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Post by Max Adams 3rd Hour on Oct 30, 2014 1:26:38 GMT
When Miss Maudie says that it is a sin, "to kill a mockingbird" she means that it is bad and cruel to hurt and punish someone who is rightfully innocent, someone who did not do anything to deserve the treatment people may be giving them. The quote could mean many things, but I think it means not to hurt someone, be rude to someone, or shoot someone down, just because of who they are, or what they look like, because you do not know if they are innocent or not. This quote kind of means the same thing as when Atticus said that to really understand a person you had to be them. There are many times this can apply to our society, such as when someone is in court and they are said to be guilty when there isn't any proof that they are. 4. Something I found confusing was when Atticus allowed the children, especially Scout, to have guns. He is very nice and peaceful, so I don't see why he would let his children, especially a 7 year old girl, own a gun. 5. In these chapters, the theme I found was racism, racism is used when people start calling Atticus a "nigger-lover" for defending a black man in court. 6. A literary element I found was foreshadowing, when Mrs. Dubose's alarm clock, and medicine were foreshadowing that she would die.
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Kaitlan Barrett Period 2
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Post by Kaitlan Barrett Period 2 on Oct 30, 2014 1:44:52 GMT
Kaitlan Barrett period 2 When Miss.Maudie says its a sin to kill a mocking bird because all they do is make music for your enjoyment. what I think she really means is it is a sin to kill anything that does you no harm. Killing mocking birds happen very often in todays society with all the school shootings and mass shootings they are killing innocent people the people in the mass murder are the mocking birds and the shooter is the the person shooting the mocking bird. one thing I found confusing in these chapters was who was the zeebo? Also was Tim Johnson the dog? One example innocence versus reality in these chapters was represented by Mrs.Dubose she seems like a mean person but in reality she actually is nice but she is just sick and wants to just enjoy her last few days. One example of a literary element in these chapters is when Atticus is talking to Scouts uncle and he says "Scouts got to learn to keep her head up and learn soon with whats in store for her in the next few weeks" this is an example of foreshadowing. this empale of foreshadowing is found on page 116.
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Brittaney Jackson period 5
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Post by Brittaney Jackson period 5 on Oct 30, 2014 2:19:02 GMT
Miss Maudie says its a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds are good creatures. They don't do anything to harm us they just sing to us. I think to kill a mocking bird symbolizes innocence like to kill a mocking bird is like killing an innocent person. I think this saying is going to be a big impact in the story. To kill a mocking bird in todays society is used when people blame somebody for something they didn't do or if you get angry with someone because they did something even though they really didn't. 4. something i found confusing was why its okay to kill a Blue Jay but its a sin to kill a mocking bird. shouldn't it be a sin to kill both of them? 5. An example of appearance vs reality in these chapters is that the mocking bird seems like an annoying bird everyone wants to kill but in reality they are sweet singing creatures. 6. an example of a literary element in this chapter is foreshadowing because i think the whole to kill a mocking bird thing is foreshadowing something thats going to happen in the story.
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Eileen Resnick Period 3
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Post by Eileen Resnick Period 3 on Oct 30, 2014 2:21:37 GMT
Miss Maudie says it is a sin to kill a mocking bird because they don't sin. She says that because all mockingbirds do is sing for other people to enjoy. Atticus agrees with what Miss Maudie says, too (page 119). "Killing a mockingbird" symbolizes how innocence is demolished. Mockingbirds symbolize innocent people, and killing a mocking birds must show how bad things happen to good people. In today's society, people kill mockingbirds by bullying. Those persons bully, tease, and make fun of other people who did nothing to hurt them in the first place. One thing I found confusing in these chapters was why Uncle Jack had a problem with Scout swearing and Atticus did not (page 105). A theme I found was appearance vs. reality. In reality, Mrs. Dubose is an addict and cannot control herself and her addiction. It appears that she is vicious and shows zero signs of respect for Atticus and the children. A literary element I found was when Scout was talking about Atticus, and she said that she thought, at times, he was the bravest man alive (page 134). That is a hyperbole because Scout is exaggerating how brave Atticus is. A hyperbole is an exaggeration.
