Mrs.Iglesias TKAM Chapters 1-11
How do you characterize Miss Dubose?
-very racist /grows white flowers only... addicted to morphine & trying to kick the habit... "she is horrible"
How do you characterize Aunt Alexandra?
-very rigid about Scout's femininity & her appearance -serves as a role model for gender just like Maudie and Calpurnia
What is the point of view?
1st person retrospect
How many themes are in chapters 1-11?
2
How many symbols are in chapters 1-11?
8
How is the story told from?
An adult point of view but with a child's eye & voice
What brave thing does Atticus do in Chapter 10? Why are Scout and Jem shocked?
Atticus shoots the mad dog Tim Johnson very precisely and Scout and Jem were shocked because they never thought Atticus could do anything
In chapters 8-11 who are brave?
Atticus, Mrs. Dubose, Scout, & Jem
What are the themes of chapters 8-11?
Bravery and Prejudice
What does Miss Maudie's fire symbolize?
Change
What did Jem do when Mrs. Dubose said Atticus "lawed for n-i-g-g-e-r-s?" And what was Jem's punishment?
Jem cut off all of the tops of Mrs. Dubose's white flowers and his punishment was to read to Mrs. Dubose every afternoon afterschool until the timer rung.
What did Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs. Dubose and following her death?
Jem learned she was ill with and was trying to not take morphine so that she did not die an addict.
What does killing a mockingbird symbolize?
Lose of innocence
What happened to Miss Maudie's house? What was her reaction?
Miss Maudie's house burned down and her reaction was that she was calm
How do you characterize the Radley's?
Mysterious family that lives next to the Finches/ no one comes out of the house
How do you characterize Miss Stephane Crawford?
Opposite of Miss Maudie/ town gossip/ untrustworthy
What does Jem's regard to having a coloed man help with Miss Maudie's garden symbolize?
Racial Prejudice & lose of innocence
What "disaster", happened at Christmas between Scout and Francis?
Scout had beat up Francis for calling her father a "n-i-g-g-e-r lover".
Why was Miss Maudie calm?
She wanted to have a smaller house and have a bigger garden
What does the early mad dog symbolize?
Something bad is going to happen soon
What does a snow storm symbolize?
Something very unususal is going to happen
What does the "snowman" symbolize?
Irony
What does the Mr. Avery snowman symbolize?
It symbolizes that Mr. Avery is an indecent man
What does Atticus's great sight symbolize?
Secrets
What are the symbols in chapter 1-11
- Snow storm - Early Mad Dog - Snowman - Mr. Avery Snowman - Miss Maudie's Fire - Atticus's excellent sight - Killing a mockingbird - Jem's regard to having a colored man help with Miss Maudie's garden
What is the setting?
Early 1930's rural America in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama