https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q en-us 2017-03-27 15:06:17 UTC 2026-03-01 22:46:29 UTC hello@padlet.com owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162846951 2017-03-27 15:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162846951 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162847513 2017-03-27 15:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162847513 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162848544 2017-03-27 15:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162848544 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162848690 2017-03-27 15:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162848690 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162848954 2017-03-27 15:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162848954 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162849303 2017-03-27 15:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162849303 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162849590 Atticus Finch, as played by Gregory Peck in the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird]]> 2017-03-27 15:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162849590 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162851482 2017-03-27 15:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162851482 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162852442 Calpurnia, as played by Estelle Evans in the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird]]> 2017-03-27 15:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162852442 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162853268 In the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird, African American women were treated as if their only role was to serve food and watch the children as mistreated nannies. Aunt Jemima, a brand that came about in these times, embodies this ideal.]]> 2017-03-27 15:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162853268 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162854062 2017-03-27 15:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162854062 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162855199 2017-03-27 15:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162855199 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162855878 "Welcome to Paradise" by Green Day]]> 2017-03-27 15:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162855878 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162857259 2017-03-27 15:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/162857259 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163276886 When Atticus discusses the Tom Robinson case with Jean Louise, we see his views on taking on the case.
" “Atticus, are we going to win it?” “No, honey.” “Then why—” “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,” Atticus said." (Lee, pg. 78)]]> 2017-03-28 22:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163276886 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163277860  "Jem and I crept around the yard for days. At last the sawhorses were taken away, and we stood watching from the front porch when Mr. Radley made his final journey past our house. “There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into,” murmured Calpurnia, and she spat meditatively into the yard. We looked at her in surprise, for Calpurnia rarely commented on the ways of white people."]]> 2017-03-28 22:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163277860 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163413111 Atticus Finch is pretty much the perfect person - his portrayal in the novel is almost god-like.]]> 2017-03-29 13:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163413111 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163414555 Atticus, when taling about the death of Mrs. Dubose, gives a life lesson to his children.
" —I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." (Lee, pg. 116)]]> 2017-03-29 13:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163414555 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163416457 The last two pieces  of dialogue in the novel, while short, have much more depth than many realize - they hold Atticus's raw view on prejudice.
" "Atticus, he was real nice…” His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.” (Lee, pg. 285)]]> 2017-03-29 13:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163416457 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163418221 2017-03-29 13:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163418221 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163418671 "Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language." (Lee, pg. 138)]]> 2017-03-29 13:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163418671 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163454059 When Walter Cunningham, a member of the lower part of Maycomb society, comes over to dinner, Jean Louise comments on his strange way of maple syrup usage. Calpurnia's response shows us her beliefs
"Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em" (Lee, pg. 29)]]> 2017-03-29 15:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163454059 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591148 2017-03-30 02:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591148 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591312 2017-03-30 02:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591312 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591388 2017-03-30 02:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591388 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591555 2017-03-30 03:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591555 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591705 Jem's relationship with old, not-so-kindly neighbor Mrs. Dubose teaches him many things about life. Asked to read for her every day after school and on Saturdays, Jem resists at first but eventually gives in, agreeing to follow her wish.  ]]> 2017-03-30 03:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591705 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591910 However, shortly after their daily sessions end, Dubose passes away, and Atticus reveals that she was a morphine addict. Jem's entire view of Dubose and life in general is warped. He finds that there s more to a person than what lies on their surface; and the importance of control. After all, the only reason he read to her was due to his display of violence on her flowers.]]> 2017-03-30 03:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163591910 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592305 2017-03-30 03:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592305 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592409 2017-03-30 03:10:50 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592409 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592464 Everyone who's read To Kill a Mockingbird knows Robinson did nothing wrong and Mayella's marks are the result of her father's beatings for attempts to seduce an African American man. However, Mayella is forced to lie about the situation and falsely accuse Robinson under direction by her father.]]> 2017-03-30 03:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592464 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592616 Mayella almost throws the case against her father under questions from Atticus, but one glance from her father tells her she must lie to stay safe.]]> 2017-03-30 03:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592616 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592749 2017-03-30 03:15:30 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163592749 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163593058 "I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint
 line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making me read most of My First Reader and the stock-market quotations from The Mobile Register aloud, she discovered that I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste. Miss Caroline told me to tell my father not to teach me any more, it would interfere with my reading." (Lee, pg. 13]]> 2017-03-30 03:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163593058 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163692502 Scout's punishment for such disobedience is a few quick taps with a ruler, leading to classroom humiliation. Needless to say, this only escalates her hatred for Miss Caroline.]]> 2017-03-30 13:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163692502 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163693865 Scout and Miss Caroline are immediately off to a bad start; Scout's attempts to help her avoid an awkward situation with the Cunninghams further Caroline's annoyance with Scout.
"When Walter shook his head a third time someone whispered, "Go on and tell her, Scout." 
 I turned around and saw most of the town people and the entire bus delegation looking at me. Miss Caroline and I had conferred twice already, and they were looking at me in the innocent assurance that familiarity breeds understanding. 
I rose graciously on Walter's behalf: "Ah--Miss Caroline?" 
 "What is it, Jean Louise?" 
 "Miss Caroline, he's a Cunningham." 
 I sat back down. 
 "What, Jean Louise?"]]> 2017-03-30 13:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163693865 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163697108 2017-03-30 13:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163697108 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163699573 Tom Robinson's reaction to the verdict.]]> 2017-03-30 13:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163699573 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163700452 "A jury never looks at a defendant it has convicted, and when this jury came in, 
not one of them looked at Tom Robinson. The foreman handed a piece of paper to Mr. Tate who handed it to the clerk who handed it to the judge... 
 I shut my eyes. Judge Taylor was polling the jury: "Guilty... guilty... guilty... guilty..." I peeked at Jem: his hands were white from gripping the balcony rai l, and his shoulders jerked as if each "guilty" was a separate stab between them." (Lee, pg. 173)]]> 2017-03-30 13:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163700452 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163701786 A topic that was very prevalent recently  is easily associated with the events of To Kill a Mockingbird: police brutality, especially directed towards African Americans.]]> 2017-03-30 13:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163701786 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163718216 2017-03-30 14:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163718216 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163718505 2017-03-30 14:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163718505 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163720039 "When Mr. Tate spoke again his voice was barely audible. "Mr. Finch, I hate to fight you when you're like this. You've been under a strain tonight no man should ever have to go through. Why you ain't in the bed from it I don't know, but I do know that for once you haven't been able to put two and two together, and we've got to settle this tonight because tomorrow'll be too late. Bob Ewell's got a kitchen knife in his craw." (Lee, pg. 247)]]> 2017-03-30 14:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163720039 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163721566 Bob's death signifies a turn for the better - h's not out for Atticus, Mayella and the other Ewells won't be oppressed, and perhaps the schools will be saved some trouble.]]> 2017-03-30 14:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163721566 owenbardeen399 https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163822986 2017-03-30 20:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/owenbardeen399/8a0r2602dy4q/wish/163822986