Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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Comment on any aspect of the book that you find particularly interesting. This may be a question that you've been pondering as you read, an inference that you've made, something you thought was symbolic, something you felt was unusual. Use this space to bring up issues that are important to you in your reading of "To Kill a Mockingbird".
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ReplyDeleteCamellia is symbolic because in the beginning of the story Jem cut the camellias off Mrs.Dubose bush. Jem consequence was to read to Mrs.Dubose for a month. Before Mrs.Dubose died she gave Jem a camellia to say she accept his apology.
ReplyDeleteIn the text it stated ( On pg.149) " He picked up the camellia and when I went off to bed I saw him fingering the wide petals." Cameilla represent life & death. In the text it stated ( On pg. 148-149) " I think that was her way of telling you everything's all right now."
I agree, But I think the camellia flower respire sent Mrs.Dubose goodness; and it also represent Mrs.Dubose experiencing a slow death.
DeleteI actually agree with your comment because if you cut a flower I would only last a week. The flower reminds me of Mrs. Dubose because she had a few months to live. Both the flower and Mrs. Dubose died slowly.
DeleteSo it seems to be complex...Just found this link:
Deletehttp://livingartsoriginals.com/flower-camellia.htm
What do you think?
The aspect of the book that I found very interesting in chapter 12 is when Calpurnia decided to take Scout and Jem to her church...And she was black. Generally speaking, no one would go outside of their race, taking two white children to an all black people church. I thought It was very brave for Calpurnia to do something like that because no one else would've done it besides her. The fact that Calpurnia brought another race to her church was what made this chapter very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI felt that it was a sign of "coming of age" when Jem refuses to go home even when his father told him to. I think Jem made the right decision to stay to protect his family.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Josh. It was also a coming of age when Jem stopped hanging out with Scout and when he refused to go home when he was told. But lack of evidence though
DeleteHow is this coming of age...it's one thing to assert a claim, and other to provide evidence and warranted reasoning for your assertions.
DeleteI feel that this is coming of age, because Jem goes from being a boy to a man. He tells his only father no, when he tells him to go home. Jem was really protective and didn't want anything to happen to his family or himself
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ReplyDeleteThe whole case of Tom Roberson is something we should look into more deeper. In many ways its symbolic, it's symbolic to me because the case shows that you should always stand up for what's right. The case gives a massage that even when things are not going your way don't give up. In the case we find that Atticus is defending an innocent black man who will most likely be found guilty by the jury. Atticus is fighting for this mans freedom even though odds aren't on his side. He faces many obstacles and this case effects him in numerous ways. Tom Roberson is accused of rape and because of prejudice ways his chances is limited and It will be hard for him to be found innocent, but this doesn't stop them from keep going. This shows that when you aren't in the wrong and when you know that you are right, nobody can take that away from you. Even though he might get jailed he knows that he didn't do it, and that something to be proud of. In The text stats " Scout overhead Atticus talking to jack." "Tom is innocent but doomed" This means that he's innocent but because of his color he might end up guilty in the jury's eyes. This case is a massage we all can learn from.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this comment, Kiwahn. As usual, you offer some powerful insight into a topic that we will discuss in great detail as we move along in the novel...I'm pleased to see you're anticipating this as a source of controversy...can't say I'm surprised. This is the lens that you've been working to develop and nourish since the beginning of the school year.
DeleteThinking about how we've studied Hurricane Katrina, and race relations between whites and blacks, has the climate changed much since the 1930's
Something I found aspect Wad the Tom Robinson Case I Actually Start Liking a The Book When This Part Came In Because It Goes Back To Real Life Experiences And It Makes Me Surprise
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