- To Kill A Mockingbird (Just Quotes) Flashcards
Mrs Dubose - First Impressions (2)
‘so vicious’
‘CSA pistol’
Mrs Dubose - Condemnation (2)
“family’s moral degeneration”
“you should be in a dress and camisole young lady!”
Mrs Dubose - The Reading (3)
“cords of saliva”
“oppressive odour”
“like some viscous substance coming to a boil”
Mrs Dubose - Camellias and Symbolism (2)
‘roots’
‘I saw him fingering the petals’
Mrs Dubose - Goodness and Bravery (4)
‘leave this world beholden to nothing and noone’
‘free’ ‘as mountain air’
‘real courage’
‘courage is a man with a gun in his hand’
Tom Robinson - Before the Trial(2)
‘clean-living folks’
‘licked’
Tom Robinson - The Trial and Inferiority (5)
‘pointed’ ‘stood up’
‘advantage’
‘yonder’ ‘wanta’
Tom Robinson - Verdict and Hope (3)
‘no case’ ‘secret courts of men’s hearts’
‘tired of white men’s chances’
‘free’
Tom Robinson - Mockingbird and Kindness (2)
‘mockingbird’
‘quiet, humble, respectable Negro’
Aunt Alexandra - First Impressions (2)
‘swapped at birth’
‘analogous to Mount Everest’
Aunt Alexandra - Gender (3)
‘lady’
‘behave like a sunbeam’
‘ray of sunshine’
Boo Radley - Prejudice (5)
“froze” “cold”
“jagged scar” “yellow” “rotten”
Boo Radley - Alienation (4)
“themselves” “unforgivable”
“plug” “swell”
Boo Radley - Mockingbird (5)
‘mockingbird’
‘thin’ ‘hollow’ ‘delicate’ ‘feathery’
Boo Radley - Kindness (3)
“shy” “limelight”
“Grey Ghost”
The Cunninghams - Description of Walter (3)
‘hookworms’
‘absence of shoes’
‘clean shirt and neatly mended overalls’
The Cunninghams - Miss Caroline (3)
‘a muscle jump in his skinny jaw’
‘never took anything they can’t pay back’
‘get along on what they have’
The Cunninghams - Atticus’ Explanation (6)
‘farmers’ ‘crash hit them hardest’
‘could get a WPA job’ ‘land would go to ruin’
‘willing to go hungry’ ‘vote’
The Cunninghams - Scout’s Judgement (4)
‘raised on fish food’
‘drowned his dinner in syrup’
‘quickly put his hands in his lap’
‘ducked his head’
The Cunninghams - Mr Cunningham (4)
‘sun-scorched face’
‘face was equally impassive’
‘straightened up and waved a big paw’
‘let’s get going boys’
The Cunninghams - Atticus on Mr Cunningham (3)
‘good man’
‘blind spots’ ‘along with the rest of us’
‘stand in my shoes’
The Ewells - Burris (10)
'filthiest' 'dark grey' 'rusty' 'black' 'fist-sized clean space on his face' 'laughed rudely' 'short contemptuous snort' 'condescension flashed to anger' 'snot-nosed slut' 'shuffled'
The Ewells - Atticus’ Explanation (5)
‘blind’ ‘Ewell’s activities’
“relief cheques” “green whiskey”
‘crying from hunger pains’
“begrudges” “any game”
The Ewells - Setting (7)
‘depths of a depression’
‘garbage dump’ ‘greasy’ ‘barbed wire’
‘playhouse of an insane child’
‘brilliant red geraniums’ ‘slop jars’
The Ewells - Bob at the Trial (4)
‘little bantam cock’
‘screamin’ like a stuck hog’
“ruttin’” “my”
‘face grew scarlet’ ‘chest swelled’
The Ewells - Mayella (5)
‘tried to keep clean’
‘burst into tears’ ‘sobbed’
“loneliest”
‘unspeakable’ ‘kissed a black man’
The Ewells - Hoorah! (6)
‘spat in his face’ ‘forgotten’
‘arms were like steel’ ‘squeezed the breath out of me’
“kitchen knife”
‘there are just some kind of men you have to shoot’
Miss Maudie Atkinson - First Impressions and Gender Prejudice (3)
‘chameleon lady’
‘men’s coveralls’
‘magisterial beauty’
Miss Maudie Atkinson - Honesty and Sin (3)
“baptists”
“sin”
“friend”
Miss Maudie Atkinson - Reaction to Fire (5)
“spewing” “like fog off a river bank”
“azaleas”
“lively” “cordial”
Miss Maudie Atkinson - Trial and Prejudice (3)
“slice” “big cake”
“baby-step”
Miss Maudie Atkinson - Women’s Circle (3)
“warmth”
“cold” “icy”
Calpurnia - First Impressions and Maternal Figure (2)
‘hand was as wide as a bed slat”
‘battles were epic and one-sided’
Calpurnia - Education (2)
“education”
“Blackstone’s Commentaries”
Calpurnia - Understanding and Tolerance (2)
“meanest man ever”
“lonesome”
Calpurnia - Pride and Prejudice (3)
“strange” “them”
“my”
Calpurnia - Aunt Alexandra and Judgement (3)
“need”
“pretty good” “lights”
Calpurnia - Courage and Strength (3)
“no answer” “shouted”
“stop”
Dill - First Impressions (3)
“snow white” “stuck like duckfluff”
“lighten and darken”
Dill - Fantasy vs Reality (2)
“pocket Merlin”
“biggets ones”
Dill - Family (2)
“relative to relative”
“strip-poker”
Dill - Admiration and Atticus (2)
“immediate dismemberment”
“encumber”
Dill - Trial and Justice (3)
“crying”
“won’t get sick or cry”
“mockingbird”
Scout - Education (2)
“more than a faint distaste”
“it don’t matter who they are”
Scout - Prejudice and Ignorance (4)
“them”
“fear leaving his eyes”
“drowns” “syrup”
Scout - Gender (3)
“neglected” “excluded”
“lady”
Scout - Understanding (3)
“mockingbird”
“climb into his skin” “walk around in it”
Jem - Scout (2)
“difficult”
“part company”
Jem - Innocence (2)
“like a caterpillar in a cocoon”
“stab”
Jem - Justice (2)
“big cake”
“baby-step”
Jem - Courage (2)
“fingering the wide petals”
“real courage”
Jem - Understanding (2)
“charity” “embrace”
“Run, Scout!”
Atticus - Prejudice (2)
“the white man always wins”
“usual disease”
Atticus - Role model/Parenting (2)
“bargain”
“Atticus don’t ever do anything that he don’t do in the yard”
Atticus - Work (2)
“crash hit them hardest”
“square deal”
Atticus - Women (6)
“go on about my business”
“protect our frail ladies”
Atticus - Change (2)
“keep a jury out so long”
“senseless slaughter of songbirds”
Aunt Alexandra - Authority (3)
“like a hand into a glove”
“never into the world of Jem and me”
“arrange, advise, caution and warn”
Aunt Alexandra - Judgement (3)
“Streak”
“soft-hearted” “easy man”
Aunt Alexandra - Redemption (2)
“tears him to pieces”
“lady at a time like this, so could I”
Strong Women - Miss Maudie (3)
“chameleon lady”
“slice” “big cake”
Strong Women - Aunt Alexandra (2)
“like a hand into a glove”
“so could I”
Strong Women - Mrs Dubose (3)
“cords of saliva”
“real courage” “man with a gun in his hand”
Strong Women - Calpurnia (3)
“as wide as a bed slat”
“no answer” “shouts”
