To Kill a Mockingbird 4-6

Things start to get really interesting in these chapters. For example, the incident with Scout finding the gum in the tree. When I read this part I started thinking that maybe it could possibly have something to do with Boo Radley. Maybe Boo just put it there to attract attention or make people think its a sign. Another thing i found interesting was near the ending of chapter 4 where it states,"Someone inside the house was laughing". At first I found it to be quite creepy because of the reputation that the Radley house already has. Then I started thinking that maybe it wasnt the Radleys. Or it could be but, nobody knows what really goes on in that household. 

To kill a mockingbird 4 5 6

After reading these chapters you know that Boo Radley is alive. Scout doesn't want to go near the Radley's house and try's to stop Jem from going near the place. They end up still going to the house because you can tell that the house interest  Jem. Scout tags along because when she doesn't   Jem keeps telling her she keeps acting more and more like a girl which upsets Scout. As you read you can tell that Scout the narrator is an unreliable narrator. When she was talking to Miss Maudie she says, "You are too young to understand" as scout doesn't get some of the things Miss Maudie is telling her. You can tell that Scout is an unreliable  narrator cause there are still something that she still doesn't  understand. I like where the book is heading it is getting more interesting by the chapter.

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 4&5

While reading these chapters I learned more about how racist this little town is. Not only upon seeing the vulgar language used, but also the sexist comments made about Scout. When her older brother Jem told he to "stop being a girl" struck me the wrong way, also it is showing how biased and one sided thugs were back then. I absolute loved Scouts little chat with Miss Maudie not only about Boo Radley, but about how  Mr. Radley family was "a foot-washing Baptist" and how that would play in later on about finding why Boo was kept in the house for so lone. This whole one sided religion aspect will play in a lot with judicial things later on in the story I can tell from now. Racial and sexist profiling will not only contribute but also set the tone and show how scout will Perceive what will happen later on in the book. 

To Kill A Mocking Bird: Chapters 4 +5

After reading these two chapters it seemed to confirm that Boo Radley is alive, but isn't a ghost or just a legend. When Jem, Dill, and Scout were talking with Miss Maudie on page 44, it surprised me that she explained that Arthur Radley stayed in his house all the time because as part of his religion, he must keep from having pleasure in life. I'm not quite sure if this is true or not mainly because the narrator been unreliable, and Miss Maudie could be either lying or telling them that so they will stay out of trouble. In addition, when Miss Maudie found out they wanted to get him out of his house, she was against it, and when Atticus found out they have been playing a game about being the Radleys, he grew angry and told them to stop. My prediction is that Scout will discover why the town does not like the Radleys, or try to get Boo Radley out of his house.

To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 4 and 5

In Chapters 4 and 5 of To Kill a Mockingbird, you can really see how Jem and Scout react around each other. When Scout finds gum in one of the Radley's oak trees, Jem gets very aggravated with her. Scout chews the gum and Jem wants her to spit it out. He tells Scout that she should no better and not touch the trees at the Radley house but wasn't Jem the one who touched the house? I feel he is trying to protect his sister but I also feel like he wants to be adventurous as well. In Chapter 5, Jem and Scout grow apart because he does not want to hang out with her as much. Jem believes she acts as a "girl" and hangs out with Dill more instead. However this results in a more deeper friendship with Miss Maudie for Scout. Scout wants to stay out of the Radleys while Jem and Dill want to be adventurous. Dill causes a lot of trouble in my point of view because he said that it was his idea to write a note to Boo Radley which eventually leads to Atticus  being infuriated with Dill, Scout, and Jem. I liked these Chapters because the characters separate more leading to new characters as well.

To Kill a Mocking Bird Ch 4&5

In chapters four and five, I thought that they were very interesting because it starts to show the differences between Jem and Scout. Scout is very wary about messing with Boo Radley in this chapter while Jem, along with Dill, are being more adventurous about seeing Boo Radley. So this leads to Scout to talk with Miss Maudie while Jem and Dill made plans about what they were going to do, and even though Scout said she missed playing with Jem she also liked Miss Maudie's company. This caused Jem and Scout to grow apart a little bit. I also think that Dill was a pest in these chapters because he did make up these grand stories that never happened. For example when Dill was caught because first he said his father had a long black beard and then he never had a beard, that made him be unreliable person. He was a large influence on Jem and his behavior because when Scout was told about the plan to get Boo Radley, Dill said it was his idea. Also I liked this chapter because it showed how Scout looks up to Jem. This was shown whenever Scout was called a 'girl' and she said that she didn't like being called that.

