Level 2: On page 182, Aunt Alexandra proposes that Atticus should fire Calpurnia, but Atticus says no. Do you think that was a good decision? What would be different if Calpurnia left?
Level 3: Compare your parents being mean to you from being ignored by your parents. Which would be worse? Would one of these make you run away?
Jenna @ Haley's Level 2: I think it was a good decision. On page 183 Atticus says "'Besides, I don't think the children have suffered one bit from her having brought them up. If anything, she's been harder on them in some ways than a mother would have been . . . she's never let them get away with anything, she's never indulged them the way most colored nurses do. She tried to bring them up according to her light, and Cal's lights are pretty good - and another thing, the children love her.'" I agree with Atticus's decision, Calpurnia takes on the mother role of the family. If she left they wouldn't have that sort of maternal figure in their life. Aunt Alexandra is an aunt. She doesn't treat Jem and Finch with the motherly sternness that Cal does. Plus the children loathe Aunt Alexandra and love Calpurnia. If they were stuck with Aunt Alexandra all the time I think they would go mad.
Level 2: Compare Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra in the way they treat the children. Who do you think is a better influence on the children and why?
Level 3: Imagine being in Scout's position on page 202, when Atticus is surrounded by a drunken mob outside the jailhouse. How would you react to the situation?
level 2: Explain why Jem did not take Scout and Dill home after Atticus told him to when he was at the Maycomb's jail.
level 3 :predict what would have happened If Scout hadn't walked in on Atticus' conversation with the drunks outside the jail house and just stayed hidden in the dark? Would the conversation advance into something more like a fight with collateral damage or would have it just ended the same? -Grace
@Grace's level 2 I think he wanted them to see what would happen just as much as he did and also I think he was scared Atticus was going to get hurt and he wanted to try to protect him even though he knew he couldn't do much. -Haley
Level two question: Do you think Calpurnia and Aunt Alexadra have any similarities? Even thought there is an obvious line between them, maybe they could have some characteristics that are the same.Explain what you think they are.
Level three question: Imagine that you are scout. You have known Calpurnia for so long that she feels like family, and now someone wants for her to leave forever. How would that make you feel? What would you do about it?
Both Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia have maternal instincts. Though they "parent" in completely different ways, they both try to expose their culture to Scout and Jem. The main difference is Aunt Alexandra pushes the Finch tradition onto Scout, while Calpurnia doesn't press, she just offers. Calpurnia knows her boundaries while Aunt Alexandra oversteps. They are both major influences on Scout and Jem, and want the best for both of them.
Level 2: Compare the way Calpurnia treats the children to the way Alexandra treats them.
Level 3: Imagine if you were in the finches place and everyone you knew was looking at you like you were a disgrace. Would you feel sad knowing that the people who support you the most (your family) are the ones bringing you down?
Response to Haley level three: Being ignored by your parents would certainly be painful because as a child you crave attention and your parents are there to teach their children, but being yelled at certainly doesn't hurt much less, especially when the hate comes from your family.
Calpurnia and Alexandra are both motherly, but Alexandra forces Scout and Jem to be a stereotypical Finch while never giving a thought to what they want. Calpurnia never forces them to do anything except be a decent human being. You know, mind your manners, keep good hygiene, don't stay up too late. She never forces them to wear something they don't want to wear. She keeps their wellness in mind. Alexandra keeps the family name and dignity in mind.
@ Hannah's level 2: Like Aissa said they both are mother figures and have maternal instincts, however, Aunt Alexandra is more condescending and judgmental while Calpurnia is accepting and caring. Also, Alexandra is strict and harsh, sometimes to an unnecessary extent, while Calpurnia's strictness derives from love and compassion. Yet another difference is that Alexandra is not accepting of the fact that Scout doesn't want to dress all girly, and part of me REALLY despises Alexandra for that .
Level 2: Why do you think Atticus and Aunt Alexandra said no almost immediately when Scout asked to go to Calpurnia's house? (page 181) Level 3: "'Dill?' 'Mm?' 'Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?' Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. 'Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to...'" (Lee 192) Infer what Scout and Dill mean by this. Is running off like a mental escape (daydreams or maybe even suicide), or is it a physical, actual running away from home? What does Dill mean when he says, "Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to?"
