What does Harper Lee say about growing up?
Through Dolphus Raymond’s comment, Harper Lee illustrates how children can develop into unsympathetic, passive citizens, who get used to living in a prejudiced society. After the verdict is read, Jem is extremely upset and becomes jaded with the community of Maycomb.
What was Harper Lees childhood like?
As a child, Lee was a tomboy and a precocious reader. After she attended public school in Monroeville she attended Huntingdon College, a private school for women in Montgomery for a year and then transferred to the University of Alabama. After graduation, Lee studied at Oxford University.
Who was Harper Lee’s neighbor growing up?
Truman Capote
What was Maycomb Alabama like in the 1930s?
Maycomb, Alabama; the 1930s It’s a friendly town, with lots of old ladies baking cakes and small-town sheriffs saying folksy things. Oh, and it also has morphine-addicted old ladies; abusive families living by the dump; and a pretty nasty racial divide.
Why is scout feeling bad under her costume?
Merriweather is not amused. She takes Scout backstage and tells her that she ruined the pageant, causing Scout to feel awful. He says she did all right, “just came in a little late, that was all.” Scout thinks, “Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong.”
What is the problem with Maycomb location in Alabama?
The Great Depression is reflected in the poverty that affects all of the residents of Maycomb. Even the Finches, who are objectively better off than many of the other citizens in the area, are ultimately poor and living within the means available to them.
When Scout was pushed in the tire she ended up?
When Scout was pushed in the tire, she ended up where? He got her in trouble. Why did Scout beat up Walter Cunningham?
What happened to Scout and Jem’s mother?
Scout and Jem’s mother “died from a sudden heart attack” (Chapter 1). A heart condition was hereditary in their mother’s family. In the absence of Scout’s mother, Calpurnia became a mother-like figure for the Finch children.
What does the ending of To Kill a Mockingbird mean?
The novel ends after Bob Ewell attacks Scout and Jem, and Boo Radley rescues them, killing Bob in the process. He thinks that protecting Jem from the law will undermine Atticus’s relationship with his children and everything that he has taught them.
What do the Indian Head pennies symbolize in To Kill a Mockingbird?
These coins were valuable and kept for good luck. For example, Jem says, “They’re real strong magic, they make you have good luck”, and he says, “…these are real valuable to somebody” (Lee 46). This reveals Jem’s good and humble character. He suggests to keep them and return them to the owner of the pennies.
Why did boo stab his dad?
Although Boo’s father “saved” him from juvenille detention, Boo’s sentence was far greater than it would have been had he simply served his time. Boo did stab his father with the scissors. His father was domineering (and there are suggestions that he was emotionally abusive). Boo stabbed him because he was angry.