TKAM chapters 9 and 10

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Chp 5

Jem and Dill’s friendship grows. Scout gets left out. She spends more time with Miss Maudie. They talk about Boo Radley who Scouts sees more as a sad and lonely person.

Jem and Dill plan to deliver a note to Boo. Atticus finds out and tells them off. Even though Scout is a tomboy and she idolizes her brother Jem,  he tells her off for acting more like a girl.

Chapter 6

It’s the night before Dill leaves, Jem and Dill decide to peek into the Radley house. Scout tries to stop them but then she joins them when jem tell her she is acting more and more like a girl. As they try to peer in the windows they see a shadow approach. They run off and there is a gun shot. They barely escape through a fence and Jem’s pats get torn off.

School starts again and Scout is in second grade. Lately she's been worried about Jem's bad moods. Jem hasn't yet spoken about what happened when he went back to get his torn pants. When he went back to get them he found them nicely stitched and folded. Later Scout and Jem walk past the Old tree at the edge of the Radely property and they notice a ball of twine tucked into the knot hole. They decide to write athank you note, but they find the hole mysteriously cemented shut. Jem asks Nathan Radley on his way home and asks about the cemented knot hole. Nathan replies, that the tree is sick and needs to be cemented to cure it. When Jem asks Atticus whether the tree is sick, he doesn't seem to think so, but that"Mr Radley  knows more about his trees than we do."

Jem grows in both insight and maturity, although he doesn't share with Scout that Boo Radely was probably the one who put all the gifts in the Old tree, and that he was the one who had repaired his pants the other night. It makes Jem sad that the tree has been cemented because it's the only way of boo's way to communicate with the outside world. More upsetting was that he didn't get a chance to say thank you. A silent friendship that was cemented figuratively has now been silenced by someone else.

Chapter 6: Back @ Boo’s – Jem loses his pants

Chapter 7: Gifts but the tree is closed off with cement

Chapter 8: Snow! Fire! Boo & the blanket 

An Allusion 

A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

“Hey! Guess who the new Newton of our school is?”

“Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.” –

page 84

Why does To Kill a Mockingbird allude to the Civil War?

allude to = mention without discussing at length, to hint 

By drawing a comparison between the Civil War and the current conflict between Atticus and the townspeople who want to convict Tom unfairly, the narrator helps us understand, first of all, the full extent of the seriousness of Tom's case.

Through that allusion, we also understand how the sentiments that fueled the Civil War are still affecting race relations in the South when this story takes place. Racism is still alive and kicking, and it's just as ugly as it was during the Civil War.

Finally, as Atticus explains the difference between the real war and the current conflict, the allusion helps us see that the conflict between Tom's supporters (mostly just Atticus and his kids) and Tom's haters is serious and yet perhaps not serious enough to tear apart friendships or families, like the Civil War did.

Chapter 9

Christmas at Finch's Landing

In chapter 9 the writer uses an allusion,
what kind of literary device is an allusion?

Harper Lee expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.
Why does To Kill a Mockingbird allude to the Civil War?
page 84

return to Chapter 1

Listen carefully to the reading from the beginning of the book.

Then write a short summary of 

the existence of Finch's Landing.

summary

the Finch family were Southerners. Simon Finch had emigrated from Cornwall England to Mobile. Simon Finch 'made a pile practicing medicine'. he bought three slaves and built a homestaed o the banks of Alabama River. 

The custom was for the men to remain on Simon's homestead. The Landing was self-sufficient except for ice, flour and clothing that was brought by boat to the landing.

Atticus was the first Finch not to remain at Finch's Landing, his sister Alexandra Finch remained in his stead.

Chapter 9 turn to page 88 

a bluff = A steep cliff, or bank

a jetty = A landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored

 a bale = A large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton

a two-rut-road =

two-storeyed white house with 

porches

Read about Finch's Landing page 88-89. What does the description of Finch's Landing allude to?

Vocabulary chapter 9

postponement

indicative

guilessness

p.90 attire

p.92 tentatively

postponement
John Taylor was kind enough to give us a postponement...
what does the word mean?

indicative
The internal arragements of the Finch house were indicative of Simon's guilessness and absolute trust which he regarded his offspring.
what does indicative mean?

p.92
he asked tentatively

what does guilessness mean?

attire

The casual tone with which Scout uses a racial slur suggests that..

1. she's using it in a malicious way
2. she’s parroting language she’s heard others use.
3. she 's saying it on purpose so that Atticus won't send her to school again

page 83 -84 

1)How does Atticus explain his reasons for defending Tom Robinson? 

2)What factors influenced his choice to take the case seriously? 

3) How does he expect the case will turn out?

 ( 2:03 -3:54)

3. Pg. 83 -84 How does Atticus explain his reasons for defending Tom Robinson? What factors influenced his choice to take the case seriously? How does he expect the case will turn out? ( 2:44 -3:54)

Pg. 87 why is Scout cursing? What is the difference between how her father, Atticus, responds and her uncle Jack?
page 87 and page 97

What metaphor followed by a simile does Alexandra use to decsribe the role that Scout should play in het father's life because she is a girl? 

18:50

What metaphor followed by a simile does Alexandra use to decsribe the role that Scout should play in het father's life because she is a girl?
page 90

Discussing the Tom Robinson case with Uncle Jack, Atticus refers to "Maycomb's usual disease."What does he mean? Why doesn't he suffer from it?

37:01 -

Chapter 10: “It’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird” + Mad dog shooting

Tim Johnson VS Tom Robinson – Symbolism

 Page 99

Atticus instructs Scout and Jem that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” 

What does this advice mean? Look for evidence in the text to help you explain it. 

1. What do we learn at the beginning of Chapter 10 about the way that Scout and Jem feel about Atticus?

3. Atticus instructs Scout and Jem that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” What does this advice mean?
Look for evidence in the text to help you explain it.

How does this advice help explain why Scout and Jem did not know that their father was “the deadest shot in Maycomb County”? How does Miss Maudie explain Atticus’s feelings about his sharpshooting skills?

2. Everything we know about the events in To Kill a Mockingbird is filtered through Scout’s perspective. Take a moment to imagine what some of the other characters might think about the events you have read about. 

Write a paragraph  about the mad dog incident from either Jem’s or Atticus’s point of view. How do you think their perspective would be different from Scout’s?

(word count 300)

Both the mockingbird and the mad dog are symbols. Based on what you have read so far, what or who in this story might the mockingbird symbolize? What or who might the mad dog symbolize? Look for evidence to support or refute your hypothesis as you read the rest of the novel.

5. Throughout the story you read that Scout and Jem are parting ways. How do Scout and Jem continue to “part ways” in this chapter? How do they interpret the revelation of Atticus’s sharpshooting skills differently? Pg. 130

6. Describe the pacing of this chapter. What does the pacing suggest about how Harper Lee views the importance of the events in this chapter?

How does this advice help explain why Scout and Jem did not know that their father was “the deadest shot in Maycomb County”? How does Miss Maudie explain Atticus’s feelings about his sharpshooting skills?