To Kill a Mockingbird

1
To Kill a Mockingbird

• By Harper Lee

2
SETTING OF THE NOVEL

• Southern United States
• 1930s
• Great Depression
• Prejudice and legal segregation
• Ignorance

3
1930s - Great Depression began when the stock
market crashed in October, 1929

• Businesses failed, factories closed
• People were out of work
• Even people with money suffered because nothing
  was being produced for sale.
• Poor people lost their homes, were forced to
  live off the land.

4
Racial prejudice was alive well. Although
slavery had ended in 1864, old ideas were slow to
change.
5
Racial Separation (segregation)
6
(No Transcript)
7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
(No Transcript)
10
Gender Bias (Prejudice)

• Women were considered weak
• Women were generally not educated for
  occupations outside the home
• In wealthy families, women were expected to
  oversee the servants and entertain guests
• Men not considered capable of nurturing children

11
White trash

• Poor, uneducated white people who lived on
  relief
• lowest social class, even below the poor blacks
• prejudiced against black people
• felt the need to put down blacks in order to
  elevate themselves

12
Legal Issues of the 1930s which impact the story

• Women given the vote in 1920
• Juries were MALE and WHITE
• Fair trial did not include acceptance of a
  black mans word against a white mans

13
Prejudice in the novel

• Race
• Gender
• Handicaps
• Rich/Poor
• Age
• Religion

14
Characters

• Atticus Finch - an attorney whose wife has
  died, leaving him to raise their two children
• -Jem 10-year-old boy
• -Scout (Jean Louise), 6-year-old girl
• Tom Robinson a black man accused of raping
  white girl he is defended at trial by Atticus

15
Point of View

• First person
• Story is told by Scout, a 10-year-old girl
• Harper Lee is actually a woman Scout represents
  the author as a little girl although the story is
  not strictly autobiographical

16
Reading the Novel

• Setting is all important be aware of the
• where and when as you begin
• Point of View the novel is shaped by the voice
  of a young girl who sees the story from a
  position of naïve acceptance
• Goodness vs. Ignorance (Evil) is an important
  theme

17
Chapters 4-6

• 1. Name two different items the children find in
  the tree.
• 2. What new game do the children play for most
  of the summer?
• 3. What is Atticuss reaction to the game?
• 4. What secret does Scout have about her tire
  ride into the Radley yard?
• 5. What is the childrens plan to get a note to
  Boo?
• 6. What will the note say?
• 7. Whose shadow do the children see on the
  porch?
• 8. Why does Jem return to the Radley house that
  night?

18
Vocabulary List 2Chapters 8-12

• 1. intimidate
• 2. auspicious
• 3. peril (2)
• 4. libel
• 5. rabies
• 6. wrath
• 7. compassion
• 8. altercation
• 9. browbeat
• 10. ambidextrous

• 11. expunge
• 13. corroborative
• 14. circumstantial (2)
• 15. unmitigated (2)
• 16. temerity
• 17. predilection
• 18. amble
• 19. cynic
• 20. pauper

19
Comprehension Quiz Chap. 12-16

• 1. At Calpurnias church, for whom is a
  collection taken?
• 2. Who was waiting for the children when they
  arrived home from church?
• 3. Why did Dill run away?
• 4. Why does the group of men come to the
  Finches front door?
• 5. What does Mr. Underwood do for a living?
• 6. Where do the men say that Heck Tate and his
  men are?
• 7. Whom does Scout recognize in the crowd of men
  at the jail?
• 8. In effect, how does Scout manage to disperse
  the men?
• 9. Who had the gang covered with a gun?
• 10. Where do the children sit in the courthouse?

