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Thursday, February 11, 2016
TKAM Section 4 - Keely Ryan
I was pleasantly surprised with the closing of To Kill a Mockingbird due to the sense of peace I received rather than the edge-of-my-seat tensions I felt throughout the book prior. The character development was brought full circle and we learned that Atticus indeed is a great role model for Scout and the youth of the story. Scout seemed to always cherish that her father once told her to view life from different perspectives in order to fully understand the world around her. With this piece of advice in mind, it was prevalent throughout the upbringing of the children as a whole. From the beginning, Scout portrayed Boo Radley as a villain, yet was particularly curious to prove herself and everyone wrong about him. Atticus always reminded Scout to not shut others who are different out from her life, but rather to embrace and accept their differences and learn something while doing so. With this idea in mind, the quote from Atticus, "You never really understand a person until you've considered things from their point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" is truly brought full circle and we can see Scout doing so as the story comes to an end.
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I also agree with you on Atticus' impact on Scouts life. He was always telling her how to react to the different characters that came into her life that were different than her, not just with Boo Radley.
ReplyDeleteKeely, I agree that the book's end is powerful and brings the whole story full circle. At the very beginning of the book, we learn that Jem broke his arm, but we don't learn until the last couple of chapters how that happened. Harper Lee takes her readers on a journey and we truly become champions for Scout and the children as they grow as humans.
ReplyDeleteKeely, I agree with you on the growth of Scout. She has come a long way and had a lot of teachers to the idea of thinking from another perspective. Boo Radley taught her that you shouldn't make assumptions and that she wouldn't like it if some random kids were playing outside/around their house!
ReplyDeleteKeely, I agree with you on the growth of Scout. She has come a long way and had a lot of teachers to the idea of thinking from another perspective. Boo Radley taught her that you shouldn't make assumptions and that she wouldn't like it if some random kids were playing outside/around their house!
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