1) What do the presents show us about Boo? What do the children’s reactions tell us about the society they live in?
The presents displays that Arthur Boo Radley was not a mean child, but a friendly one. He gave Scout a blanket showing his kindness. The children’s reaction tell us that the society is full of judgment and lacks information.
2) Describe how Boo must feel seeing the enactment of his past and the scissors every day on the porch?
He must feel really bad. He might feel like the people don't understand his scissor incident.Maybe the people did not know what was going on in the household. Boo could feel bad that people view the incident in a opposite way.
3) Who was laughing at Scout and what does this tell us about what Boo is really like?
Boo Radley, it tells us that Boo is a really nice child and not disobedient child.
4) Why does Mr. Radley cement up the tree and what does this tell us about his character?
He cemented it up so that the items that somebody placed in the tree could stop. It tells us that he is a mean man and has a bad enough attitude.
5) Institutionalized prejudice: How are does Scout’s reaction to the kindness of Boo a function of this?
Scout viewed him as a psycho child that stabbed his father. It is an example of industrialized prejudice because Scout assumed Boo to be a mean person, but his kindness showed her something different.
6) Why is Atticus defending Tom? Should he take the case on?
He is being accused of doing something he did not even do. Atticus should take the case on because he is a good lawyer and no other lawyer is willing to take the case on.
7) What does the mad dog incident show about Atticus?
He has power but does not use it.
8) What does it mean to say that it is a sin to kill the mockingbird?
A mockingbird does not harm anyone so it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, so in the act of slaughtering the mockingbird, you are supposedly sinning.
9) What is prejudice?
Prejudice is disliking a person, or a group of people for no apparent reason.
10) Give dictionary definition of prejudice.
Prejudice is a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
11) What is prejudice in society? in school? in TKAM?
A prejudice in society is how some men view that women are not as strong as males. In school, a prejudice could be a person that hates a person based on what they did. In TKAM, the prejudice is the people in the story that viewed the Radleys as evil entities.
12) Why does prejudice occur?
I think prejudice occurs because of people’s opinions. Their opinions are opinionated to what they want and whoever is not a person that fits their opinions, they look down on them.
13) From the novel, find 5 examples of characters who are victims of prejudice. Name some of their outer appearances which make them susceptible to prejudice, and find some of their inner qualities which are not always apparent upon a first reading of the text.
- Atticus Finch is known as a “nigger-lover" but really Atticus is just a helpful person helping a colored person.
- Boo Radley viewed as a mean person. Boo is actually nice to the children.
- Mrs. Dubose as a mean old-lady. Mrs. Dubose was just a sick lady who was lonely.
- Ms. Caroline as a mean teacher that does not want her students to learn but she is a teacher that just was not prepared to teach an advanced student.
- Calpurnia as an uneducated person but she was actually smart and was able to teach Scout to read.
