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Posted by balasubramaniam on 4th July 2008
This photo Maycomb a old neighhood started in the novel’To kill a mocking bird’It is close together and it looks very small
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Posted by balasubramaniam on 29th June 2008
Introduction (Miss Caroline)
Her full name is Caroline Fisher.She was Scott first grade teacher(Primary one).She is new to Maycomb & not aware about the environment nor the people.She disagrees with Scott and her lack of understanding about the children get her into conflict and dislike on them.She is from North Alabama,from Winston County.
Description
Miss Caroline was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair,pink cheeks, and wore crimson finger-nail polish.She also wore high-heeled pumps.She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop.
What the character says/ does?
She is rather a dominant person who wants others to listen to her.She wants things to be in her own way like she tells Scott not to ask her father to teach.
What other characters say about her?
Scott first impression on Caroline is horrible and she dislikes her & even condemn her by saying she is a ‘damn lady’ when Jem asked her how was she getting along in school.
What does it tells you about the character?
I felt Miss Caroline has to learn to be more understanding with the children.She always jumps into conclusion when she tells Scott that her father teaches her when that is not the truth. She is acting on impulse regarding her student,Burris.She should have behaved in a diplomatic and tactful matter with a lots of patience in Burris Ewell case.Being an adult,she should have held her tears instead of crying in front of the children.This reflect her weaker,soft character.A lack of caring words for Scott had lead to constant conflict.
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Posted by balasubramaniam on 29th June 2008
Introduction
Tom Robinson is a minor character.He is a black man who stands falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Atticus agrees to take his case, even though he knows it is probably hopeless, because of racial discrimination and segregation. Tom Robinson is convicted purely because he is a black man and his accuser is white.
Description
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What the character says/ does?
Tom Robinson cares for his family and he is a helpful person and he provided for himself. Tom likes to do the right thing or does what he thinks is right
What other characters say about him ?
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What does it tells you about the character?
It tells me that Atticus fights against racism, and a few other townspeople are on his side, including Miss Maudie and Judge Taylor.This tells me that he must be a good man or else Atticus would not have taken up his case.
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Posted by balasubramaniam on 29th June 2008
Boo Radley
Introduction
Arthur is a another name of Boo Radley. Boo Radley had a hard life mingling with his family and community. His family was never considered one of the better places to be. As a young boy, he was in trouble with the police, and his strictly parents have kept him indoors ever since. He joined with the wrong company and his father,Mr Radley punished him by keeping him indoors for 15 years. Boo never goes outside his house and nasty rumors are spread about him. He lives with Mr Radley brother,Nathan. Though the children & people have never seen him, rumors about that whatever strange things happen in the neighborhour, Boo is often blamed.
Description
The children imagine Boo as a ghoulish figure who eats cats and stalks about the neighbourhood under the cover of night. He is about six and half feet tall judging from his tracks has rotten yellow teeth, popping eyes and drooled most of the time. A long jagged ran across his face.
What the character says/ does?
He dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were blood-stained .He ate an animal raw, and he never wash the blood off.
What other characters say about him ?
Miss Maudie says that Arthur was a nice boy when she used to know him.Miss Maudie also concluded that Boo had never actually hurt anyone or done any sort of crime he was just did not like to be around people because all they did was torture him and spread rumours about him .She speaks highly of him and said that he spoke nicely to her, no matter what people said he did.However, other characters believe that he ate raw animals & his hands were blood-stained so he is considered to be of an evil-figure and project an image of cruelty and vengeance.
What does it tells you about the character?
In fact, Boo stands as a figure of innocence who befriends and protects the children in his own way.He was very kind as when there was a fire,he covered Scout with a blanket without her knowledge.Although he seemed to be a bold person, deep inside he is kind and compassionate.
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Posted by balasubramaniam on 29th June 2008
Introduction
Jem Finch is also known as Jeremy Finch who is the eldest in the family. He has a younger sister named Scout.Jem is 4 years older than his sister.He is motherless since the age of 6.He got his arm badly injured at the age of thirteen.That did not stop him from playing football.His passion for this favourite game seem to be very obvious.
