Miss Maudie Atkinson(Miss Maudie): She is a strong and a supportive woman. She who lives across the street from the Finches. She never condescends to Jem and Scout but speaks to them as equals. It is Miss Maudie who affirms that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, since "they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us." A respected community member who often teasingly reproaches the children, Miss Maudie nevertheless has a impish streak: she likes to quote scripture back to conservative religious folk who.
Jeremy finch(Jem): He is Scout`s older brother. Jem did not talk alot then her sister, Dill. Jem was a brave boy. He was brave enough to stand up and do the things he had to, even if they scared him.
Atticus Finch: He tried every way to help others, who were in the need of it. It is courageous of him to take the TomRobinson case. Even his own family disagreed of taking the case. The reason was because of the bias. He risks in many was when taking the Tom Robinson case. He risks the chance of critization by the people that live in the Maycomb county.
Dill: A young boy is one year older than Scout and three years younger than Jem. Dill moves in with his Aunt Rachel in Alabama and resides with her until the start of school in Mississippi. His first summer in Alabama marks the start of the kids deep interest in the Radley`s.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Chracter Tracker_Atiqah_11_Entry 2
Jem (Jeremy Finch): Scout's older brother, who is nearly ten at the beginning of the story. Jem is quieter than his sister, and has very high standards and expectations for people.
Atticus Finch: The father of Scout and Jem, Atticus is a lawyer and an extremely morally upright man who strives to deal with everyone fairly. Atticus is sometimes overly optimistic, but his unshakable hope in mankind. Atticus' wife died when Scout was very small, and he has raised his children only with the assistance of
Calpurnia, his black housekeeper and cook.
Scout (Jean Louise Finch): The narrator and main character who begins her story at almost six years old. A rebellious tomboy, Scout has a fierce disposition toward any who challenge her, but at heart she believes in the goodness of people. Scout reacts to the terrible events of the book without losing hope in humanity.
Calpurnia: A black woman who works as the Finch family's cook and housekeeper. She is one of the many motherly figures in Scout's life and one of the few who can negotiate between the very separate black and white worlds of Maycomb.
Atticus Finch: The father of Scout and Jem, Atticus is a lawyer and an extremely morally upright man who strives to deal with everyone fairly. Atticus is sometimes overly optimistic, but his unshakable hope in mankind. Atticus' wife died when Scout was very small, and he has raised his children only with the assistance of
Calpurnia, his black housekeeper and cook.
Scout (Jean Louise Finch): The narrator and main character who begins her story at almost six years old. A rebellious tomboy, Scout has a fierce disposition toward any who challenge her, but at heart she believes in the goodness of people. Scout reacts to the terrible events of the book without losing hope in humanity.
Calpurnia: A black woman who works as the Finch family's cook and housekeeper. She is one of the many motherly figures in Scout's life and one of the few who can negotiate between the very separate black and white worlds of Maycomb.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
[Farid Azfar 31] Quote Picker On Chapter 3 & 4 to kill a mocking bird.
Quote: Anybody who went up to the house once oughta not to still run every time he passses it.
Scout was being sarcastic towards Jem Finch. Jem Finch was always afraid of Boo Radley but not when he walked beside Scout and Walter Cunningham. Jem Finch wanted to show to them that he was brave so he boasted and said that he once went all the way up to Boo Radley's house which he did'nt. Therfor Scout said these quote to the clouds above but was actually refering to Jem Finch, that the next time dat "somebody" should not run away.
Quote: "There's some folks who don't eat like us ,'Calpurnia whispered fiercely,'but you ain't to contradict 'em at the table when they don't.
The folks Calpurnia was refering to is Walter Cunningham. Walter Cunningham was from another place so he eats food differently.The way he ate might be weired to Scout and he might have commented something, that was why Calpurnia called Scout to the kitchen to give him a earful not to say anything that might offend Walter Cunningham.
Scout was being sarcastic towards Jem Finch. Jem Finch was always afraid of Boo Radley but not when he walked beside Scout and Walter Cunningham. Jem Finch wanted to show to them that he was brave so he boasted and said that he once went all the way up to Boo Radley's house which he did'nt. Therfor Scout said these quote to the clouds above but was actually refering to Jem Finch, that the next time dat "somebody" should not run away.
Quote: "There's some folks who don't eat like us ,'Calpurnia whispered fiercely,'but you ain't to contradict 'em at the table when they don't.