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Jack Frank 5th Hour
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Post by Jack Frank 5th Hour on Oct 30, 2014 2:40:54 GMT
Miss Maudie says this because she wants to warn Scout about harming the innocent. I think killing a mockingbird represents bothering those who help or just stay out of the way of you. This can be compared to her always poking her nose in the Radley's business. She is hinting to Scout to just avoid them and let them be. People kill mockingbirds in war. There are many civilian deaths in wars, when they have nothing but peace. Another examples are martyrs, who voice the word of God, and are punished. One last example is peaceful protesters have been harmed before when they were just voicing their opinions.
4. I wasn't confused. 5. Appearance vs Reality-- It looked like Mrs. Dubose was being weird about kicking the kids out, but she was actually breaking her addiction of morphine. 6. Metaphor- Arthur Radley is a like a gentle giant
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Mallory Picl: Period 3
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Post by Mallory Picl: Period 3 on Oct 30, 2014 2:43:18 GMT
Atticus is the one who brings up a mockingbird first. He said to Jem, "I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird"(119). After this is when Scout asked Miss. Maudie about mockingbirds. Miss. Maudie probably says it's a sin to kill a mockingbird for many reasons. One, because Atticus said it first, also because, as she explains, mockingbirds are nice birds who do no harm. "Killing a mockingbird" may symbolize innocence of the blacks back then. Many were wrongly accused and put on trial or sentenced to death for doing nothing wrong. It was their skin color that made them get accused. In today's society people may "kill mockingbirds" when they accuse someone of something when it is not the persons fault. The person could be completely innocent but be wrongly accused of something major or minor. Major meaning being put on trial and minor meaning kids being wrongly accused of doing something on the playground. I found when Scout talked about the "mad dog" to be confusing. I could not tell if she was talking about a person or an actual dog. Racism is seen a lot in these chapters. People make fun of the Finch family and call Atticus bad things because he is lawing a black man. Foreshadow is also seen when Atticus is talking to Uncle Jack and he is telling him how the kids have to become stronger for the things they face the upcoming Summer.
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Kate Morgan Period 5
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Post by Kate Morgan Period 5 on Oct 30, 2014 2:43:57 GMT
Miss Maudie and Atticus say that is a sin to kill a mockingbird because all they do is sing. They don't harm anyone and makes people happy. Mockingbird don't do anything bad to anyone. They don't eat up gardens, they don't nest in corncribs, they don't do anything but sing. (p.119) An example of people "killing mockingbirds" today would be people who are falsely accused in crimes that involve the death penalty. Another example could be people telling stories that hurt people that aren't true. Killing a mockingbird might symbolize the theme of appearance vs reality because they might seem annoying and easy to shoot but in reality they are just singing. 4. One thing I found confusing was the fight during christmas 5. Appearance vs reality Atticus seemed to do nothing to scout but he really could play instruments and was really good at checkers 6. Foreshadowing to the court case
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Angel Garcia Period 2
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Post by Angel Garcia Period 2 on Oct 30, 2014 2:50:33 GMT
Miss Maudie says that because mocking birds don't hurt people or anything. They just sing. Killing a mocking bird is ruining someones life for what they have done from the past or for what they did and changed but can really change their image in peoples eyes. In todays society "Killing a mocking bird" is based on spreading rumors and making peoples life horrible by bullying them or abusing them. And most people do bad mistakes like Boo Radley and have a horrible image in peoples eyes and they can't change that. 3) in chapter 10 they have that quote on how killing mocking bird is a sin. 4) I did not find anything confusing on any of these chapters. 5) a theme i found in this chapter was appearance vs. reality because the kid Francis seems like a nice sweet kid but in reality he's a mean racist kid that should think before he talks or no he'll get beat up by Scout again.
