Chattahoochee River
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Section 4 (Monique)
I was completely wrong about Arthur. At the beginning of the book, the mystery that surrounded him led me to believe that he had malicious intent. I didn't think Bob Ewell would come for the Finches. I didn't expect him to attack the kids, but I guess I should've because Atticus presented evidence that implied that Bob Ewell attacked Mayella. Arthur prove that he had no malicious intent when he saved the kids. At the end of the novel, You can really start to see how different Jem and Scout have become. Scout still has hope in people, she is still a bit of an idealist and openly questions why injustices are the way they are, like during class when her (racist) teacher criticized Hitler. Jem seems to prefer moving on and not speaking about the trial. Maybe that's why Atticus thought that Jem killed Ewell.
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Monique, I always had a feeling about Arthur, myself. Probably because everyone was always saying he was bad, but we never saw him do anything that was actually bad. What I still don't understand, is why Atticus seemed to think that Jem killed Bob Ewell.
ReplyDeletePerhaps part of why Atticus thought Jem killed Bob is because he knew his son would do anything to protect his sister. He also knew that Jem was old enough to have that sense of protection and he knew that Jem was brave (consider that Atticus most likely knew that Jem went to the Radley house the night Nathan Radley shot off his gun).
ReplyDeleteI never thought about Arthur other than the fact that so far he has existed solely in the children's heads. It didn't occur to me that the trial and degrading Bob's credibility would later lead to him going after the innocent children. It was definitely well-written and not many I think picked up on that.
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