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Thursday, August 30, 2012

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 12, 13, 14 Analysis Questions

Ch. 12 
1. Comment on Jem's and Scout's visit to First Purchase Church. What does Scout learn about how black people live? 
Calpurnia is the one that takes them to First Purchase, Scout is impressed of how poor they are and didn't have money for hymnal. She realizes that she can already at her age read and there are adult "Negroes" that don't know how to read.
2. Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbors at church. Ch.13 
She somehow talks with her people, she may think that speaking other ways in the house in front of the children may upset Atticus. The First Purchase Church must be one of the places in Maycomb were Afro American people had their privacy and time away from white, and maybe that is why Lula got angry at Calpurnia because of breaking that "tradition", so it may not be appropriate to talk like a white person in there.
3. Aunt Alexandra thinks Scout is "dull" (not clever). Why does she think this, and is she right?
She believes that Scout is not acting like a real lady and this is why she decides to stay with them.
4. How does Aunt Alexandra involve herself in Macomb's social life? 
She meets new people in the town and has good relations with them, making herself very proud of the Finch Family.
5. Comment on Aunt Alexandra's ideas about breeding and family, in contrast to Atticus' visions. Who's right, do you think? Why? 
Aunt Alexandra believes that every member of the Finch family must act as she would say, a Finch, and this is why she tries so hard on making Scout look like a lady. While Atticus, believes that Scout is a girl who can take care of herself and as she is a girl she must act like so, and not be under so much pressure.
 Ch. 14. 
 6. Comment on Atticus' definition of rape. How suitable is this definition as an answer to Scout?
"He sighed, and said rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent." Scout believes Atticus but still doubts of what it is, because Calpurnia tried to hide it from her. I think Calpurnias decision of not telling Scout and telling her to ask her father is really good, she is not the one to decide if it is appropriate to answer it to Scout. 

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