Description
His left arm was shorter than his right,when he stood and walked,the back of his hand was as right angled to his body,his thumb was parallel to his thigh .
What the character says/ does
Jem was a brave boy. He was brave enough to stand up and do the things he had to, even if they scared him. An example is he was so daring to touch Mr Radley house. This reflected how brave he was. Jems bravery is evident in his lifestyle, his pride, and his emotions.The Brave Jem Finch is also very hot tempered and he loved to fight. He loved to please his father and hate to disappoint him not because he wanted to avoid punishment nor Scolding.Furthermore as far as as Jem could remembered, Atticus never whipped him .That is the reason why he went back to get his pants near Radley house in the night.This also showed his bravery to go to Radley place alone at night.He was determined and persistent to play football inspite of his left arm shorter than his right.This reflected his strong character and he never gave up as this is indicated in his favourite sport. Jem is quieter and more reserved than his sister, and has very high standards and expectations for people. When these expectations are not met, Jem has a difficult time resolving his feelings. Sometimes moody and sullen, sometimes kind and gentle, Jem emerges as a leader as he helps Scout understand how to get along in school and reminds her to respect Atticus and their other elders. Jem leads this change, as he is older than Scout.
What the other character says about him?
Scout knows that he always waits until he thinks it is the right time to reveal his emotions. Jeremy Jem Finch acts as Scout’s playmate and protector
What does it tells you about the character?
Jems bravery makes him conscious of his emotions and he doesn’t always want others to know how he feels.He is so courageous that even though his broke his arm,his persistence & determination encouraged him to continue playing football.I find him rather boastful because he was bragging to Walter that he went all the way to Boo’s house. He is caring and love his sister and console her when she cried.
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Posted by balasubramaniam on 29th June 2008
Introduction of Scout
Scout is also known as Jean Louise Bullfinch. Scout is the main character in the Novel She unthinkingly rushes into fights and scrapes, cries when her pride is hurt.She is the youngest of the Finch family and she is 4 years younger than her brother,Jem. Scout is very different from most girls.She did not like to do the same things as most girls of her age. She is the kind of girl who would rather play with boys than girls, and did not have any girl friends to speak of. She always plays with Jem and her best friend Dill. Even when they say it is not for girls, she still wants to play. Atticus has taught her more than school ever taught.
Description of scout
Scout is just a straight, plain tom-boy. She wears dirty overalls, very scruffy, has bangs and, like most tom-boys, hates to wear dresses. A tomboy at heart, Scout works hard not to “act like a girl” by wearing overalls instead of dresses and quarrels with other children who antagonize her. She has a good vocabulary for her age. A tomboy at heart although physically she is a girl.
What the character says/ does
Scout is very warm and friendly girl. She is not racist and she does not segregate blacks and whites. Scout, because of her age, and being the youngest in the family, is impulsive by nature and extremely emotional too. She realizes how offensive they had been by tormenting Boo Radley. Though a natural tomboy, she begins to adjust to her feminine role and enjoys helping Calpurnia(A black cook and housekeeper) in the kitchen. Scout is an adorable character, with a great potential for perception She is very mature for her age.Scout is a very intelligent child who learned how to read through her natural instinct, sitting on Atticus’s lap and following along in his book.She has developed & grown up early than other children of her age. She did not discover her full potential that she could better than others until her teacher tells her she can’t read anymore. this shows that reading was a pleasure and a freedom she had taken for granted. She is a tomboy with a good heart, a smart head and plenty of pride. She treats adults as equals and they treat her as an equal. She enjoys reading very much. Extremely smart and bright for her age, Scout loves to read spends time reading with her father, Atticus, every night. She believes that everyone should be treated the same, no matter what family they are from. She is a good moral person.For instance, when she wants to spend more time with Walter Cunningham, Aunt Alexandra disagrees saying that no Finch girl should ever consort with a Cunningham. Scout is frustrated by this, as she wants to be able to choose her own friends.She is independant for her age.
What other characters say about her ?
Being Spunky and head strong and outspoken, Scout often finds herself in trouble with her father, her housekeeper, Calpurnia, her neighbours, her aunt Alexandra, and her teacher,Miss Caroline.
