Links on To Kill A Mocking Bird
- http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/
- http://www.studyworld.com/studyworld_studynotes/complete/studynotes/Titles/killmockingbird/summ1-6.html
- http://www.novelguide.com/tokillamockingbird/toptenquotes.html
Quotes :
Chapter 1
Quotation - "In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. "
Meaning
It give us a feeling that Maycomb is old and messy as the word sagged was use to described the courthouse.
Quotation - "Somehow it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summers day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum."
Meaning
It gives us a overview look of how Maycomb and the people look like. We also can see that the ladies in Maycomb have ensure that they do things in sequence. We can actually visualise how Maycomb look like instead of telling.
Quotation- "The Radley Place was inhabited by an unknown entity."
Meaning
The place where Radley lives seem to be quite deserted. It shows that the place was avoided by the people of Maycomb. The people of Maycomb thinks that Boo Radley was weird therefore they were afraid to pass by the Radley's house.
Chapter 2
Quotation -"'Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.''
Meaning
Scout's teacher makes her thinks that her father has been teaching her wrong things all these while.
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