general revision Flashcards
1
Q
Name five topics you could discuss in an essay about prejudice
A
gender race outsiders class Atticus acting as a foil
2
Q
Name one incident which shows a prejudiced attitude towards females
A
- Miss Maudie can’t serve on a jury
- Scout is forced to wear a dress
- Scout is left out of games because she is a girl
- the women at the missionary tea make fun of the idea of Scout having a career
- etc
3
Q
Name one incident which shows a prejudiced attitude towards black characters
A
- Tom is found guilty
- they do not go to the same school or church
- the black characters are all servants
- the guards shot to kill when Tom tried to escape
- etc
4
Q
Prejudice and prejudiced - which word is used to describe a person, and which is used to name the issue?
A
prejudiced - adjective - describes a person or attitude
prejudice - noun - names the issue
5
Q
State one incident which shows a prejudiced attitude towards characters who are outsiders
A
- Boo Radley is gossiped about as a dangerous monster
- Dolphus Raymond has to pretend to be a drunk so people don’t give him trouble about falling in love with a black woman, and his mixed race children are not accepted anywhere.
6
Q
Give four reasons to feel sympathy for Scout
A
- she faces prejudice because of her gender
- she is brutally attacked
- she fears for her father’s safety (who is her only parent)
- she thinks Jem is dead
- she is bullied because of her father’s defence of Tom
- loses her childhood innocence
7
Q
In what ways does Scout change?
A
- she matures from being a tomboy
- she learns to stop solving her problems by fighting
- she becomes less judgemental/prejudiced
- she loses her innocence
8
Q
why is the guilty verdict a key event?
A
- conveys the prejudice towards black people
- highlights the prejudice towards women
- (the build up) shows how unprejudiced Atticus is
- Jem and Dill lose their innocence
- (consequences) Tom is killed, Bob attacks the children
