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At the end of chapter 22/beginning of chapter 23, Bob Ewell spits on Atticus and tells him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life. All Atticus says about it is, “I wish Bob Ewell wouldn’t chew tobacco”, why was he so nonchalant?

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At the trial of Tom Robinson, Scout and Jem sit with Reverend Sykes and the people of color. Why is this signifigant?

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How did Mrs. Dubose represents the racism going on in maycomb and how does that represent a towns perspective of a Black man.

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Why did they have to shoot my boy Tom like that? hella racist.
#FREETOM2020
#BLM

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Why was tom found guilty by the jury

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How does Scout’s opinion and view on Boo Radley change throughout the book?

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Why do you think Harper Lee selected a child to be the narrator of the novel? Do you think the story would have been as effective if she had chosen a different narrator?

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Why do you think Harper Lee selected a child to be the narrator of the novel? Do you think the story would have been as effective if she had chosen a different narrator?

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Why do you think Harper Lee selected a child to be the narrator of the novel? Do you think the story would have been as effective if she had chosen a different narrator?

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how would Tom’s death be reacted differently to say he was white?

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1. How does chapter 11 perfectly describe racism and how it shows up?

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How do Atticus and Bob Ewell differ as father figures? What makes Atticus a good father, what makes Bob Ewell a bad one?

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Why do you think Boo Radley decided to respond to the children's cries, despite never leaving his house previously?

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Kasey Wegner      Would the outcome of Toms story be different if he didn't try to escape prison?  

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Kasey Wegner      Would the outcome of Toms story be different if he didn't try to escape prison?  

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why was cecil jacobs so important to the coming of age for scout?

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why was cecil jacobs so important to the coming of age for scout?

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what does Atticus mean when he says that he hopes he can get Jem and Scout through Maycomb’s usual disease

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Was it necessary for Aunt Alexandra to have moved into the Finch household? She is there to play the role of a mother figure and for supervision during the case, but Jem and Scout are taught to be the most mature in the novel, so why was it important, or unnecessary for Aunt Alexandra to have moved into the Finch household?

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1. Why were the rumors about Arthur (Boo) Radley originally started?

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How is Scouts relationship with Calpurnia the same, and different from her relationship with Aunt Alexandra?

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Do you think this whole story was like a mini-biography about scout from her point of view? An anecdote of scout’s childhood? Out of the blue, could it just have been about Jem’s broken arm all along? Scout claims, in the beginning, how when Jem was near 13 he broke his arm, but to tell that story, Scout needed to provide context.

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Throughout the book many people can symbolize mockingbirds. People like Tom Robinson and Boo Radley can be identified as mockingbirds as well as Jem Finch and Mr. Raymond. What do all these characters share that connects them to symbolize truth and innocents of being a mockingbird?

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At the end of chapter 23 of To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem loses his idealistic perception of the world and decides that the only rational explanation for disunity and discord between peoples is that people are fundamentally different from each other. On page 304 he says, “If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other”(Lee). What recent events do you think led to Jem’s change of heart?

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how would Tom’s death been reacted differently to say he was white?                                   

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how would Tom’s death been reacted differently to say he was white?                                   

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--Aimee Foster

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What is symbolic about the Ewells not being able to pay back the Finch family in cash?
"I asked Atticus if Mr. Cunningham would ever pay us. 'Not in money' Atticus said, 'but before the year's out, I'll have been paid” (Lee 27)

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1. How does Miss Maudie’s explanation on why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird of ‘they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird ‘ connect the the juxtaposition of Tom Robinson and the Mockingbird?

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When Scout first mentions Boo by saying, “The man who brought Jem in was standing in a corner, leaning against the wall. He was some countryman I did not know.” Did you have an assumption about who this character really was and what made you think about that assumption?

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In chapter 15, Scout, Jem, and Dill all go downtown, and Scout runs into the crowd of men all facing Atticus thinking they’re neighbors instead of strangers. “‘H-ey, Atticus!”I thought you would have a fine surprise, but his face killed my joy. A flash of plane fear was going out of his eyes, but returned it when dill and Jem wriggled into the light.There was a smell of stale whiskey and pig pen about, and when I glanced around I discovered that these men were strangers. They were not the people I saw last night. Hot embarrassment shot through me: I had to leave triumphantly into a ring of people I had never seen before.” (Lee 203). How did Scout unwittingly reckless action affect the people of the mob so much that they didn’t commit that horrible act that night? Why did guilt only pass through the men when a child showed up naive of what was going to happen?

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Both Jem and Scout grew up without a mother, however, Calpurnia played a motherly role in replacement. Based on Calpurnia’s interactions with the children, do you think Calpurnia played a big role in the maturity and intelligence in both Jem and Scout as they got older?

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What does Boo Radley symbolize? Why do you think people misplace their fear on him?

