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“If you’ll concede the necessity of going to school we’ll go on reading every night just as we always have.”
­ It is important because Atticus is trying to help Scout, even though he knows she will never be the perfect little girl that everyone expects her to be. He is telling her that no one will ever get in the way of what you want to do.
“I’m simply defending a Negro­ his name’s Tom Robinson. He lives… John Taylor was kind enough to give us a postponement.”
­ It is important because it shows that Atticus doesn’t care what race he defends, no matter what people say about him.
“Scout,” he said, “Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?”
­I think this is the most important quote out of all of them, because this shows that Atticus is ready to let go of the truth to save the people he loves. Mar 1­8:25 AM
1. "Scout ready to read?"
page: #39
chapter: #3
speaker: Atticus
2. "...she discovered that i was literate and looked at me with more than a faint distaste. Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading." page: #22
chapter: #2
speaker: Scout
3. "we'll do like we always do at home, he said, but you'll see school is different."
page: #21
chapter: #2
speaker: Jem
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1) "Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you." ­ Atticus pg. 81­82 This shows that Boo hardly makes an appearance but has a big influence on what happens to people.
2) "Tim Johnson... didn't know what hit him." pg. 110 Although seemingly minor, the "mad dog" incident was major. It resembles the townspeople's feelings toward Boo they know nothing about him but make up stories about him and pose him to be evil. They were quick to kill the dog with no regret, no second thoughts, or reason.
" Mr. Cunningham's basically a good man. He just has blind spots along with the rest of us." This quote shows that nothing is as it 3) seems. Mr. Cunningham seems like a good man, but he showed a darker side at the mob. It also shows that Atticus is blind to peoples flaws.
Mar 1­8:26 AM
“If you’ll concede the necessity of going to school we’ll go on reading every night just as we always have.”
­ It is important because Atticus is trying to help Scout, even though he knows she will never be the perfect little girl that everyone expects her to be. He is telling her that no one will ever get in the way of what you want to do.
“I’m simply defending a Negro­ his name’s Tom Robinson. He lives… John Taylor was kind enough to give us a postponement.”
­ It is important because it shows that Atticus doesn’t care what race he defends, no matter what people say about him.
“Scout,” he said, “Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?”
­I think this is the most important quote out of all of them, because this shows that Atticus is ready to let go of the truth to save the people he loves. Mar 1­8:26 AM
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"He ain't company, Cal, he's just a Cunningham­" "Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are..."
"I don't care a speck...somehow it ain't right to do 'em that way..."
"Don't talk like that in front of Calpurnia..." "...she knows what she means to this family.."p156 Chapter 16
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Pg. 32 "There's some folks who don't eat like us, but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?"
­Calpurnia
Pg. 149 "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."
­Atticus
Pg. 207 "Atticus reached out and massaged Jem's hair, his one gesture of affection."
­Scout
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1.Throughout the novel, you see Scout grow up and mature. You see her start to understand whats going on around her in Maycomb. 2.At the begining of the novel, Scout doesnt understand much about the world she lives in. She asks alot of questions because she is curious. She is also very immature beacause she is only 6 and she doesnt understand much, this makes her kind of ignorant. She is also adventurous and always wants to play with the boys.
Ch 1 page 9
Scout "By the end of August our repertoire was vapid from countless reproductions, and it was then that dill gave us the idea of making boo Radley come out" ­
adventurous
Ch 3 page 33
Scout " i'll be dogged,"i said." I didnt know no better than to read to her, and she held me responsible­ listen atticus, i dont have to go to school!"
Ch 24 page 263
Scout " i hadnt meant for it to be funny, but the ladies laughed.... A lady"
ch. 24 page 263
Miss stephanie crawford: "Whatcha going to be when you grow up, Jean Louise A Lawyer?..."
Scout:"Nome, i hadn't thought about it... Nurse? Aviator? Well... Nome, just a lady."
Ch 30 page 318
Atticus: "Scout;" he said," Mr. Ewell fell on his knife, can you possibly understand?..."
Scout:Yes sir, I understand."
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"When children disobey their parents, smoke cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasons would change."
Ch.8, Pg68
"Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday, when we were both fatherless and teacherless.... The class tied Ms. Simpsom to a chair and placed her in the room."
Ch. 12, Pg. 133
"Someone leaped at us... Cecil Jacobs jumped in glee....Ha­a­a gatcha!...Thought you'd be coming along this way."
Ch. 27, Pg.27
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Pg. 187 &188
Scout: "Dill's eyes flickered at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor. Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood."
Pg. 302
Jem:
"Well it's hair...Under my arms, too." Pg. 153 Scout: "...Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose them on me..."
Jem:
"Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time...it's because he wants to stay inside."
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"If the judge released Arthur, Mr. Radley would see to it that Arthur gave no further trouble." ­Scout, Ch 1 p 10
"It's time for her medicine," Jessie said. As the door swung shut behind us I saw Jessie walking quickly toward Mrs. Dubose's bed. Ch 11 p 143
"I wish Bob Ewell wouldn't chew tobacco." was all Atticus said about it. Ch 23 p 291
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"Shoot all the bluejays you want... But remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ‐pg 19
"Well, It'd be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?" ‐pg 370
"An' they chased him 'n never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, 'an Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice..." ‐pg 376
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"...foot­washers think women are a sin by definition." Miss Maudie ch.5 p.50
2. "What are you doing in those overalls? you should be in a dress and camisole, young lady!" Mrs. Dubose ch.11 p.117
3. "...it's time you started bein' a girl and acting right! I burst into tears..." Jem ch.12 p.131
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"It was customary for all the men to remain on Simon's homestead, Finch's Landing...yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the 20th century when my father, Atticus Finch went to Montgomery to study law." page 4­5
"The thing is, what I'm tryin' to say is­­they do get along a lot better without me, I can't help them any. They buy me everything I want, but it's now you've­got­it­now­go­play­with­it." (Dill) pg 191
" 'He does 'tollable, 'cept when...' 'Except when he's drinking?' asked Atticus so gently that Mayella nodded." (Mayella­Atticus) page 245
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