes, won't have one near him" (16.5), but when a lynch mob threatens both Tom and Atticus, Mr. Underwood is waiting with his shotgun to defend them. What is this called?
Characterization
400
**Bonus** What is your wager? Explain the title of the novel.
In this story of innocents destroyed by evil, the “mockingbird” comes to represent the idea of innocence. Thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence.
400
Who said, "Jean Louise. Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing".
Reverend Sykes The people relegated to the balcony stood in unison as Atticus Finch passed. A silent gesture of respect, of honor, to a man who struggled to do what was right, no matter what the personal cost. A man who fought for principles greater and far beyond himself.
500
What is it called when the camera moves through space on a wheeled truck, but stays on the same plane?
Tracking/Dolly shot
500
Who is the wealthy white man who lives with his black mistress and mulatto children. Raymond pretends to be a drunk so that the citizens of Maycomb will have an explanation for his behavior. In reality, he is simply jaded by the hypocrisy of white society and prefers living among blacks.
Adolphus Raymond
500
Who or what is a metaphor for a mockingbird in this novel (list 2)?
1. Arthur "Boo" Radley is another Mockingbird. The only thing mockingbirds ever do is "sing their hearts out for us" and Boo does nothing but that. All he does is leave Jem and Scout presents and saves their lives while risking his own. Even though Boo Radley's heart is pure, his innocence is still damaged by his abusive father and he is "killed" many times. It is noticed by Scout that to hurt Arthur it is "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird (pg. 282, scene 38). 2. Tom Robinson is another example of a mockingbird. Like Arthur, Tom never harms anything or anyone. The only mistake Tom made was to help Mayella and chop wood for her. Mayella accused Tom of raping her. When asked if Tom was the man who raped her, she replied and said that he "most certainly is" (pg. 192). He is clearly innocent, but still, those around him must sin and to kill a mockingbird. "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed" (pg. 247). He was also a dead mockingbird.
500
Cite 4 similarities between Harper Lee's life and this novel.
1. Her father was a lawyer 2. She was raised in Alabama, a sleepy small town similar in many ways to Maycomb 3. Among Lee’s childhood friends was the future novelist and essayist Truman Capote, from whom she drew inspiration for the character Dill. 4.In 1931, when Lee was five, nine young black men were accused of raping two white women near Scottsboro, Alabama. 5. story took place durring the Great Depression 6.Had a neighbor that stayed hidden 5. She had a neighbor that stayed hidden from society.
500
Who said, "Looks like she didn't have nobody to help her. I felt right sorry for her. She seemed... "
Tom Robinson This quote serves to represent truth behind the injustice Tom Robinson is facing. Despite his standing in the community, he shows compassion and consideration for the "damaged" citizens of Maycomb (the Ewells); while many have no remorse for him. Mayella has all those children
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