Monday, 10 October 2011


To Kill a Mockingbired


1)Scout who is older than six years old, as she is remembering how did her brother, Jem, got his elbow broken. It is written in first person, as the quote "I maintain that the Ewells started it all...", states.

2)
Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia; ----> Live together
Simon Finch, Alexandra Finch, Jack Finch; ----> Family
Mr. and Mrs. Radley, Arthur Radley; ----> Family
Dill, Miss Rachel; ----> Family
Cecil, Mrs. Henry Lefayette Dubose, Miss Stephanie Crawford, The Cunninghams. ----> Neighbours
They all leave in Maycomb County.

3) Maycomb County that is described as "an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it".  The atmosphere is slow, without any hurry as if the days were longer than they really were. However, there was a sort of optimistic mood as "Maycomb County had recently been toldmthat it had nothing to fear but fear itself".

4) At the middle, but then it return to its very first beginning: "When I was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow...I said if he wanted to take a broad view of the thing, it really began with Andrew Jackson..."

5) Simple and mysterious, it is not composed by any rethorical device but introduces some elements to catch the reader who keeps on reading.

6) About Atticus unpopularity as he fights for a black people rights. Racism and prejudgment.

7) Yes, I do. Adding some mistery to the plot. The fourth chapter, for instance ends stating: "Someone inside the house was laughing",alluding to the Radley House.


8) Just about behaviour, Scout is not able to know character's iner thoughts or feelings as she is no an omniscient narrator.

9) It is detaching, even between Scout and her father.

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