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Thursday, January 21, 2016
To Kill a Mockingbird; Chapters 1-6
I am curious to see how each character will develop throughout the novel. The characters Jem, Scout, and Dill begin the story as children, exploring town legends surrounding Boo Radley. Much of the first chapters details Dill's curiosity. He is described as a summer visitor that isn't connected to Maycomb; I wonder if he will become a recurring character. I am certain that he curiousity will play some part in advancing the plot. I really start to connect and sympathize to Scout's character once she goes to school, to be told that working ahead isn't praised. I feel like Miss Caroline is totally oblivious and disconnected to the struggles of the families in Maycomb. I actually really began to like Atticus, after he decided to keep reading to Scout despite Miss Caroline's displeasure. I can already tell that Scout's character is going to change later on, as a result of the adults in the story, like her teacher.
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I also connected to Scout's character, her intelligent and confident personality intrigued me. I liked the fact that she was outspoken, even though she's only a child. I also admired Atticus for teaching important life lessons to Scout, in addition to ignoring Miss Caroline's requests. I actually feel that Scout's character will remain the same because she clearly understands other people's perspective even though Miss Caroline refused to understand. I think she'll continue to put herself in people's shoes in order to understand her community.
ReplyDeleteI agree and I'm also interested to see how the characters evolve through the novel. I feel as though it'll be Scout or Dill to eventually bring the neighbor out of his home.
ReplyDeleteI'm also very curious about Dill's character. When reading it, it was interested by the way Dill was an outsider, however he seemed to act like an insider by the way he ran around with the other children.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about scouts character. I wonder if there will be some sort of split between her and the other kids. That seemed like it started to happen with the excessive gender exclusion, and again when Scout had heard the laughter from the house. I feel that there may be some sort of important plot point later that isolates her partially from the other characters, but that's purely speculation.
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