Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Focus #7 - The Trial

ENGAGE
This novel explores human nature, equality and justice through the trial of time Robinson. A child's inexperience captures an innocent sense of justice, while an adult's world weariness leads to abandoning the fight for justice.

As a result, this novel hinges on occasions in which adults act like children and children act like adults. In order to argue for racial equality, Lee must demonstrate situations in which narrow-minded prejudice can realistically yeild to an expended moral sensibility.

EXPLORE
  1. Read Chapters 16-18
  2. Discuss which characters in the story are beginning to change their views. In what ways do they change their views? Choose one child character and one adult character to focus your discussion.

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6 comments:

  1. jem can't believe that the jury found tom guilty and is upset and atticus is suprised to

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  2. Jem desides that it is unfare that Tom gets punished for something hedidn't do. The Reveren is upset about the trial being riged and Tom being punished. The world is unfare to thouse who are colored and they are punished for crimes thy did not commit

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  3. if anyone has changed its jem. he doesnt see why someone who di nothing should get punished for nothing. also he is growing up and learning alot of things about maycomb and the people in it. also he is learning about who he is and what family he comes from and he doesn't think that just because everyone in his family is gentile that doesnt mean he is.

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  4. Jem has changed the most because he has gone through puberty. He is becoming a man and doing more things like men do. Atticus has changed the most as a man because his children are growing up and he is learning more he never knew about them. also he is showing more of an intrest with them.

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  5. jem changes his views on his life because i think he wants to inpress Atticus. he also changes in other ways like he has a bigger apetite and he is more responsible. he is more bossy and looks out for his sister Scoutt.

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  6. Bob Ewell changes his views. He tells his testamony and when Atticus asks him questions he strays away from what he said in his testamony. We also find out that he is left handed from these events

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