To Kill a Mockingbird by Kendall Miller https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn Essay Brainstorm en-us 2018-04-13 13:23:34 UTC 2025-11-26 00:55:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Miss Gates hypocrisy kryan307 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559635 ” Jews have been persecuted since the beginning of history, even driven out of their own country”(Lee 329).]]> 2018-04-13 14:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559635 "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view"(Lee 39) hchas135 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559702 Seeing things from someone else's point of view is what empathy really means. Its trying to understand what someone is going through even if you've never been in that specific situation before.]]> 2018-04-13 14:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559702 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559767 "How could this be so, I wondered, as I read Mr. Underwood's editorial. Senseless killing-- Tom had been given due process of law to the day of his death; he had been tried openly and conviced by twelve good men and true; my father had fought for him all the way... Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret court of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed." (Lee, 323). This quote works because it shows how even though racism was destroyed on the federal level, racism will always exist in the hearts of those taught to be prejudiced.]]> 2018-04-13 14:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559767 “From somewhere nearby came scuffling, kicking sounds, sounds of shoes and flesh scraping dirt…”(Lee 351) https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559809 It was too dark to see who Jem and Scouts attacker was, but we know it was Bob Ewell. This show how Bob let his racism and prejudice lead him to take revenge against children of the man who defended something he stood against ]]> 2018-04-13 14:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559809 ssure226 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559994 "I had never seen our neighborhood from this angle. There was Miss Maudie's... I could even see Mrs. Dubose's"(Lee 373). - Scout is seeing things from Boo's point of veiw, she is "standing in his shoes" and seeing everything how he saw it. This is how Harper Lee is really showing and empathetic perspective. ]]> 2018-04-13 14:02:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251559994 "'and when they do it-seems that only children weep. Good night'" (285) Atticus is talking to the kids about his court case and the kids show empathy by believing in Tom Robinson. https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560226 2018-04-13 14:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560226 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560372 "'I heard her say it's time time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' the next thing they think they can do is marry us. Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folksright at  home-'" (331)
Shows how some ideologies are built into a person, even if there are some against similar topics. Also shows hypocrisy within the town.]]> 2018-04-13 14:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560372 mbala196 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560616 "There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead” (pg. 369). 

This quote shows how Harper Lee is optimistic about destroying racism and prejudice as it conveys the idea that Bob Ewell deserved to die for all that he put Tom Robinson through.]]> 2018-04-13 14:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560616 “Helen went to work the next morning and used the public road. Nobody chunked at her, but when she was a few yards beyond the Ewell house, she looked around and saw Mr. Ewell walking behind her She turned and walked on, and Mr. Ewell kept the same distance behind her until she reached Mr. Link Deas’s house” (Lee 334). jregl139 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560653 This quote works if you are trying to show how racism is present even after the court case was over. It also shows Harper Lee is not being optimistic about racism being destroyed as it present in a pitiful case with Bob Ewell following, a now widow, on her way to her job because of her race.

]]> 2018-04-13 14:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560653 kfitz223 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560711 Harper Lee is proving that racism and prejudice can one day go away when Heck Tate tells Atticus to "let the dead bury the dead (369). This is showing that the racist views of Bob Ewell are coming back to haunt him.]]> 2018-04-13 14:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560711 "'an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus he was real nice'... 'Most people are Scout, when you finally see them'" (Lee 376) lpell288 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560775 This can be used to show how Scout used empathy to understand people and that when someone matures enough, they can begin to see poeple for who they truly are, not beased on sterotypes or on immature assumptions about a person. 

]]> 2018-04-13 14:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251560775 "Bob Ewell fell on his knife. He killed himself." (Lee 273) Shows Heck Tate covering up for Boo who was harshly judged before. mpete179 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561303 2018-04-13 14:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561303 "Catching Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop...'He's as old as you, nearly,' I said. "He made me start off on the wrong foot." hrhom207 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561375 Scout shoves Walter into the dirt because he doesn't have a lunch and she had to talk to Miss Caroline and make their relationship even worse showing that she is childish and has no empathy towards others at the biginning of the book.]]> 2018-04-13 14:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561375 Scout's realization gwood128 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561433 "'An' they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... 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 376). 
Harper Lee puts this at the very end of her novel to symbolize her finally being able to beat racism and prejudice.

