How does Lee use the symbols of light and darkness to create suspense in this chapter?
Terms in this set (6) How does Lee use light and darkness to create the tone at the beginning of this chapter? Lee uses light and darkness to create suspense by having the bad things happen in the dark and have the children not stop running until in the light of their own porch where they feel safe.
What is the first event Lee uses to begin building suspense?
What is the first event that Lee uses to begin building suspense in the story? In the first paragraph, Scout says that her brother, Jem, suffered a severe break of his arm at his elbow. She assures the reader that it healed so that he could play football.
Why does Jem not ask scout about Dill’s father?
Dill blushes and before he can answer, Jem tells Scout to be quiet. Jem is empathetic towards Dill’s feelings and understands that he doesn’t want to talk about his father. Unlike Jem, Scout cannot tell that Dill feels uncomfortable discussing his father. Jem also likes Dill and wants to be his friend.
Why did Bob Ewell attack Scout and Jem?
Bob was trying to find a way of getting back at Atticus, and he saw Jem and Scout as the perfect way to get to Atticus. When Bob attacks Jem and Scout, he is showing us just what a coward he is. Bob knew that Atticus had humiliated him and Mayella, and he wanted revenge.
What problem does aunt Alexandra have with the way Scout is growing up how does she attempt to provide female influence?
Aunt Alexandra feels Scout is not being raised well without a female influence in her life. She says she is becoming too much of a tomboy and not enough like a lady, she tries to teach Scout herself and to have her involved in the “female” activities and wear a dress rather than overalls.
What is the real reason JEM must read to Mrs Dubose?
The real reason that Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to read to her is that she wanted to die free and clear of the morphine she’d been taking to ease her pain. The reading distracted her and she did die without the addiction to morphine that she’d had.
What does Atticus tell Jem was the one thing Mrs Dubose wanted to do before she died?
Atticus told Jem the one thinkers. Dubose wanted to of before she died is, she wanted to get off of the Morphine. To her, being on morphine until you die is not what she believed in.
What do scout’s criticisms reveal about the values of her community?
What do Scout’s criticisms of her father reveal about the values of her community? Most people in Maycomb value physical work, and not literacy and education. Alexandra is critical of the way that Atticus is raising Scout because of what she wears and how she acts like a tomboy.
Why does JEM get so angry at Mrs Dubose?
Jem cuts the tops off of Mrs. Dubose’s camellia plants because he is angry that she insulted Atticus. Jem does his best to maintain his dignity in a difficult time, but people are often insulting him and Scout because his father is defending Tom Robinson.
Who is Jem scared for?
Jem is nervous because he thinks they are going to hurt Atticus. These men are upset about Atticus defending Tom, and he’s afraid the discussion will turn violent.
Why does JEM refuse to leave the jailhouse?
Why does Jem openly defy Atticus and refuse to leave? Jem defies Atticus and refuses to leave in order to make sure Atticus does not get hurt.
Why did scout Jem and Dill sneak out of the house?
The next night, after dinner, Atticus tells Jem and Scout good-night earlier than usual because he will be gone when they go to bed. This is just the kind of opportunity the adventuresome kids do not want to miss, so they sneak out after they have supposedly gone to bed.
Why is Atticus sitting in front of the jail?
Atticus sits outside of the jail in order to protect Tom Robinson from the lynch mob. Jem and Scout follow him, but they stay far enough away that he can’t see them.
What does Atticus bring to the jail?
Atticus, being the intelligent man he is, knows that Tom may be in danger. So, Atticus gets a chair, a light and reading material, and positions himself in front of the jail in order to protect Tom, in the event that townspeople would come to hurt him. A group of men does show up at the jail to take Tom Robinson.