TKAM 5

1. 
   Why will no one hire Tom’s wife?
   -No one would want to hire Tom’s wife because he is a negro and after the case between the Ewells, no one would want anything to do with him or his family. Plus, she had a home and children to attend to.

2. How has Scout grown? 
   -She became more aware of the things that happens around her and when things change, she knows its not because it just happen, but because it’s for the better. Her knowledge is expanding, she is full of curiosity. Other than that, she started to be more of a lady than a tomboy.

3. How are the girls treated differently than boys, why is this?
   -The ladies were not able to attend the jury, they had the responsibility of doing housework, while the men go out and do other heavy duty works. There were no equal rights at that time, therefore the ladies were not able to be as free as the men were.

4. Why does Aunt Alexandria dislike Calpurnia? 
   -Aunt Alexandra has thoughts that Calpurnia, being a black lady, is a bad influence on Jem and Scout.

5. Is Aunt Alexandria a racist?
   -Yes, she was not a fan of Calpurnia working for her brother because she is a negro and she wanted her out.

6. Why did Mr Cunningham retreat?
   -Mr. Cunningham left because Scout kept asking him questions about his son, which, I guess, made him feel bad about the things he tended to do,

7. What did Scout do and how does her presence change the situation
   -She kept asking him questions about his son, Walter Cunningham, one of her classmates. Scout making a small conversation with Mr.Cunningham made him feel a sense of guilt and ashamed.

8. How does using the word “them” relate to racism?
   -The term “them” is what people call the negroes.

9. How do people react in the mob – would they react differently on their own?
   -Some people found scout’s way of making the mob go away, relevant and unconvincing. But Scout, being a bright child, left the audience thinking on how could she be so clueless and unaware of what was going to happen. Scout, being a child and being able to persuade and convince Mr.Cunningham to leave with his mob was a way of him showing kindness. As atticus also said “A gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they’re still human.”

10. Examine the Mob Scene.
    -The mob scene gave the audience a sense of good in bad people. As Scout, being able to see the good in everyone, being taught that way, she makes small conversation with Mr.Cunningham about his son, making him and his mob ashamed. The mob member’s racism and bad habits simply hides their humanity and goodness. But scout, seeing the goodness in everyone and Mr.Cunningham, realizing her politeness, made him respond in civil kindness. Finally, the mob walked away.

11. What is the significance of Jem and Scout sitting in the “Gallery”?
    -Jem and Scout, being in the colored section in the trial scene made people realize that it is ok to be with people who are not the same color as you are. Jem, Dill, and Scout all lacked racism that the crowd  of white people in the courtroom made known. The three kids separated themselves from those who called them “nigger-lover”.

12. What does Dill mean when he makes the statement that all he can do about folks is to make them laugh. Do you agree?
    -He means that even in serious matters, he can’t help but make irrelevant comments and that  people don't take him seriously. Which I agree, he tells his stories in a way not even possible, over exaggerating.

13. Is Boo a prisoner or a refugee? Discuss.
    -He is a prisoner in his own home because at almost in the end of the book, Scout realizes that the reason why Boo never actually came out is because of the judgmental people and all the unfairness in their society that causes people to either kill themselves or be put to face consequences for no reason.

14. Describe the Cunninghams.
    -They are a poor family who doesn’t take any money because they know they are not  going to be able to return it. The cunninghams return not in money, but in labor.

15. Look at the term Hypocracy.
    -the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform

16. Why is the missionary circle ironic. What is irony?
    -The missionary circle is for the ladies to talk about religion and the things they need to help christianize, but they end up gossiping about people and starts making nasty remarks about Tom and other negroes.

17. Why did Tom go mad in the prison?
    -He knew he was not going to be able to have an appeal, so Tom wanted to escape, there was no way a black man could live in a white man’s world. He was tired of being accused and always getting the blame for everything he didn’t do, he just didn’t want to live anymore if people are going to be unfair.

18. 
    
    How does the White community respond to Tom’s death? Why?
    -“Maycomb was interested by the news of Tom’s death for perhaps two days; two days was enough for the information to spread through the county.”(322) They didn’t really care, they said his death was a typical thing negroes would do.

19. How is Scout developing / becoming more mature?
    -Scout starts to move closer to adulthood by getting close to Aunt Alexandria. Attending the missionary circle with her aunt, scout starts to see her better side. As the ladies talk about the death of Tom, Aunt Alexanderia and Scout displays their courage and maintain themselves and stand side by side  not caring about the white people’s opinion on racism.

20. Look at the contrast between fictitious danger of the Haunts and the real danger of Bob Ewell.

21. Who stuck in the knife. Was this act justified?-
    The sheriff said Bob fell on the knife and killed himself, but he just wanted to spare Boo from the public and their harsh comments. But exposing Boo to the public would be “sort of shootin’ a mockingbird” as Scout said.

22. Is Atticus correct in his changing opinion about the courtroom?

23. What do you think about the comment, Bringing out the truth would mean punishing someone who is essentially good. What does this mean about the law?

24. Is justice different from the law? Is being right the same as being correct?

25. How has Scout changed?

26. Is Boo any more safe from people now than at the beginning?