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Post by Jim Drew hour 3 on Oct 30, 2014 3:00:52 GMT
Miss Maudie says that to kill a mockingbird is a sin because mockingbirds are good, and all they do is bring joy and pleasure to people's lives. This is considered a sin because, killing something that only brings pleasure and joy is bad, it did not deserve it. It also takes away joy from other people. Which of course, is never a good thing. Killing a mockingbird might symbolize, punishing the innocent. It will take away other people's joy, and you are condemning something, that does not deserve it. It fits in well with the book since, Atticus is representing a black man in court, who we already know is innocent, but will most likely be punished anyway, because it's the south in the 1930's so people are going to assume he's guilty. People still sometimes kill mockingbirds in our society. Both metaphorically and literally, because I'm sure someone out there has killed a mockingbird before. Anyway, innocent people are still punished a lot. Wether it is in the judicial system, or during wars, or just in general. There's still racism and stereotyping in our society, so a lot of mockingbirds are killed, for no reason. There was appearance vs reality in these chapters after Atticus appeared to be boring, when really he used to be, "One-Shot Finch" (page 129) I didn't find anything confusing except for when I was reading about the dog Tim Johnson, because Tim is a people name. There was a hyperbole on page 138 when it says "Two geological ages later"
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Allie Dries 5th hour
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Post by Allie Dries 5th hour on Oct 30, 2014 3:10:42 GMT
Miss Maudie said to not kill a mockingbird. She said this because they do nothing to harm us. They don't eat up peoples gardens, don't nest in corncribs, and they don't do anything but sing their hearts out for us. She said their music is very enjoyable. It would be a sin to kill a mockingbird because they are innocent and never did anything to deserve it. It would destroy innocence. This examples to all the shootings in schools and everywhere. Shooters just shoot random innocent people because they are mad, but they shouldn't take their anger out on other people. What I found confusing was who was married to who in Finch's family. I didn't know the relationships between them. Mrs. Dubose seemed really mean and just wanted to make Jem read for punishment, but she just needed a distraction from her morphine addiction. The literary element I found was foreshadowing because the mockingbird might be describing Boo Radley.
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Post by Michael Petrakis on Oct 30, 2014 3:11:37 GMT
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I think it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they do not harm anyone, they pose to threat to anything, and all they do is sing. I think Miss Maudie says this because she is trying to tell the kids to not harm things that don’t harm you. I think killing a mockingbird symbolizes how people were or are harmed in society when they had or have done nothing. A few examples is Tom Robinson who is a harmless victim of racism, another would be Arthur Radley who is a victim to prejudice even though he is a nice person (that is my opinion he could very well not be). People “kill mockingbirds” all the time in today’s society, people convicted of a crime they didn’t do, when someone is murdered, and when someone is hurt emotional or physically in some way. I did not find anything in these chapters that confused me, everything added up and everything made sense to me. In chapter 11 Mrs. Dubose represents appearance vs. reality to me because she seems like she is a mean old lady who hates everything around her but in reality it isn’t her fault because she was a morphine addict and she can’t control it now. My literary element is foreshadowing when Mrs. Dubose has a schedule for medicine and even needs someone to take care of her, I think this is foreshadowing her death.
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Danny McDonough lit hour 3
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Post by Danny McDonough lit hour 3 on Oct 30, 2014 3:19:01 GMT
The reason that Mrs. Maudie says that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird is because she says that a mockingbird never does anything to anyone accept give people good songs to listen to. She is saying this because it is completely innocent so you shouldn’t kill anything that hasn’t hurt anybody and especially if that thing is actually helping you. “Killing a mockingbird” represents killing a person for no reason. The reason that this is in this book is probably because of foreshadowing. Maybe they are saying that a “mockingbird” or an innocent person is going to be killed for no reason. It is also trying to tell us that we should never do anything mean to an innocent person. Some examples in which a “mockingbird is killed in our society is when a person is in court and they are obviously innocent. Then they are either punished severely and they do not deserve it or they are even killed. That is killing an innocent person for no reason. There is also like bullying a person who hasn’t done anything to you. That is killing a mockingbird because that person has done nothing to you and you are hurting them and they are completely innocent. 3). An example is when Mrs. Maudie says killing a mockingbird is a sin (Pg 134) 4). I didn't find anything confusing in this chapter. 5). An example of appearance vs. reality is when we think that Mrs. Dubose is really mean and a terrible old person but she is actually a morphine addict who is being very brave. 6). An example of foreshadowing is "Kill a Mockingbird" because maybe a person will be killed later when they are innocent.