Response to your level 3 question: I think they we're talking about physically running away, Boo Bradley probably doesn't have many friends whos houses he can hide at. There's not much point running away if you don't have a friends house to go to.
One more question: When Scout asked Atticus what rape is, he said "rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent." (Lee 180) Do you think this satisfies Scout? Is it an accurate definition of rape? (Carnal knowledge means sexual intercourse, dictionary dot com) Does rape just happen to a female?
Just curious about what y'all think. I can tell rape is a big thing in this book, since Tom was accused of it.
Level two: Why is rape something that Calpurnia is uncomfortable talking about with the kids? Level 3: Compare present day to the time in the book, do you think that kids are being informed about rape and sexual assault at an earlier age nowadays? Why?
Level 1: Analyze what Atticus meant by "in favor of southern womanhood as much as anybody, but not for preserving polite fiction at the expense of human life." On page 146. Do you think this still applies today? Level 2: How would you react if your aunt came into your house and started trying to change the way your father raises you. How would your reaction be the same or different from Scout's or Jem's?
@Aissa's level 2 question: I believe that Aunt Alexandra wanted Cal out of family because the influence she had on the children counteracted with those of Aunt Alexandra. Cal wanted more of an influence of being the person to tell you that you are perfect the way you are were as Aunt Alexandra wanted Scout to act like a "traditional" girl/women and to not strike out from the norm a of being a white lady from the Finch family. -Grace
Response to Zoë's level three question: kids these days are learning way too much for their age, and it's all through the Internet. This includes social media too. So many young kids have phones or other electronic devices, so they can access things that that are not supposed to see. Back then it was very hard for children to learn that kind of information, but now kids can learn about rape or other inappropriate things easily.
Level 2: On page 182, Aunt Alexandra proposes that Atticus should fire Calpurnia, but Atticus says no. Do you think that was a good decision? What would be different if Calpurnia left?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Compare your parents being mean to you from being ignored by your parents. Which would be worse? Would one of these make you run away?
-Haley
Jenna @ Haley's Level 2:
DeleteI think it was a good decision. On page 183 Atticus says "'Besides, I don't think the children have suffered one bit from her having brought them up. If anything, she's been harder on them in some ways than a mother would have been . . . she's never let them get away with anything, she's never indulged them the way most colored nurses do. She tried to bring them up according to her light, and Cal's lights are pretty good - and another thing, the children love her.'" I agree with Atticus's decision, Calpurnia takes on the mother role of the family. If she left they wouldn't have that sort of maternal figure in their life. Aunt Alexandra is an aunt. She doesn't treat Jem and Finch with the motherly sternness that Cal does. Plus the children loathe Aunt Alexandra and love Calpurnia. If they were stuck with Aunt Alexandra all the time I think they would go mad.
Level 2: Compare Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra in the way they treat the children. Who do you think is a better influence on the children and why?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Imagine being in Scout's position on page 202, when Atticus is surrounded by a drunken mob outside the jailhouse. How would you react to the situation?
level 2: Explain why Jem did not take Scout and Dill home after Atticus told him to when he was at the Maycomb's jail.
ReplyDeletelevel 3 :predict what would have happened If Scout hadn't walked in on Atticus' conversation with the drunks outside the jail house and just stayed hidden in the dark? Would the conversation advance into something more like a fight with collateral damage or would have it just ended the same?
-Grace
@Grace's level 2
DeleteI think he wanted them to see what would happen just as much as he did and also I think he was scared Atticus was going to get hurt and he wanted to try to protect him even though he knew he couldn't do much.
-Haley
Level two question: Do you think Calpurnia and Aunt Alexadra have any similarities? Even thought there is an obvious line between them, maybe they could have some characteristics that are the same.Explain what you think they are.
ReplyDeleteLevel three question: Imagine that you are scout. You have known Calpurnia for so long that she feels like family, and now someone wants for her to leave forever. How would that make you feel? What would you do about it?