]]> 2018-04-13 14:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561433 “Typical of a n*gger to cut and run. Typical of a n*gger’s mentality to have no plan… You know how they are...N*gger always comes out in ‘em”(Lee 322). https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561602 White people think down upon blacks and that they are not seen as equals. White people categorize them as all the same. Thoughts will not be changed by something like the trial. ]]> 2018-04-13 14:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561602 "The longings we sometimes felt each other feel. With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable" (Lee 154). https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561704 This is the Summer that Dill doesn't come over to Maycomb because he had a new father, and Scout and Dill felt each other, and that is what empathy is, feeling for each other. So Scout was putting herself into his shoes, realizing that he got a new father, and understood why he couldn't come to Maycomb.]]> 2018-04-13 14:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251561704 "Aunt Alexandra was waiting up... 'I'm sorry brother'... 'is he alright?'" (Lee 284) Aunt Alexandra is representing the adult's change in the novel and how they can learn not to be racist, or empathetic. https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562121 2018-04-13 14:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562121 Atticus tries to teach his children many life lessons one of which being empathy. When Walter Cunningham went to the house for lunch and Scout made fun of him, Atticus told her that before she judges she needs to try and understand other people's problems first. mpete179 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562545 2018-04-13 14:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562545 ssure226 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562843 "It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. It ain't right he muttered,"(Lee 284). This quote shows how Harper Lee is optimistic about destroying racism and prejudice because the children are understanding the wrongs of the world so when they get older they can make it right. ]]> 2018-04-13 14:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562843 “...if [Tom] had two good arms [Tom] have made it, [Tom] was moving that fast. Seventeen bullet holes in him. They didn’t have to shoot him that much” (Lee 315). jregl139 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562906 Shows that racism is present and caused an unnecessary death.]]> 2018-04-13 14:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562906 "Finch, taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight--to me, that's a sin"(Lee 371-370). kryan307 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562976 2018-04-13 14:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251562976 "So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses, didn't it? ... That proves something--that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human." mstef102 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563083 Here, Atticus is talking to Jem about how Scout scared away the mob at the jail. Because an 8-year-old got them all the leave, Atticus sees some hope. (I have different page numbers, but this is in Chapter 16)]]> 2018-04-13 14:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563083 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563190 "'No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. ... Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." (304)
Shows how everything, including prejudices, can only be taught.]]> 2018-04-13 14:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563190 "Just shows you, that Robinson boy was legally married, they say he kept himself clean, went to church and all that, but when it comes down to the line the veneer's mighty thin. N*gger always comes out in them" (Lee 322) hchas135 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563316 Tom Robinson might have been a good man and his friends and family know he was a good man, but because he was black in the end he would still be a bad person.]]> 2018-04-13 14:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563316 "Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had an to begin with" (Lee 292). https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563916 This is when Jem and Scout were scared for Atticus after hearing Bob say he would kill Atticus. Then Atticus tells Jem to put themselves in his perspective. And helped them understand why he wants to kill him, after destroying his credibility. ]]> 2018-04-13 14:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251563916 "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!" (Lee 33) ewall171 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564021 2018-04-13 14:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564021 "As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it" (77). Scout is trying to feel empathy for Jem and what happened at the Radley house when his pants fell off. kfitz223 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564178 2018-04-13 14:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564178 "...coming out of the courthouse that night Miss Gates was...saying its time somebody taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves..."(Lee 331) https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564272 2018-04-13 14:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564272 “‘Things haven’t caught up with that one’s instinct yet. Let him get a little older and he won’t get sick and cry. Maybe things’ll strike him as being—not quite right, say, but he won’t cry, not when he gets a few years on him.’” (Lee 269) lpell288 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564366 This shows that society tends to shape childrens minds, and causes them to be poisoned with racism. Its going to be passed on through generations and it cannot be stopped forever. ]]> 2018-04-13 14:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251564366 kpaul073 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251565075 "Have you ever considered that Jem doesn't worry her half as much?" (Lee 33) This shows Harper Lee trying to teach empathy to his readers by showing how Scout should have thought of Calpurnia's life and mindset to make her like Jem more, instead of just assuming that Calpurnia unequally.]]> 2018-04-13 14:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251565075 kpaul073 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251969194 "Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does." (Lee 292) This quote shows Harper Lee trying to teach empathy to his readers to think that Bob Ewell's action of spitting on Atticus was not just a rash move, but had a reason due to the bad times Robert was going through then.]]> 2018-04-16 02:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251969194 kpaul073 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251969533 “Know what’d happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin’ my wife’d be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes… taking the one man who’s done you and this town a great service an’ draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight-to me, that’s a sin.” (Lee 369-370) This shows how prejudice will never be solved in the world according to Harper Lee due to people in her story not letting an innocent man that actually help save their family or friends' lives have prejudice away from him making me think that if at chances it won't be solved, it could never be solved.]]> 2018-04-16 02:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251969533 kpaul073 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251969854 “[He] ain’t touched her, Link Deas, and ain’t about to go with no n*gger!” (Lee 334). This proves how racism could never be solved if a racist man like Bob Ewell wouldn't change his racist ways even if told by a white man he would respect due to his skin color. Meaning that if he can't be resolved by someone like him, no one in the world can change people like Bob Ewell, causing racism to never be fully solved in the world.]]> 2018-04-16 02:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/251969854 https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/252157544 "It can be the Supreme Court of the United States or the humblest J.P. court in the land, or this honorable court which you serve.]]> 2018-04-16 14:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kmiller103/rnqt39udaagn/wish/252157544