(p2) Group 3 by Catherine Dennison

Instructions:

dennisonc — 2017-11-17 13:50:26 UTC

Summarize the main argument of your article.
Briefly state the author’s reasoning (be specific).
Finish the starter: I agree/disagree with this because...

El Article Dos - Trenton Young

2017-11-20 13:33:42 UTC

In all honesty, the article makes sense entirely, there are some shaky and more unbelievable occurances throughout the movie & story, yet I feel as if Robert Elbert went out of his way to ridicule the movie. For instance, on the second page, he referred to the trial of Tom Robinson as a “focus on nobility of Atticus Finch.” In my eyes, this wasn’t the case. The scene revolved around Tom being involved in a mistrial, it did not revolve around the limelight of Atticus.

Makaylyn Rigsby, Article 1-

2017-11-20 13:35:02 UTC

The main idea of the argument was that 'To Kill a Mockingbird' should be read and taught at school. The author's reasoning for this is that the book and film both are childlike sweet themes that get high praise in spite of the racial prejudice through out. "The physical appearance and other production facets of the film merit high praise". I agree with the fact that schools shouldn't stop teaching us about it because it teaches us and shows us how blacks were treated but the film still had children incorporated into it.

Spencer Crauder art 3

2017-11-20 13:36:41 UTC

The main idea is to kill a mockingbird should not be taught in schools
the authors reasoning is that black poeple will start distrusting the court white girls will think people wont beleive them. I disagree with this because the author is assuming people will be offended because they are a girl or black or poor

Brianna Short, Article 1

2017-11-20 13:36:44 UTC

The main idea of the argument is whether it is a childish enough film to show/teach in schools. Or if it is shows to much racial prejudice

Piper Muhlhauser- Article 3

2017-11-20 13:37:01 UTC

The main argument of this article is that "To Kill A Mockingbird" should not be taught in schools for it's profoundly damaging context. One of the reasons is that the text "encourages boys and girls to believe women lie about being raped" and that would affect growing children who have the suspicion already that nobody would believe those people. Another reason is that African-American boys will be hurt by this if they are verbally abused by the N-word or will go on to believe that they will be unlikely to receive a fair trial should they get charged with something. A final reason is that the role of Calpurnia is insulting to black women and their intelligence since she is a character with little depth having to stay behind the scenes most of the time. While lots of this misunderstanding could be avoided with an excellent teacher, not even the best teacher could explain all of the reasons why some of the things in this book are wrong and bad. I disagree with this because kids are smarter than you think. They are able to understand that the derogatory terms along with other things are wrong and even the worst teacher could shed light on something, even if that's with their own experience.

Lindsay Abrams Article 3

2017-11-20 13:37:15 UTC

The main argument in the article was if 'To Kill a Mockingbird' should be taught in school or not. Which I can see both sides as to why it should and why it should not, but I believe that it should be taught in school. The articles also says that they should involve wrapping the novel in with the story of the Scottsboro boys, which I agree with because I feel that because we learned the story of them before reading the novel, it gave us a feel of what the novel would be about and what type of language would be used so when the language was used, it didn't really bother most of us.