One of the most appealing aspects ofTo Kill a Mockingbirdis that it gives us insight into what it means to be a family. Although Scout’s mother is absent—we don’t even learn her first name—we watch Atticus do his best to be a good father to Scout and Jem. Likewise,Scout and Je...
At the end of the book, the sheriff declines to punish Boo Radley for killing Bob Ewell, saying, 'Let the dead bury the dead.' What does he mean by that? Do you agree with his decision? Why or why not? Lesson Course 8.4Kviews ...
Yeah, says Scout: it would be (title alert) like killing a mockingbird. Chapter 31 Scout leads Boo to Jem's bed, where Boo looks at Jem "as though he had never seen a boy before" (31.9).She's got a knack for sensing Boo's mute communications. When she realizes he wants to ...
In other words, Bob Ewell kills mockingbirds, something Atticus identifies as a chief sin. Mockingbirds are symbolic in the novel of innocents: they only exist to "sing their hearts out for us," and hence should never be killed. To kill one is akin to killing pure beauty, something B...
The title ofTo Kill a Mockingbirdrefers to the local belief, introduced early in the novel and referred to again later, that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee is subtly implying that the townspeople are responsible for killing Tom Robinson, and that doing so was not only unjus...
That’s Atticus’s attitude towards the mockingbirds, the African-Americans, the men who are feared and disgusted by the uninformed. And that’s also the author wants everyone to be. That’s also the aim of not killing a mockingbird. ...
and that Boo is actually responsible for killing Ewell, thus saving her and Jem's lives. In spite of Atticus' insistence to the contrary, the sheriff refuses to press charges against Boo. Scout agrees with this decision and explains her understanding to her father. Boo sees Jem one more ti...
Confused and guilt-stricken, Gretchen refuses to leave, and Faust has the nerve to groan, “You are killing me.” As dawn breaks, Mephisto gives her up for lost, but a voice from above claims her redemption. Faust is spirited away by the devil as Gretchen calls his name. … Whew. I...
Killing the mockingbird: Systems failure and a radical hope for re-grounding responsibility and access to health care in a Mallee town communityAboriginal healthinstitutional racismsocial exclusionsituated knowledgeresponsive attentivenessaccessreconciliationThe plight of Aboriginal health and the question of ...
CHAPTER 11 – READY? Jeremy felt as if a gigantic troll with spiky teeth and heavy hands was pounding with a rock hammer against the insides of Jeremy’s skull. The noise of his bloodstream, the rhythm of his rage, the tremor of his fear, all were so strong that not even the school...