“Why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard” (42).
I think the author, (Harper Lee) is foreshadowing the future things to come.
"Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of-oh, of your father" (45).
I think this quote gives a sense of the style Harper Lee, and I find it interesting.
"When Atticus went inside the house to retrieve a file he had forgotten to take to work that morning, Jem finally realized that he had been done by the oldest lawyer's trick on record" (50).
I chose this passage because I thought it was really funny.
Summary
As Summer goes on, Dill and Jem get closer together ever since Scout denied her love for Dill. Miss Maudie, their neighbor, is Scout's friend, she tells Scout that she still believes "Arthur" is alive because they haven't hear news of his death yet. Apparently, Miss Maudie is a Baptist, but foot-washing Baptists believe that pleasure is a sin, like women, because they “take the bible seriously" (45). The next day, Jem, Dill, and Scout attempt to send a note to Boo but they get caught by Atticus.
Discussion Questions
Read the section where Miss Maudie is pulling weeds. She says; "‘why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole year'" (42). Did the author include this on purpose? Is it a symbol? Describe a situation when one little thing ruined everything.
Why does Miss Maude call Boo Arthur and not Boo when almost everyone else does? Miss Maudie says, "‘wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn't want to come out?'" (44). Why does Boo want to stay in the house?
Miss Maudie says, "'Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on public streets'" (46). Do you think this is true? What does this say about Atticus as a person?
Foot washing Baptists believe that "anything that's pleasurable is a sin" (44). Do you think that is true? Why?
Illustrator
I chose this video because it brings over the feeling of that time.
Also I imagined the people looking like that at that time, there,
I imagined "Scout's" father looking like this.
The clothing and the language reminded me a lot of the one in the book.
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