Chattahoochee River
Monday, January 25, 2016
Section 2 Harneet Kaur
"It's bad children like you makes the seasons change." Is an important dialogue throughout this section because it foreshadows many tragic events. Shortly after Mr.Avery's comment Miss Maudie's house burned down. Later in chapter nine another event takes place where Scout attacks Francis because of her specific comment about Atticus. The violent outbreak of Scout and her behavior is that of a bad child. Despite being instigated by Francis her behavior satisfies the dialogue. Next Jem also commits a mistake when he destroys Mrs. Dubose's scuppernong arbor. It is because of this event Atticus punishes Jem and makes him read to Mrs. Dubose. But a few weeks later Mrs. Dubose dies. Now this is not due to Jem's mistake, but nevertheless the dialogue foreshadows a negative event. These three examples indicate that Avery's dialogue served a major purpose in this section and reveals the many key events that this dialogue tends to conclude.
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I like your point, it is when something significant happens, like the seasons changing, the mood or theme I should say of the book shifts. This being the case when the tree is plugged up with concrete, Jem experiences disillusionment, a sense of growing up.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Harneet. You made me think about the quote and analyze it with specific events mentioned in the book! I liked your example of how the kids made that snowman caricature and shortly after, Miss Maudie's house burned down. This can be applied to when Jem and Scout kept taking from the hole in tree, and then the whole mad dog incident happens later. I'm going to keep that quote in mind whenever these kids are up to something!
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