tkam quotes Flashcards
character of Atticus
“you never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view… until you climb into their skin and walk around in it”
-image
“every little mob in every little southern town is always made up of people you know”
-repetition of “little”
character of Aunt Alexandra
“Aunt Alexandra was fanatical over the subject of my attire, i could not be a lady if i wore breeches”
-word choice of “fanatical”
“put my bag int the front room calpurnia” was the first thing she said, “jean Louise stop scratching your head” was the second”
-long sentence
setting
“maycomb was a tired old town”
-word choice of “tired”
“she was white and she tempted a negro, she did something that in our society is unspeakable; she kissed a black man.”
-use of semicolon
symbolism
“shoot all the bluejays you want, but remember its a sin to kill a mockingbird”
-word choice of “sin”
“well it’d be like shooting a mockingbird”
-short sentence
minor character of mrs dubose
“dont say hey to me you ugly girl”
-short sentence
“neighborhood opinion was unanimous that mrs dubose was the meanest old lady that ever lived”
-word choice of “unanimous”
key incident or tom’s trial
“it was jem’s turn to cry”
-short sentence
“they were standing, all around us and on the balcony on the opposite wall, the Negroes were getting to their feet.”
-word choice of “negroes”
Theme of prejudice
“grandma says its bad enough that he lets you run wild, but now he’s turned into a nigger lover we’ll never be able to walk the street again.”
-word choice of “nigger”
“some nigger’d raped his girl”
-short sentence
