What do you think are the two most important quotes in all of the book you've read so far? Why is each important to the book as a whole? You may not use a quote that you already posted on the regular quotes page.
(Chapters 28-29) I think the most important quote happens on pg. 93 on chapter 10. "'....... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
'Your father's right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'” I know we've talked about and referenced this a lot in class, but I still think it's the most important quote. Whenever we talk about this book I think of this quote to sum it up. It sums up Haper Lee's point. Racism is wrong for many reasons. White people treated black people as something less than. As if they died it would be okay. Many of them didn't realize that black people made their lives easier. They were their maids, nannies, cooks, and farmers. Like mockingbirds just make music and don't bother people. When Tom Robinson's trial came around and he was named guilty they killed an innocent mockingbird. They have sinned and like Atticus said they will now pay the price. We know mockingbirds are harmless but why do adults and even children kill them because they are bigger and they can. This book was made during a time where people needed to realize what they were doing was wrong and that they were hurting innocent people and killing their will by taking away their rights.
""You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”... -until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”" (Page 30)
I think this is one of the most important quotes because it's present through almost the entire book and sets up a very large theme. The entire book continuously brings this up again and again. Atticus talks about how the kids made Mr. Cunningham stand in his shoes that night at the jail, how they should stand in Boo's shoes and hey wouldn't like kids messing with them, and many other things.
""Mr. Finch, there's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to ‘em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em. Ewell ‘as one of 'em.”"(Page 273)
Mr. Tate says this in response to Atticus's comment after Mr. Ewell dies while trying to kill Atticus's children. I think this is very important because Atticus is a very good judge of character but he was very wrong about Mr. Ewell. Atticus thought the Mr. Ewell got all of his anger out that day at trial and also the morning that he ran into him on the post office corner. Even after he tried to murder his children, Atticus still sees the good in him and just calls him crazy, but Mr. Tate says no, he was a worthless drunk. This even may relate to the 'all men are created equal' thing, because some people are worth the bullet whereas various others are not. This also kind of shows Scout and Jem that Atticus can be wrong.
"'Scout,' said Dill, 'she just fell down in the dirt. Just fell down in the dirt, like a giant with a big foot just came along and stepped on her. Just ump—' Dill's fat foot hit the ground. 'Like you'd step on an ant.'" (Page 244)
I believe that this is by far the most important quote in the whole book because I think that it really connects to all of the metaphors of racism that have come up thus far. Just before this quote, Jem had just stopped Scout from squashing a bug for fun because they don't do anything bad to her, and this was also a way to remind the reader of mockingbird metaphor and how it is a sin to kill one because all they do is sing for our enjoyment, and the mockingbird symbolizes the black people in their society. I really felt like this quote was powerful and showed how the racism in this town is like a physical giant stepping on the black people and forcing them to the ground because of it. And by saying that she fell like an ant it reminds us of how white people are like children playing with insects and how they get sick of something or someone, they just squash them for fun and because they can.
"In front of DEMOCRACY, she printed WE ARE A. 'Now class, say it all together, 'We are a democracy.'' We said it. Then Miss Gates said, 'That's the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. Dictator-ship,' she said. 'Over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Prejudice,' she enunciated carefully. 'There are no better people in the world than the Jews, and why Hitler doesn't think so is a mystery to me.' An inquiring soul in the middle of the room said, 'Why don't they like the Jews, you reckon, Miss Gates?' 'I don't know, Henry. They contribute to every society they live in...'" (Page 249)
I know that this is a long quote, but I feel like it is important for the reader to get a better sense of how what Miss Gates is saying connects with the story as a whole. I find this quote almost funny I little because just before this, Scout heard the missionary ladies talking and being hypocrites and now I feel like this is the ultimate way of showing how the towns people have double standards and don't see how they are oppressing the black people in their society. Miss Gates says that all people are given equal rights and opportunities in a democracy and that that is why America is different than Nazi Germany, but then she believes that black people are second class citizens and are worse than whites. She says that she can't understand why anybody would attack and kill the people who just help contribute to the society, but then she doesn't see how she does the same thing, and in a way I feel like Harper Lee is saying that white people who oppress black people are no better than Hitler because they are in essence doing the same thing and by directly paralleling the two she does this very well.