The folks Calpurnia was refering to is Walter Cunningham. Walter Cunningham was from another place so he eats food differently.The way he ate might be weired to Scout and he might have commented something, that was why Calpurnia called Scout to the kitchen to give him a earful not to say anything that might offend Walter Cunningham.
Vocabulary Wizard_Murshid_32
Chapter 4
Expended- 1)To lay out; spend
2)To use up; consume.
Legislature- a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
Sluggishly- 1) indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
2) not acting or working with full vigor, as bodily organs: a sluggish liver.
3) slow to act or respond: a sluggish car engine.
4) moving slowly, or having little motion, as a stream.
5) slow, as motion.
6) slack, as trade, business, or sales.
Gargle- 1) to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs. –verb (used with object)
2) to gargle (the throat or mouth).
3) to utter with a gargling sound. –noun
4) any liquid used for gargling.
5) a gargling sound.
Wrought- 1) elaborated; embellished.
2) not rough or crude.
3) produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles.
Tyranny- 1) arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
2) the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
3) a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
4) oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
5) undue severity or harshness.
6) a tyrannical act or proceeding
Slicked- 1) Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice.
2) Deftly executed; adroit: "as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water".
3) Shrewd; wily.
4) Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness: a slick writing style.
Expended- 1)To lay out; spend
2)To use up; consume.
Legislature- a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
Sluggishly- 1) indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
2) not acting or working with full vigor, as bodily organs: a sluggish liver.
3) slow to act or respond: a sluggish car engine.
4) moving slowly, or having little motion, as a stream.
5) slow, as motion.
6) slack, as trade, business, or sales.
Gargle- 1) to wash or rinse the throat or mouth with a liquid held in the throat and kept in motion by a stream of air from the lungs. –verb (used with object)
2) to gargle (the throat or mouth).
3) to utter with a gargling sound. –noun
4) any liquid used for gargling.
5) a gargling sound.
Wrought- 1) elaborated; embellished.
2) not rough or crude.
3) produced or shaped by beating with a hammer, as iron or silver articles.
Tyranny- 1) arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.
2) the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.
3) a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.
4) oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.
5) undue severity or harshness.
6) a tyrannical act or proceeding
Slicked- 1) Smooth, glossy, and slippery: sidewalks slick with ice.
2) Deftly executed; adroit: "as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water".
3) Shrewd; wily.
4) Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness: a slick writing style.
INVESTIGATOR Zhi Min 17 Entry 3
Chapter3
'To get rid of the- er, cooties. You see, Burris, the other children might catch them, you wouldn't want that, would you?'
Opinion: Burris Ewell isn't a very hygiene person, also not very considerate for his classmate. His classmates might catch cooties too. It is not an easy job to get rid of cooties.
Cooties means a louse or any germs and contaminmants.
Louse plural:(Lice) It feeds on skin debris, feather parts, sebaceous secretions and blood. It have adapted to have features like stout legs to cling on to feathers, fur and hair. Louse usually grow
up to 8mm in size.
'To get rid of the- er, cooties. You see, Burris, the other children might catch them, you wouldn't want that, would you?'
Opinion: Burris Ewell isn't a very hygiene person, also not very considerate for his classmate. His classmates might catch cooties too. It is not an easy job to get rid of cooties.
Cooties means a louse or any germs and contaminmants.
Louse plural:(Lice) It feeds on skin debris, feather parts, sebaceous secretions and blood. It have adapted to have features like stout legs to cling on to feathers, fur and hair. Louse usually grow
up to 8mm in size.
Atticus sat down in the swing and crossed his legs.His fingers wandered to his watch pocket; he said that was the only way he could think.
Opinion: At atticus time people are most likely to be still using pocket watch. It is weird when he said it's the only way he could think.
Watch pocket is mostly use to keep pocket watch, which it made to carry in pocket. It is the most common watch in 16th centuries. Pocket watch have a chain attached to it. It prevents it from begin dropped as it can be secured to waistcoat, lapel or belt loop. Pocket watch with a fob is then called a 'fob watch'.
Chapter4
Inside were two scrubbed and polished pennies, one of the other Jem examined them. 'Indian-head's,' he said.
Opinion: At Jem's time it is not common to see Indian penny as he examined them.
Indian penny was produced at Philadelphia Mint in 1859 to 1909. The coin shows Liberty wearing a feather head dress of America native.
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This represents the scene where Miss Maudie’s house is on fire. This shows us that there will be something chaotic happening. In addition, Scout has a blanket around her but she did not bring it with her. She was so busy watching the fire that she did not realize that Boo Radley had put the blanket around her shoulders.
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