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What does Boo Radley symbolize? Why do you think people misplace their fear on him?

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(Olivia C)

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While in court, Tom Robinson was defending himself, and said, “Looks like she didn’t have anybody to help her. I felt right sorry for her.” What does this say about the society of Maycomb, a black man feeling sorry for a privelleged white woman and he gets repayed by being framed for rape?

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Why does Atticus take Tom Robinson’s case knowing that he’ll lose?

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How does Tom Robinson relate to a Mockingbird?

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How did Jem break his arm?

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Why does Tom Robinson run off? To escape? To be free from labor?

(Kenny Gabel)

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why did the kids get attached?

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What event has the most weight in the story, and how does it reflect on the rest of the book?

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What lesson Mrs. Dubose teach Jem and Scout?

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if atticus shooting the rabid dog was foreshadowing, is it for shadowing to what happens to tom or is there a possibility it was foreshadowing of what happened to bob

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if atticus shooting the rabid dog was foreshadowing, is it for shadowing to what happens to tom or is there a possibility it was foreshadowing of what happened to bob

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“We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won’t be many years, Jean Louise, before you become interested in clothes and boys--” (Lee 170). How do you think Scout felt about people like her aunt and Jem telling her she should start growing up and becoming more feminine?

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How do you think the trial would have ended if Tom Robinson was white?

(nicole bobadilla)

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How did the trial end up affecting the children?

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Why did the kids get targeted when they were walking home?

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what does the rabid dog Atticus shoots symbolize?

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What if you were Scout when Jem was attacked? What would you do if you were her at the time?

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How was Atticus able to see good of people?

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What does Atticus mean when he tells Scout he will probably lose the Robinson case because, “...we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” (Sophia Edwards)

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why was Boo following the kids in the woods?

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If it was a white man being accused would it change the outcome of the story?

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Would you have done the same thing as Sheriff Tate had you discovered Ewell’s dead body?

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Would you have done the same thing as Boo Radley and saved Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell if you had seen it? (Sophia Edwards)

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Do you think Scout matured throughout the story?

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What if it was a white man being accused for what Tom Robinson didn’t do? How would the story change?

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What do you think the meaning of the gifts Boo Radely leaves in the tree for the children?

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Why do you think Scout and Jem call their father by his first name?

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I think he means, when you get to know them, so if you take time and get to know them youll have a different view on them, dont judge a book by its cover

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I think that he definitely regrets helping mayella

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How big of an impact does the child have on the kids life?

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Why does the lynch mob suddenly lose interest and head home?They had so much at stake!

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How could the mad dog that Atticus had shot become a lesson to the town of Maycomb towards racism? (Cami Martin)

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what caused Atticus to be such a strong leader for Tom?

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In what was would the trial have been different if it took place today? Do you think they still would've been racist or do you think perhaps media and such would've influenced their decisions? (Danielle Angotti)

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Why does Clapurina talk differently at the church than she does at the house?

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How did Arthur Radley know to follow the Finch children after they had left the church?

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Why did the sheriff and Bob Ewell Fail to Find a doctor for Mayella?

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do you think tom has any regrets with helping meyella?

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In the last page of the book, in a conversation between Atticus and Scout, she’s talking about the kindness shown from a boy saying that “he was real nice” to which Atticus replies “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”(Lee 376), what does Atticus mean by “finally see them” and how can he generalize that most people are nice?

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I think lee uses this to stand up for good, and harmless people .

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do you think the fact that scout calls her father ¨Atticus¨ is a visual represintation of they´re relationship?

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Why did the court still believe that Tom was guilty after saying that he couldn’t use his left hand?

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why is attius so understanding of people despite all his bad experiences in the past

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How was the mood different from the first time Jem touched Radley's house to the second time?

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what does the mocking bird truly symbolise.

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In the last few lines of To Kill a Mockingbird Scout says, “he was really nice” and Atticus replies, “most people are Scout when you finally see them. do you agree that most people in the novel are nice once you see them?

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How is Atticus able to see the good side of people despite all he has experience?

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Why did Atticus ask Mayella  “do you love your father, miss mayella”(lee 245) during her stand at Tom's trial?

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Why did Bob Ewwell attack the kids? (Kosmo Nerdin)

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Why did Bob Ewwell attack the kids? (Kosmo Nerdin)

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5. At the beginning of the book Lee adds the words “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” what is the significance of these words and why do you think Lee added it? (Carmen Reyes)

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5. At the beginning of the book Lee adds the words “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” what is the significance of these words and why do you think Lee added it? (Carmen Reyes)

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How do you feel about Atticus and his way of parenting as a single parent. Do you think that the story would have been different if he were to still have a wife?

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How does Lee incorporate the symbolism of the mockingbird through various characters in the novel?

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How does Lee incorporate the symbolism of the mockingbird through various characters in the novel?

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