20
Well, son, I'll tell you Life for me ain't been
no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And
splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no
carpet on the floor --Bare. But all the time I'se
been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And
turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the
dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy,
don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the
steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't
you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se
still climbin', And life for me ain't been no
crystal stair.
Mother To Son -Langston Hughes
21
(No Transcript)
22
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -Maya
Angelou
Free bird leaps on the back of the win and floats
downstream till the current ends and dips his
wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim
the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow
cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his
wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he
opens his throat to sing. The caged bird
sings with fearful trill of the things
unknown but longed for still and is tune is
heard on the distant hillfor the caged bird sings
of freedom
The free bird thinks of another breeze an the
trade winds soft through the sighing trees and
the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn and
he names the sky his own. But a caged bird
stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts
on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied so he opens his throat to
sing The caged bird sings with a fearful
trill of things unknown but longed for still and
his tune is heard on the distant hill for the
caged bird sings of freedom.
23

• Directions Interpretation and Reflection
• - Beside each stanza interpret the meaning that
  you find within each. Look deep!
• - Answer the following questions in complete
  sentences
• 1. Explain the surroundings of the bird in the
  poem.
• 2. What does the bird look like.
• 3. Who/What could the image of the caged bird
  represent and why?
• Themes represented in the poem?
• Your opinion of the poem.

24
TKM List 2 Test

• 1. _____false publication
• 2. _____anger, rage, violence
• 3. _____to remove, erase
• completely
• _____absolute, downright
• _____ a noisy quarrel
• _____ a very poor person
• _____ something that may
• cause harm or danger
• _____ rash, daring, bold
• _____ not of primary
• importance
• 10. _____ to intimidate or bully

1. auspicious
2. libel
3. peril
4. rabies
5. wrath
6. altercation
7. browbeat
8. expunge
9. circumstantial
10. unmitigated
11. temerity
12. corroborative
13. prejudice
14. subsequent
15. pauper

25
Based on your knowledge of the definitions of the
following words, tell whether each is used
correctly. (Yes/No)

• 11. Can a person amble?
• 12. Is a cynic a good friend to have?
• 13. Would you like to feel condescension?
• 14. Can a tree be ambidextrous?
• 15. You have a predilection for flavors of ice
  cream.
• 16. Buying a pack of gum would be a phenomenal
  event in ones life!!

26
Please use each of the following words in a
sentence that clearly shows its meaning

• 17. prejudice
• 18. rabies
• 19. corroborative
• 20. concessions
• 21. browbeat
• 22. indigenous
• 23. compassion
• 24. peril
• 25. auspicious

27
Reading Schedule

• Monday CW Ch. 1 HW Finish
• Tuesday CW Ch.2 HW Ch. 3
• Wednesday CW Ch. 4 5 HW Ch.6
• Thursday CW Ch. 7 8
• Friday Finish for Monday

28
Vocabulary List 3Chapters 19-31

• 11. demise (3)
• 12. recluse (2)
• 13. notorious
• 14. tact
• 15. judicious
• All words from last week. (40 words total!)

• 1. rouse (1)
• 2. credible
• 3. capital (1)
• 4. misdemeanor
• 5. vehement
• 6. acquittal
• 7. hung jury
• 8. hypocrite
• 9. due process (3)
• 10. queasy

29
Reading Guide CH16-18

• Atticus spends a great deal of time discussing
  Mayellas injuries. What does he want to reveal?
• Describe the Ewell home and their home-life.
• What is so important about Toms physical
  appearance? Why is this important?

30
Chapters 19-21

• 1. According to Tom, when did Mayella ask Tom to
  chop-up the chiffarobe?
• 2. According to Tom, for what purpose did
  Mayella invite Tom into her house?
• 3. According to Tom, where were all the Ewell
  children?
• 4. According to Tom, why did he run from the
  Ewell house?
• 5. According to Tom, is he strong enough to
  choke a women and throw her to the ground?
• 6. What one mistake does Tom make on the witness
  stand?

31
Essay

• Respond to the following quote Atticus was
  right. One time he said you never really know a
  man until you stand in his shoes and walk around
  in them. Meaning? Significance?
• What is the connection between the title of the
  book and the themes expressed throughout the
  novel?