https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird en-us 2017-04-12 17:25:39 UTC 2017-04-12 17:53:43 UTC hello@padlet.com kay_b_reynolds https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166133153 (I'm posting passages and explanations about how the author teaches me who Scout is physically and emotionally.)]]> 2017-04-12 17:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166133153 kay_b_reynolds https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166133340 (I'm posting passages and explanations about how the author helps me understand Scout's hopes and dreams and what motivates her)]]> 2017-04-12 17:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166133340 kay_b_reynolds https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166133375 (I'm posting passages here that support how the author develops Scout and why the author made those choices. ]]> 2017-04-12 17:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166133375 kay_b_reynolds https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166134503 Quote 1: "I told Calpurnia to just wait, I'd fix her: one of these days when she wasn't looking I'd go off and drown myself in Barker's Eddy and then she'd be sorry. Besides, I added, she'd already gotten me in trouble once today: she had taught me to write and it was all her fault." Chapter 3, pg. 29

Harper Lee chose Scout to tell the story. A grown up Scout recalls what happened during her childhood. This is an important choice for an author to make. This passage shows how Scout often misinterprets what is going on due to her youth. She is angry at Calpurnia when Calpurnia hasn't done anything wrong. It's very child like to want to see someone else hurt because you were embarrassed or scolded in public. An adult narrator telling about the events at school would not take Scout's feelings of injustice so seriously and would know that teaching someone to read is never a bad idea.]]> 2017-04-12 17:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166134503 kay_b_reynolds https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166135612 "It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company. Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived." Chapter 6, pg. 61

Harper Lee has Scout telling the story of what happened when she was young. It's important to remember that Jem is older and will often interpret events differently. Emotionally, the siblings aren't in the same place as the reader sees often in the book.]]> 2017-04-12 17:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166135612 kay_b_reynolds https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166135951 Quote 5: "that one could be a ray of sunshine in pants just as well, but Aunty said that ... I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year . . . . but when I asked Atticus about it, he said there were already enough sunbeams in the family and to go on about my business, he didn't mind me much the way I was." Chapter 9, pg. 86

It's really important for the reader to understand that Scout is ok being different. In fact, she sometimes thrives on it, especially wanting to go against her Aunt who would prefer someone more positive and feminine. Scout's relationship with her father is built on honesty and no pretense of what a good little girl should or should not do. She is not hoping to fit in and is comfortable with who she is. This may be a problem, though, when she needs to learn to understand how others work and what motivates them if she has never had to conform or consider how others feel. ]]> 2017-04-12 17:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kay_b_reynolds/whquc1bcsmcg/wish/166135951