Reverse this Curse Escape the Fate (Ch5-9)
I chose this song because it is a song about stopping a situation. Boo Radley is in quite the situation. He has been trapped in his house by his father, and then his brother almost the entiery of his life. He is trying to reverse all the damage this time has done him, and the opportunities he has missed, mainly making friends, by leavin gifts in the tree. When the children discover the gifts, it as if his “curse’ is beginning to be lifted. I believe that if Boo Radley continues on the path that he is currently on he will be able to make up for his lost time, and begin to have a semblance of a normal life.
Paul Catha | Comment (0)Fishing Rod: Image Post (Ch5-9)
For this section, I choose a fishing rod. This was a symbol that stuck out to me because the children used it to attempt to give a note to “Boo”. Their attempt failed but was still a milestone in communicating with “Boo”. Undeterred, the children tried to sneak in through a window after the fishing rod attempt failed. They were caught by a “shadow” as a shotgun round fired. Everyone around the town said that a “n*****” was caught breaking in. Obviously this was really the children. After this event, “Boo” carved soap figurines of the children which he placed in the knothole. This showed us that he was trying to communicate with the children. Sadly, Nathan sealed the knothole up and gave the excuse that “Tree’s dying. You plug ‘em with cement when they’re sick. You ought to know that, Jem” (Lee 83). I am eager to see what happens with the children and their attempts to communicate with Arthur, especially after the incident with Arthur draping a blanket over Scout.
Shane Haddad | Comment (0)Atticus Finch’s Character (Ch5-9)
Atticus Finch lives in Alabama in the great depression. Alabama is located in the south. Even now some of the south holds resentments towards people of other colors. Before the civil war black people were not treated as humans in the south, and were only used for labor. After the civil war, up until the civil rights movement things were not that much better. Atticus takes a very large risk when he agrees to defend a black man in court, especially because the case is against a white woman. In this time period if a white person charged a black person with a crime the case was already decided, and the black person had lost. Even some of Atticus family members believe that he is crazy for trying to defend a black man. I believe it says a great deal about Atticus that he is willing to receive everyones disdain so that he can continue to fell well about himself morally. I believe that Atticus thinks that there is nothing different between people of different colors. I believe that he will instill these values in Scout and Jem. I think that these values will play a very large part in how Scout and Jem turn out.
Paul Catha | Comment (1)The People in the Boo Radley House(ch5-9)
I believe that someone IS living inside the Radley house. It seems kind of obvious now. I think that it is pointless for Scout to deliver the note to Boo Radley. If they want him to do something like come outside, I don’t think that he would ever consider it. It seems like there is no life presented inside the Boo Radley house. It’s a house that everyone fears and questions. Maybe the people in there realize that their house is symbolized this way and they pride in this. I think that this is the most important aspect of the story because it’s the one Scout and the guys talk about the most. When Dill and Jem try to see who is inside the house through the window, it shows that someone is living inside the house. When they fire the shotgun, it brings us back to the Civil War times. That’s probably the only time they would carry shotguns in their house. They need it for protection. If the people in the Boo Radley house don’t want to show themselves, then that’s their choice. For what they find in the Knot hole, I think that someone other than Boo Radley is putting the objects in the hole. They probably never will find who put the things in the hole.
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