Thursday, September 26, 2013

To Kill A Mockingbird: Chapters 15 + 16

Chapter 15- This whole chapter seems like it's from an unreliable narrator. Scout is deftly confused about the trial and the dangers that surround her father for sticking up for Tom Robinson. 
"Jem in his old age..." Scout is too funny; Jem is only 12 years old and she talks about him like his 40. 
I remember the scene on the doorstep of the jailhouse. Scout doesn't realize that her innocence is what changed the mood of the angry mob that threatened to kill Tom Robinson. It was a beautiful scene that I had yet to understand until now. 
Chapter 16- "That proves something-- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human." That is one of the most powerful lines in this whole book. 

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