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Quote from Context Chapter 3, pg. 39.
"First of all, he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you will get along better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb in his skin and walk around in it." From Chapter 3, pg 39. Atticus says that if your learn and understand empathy, you will get along with most people. You can't truly understand a person until you empathize. -
How Chapter 3 event relates to theme
Empathy is a theme from To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is teaching Scout how to use empathy and the benefits of it. To better understand the lives of others. -
Quote from Context Chapter 7, pg. 77.
"As Atticus had once told me to do, I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it: if I had gone to the Radley place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held next afternoon. So, I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him." She noticed Jem was acting strange, so Scout examined things from Jem's perspective and understands that she would have nobody bother her during a time like this, so she leaves him alone. A perfect example of empathy. -
How Chapter 7 events relate to theme
Empathy is a theme of To Kill a Mockingbird. Scout empathizes Jem's situation, and she understands, just as Atticus had told her. -
Quote from Context Chapter 9, pg. 117.
"I hope and I pray that I can get Jem and Scout through this without bitterness, and most of all without catching Maycomb's usual disease..I hope Jem and Scout will come to me for answers instead of listening to the town." Maycomb's usual disease is racism/prejudice and Atticus knows what's good and what isn't. Because the town is so prejudiced, Atiicus hopes that the kids will ask him instead of listening to the prejudiced town. He doesn't want them to be negatively influenced. -
How Chapter 9 events relate to the theme
Atticus defends a black man in court because he wants to uphold correct morals in his law practice. A theme of To Kill a Mockingbird is actually killing a mockingbird and how it's wrong. The defense of Tom Robinson is honorable and agrees with a theme of this book. -
How Chapter 11 events relate to the theme
One theme of this book is how Mockingbirds should never be killed because all they do is serve. At the time of supposed crime that Tom did not commit, he was simply trying to serve and be nice to Mayella. Tom was essentially killed because when convicted of rape, the punishment for rape is a life sentence. This directly relates to a theme of this book. -
Quote from Context Chapter 15 pg. 204-206.
“Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?" This line spoken by Scout when the mob of country men come to the jail house and threaten Atticus as they demand the release of Tom Robinson to them. Mr. Cunningham appeared to want to lynch Tom Robinson, but if you listen to the exchange between him and Scout, you can see there is much more to his character than that. He has given into the town's disease. -
How Chapter 15 events relate to theme
Immediate assumptions of a certain ethnicity or family are bad. This is one of the themes from TKM. I don't think Mr. Cunningham actually believed what he was doing was right, he just had fallen into Maycomb's disease. -
Quote from context Chapter 16 pg. 210
"You children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute." You kids made Walter Cunningham empathize for me last night. He knows what it's like to have children now. -
How Chapter 16 events relate to theme
Empathy again. Mr. Cunningham could empathize for Atticus because he now realizes what it's like to have multiple children. -
Quote from context Chapter 16 pg. 211
"Well, I hoped Jem would understand folks a little better when he was older, I wouldn't." Scout is hoping that Jem will understand people and things more as he matured, but Scour never would. -
How events in Chapter 16 pg. 211 relate to theme
The idea of maturing. Jem and Scout mature throughout the book in different ways, and this sort of shows that. -
Pages that feature Provincialism and examples
Pg. 167 Provincialism. Pg. 118 Provincialism. Pg. 102 Provincialism. Pg. 100 Provincialism. "Why do you talk nigger-talk to the-- to your folks when you know it's not right?" Scout is showing very much provincialism in this situation cause she is completely closing her mind to the way that black people talked. She doesn't understand that different cultures have different ideas about what is right and what is acceptable speech. -
Provincialism instances
Instance: Burris Ewell shows provincialism, he only goes to school one day of the year, never thinks twice about it. Instance: The finch family shows provincialism by generally doing the same thing everyday. Instance: Miss Caroline does the same thing everyday. Only her way of teaching is right she believes. Instance: she shows provincialism, she doesn't want to change her beliefs. Believes about Walter Cunningham, and boo Radley. -
Quote from context Chapter 30. Pg. 370
"Well, it'd sort of be like shootin a mockingbird, wouldn't it"? Boo Radley was simply trying to help, going after this matter(the matter being the decision to pursue the killing of Bob Ewell case) would ruin Boo's reclusive lifestyle because all he wanted to do is help the kids by killing Bob Ewell.