Nick chapters 28-29 Whole book quotes Quote 1:"Mrs. Merriweather... told me I had ruined her pageant. She made me feel awful, but when Jem came to fetch me he was sympathetic... Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong" pg 262 chapter 28 This quote shows how Harper lee is slowly making Jem into a minna Atticus. Just how he is maturing and becoming an adult. And also Jem and scout have this amazing relationship while with Atticus she has this courteous detachment, so if Jem is starting to be more like Atticus it shows how much closer Jem is becoming with her now that he is basically her two favorite people in one.(Atticus and Jem) To the book as a whole it's showing how much the characters have changed from the beginning of the story to almost the end.
Quote 2:" “Cal,” Atticus said, “I want you to go with me out to Helen Robinson's house—”
“What's the matter?” Aunt Alexandra asked, alarmed by the look on my father's face.
“Tom's dead.”" pg 239 chapter 24 This quote moved the entire plot in a completely different direction. It made it more interesting if you ask me. It was also a little unexpected so it was just a turn of events. Harper lee having tom die made more possibilities to open up. And to the book as a whole it changed gears to the story . I personally thought that Harper was going to find a way to make Atticus convince the world tom was innocent and now have it fall off like this and leave this huge impact on the county.
William, Chapters 28 & 29 William, Chapters 28 and 29 "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”...“-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Pg. 30) This quote is repeatedly referenced throughout the book, and shows Atticus's way of thinking. He believes that any man deserves consideration, and this gets him in trouble because of the Tom Robinson case. Also, when Dill, Scout, and Jem bother Boo, Atticus reminds them not to judge Boo, and always to consider things from his point of view. Over all most of the book is Scout learning to stand in someone else's skin and understand their point of view.
"Typical of a nigger to cut and run. Typical of a nigger's mentality to have no plan, no thought for the future, just run blind first chance he saw. Funny thing, Atticus Finch might've got him off scot free, but wait—? Hell no. You know how they are." This quote shows some of the results of the case. Even if Tom Robinson didn't go free, Atticus made people think a little bit. They actually considered that a black man might be in the right against a white man, which, at the time, was unheard of in Alabama. Even though Atticus didn't win the case, he made people start to change, and he got them to think about what they did.
(Chapters 28-29)
ReplyDeleteI think the most important quote happens on pg. 93 on chapter 10.
"'....... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
'Your father's right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'”
I know we've talked about and referenced this a lot in class, but I still think it's the most important quote. Whenever we talk about this book I think of this quote to sum it up. It sums up Haper Lee's point. Racism is wrong for many reasons. White people treated black people as something less than. As if they died it would be okay. Many of them didn't realize that black people made their lives easier. They were their maids, nannies, cooks, and farmers. Like mockingbirds just make music and don't bother people. When Tom Robinson's trial came around and he was named guilty they killed an innocent mockingbird. They have sinned and like Atticus said they will now pay the price. We know mockingbirds are harmless but why do adults and even children kill them because they are bigger and they can. This book was made during a time where people needed to realize what they were doing was wrong and that they were hurting innocent people and killing their will by taking away their rights.
Emery
ReplyDeleteChapters 28 & 29
""You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”... -until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”" (Page 30)
I think this is one of the most important quotes because it's present through almost the entire book and sets up a very large theme. The entire book continuously brings this up again and again. Atticus talks about how the kids made Mr. Cunningham stand in his shoes that night at the jail, how they should stand in Boo's shoes and hey wouldn't like kids messing with them, and many other things.
""Mr. Finch, there's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to ‘em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em. Ewell ‘as one of 'em.”"(Page 273)
Mr. Tate says this in response to Atticus's comment after Mr. Ewell dies while trying to kill Atticus's children. I think this is very important because Atticus is a very good judge of character but he was very wrong about Mr. Ewell. Atticus thought the Mr. Ewell got all of his anger out that day at trial and also the morning that he ran into him on the post office corner. Even after he tried to murder his children, Atticus still sees the good in him and just calls him crazy, but Mr. Tate says no, he was a worthless drunk. This even may relate to the 'all men are created equal' thing, because some people are worth the bullet whereas various others are not. This also kind of shows Scout and Jem that Atticus can be wrong.