TKAMB Chapters 4 and 5

I found the part about the box with the pennies in it interesting. Jem said that the pennies were suppose to give you good luck in life. Maybe the pennies had something to do with Boo Radley. I also couldn't understand the part about the gum in the tree. If no other kids passed by the Radley house , then who put the gum there and why? Is that some sort of way to lure the kids toward the house? It seems as if everyone in this town is superstitious. For example Jem talked about Hot Steams and what would happen if a mortal ever walked through one. These kids had to hear that story from someone older than them. Everyone else's beliefs about the Radley house have been passed down to the next generation. Also, Mrs. Maudie said that she believed that Boo was still alive because she hadn't seen him being carried out of the house yet.  Aren't the town authorities curious about what goes on in that house? It's really weird that nobody cares enough to find out what really happen because they all live near the Radley house and they should want to feel protected in their neighborhood.

chapter 4: When Scout was walking home from school, he noticed a tree that had a piece of gum in it. He didn't know how long it had been there for but he ran home and shoved it into his mouth. When Jem came home and found out about the gum, he yelled at him because the gum was on the tree in front of the Radleys home. Then, both Scout and Jem found a box in the same tree with 2 pennies in it. Later that day, Scout and Jem were playing a game where they would go inside a tire and roll around. Scout rolled too far, and landed into the Radleys. He said that when he was there, he heard someone inside laughing.

To kil a Mockingbirl chpt 2 and 3

In chapters 2 and 3 Scout describes many stories and events in regards to her classmates social standings that she doesn't really understand. Especially in regards to the significance of their situations. Like Burris Ewells showering and cootie problem or Walter Cunningham's status of being very very poor. Scout doesn't understand miss Caroline's reaction to her tales and why she doesn't just know these thing. Why did Caroline hit Scout for telling her about Walter, I don't understand her reasoning.

TKAM chaps 2-3

In the second and third chapter of "To Kill a Mocking Bird" Scout and Jem invited Walter Cunningham over, because in school he didn't have enough money for lunch so they invited him over for dinner. Scout and Jem's mom actually didn't like it at all because he was a Cunningham, but they stood up for him. Also, in Scouts new class he met a boy named Burris Ewell who would smart talk the teacher and threaten to leave class, which shocked me that someone that young can have so much attitude.

TKAM chapter 1

In the first chapter of "To kill a Mocking Bird", we learned mostly about the history of Atticus' family and the town of Maycomb, and their family. Also how Arthur Radley had gotten arrested, and how Arthur stabbed his father in the leg. In the chapter, it also showed racism because in the prison, they kept the native American people in the basement, and the white people were kept at the top. He would also be found leaving his house at night, and doing some sketchy activities. Also in this chapter, Dill dared Jared to touch to get Arthur to get out of his house.

Mockingbird chapter 1&2

It is scouts first day of school and we learned that her father is pretty well off and can afford to teach her daughter scout how to read. She gets in fights with her teacher over the teacher not knowing anything about the students in the classroom. She tries to inform the teacher when lending money that the poor kid won't afford to pay her back. So  she gets in trouble and the teacher whacks her hand with a ruler. After she beats up the kid that "got her in trouble" I don't know why she beat him up or tried to because he didn't do anything to her. She tried to help him out but when it ended badly she got mad at him. When it wasn't really his fault

To kill a mockingbird

Scout always means well, but slipped up many times during the reading such as telling the teacher about Walter’s poverty, messing with Walter for putting molasses on his meat and vegetables. This sets up a improvement for this character throughout the reading to come

To kill a mocking bird chapters 2 and 3

These chapters really show how the south really is.  Kids can just not go to school for a whole year without penalty because they are that poor, and the teachers let them slide. It is going to interesting to see how miss Caroline is towards scout and if any problems arise. I don't believe that scout is going to have a good year and Atticus might have to step in and help Scout.