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Nico Shadid Period 5th period
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Post by Nico Shadid Period 5th period on Oct 30, 2014 3:38:39 GMT
Miss Maudie says that killing a mockingbird is a sin because they only bring joy to us. They sing their songs bring joy and happiness to people. There would be no reason for Jem to kill one of them. So that is why it would be a sin for someone to kill a mockingbird. We can see this when Miss Maudie says "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us" (Harper Lee 119). I think it symbolizes innocence. Mockingbirds are pure, the purpose they serve is to just make people happy, there is no greater plan for them. To kill something pure is a sin, and I think that's why the people of Maycomb feel that way about mockingbirds. In society at that time I think mockingbirds could be related to African Americans, because they didn't do anything to anyone but they still get scrutinized. An African American's purpose back then wasn't to just bring people joy, but they were living things that didn't deserve the scrutiny they got from the people of Maycomb. 4. Why exactly Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to read to her. 5. Appearance vs. Reality: Jem and Scout think Mrs. Dubose was this terrible mean old lady that hated everyone. But really she was suffering from a condition that made her that way. 6. Foreshadowing: I think the Mockingbirds will come up again later in the story.
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Peter Vozenilek 5th Hour`
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Post by Peter Vozenilek 5th Hour` on Oct 30, 2014 5:04:56 GMT
The topic of killing mockingbirds is brought up when Jem and Scout get air rifles for Christmas. Atticus says, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird" ( Harper Lee 119). The children then go and ask Miss. Maudie why it's a sin to kill a mocking bird. She says that the kid's dad is right. She also says that all the mocking birds do is make sweet songs for the people to listen to and its not right to kill such an animal, an animal that does nothing possitive things for us. "Killing a mocking" bird can mean attacking the innoncent people and persicuting them. People today can kill a mockingbird by blaming people for just being the same religion as a group of people that did something wrong, like muslims. After 9-11, many people hated all muslims even though it was a small extremist group that carried out the attacks. Nothing was very confusing during these chapters. There was some innocence vs understanding when Mrs. Dubose seemed like an awful mean person but the reality of it is her judgement is impaired due to her morphine addiction. There is foreshadowing where the chapters keep hinting to Atticus and a case he's involved in.
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Brody Blackford 3rd Period
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Post by Brody Blackford 3rd Period on Oct 30, 2014 5:09:19 GMT
When Miss Maudie says it's a sin to kill a mockingbird she means that it is a sin because all they do is sing beautiful music for us. They don't eat up people's gardens and don't nest in corncribs. They only do good things for us and that is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. To "kill a mockingbird" could also just mean to be mean in a very rude and disrespectful way to other people. In that case many people in our society do this everyday. 4) What I was confused about in these chapters was that I didn't know what a mad dog was and I didn't see why everyone was so afraid of Tim Johnson. 5) Innocence vs. reality show up with Mrs. Dubose because the children believe that she is just some old, cranky lady who just hates people but later find out that she actually tried to do some good. 6) Symbolism showed up in the chapters with the mockingbirds and bluejays. They said to Scout and Jem once they got their guns, "you can shoot at bluejays all you want, but remember, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." I think the mockingbirds represent white people to them because they all liked white people and the bluejays represent the black people because they don't are what you do with them. Black people weren't treated as fair as white people back then.
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