- To Kill A Mockingbird (Just Quotes) Flashcards

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Mrs Dubose - First Impressions (2)

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‘so vicious’

‘CSA pistol’

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Mrs Dubose - Condemnation (2)

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“family’s moral degeneration”

“you should be in a dress and camisole young lady!”

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Mrs Dubose - The Reading (3)

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“cords of saliva”
“oppressive odour”
“like some viscous substance coming to a boil”

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Mrs Dubose - Camellias and Symbolism (2)

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‘roots’

‘I saw him fingering the petals’

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Mrs Dubose - Goodness and Bravery (4)

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‘leave this world beholden to nothing and noone’
‘free’ ‘as mountain air’
‘real courage’
‘courage is a man with a gun in his hand’

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Tom Robinson - Before the Trial(2)

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‘clean-living folks’

‘licked’

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Tom Robinson - The Trial and Inferiority (5)

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‘pointed’ ‘stood up’
‘advantage’
‘yonder’ ‘wanta’

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Tom Robinson - Verdict and Hope (3)

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‘no case’ ‘secret courts of men’s hearts’
‘tired of white men’s chances’
‘free’

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Tom Robinson - Mockingbird and Kindness (2)

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‘mockingbird’

‘quiet, humble, respectable Negro’

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Aunt Alexandra - First Impressions (2)

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‘swapped at birth’

‘analogous to Mount Everest’

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Aunt Alexandra - Gender (3)

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‘lady’
‘behave like a sunbeam’
‘ray of sunshine’

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Boo Radley - Prejudice (5)

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“froze” “cold”

“jagged scar” “yellow” “rotten”

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Boo Radley - Alienation (4)

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“themselves” “unforgivable”

“plug” “swell”

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Boo Radley - Mockingbird (5)

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‘mockingbird’

‘thin’ ‘hollow’ ‘delicate’ ‘feathery’

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Boo Radley - Kindness (3)

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“shy” “limelight”

“Grey Ghost”

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The Cunninghams - Description of Walter (3)

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‘hookworms’
‘absence of shoes’
‘clean shirt and neatly mended overalls’

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The Cunninghams - Miss Caroline (3)

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‘a muscle jump in his skinny jaw’
‘never took anything they can’t pay back’
‘get along on what they have’

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The Cunninghams - Atticus’ Explanation (6)

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‘farmers’ ‘crash hit them hardest’
‘could get a WPA job’ ‘land would go to ruin’
‘willing to go hungry’ ‘vote’

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The Cunninghams - Scout’s Judgement (4)

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‘raised on fish food’
‘drowned his dinner in syrup’
‘quickly put his hands in his lap’
‘ducked his head’

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The Cunninghams - Mr Cunningham (4)

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‘sun-scorched face’
‘face was equally impassive’
‘straightened up and waved a big paw’
‘let’s get going boys’

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The Cunninghams - Atticus on Mr Cunningham (3)

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‘good man’
‘blind spots’ ‘along with the rest of us’
‘stand in my shoes’

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The Ewells - Burris (10)

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'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'
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The Ewells - Atticus’ Explanation (5)

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‘blind’ ‘Ewell’s activities’
“relief cheques” “green whiskey”
‘crying from hunger pains’
“begrudges” “any game”

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The Ewells - Setting (7)

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‘depths of a depression’
‘garbage dump’ ‘greasy’ ‘barbed wire’
‘playhouse of an insane child’
‘brilliant red geraniums’ ‘slop jars’

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The Ewells - Bob at the Trial (4)

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‘little bantam cock’
‘screamin’ like a stuck hog’
“ruttin’” “my”
‘face grew scarlet’ ‘chest swelled’

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The Ewells - Mayella (5)

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‘tried to keep clean’
‘burst into tears’ ‘sobbed’
“loneliest”
‘unspeakable’ ‘kissed a black man’

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The Ewells - Hoorah! (6)

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‘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’

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Miss Maudie Atkinson - First Impressions and Gender Prejudice (3)

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‘chameleon lady’
‘men’s coveralls’
‘magisterial beauty’

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Miss Maudie Atkinson - Honesty and Sin (3)

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“baptists”
“sin”
“friend”

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Miss Maudie Atkinson - Reaction to Fire (5)

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“spewing” “like fog off a river bank”
“azaleas”
“lively” “cordial”

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Miss Maudie Atkinson - Trial and Prejudice (3)

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“slice” “big cake”

“baby-step”

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Miss Maudie Atkinson - Women’s Circle (3)

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“warmth”

“cold” “icy”

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Calpurnia - First Impressions and Maternal Figure (2)

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‘hand was as wide as a bed slat”

‘battles were epic and one-sided’

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Calpurnia - Education (2)

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“education”

“Blackstone’s Commentaries”

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Calpurnia - Understanding and Tolerance (2)

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“meanest man ever”

“lonesome”

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Calpurnia - Pride and Prejudice (3)

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“strange” “them”

“my”

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Calpurnia - Aunt Alexandra and Judgement (3)

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“need”

“pretty good” “lights”

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Calpurnia - Courage and Strength (3)

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“no answer” “shouted”

“stop”

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Dill - First Impressions (3)

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“snow white” “stuck like duckfluff”

“lighten and darken”

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Dill - Fantasy vs Reality (2)

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“pocket Merlin”

“biggets ones”

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Dill - Family (2)

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“relative to relative”

“strip-poker”

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Dill - Admiration and Atticus (2)

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“immediate dismemberment”

“encumber”

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Dill - Trial and Justice (3)

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“crying”
“won’t get sick or cry”
“mockingbird”

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Scout - Education (2)

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“more than a faint distaste”

“it don’t matter who they are”

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Scout - Prejudice and Ignorance (4)

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“them”
“fear leaving his eyes”
“drowns” “syrup”

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Scout - Gender (3)

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“neglected” “excluded”

“lady”

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Scout - Understanding (3)

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“mockingbird”

“climb into his skin” “walk around in it”

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Jem - Scout (2)

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“difficult”

“part company”

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Jem - Innocence (2)

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“like a caterpillar in a cocoon”

“stab”

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Jem - Justice (2)

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“big cake”

“baby-step”

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Jem - Courage (2)

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“fingering the wide petals”

“real courage”

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Jem - Understanding (2)

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“charity” “embrace”

“Run, Scout!”

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Atticus - Prejudice (2)

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“the white man always wins”

“usual disease”

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Atticus - Role model/Parenting (2)

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“bargain”

“Atticus don’t ever do anything that he don’t do in the yard”

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Atticus - Work (2)

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“crash hit them hardest”

“square deal”

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Atticus - Women (6)

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“go on about my business”

“protect our frail ladies”

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Atticus - Change (2)

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“keep a jury out so long”

“senseless slaughter of songbirds”

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Aunt Alexandra - Authority (3)

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“like a hand into a glove”
“never into the world of Jem and me”
“arrange, advise, caution and warn”

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Aunt Alexandra - Judgement (3)

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“Streak”

“soft-hearted” “easy man”

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Aunt Alexandra - Redemption (2)

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“tears him to pieces”

“lady at a time like this, so could I”

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Strong Women - Miss Maudie (3)

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“chameleon lady”

“slice” “big cake”

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Strong Women - Aunt Alexandra (2)

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“like a hand into a glove”

“so could I”

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Strong Women - Mrs Dubose (3)

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“cords of saliva”

“real courage” “man with a gun in his hand”

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Strong Women - Calpurnia (3)

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“as wide as a bed slat”

“no answer” “shouts”