I finished Part 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird today and I am really intreuged by the story. I really can relate to Scout and Jem in their struggle with the people of the town calling her dad names. I think we all can. Our familys like Scout said are all we have when it comes down to it. When the rest of the town, even their extended family and best friends are talking about them, Atticus, Scout, and Jem stick up for each other. While Atticus would rather they didn't fight on his account I believe it is completely natural for a child to stand up for her parent and/or the people they care about.
Throughout chapter 11 I sided completely with the children. I though that Mrs. Dubose was simply a mean old lady and the children should just ignore her. In then end though I felt bad for her. Being a morphine addict she was going through a lot. I still don't think her words were justified. No matter what pain she was in she had no right to call Atticus the names she did,
In this book I am also really bothered by the racial slurs. I think growing up in this city I haven't ever really had to deal with these words. I have to go but, I really am enjoying the book.
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I didn't like mrs.Debose at all I know she was sick but that wasn't very nice of her to degrate Atticus in the way she did.I think she did it though because she was a huge supporter of the confederate side and never liked the outcome of the war so she still treated blacks the same as she always did.I don't like the fact that alot of people use the "N" word in the book.I think they could have used an alternative word ,but then the intensity of the time wouldn't have been as easy to understand.I'm so glad that Scout stood up for Atticus though!!She rocks!I would not have wanted people to call my dad mean names.
Yeah I kind of have the same take on the book as you two do. I think that Mrs. Dubose was a bitter old lady. I don't approve of how Jem handled him self in response to her mean words. He wacked down all her plants. There is a saying that if you return fire with fire you just get burnt. In the end Jem did get burnt because he had to read to Mrs. Dubose for hours for an entire month almost. I really don't think Mrs. Dubose can use her morphine addiction as an excuse for her behavior either because she should not take her problems out on other people. If she is going to complain she should complain only about her problems and not Jem and Scout's too. Also I do nmot agree with the racial slurs used in the book but I do think that is adds a level of authenticity to the language that was used during that time period.
I agree that Mrs. Dubose was a mean old lady, but I think that in a way she was wise. Not when she was outside yelling unkind things or the fact that she was addicted to morphine, but the way that she punished Jem. She thought of a way that would in a way distract her from getting her "medicine" but also would benfit Jem in learning to read better.
I was not happy about her mean words she said about Atticus. I think that it was just a way to get her mind off of her life so she looked at how bad other people were and how she disaproved of them and simply stated what was on her mind before thinking about what she was really saying.
I liked your post.
~SUSIE
i totally agree with your comments. I was surprised at how much i enjoyed and was intrigued by the first part of TKAM. When the first chapters started out slow i figured it would be a book that i would not be into, but i was mistaken. I believe that it will only get better as it goes on. There is no way I could have held my temper when others were insulting my father the way the people of Maycomb talked about Atticus. Although I cannot stand racists, everyone has to understand that this is how America in the South was because of the post Civil War bitterness and because it was the culture of the time, so try not to be too offended.
I completetly agree with what you guys are saying. And I'm not offended by the racial slurs I'm just glad i don't have to deal with them in my life.
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