-aissa @ben in reply to your level 2 question...
DeleteBoth Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia have maternal instincts. Though they "parent" in completely different ways, they both try to expose their culture to Scout and Jem. The main difference is Aunt Alexandra pushes the Finch tradition onto Scout, while Calpurnia doesn't press, she just offers. Calpurnia knows her boundaries while Aunt Alexandra oversteps. They are both major influences on Scout and Jem, and want the best for both of them.
Perfect, Aissa. That's exactly what I was thinking. :)
DeleteLevel 2: Compare the way Calpurnia treats the children to the way Alexandra treats them.
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Imagine if you were in the finches place and everyone you knew was looking at you like you were a disgrace. Would you feel sad knowing that the people who support you the most (your family) are the ones bringing you down?
Response to Haley level three:
Being ignored by your parents would certainly be painful because as a child you crave attention and your parents are there to teach their children, but being yelled at certainly doesn't hurt much less, especially when the hate comes from your family.
-Hannah Blankenship
Calpurnia and Alexandra are both motherly, but Alexandra forces Scout and Jem to be a stereotypical Finch while never giving a thought to what they want. Calpurnia never forces them to do anything except be a decent human being. You know, mind your manners, keep good hygiene, don't stay up too late. She never forces them to wear something they don't want to wear. She keeps their wellness in mind. Alexandra keeps the family name and dignity in mind.
Delete@ Hannah's level 2:
DeleteLike Aissa said they both are mother figures and have maternal instincts, however, Aunt Alexandra is more condescending and judgmental while Calpurnia is accepting and caring. Also, Alexandra is strict and harsh, sometimes to an unnecessary extent, while Calpurnia's strictness derives from love and compassion. Yet another difference is that Alexandra is not accepting of the fact that Scout doesn't want to dress all girly, and part of me REALLY despises Alexandra for that .
Level 2: Why do you think Atticus and Aunt Alexandra said no almost immediately when Scout asked to go to Calpurnia's house? (page 181)
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: "'Dill?' 'Mm?' 'Why do you reckon Boo Radley's never run off?' Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. 'Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to...'" (Lee 192)
Infer what Scout and Dill mean by this. Is running off like a mental escape (daydreams or maybe even suicide), or is it a physical, actual running away from home? What does Dill mean when he says, "Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to?"
Response to your level 3 question: I think they we're talking about physically running away, Boo Bradley probably doesn't have many friends whos houses he can hide at. There's not much point running away if you don't have a friends house to go to.
DeleteOne more question: When Scout asked Atticus what rape is, he said "rape was carnal knowledge of a female by force and without consent." (Lee 180) Do you think this satisfies Scout? Is it an accurate definition of rape? (Carnal knowledge means sexual intercourse, dictionary dot com) Does rape just happen to a female?
ReplyDeleteJust curious about what y'all think. I can tell rape is a big thing in this book, since Tom was accused of it.
Level two: Why is rape something that Calpurnia is uncomfortable talking about with the kids?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Compare present day to the time in the book, do you think that kids are being informed about rape and sexual assault at an earlier age nowadays? Why?
Level 1: Analyze what Atticus meant by "in favor of southern womanhood as much as anybody, but not for preserving polite fiction at the expense of human life." On page 146. Do you think this still applies today?
ReplyDeleteLevel 2: How would you react if your aunt came into your house and started trying to change the way your father raises you. How would your reaction be the same or different from Scout's or Jem's?
@Aissa's level 2 question: I believe that Aunt Alexandra wanted Cal out of family because the influence she had on the children counteracted with those of Aunt Alexandra. Cal wanted more of an influence of being the person to tell you that you are perfect the way you are were as Aunt Alexandra wanted Scout to act like a "traditional" girl/women and to not strike out from the norm a of being a white lady from the Finch family.
ReplyDelete-Grace
Response to Zoë's level three question: kids these days are learning way too much for their age, and it's all through the Internet. This includes social media too. So many young kids have phones or other electronic devices, so they can access things that that are not supposed to see. Back then it was very hard for children to learn that kind of information, but now kids can learn about rape or other inappropriate things easily.
ReplyDelete