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 2 and 3

So this teacher is very agitating to me. I feel like Scouts ability to read will cause a lot of drama and tension in the book. Finding out more about the town now and seeing that the affects of the dust bowl are hitting families hard and also seeing how paying off people will affect things in the book later on. Something that caught my attention was when the Cunningham boy said he got sick from eating the Radley's nuts that fell into the school yard. Miss Caroline I'm predicting will cause a lot of trouble and make scout an enemy.  

To kill a Mocking Bird Chapters 2&3

These chapters really explained the life in the south very well I enjoyed the imagery, especially about Scout's school. The way Jem treated Scout seemed to be almost modern like because that's how siblings treat each other today. For example how he said to Scout to not bother him is a very relevant part of today's society. I thought though that Miss Caroline was being rude saying Scout shouldn't learn more. I also liked Calpurnia in chapter three because she acted like a mother figure to Scout and Jem because she was always correcting Scout on how to behave. I enjoyed how it explained people an their family like the Ewells who are poor. Overall even though I thought these chapters were almost uneventful there was plenty of description that allowed me to read it easily and enjoy the book as it progresses. 

To Kill A Mocking Bird: Chapters 2 and 3

These two chapters helped me understand more about the people that live in that town. The author made it sound as if everybody in the town liked to help one another. For example Atticus gave money to the Cunningham's but he never asked for money in return. Instead he would allow them to pay him back anyway that they could because he knew what they were going through. However, chapter 2 also shows that there is discrimination among people other than blacks. The Cunningham's and the Ewells were not respected in their town due to their social ranking in society. They were still discriminated because people looked down upon them due to the fact that they did not have as much as others, or that they did not care to educate their children. I also couldn't understand why Mrs. Caroline did not like the fact that the girl was at a higher level in her grade than her classmates. As a teacher, why didn't she want her students to succeed? What was so wrong with knowing more than you should?
Chapter three also showed discrimination between the people of the town. I didn't like the part when the teacher criticized Burris because he hadn't washed his hair. She was an adult, and it was wrong of her to discriminate and embarrass a little kid in front of all of his classmates. As a teacher she should have found a way to make him feel welcome and equal with everyone else.

To Kill A Mockingbird: Chapters 2 & 3

Chapter 2- I find it extremely odd and rude of Miss Caroline to tell Scout that her father does not know how to teach. It's absolutely none of her business if Atticus is teaching Scout how to read. Also, shouldn't Miss Caroline be happy that Scout knows how to read and write? 

I find it interesting that Walter Cunningham and his family don't ever take what they cannot pay back. 

I know that back then getting your glands whacked by a ruler was a customary punishment, but in my book it's child abuse.

Chapter 3- Calpurnia is very much the mother figure and the one who gives tough love to Scout. Although, she is kind to her. 

Atticus seems like a great dad; I would love to meet him and the rest of the characters since they seem almost alive. 

To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 2 and 3

In chapters 2 and 3, I became more aware of the time period. It seems as though in the 1930's, people were much, much less accepting. One example of this is Miss Caroline. From the start, she discriminates Scout because of her advanced education and reading skills. Though this seems as though it should be the other way around, Miss Caroline treated it like a crime. Adding to this, Miss Caroline could not understand the fact that Walter Cunningham had no money to pay her back if she bought his lunch. She is not an understanding person and is quite prejudice. Calpurina plays a large role is Scouts life that I had not noticed before. When Scout was being rude to Walter, Calpurina calls her in and teaches her not to say such rude things. Calpurina is like a mother or gaurdian to the kids. My question is, are most people in the 1930's as ignorant and prejudice as Miss Caroline?

To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 2 and 3

I don't like how Jem is acting towards Jean when they first go to school. I think he should be a helpful big brother. I also didn't like Miss. Caroline at all. It's like she got angry for Jean being a smart little girl. It's sick that teachers were able to hit children and sit them in a corner then. They should be ashamed of themselves. I hated that. I also didn't like how Jean beat up Walter because she got in trouble in school for sticking up for Walter. It's not like Walter asked her to stand up for him. She just did it. I also really don't like Jean's attitude towards Walter in the book and everything, but I liked the end of chapter three when Atticus and Jean had a father daughter talk. It was really nice.