What does it tells you about the character?
I believe that Scout is intelligent for her age of 6.She knows how to read compared to the other students.She is not also racist compared to the other residents in Maycomb.She does not discriminate between the whites and blacks.Although,she is a tomboy,she is very sensitive and cries when her pride is hurt. She is impulsive and quarrel when anyone antagonised her pride.She is a passionate person who loves her father and does not want to hurt his feeling by not revealing the truth when she quarrelled with Francis.She is straight forward, uncompromising towards her teacher as said that if her teacher conduct had been more friendly towards her,she would have felt sorry for her teacher.
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Posted by hanyoungrok on 29th June 2008
Chapter 1
page 6
-He played with us,read to us, and treated with courteous detachment.
We can know about her(author) father’s personality from this sentence.
page 8
-Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, ans quaint fancies.
It contains that Dill is very active and curious boy. Furthermore, I and Jem want to know about Dill who is a curiosity.
page 12
-”There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into,”
This phrase is talking about Mr.Radleys. It contains that he is a very ill-natured and malicious.
page 13
-Boo was about six and a half feer tall, judging from his tracks;he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that’s wht his hands were blood-stained - if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time.
This is description of Boo. We can know that Boo looks like fearful and hideous. On top of that, he is a cruel person as he dine on raw squirrels and any cats which he catch.
chapter 2
page 18
-Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shelaces………….,but I had stared at them all the evenings in my memory, listening to the news of the day,Bills To Be Enacted into Laws, the diaries of Lorenzo Dow -
We can know from this paragraph that author was very intelligent. As she can read book without any education. Just listening to the news of the day and read diaries of Lorenzo Dow.
page 21
-My special knowledge of the Cuningham tribe - one branch, that is - was gained from events of last winter. Walter’s father was one of Atticus’s clients. After a dreary conversation in our living room one night about his entailment, before Mr Cunningham left he said, ‘Mr Finch, i don’t know when i’ll ever be able to pay you.’ ‘Let that be the least of your worries, Walter,’ Atticus said.
From this paragraph, we can know that author’s father’s personality. He is a very kind and magnanimous as Mr Cunningham was worried about financial problem, but Atticus said that don’t worry.
chapter 3
page 31
-’until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’
It means that you understand the other men/women’s position.
-but if Walter and I had put ourselves in her shoes we’d have seen it was an honest mistake on her part.
Aforementioned, it is similar meaning as above sentence. ‘put ourselves in her shoes’ means that you stand in her position.
page 33
-Jem and I were accustomed to our father’s last-will-and-testament diction,and we were at all times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.
We can know personality of father.Atticus is friendly and obliging to his children
chaper 4 & 5
page 36
-Rather than risk a tangle with Calpurnia, I did as Jem told me.For some reason, my first year of school had wrought a great change in our relationship:Calpurnia’s tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval. On my part, I went to much trouble, sometime, not to provoke her.
This is a good sentence which describe the situation that I and Calpurnia’s relationship becomes better than before .
page 42
-As the summer progressed, so did our game. We polished and perfected it, added dialogue and plot until we had manufactured a samall play upon which we rang changes every day.
It describes situation that their game becomes more interesting than before as the summer progressed.
page 46
-When I admired them and hoped I would have some eventually, she said, ‘Look here.’ With a click of her tongue she Thrust out her bridgework,a gesture of cordiality that cemented our friendship
We can know from this sentence that Maudie’s personality which is very friendly and benign.
-A chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an dld straw hat and men’s coveralls, but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the streer in magisterial beauty.
This sentence describes Miss Maudie’s appearance which is expressed in “chameleon”.
chapter 6 (not complete)
pg.57
-”Don’t get in a row of collards whatever you do, they’ll wake the dead.”
It means that it sound so loud that it can wake the dead (figurative)
-I made perhaps one step per minute
she was so carefully to walk
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Posted by hanyoungrok on 29th June 2008
chapter 6 (not complete)
pg.57
-”Don’t get in a row of collards whatever you do, they’ll wake the dead.”