Griffin - Blog Post #9 - Chapters 28 and 29
ReplyDelete"'Scout,' said Dill, 'she just fell down in the dirt. Just fell down in the dirt, like a giant with a big foot just came along and stepped on her. Just ump—' Dill's fat foot hit the ground. 'Like you'd step on an ant.'" (Page 244)
I believe that this is by far the most important quote in the whole book because I think that it really connects to all of the metaphors of racism that have come up thus far. Just before this quote, Jem had just stopped Scout from squashing a bug for fun because they don't do anything bad to her, and this was also a way to remind the reader of mockingbird metaphor and how it is a sin to kill one because all they do is sing for our enjoyment, and the mockingbird symbolizes the black people in their society. I really felt like this quote was powerful and showed how the racism in this town is like a physical giant stepping on the black people and forcing them to the ground because of it. And by saying that she fell like an ant it reminds us of how white people are like children playing with insects and how they get sick of something or someone, they just squash them for fun and because they can.
"In front of DEMOCRACY, she printed WE ARE A. 'Now class, say it all together, 'We are a democracy.''
We said it. Then Miss Gates said, 'That's the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. Dictator-ship,' she said. 'Over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Prejudice,' she enunciated carefully. 'There are no better people in the world than the Jews, and why Hitler doesn't think so is a mystery to me.'
An inquiring soul in the middle of the room said, 'Why don't they like the Jews, you reckon, Miss Gates?'
'I don't know, Henry. They contribute to every society they live in...'" (Page 249)
I know that this is a long quote, but I feel like it is important for the reader to get a better sense of how what Miss Gates is saying connects with the story as a whole. I find this quote almost funny I little because just before this, Scout heard the missionary ladies talking and being hypocrites and now I feel like this is the ultimate way of showing how the towns people have double standards and don't see how they are oppressing the black people in their society. Miss Gates says that all people are given equal rights and opportunities in a democracy and that that is why America is different than Nazi Germany, but then she believes that black people are second class citizens and are worse than whites. She says that she can't understand why anybody would attack and kill the people who just help contribute to the society, but then she doesn't see how she does the same thing, and in a way I feel like Harper Lee is saying that white people who oppress black people are no better than Hitler because they are in essence doing the same thing and by directly paralleling the two she does this very well.
Nick chapters 28-29
ReplyDeleteWhole book quotes
Quote 1:"Mrs. Merriweather... told me I had ruined her pageant. She made me feel awful, but when Jem came to fetch me he was sympathetic... Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong" pg 262 chapter 28
This quote shows how Harper lee is slowly making Jem into a minna Atticus. Just how he is maturing and becoming an adult. And also Jem and scout have this amazing relationship while with Atticus she has this courteous detachment, so if Jem is starting to be more like Atticus it shows how much closer Jem is becoming with her now that he is basically her two favorite people in one.(Atticus and Jem) To the book as a whole it's showing how much the characters have changed from the beginning of the story to almost the end.
Quote 2:" “Cal,” Atticus said, “I want you to go with me out to Helen Robinson's house—”
“What's the matter?” Aunt Alexandra asked, alarmed by the look on my father's face.
“Tom's dead.”" pg 239 chapter 24
This quote moved the entire plot in a completely different direction. It made it more interesting if you ask me. It was also a little unexpected so it was just a turn of events. Harper lee having tom die made more possibilities to open up. And to the book as a whole it changed gears to the story . I personally thought that Harper was going to find a way to make Atticus convince the world tom was innocent and now have it fall off like this and leave this huge impact on the county.
William, Chapters 28 & 29
ReplyDeleteWilliam, Chapters 28 and 29
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-”...“-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Pg. 30)
This quote is repeatedly referenced throughout the book, and shows Atticus's way of thinking. He believes that any man deserves consideration, and this gets him in trouble because of the Tom Robinson case. Also, when Dill, Scout, and Jem bother Boo, Atticus reminds them not to judge Boo, and always to consider things from his point of view. Over all most of the book is Scout learning to stand in someone else's skin and understand their point of view.
"Typical of a nigger to cut and run. Typical of a nigger's mentality to have no plan, no thought for the future, just run blind first chance he saw. Funny thing, Atticus Finch might've got him off scot free, but wait—? Hell no. You know how they are."
This quote shows some of the results of the case. Even if Tom Robinson didn't go free, Atticus made people think a little bit. They actually considered that a black man might be in the right against a white man, which, at the time, was unheard of in Alabama. Even though Atticus didn't win the case, he made people start to change, and he got them to think about what they did.