It means that it sound so loud that it can wake the dead (figurative)
-I made perhaps one step per minute
she was so carefully to walk
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Posted by phanchong1994 on 29th June 2008
collards-are like cabbage that look like this:
eerily-mysteriously.
ensuing-is something that follow up by another.
malignant-evil and dangerous.
prowess -very good ability or skill.
ramshackle-so loose that are about to fall off.
rigid-stiff.
waning -less brighter normally use to descirbe light.
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Posted by phanchong1994 on 28th June 2008
asinine-word that has the meaning as stupid/silly.
benevolence-are use when a person is generous/thoughtful.
benign-kind/gentle.
edification -education and instruction.
cordiality-kindness.
morbid -horrible.
placidly-clam and quiet.
chap 4
auspicious-favourable.
scuppernongs-are a kind of sweet grapes like this:
melancholy-sad and gloomy
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Posted by hanyoungrok on 28th June 2008
chaper 4 & 5
page 36
-Rather than risk a tangle with Calpurnia, I did as Jem told me.For some reason, my first year of school had wrought a great change in our relationship:Calpurnia’s tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval. On my part, I went to much trouble, sometime, not to provoke her.
This is a good sentence which describe the situation that I and Calpurnia’s relationship becomes better than before .
page 42
-As the summer progressed, so did our game. We polished and perfected it, added dialogue and plot until we had manufactured a samall play upon which we rang changes every day.
It describes situation that their game becomes more interesting than before as the summer progressed.
page 46
-When I admired them and hoped I would have some eventually, she said, ‘Look here.’ With a click of her tongue she Thrust out her bridgework,a gesture of cordiality that cemented our friendship
We can know from this sentence that Maudie’s personality which is very friendly and benign.
-A chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an dld straw hat and men’s coveralls, but after her five o’clock bath she would appear on the porch and reign over the streer in magisterial beauty.
This sentence describes Miss Maudie’s appearance which is expressed in “chameleon”.
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Posted by phanchong1994 on 26th June 2008
amiable -friendly
contentious-always ready to fight .
cootie -another word to describe louse(an insect)
disapprobation-disapprove/objection
discernible -understandable.
onslaught-a ferocious or vicious attack.
persevere-to carry on inspite of facing diffculities.
irked -to be annoyed
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Posted by phanchong1994 on 26th June 2008
strictures -word for condition and rules.
chapter2
crimson-a colour use to describe red.
cunning -cute or pleasing.
hookworms-a type ofparasite use to live inside the small intestine of a human.
immune - this word mean has no effect done to the person.
vexations-has the same meaning a annoyed which is something that cause it.
seceded -break away from something.
smilax -a plant use for decorations.
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Posted by hanyoungrok on 26th June 2008
chapter 2
page 18
-Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shelaces………….,but I had stared at them all the evenings in my memory, listening to the news of the day,Bills To Be Enacted into Laws, the diaries of Lorenzo Dow -
We can know from this paragraph that author was very intelligent. As she can read book without any education. Just listening to the news of the day and read diaries of Lorenzo Dow.
page 21
-My special knowledge of the Cuningham tribe - one branch, that is - was gained from events of last winter. Walter’s father was one of Atticus’s clients. After a dreary conversation in our living room one night about his entailment, before Mr Cunningham left he said, ‘Mr Finch, i don’t know when i’ll ever be able to pay you.’ ‘Let that be the least of your worries, Walter,’ Atticus said.
From this paragraph, we can know that author’s father’s personality. He is a very kind and magnanimous as Mr Cunningham was worried about financial problem, but Atticus said that don’t worry.
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Posted by phanchong1994 on 26th June 2008
corsets-is worn by woman to make them look slim.
dictum-another word for principle.
domiciled-where a person lives of a kind of house.
human chattels-they are called slaves.
foray -to do something that the person dont really do that is unusual.
malevolent-word to describle evil.
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Posted by phanchong1994 on 25th June 2008
assuaged-to make burden less severe.
punt-a kick which is drop from the hand before it reaches the ground.
apothecary-a professional trained in preparing of drugs.
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Posted by bruce on 13th June 2008
Please post about all the information about photo journalism.
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