To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Information Technology High School
Steffy Zambrano
English E5 Honors
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Characters & Protagonist: Protagonist
Protagonist: Jean Louise Finch (Scout), is the protagonist of the book and she's the main character. Jean Louise was very intellectual and a dedicated reader for a girl her age. Scout was not like many other girls in town she was a tomboy, Calpurnia the black cook and house keeper was the one who taught Scout. Jeremy Finch (Jem) was older brother. He looked up to his father as his role model. Jem always followed Scout around wherever she went but as time goes by in the book he beings his adolescence changes. He wanted his sister to look up to him and he wanted to be a good example to her. Atticus Finch was the father of Jean Louise and Jem he was the one that taught them good morals.

Setting:
Setting Time: Great Depression in the 1931
Setting Place: Alabama South of Maycomb


Vocabulary:
Brethren- Fellow members
Imprudent- not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash
Varmints-informal
Tousled- to disorder
Fluctuation- continual change from one point or condition to another.

Plot:
To Kill a Mockingbird is a story in which to young kids Scout and Jem learn that not everyone is willing to help you, and that not everything in life is fair. Throughout the story Scout, Jem, and Dill meet Arthur "Boo" Radley who they think is an evil "Monster." But in reality he himself is innocent. They always heard rumors that he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. So Jem, Scout, and Dill started to make plans of how to get him out of the house. But throughout the story Arthur was not the only one that judged. During the trail Tom Robinson presents evidence that he is innocent but is still convicted guilty.

Conflict: Man vs. Self
Major Conflict: When Atticus had to choose between defending a colored innocent man in a trial and have the town against him or if he chose not to defend Tom Robinson and have it on his conscience.
Rising Action: Atticus discovers evidence to prove that Tom Robinson is innocent and that Bob Ewell was the one who abused his daughter after finding out that she wanted to get with Tom Robinson.
Climax: Tom Robinson is convicted guilty even after having evidence of being innocent. Bob Ewell attacks Atticus's Children in order to get revenge on Atticus for having defended Tom Robinson.

2"Quotes" Explanation
"Jem Gave reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about 6 1/2 feet tall, judging from his tracks; dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, thats why his hand were bloodstained- if you never wash the blood off there was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drolled most of the time."
"He could add and subtract faster than lighting, However he preferred his own twilight world, a world where babies slept, waiting to be gathered like morning lilies"

In the Above quote Jem makes a description of how he imagines Boo, how he thinks Arthur looks like. They imagine him as a big person, and him eating animals. They described him as a "Monster" because of all the things they heard about him. In the second quote Scout is describing how Dill could be a very intelligent person but doesn't show it because he's in his own little world. Scout could be a young little girl but she observes things as if she was a grown-up.


Themes:
Prejudice: Atticus Finch as a lawyer always believe that you should always treat someone with respect and they shouldn't be judged beforehand Atticus always tried to teach his children respect, and racism. For example Jean and Jem would always encourage Dill to put down Arthur "Boo" Radley, when Atticus Found out their rudely behavior he corrected them and said that they wouldn't like to be taunted. Another example is when Tom Robinson was judged and the accusation made about him raping a white lady and he was seen guilty by all-white juries because he was black.

Scruples: Atticus Finch not only taught he's kids about respect but he always saw people being good and never doing anything bad to hurt anyone but everything changed with the Tom Robinson Trail. They were taught that everyone deserved to be respected and that everyone deserved an opportunity in life. Calpurnia taught Scout by making her copy scripts of the bible, things she copied were always good morals. The Finch family weren't always closed minded like everyone in town, they wouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Literary Elements:
Setting page 5
Setting- the time place, date, and place where a story is taking place.
Example: "Maycomb was an old town"

Harriet Jacobs-Test [Short Answers]

Explain in Short Answer:
In chapter V, Linda points out that although for whote women beautty is a virtue, for black women, it is a curse.

Beauty is a curse for black women because then your owner would want to take advantage of you by threst and violence. Just like Mr. Flint tried on Linda Brent. On the other hand this would not happen to white women.
Score:25


In chapter 6 "The Jealous Mistress," Linda reflects on the intricate relationships between black and white women and between white men and white women. In essence, she points out that both black and white women are at the mercy of the white patriarchal system that enables white men to exercise complete control over their wives. HOW IS THIS EVIDENT IN THIS CHAPTER?


It is evident in the chapter because when Mr. Flint's wife Mrs. Flint tried to protect Linda Brent from sexual abuse from her husband he controlled her. Mr Flint didn't allow Mrs. Flint to protect Linda. And if white women were controlled by white men then so would black women
Score:20
"Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. Superadded to the burden common to all, they have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own."

This quote means that just like men suffered in slavery, women suffered so much more. For example, Linda suffered a lot emotionally because Mr. Flint would always tell her that if she wouldn't do something he wouldn't set her free. The quote also means that every indivdual had their own suffering.
Score:20

Session Part Two- Part A; Power Of Reading [Revised]

Your Task: After you have read the passage and answered the multiple-choice questions, write a unified essay about the power of reading as revealed in the passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the power of reading. Using evidence from each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

Revised

Reading Novels, Poems, Short Stories, etc. makes you see things in different point of views sometimes what you think might be changing by what you read. In the poem "The Reader" by Richard Wilbur it is in third person point of view and The excerpt from "A General In Library" proves how much power reading has on an individual.
"For heaven's sake! The Things you learn! who would ever have!"Signor Crispino quoted from the excerpt. His opinion of reading changed so much, he went on a mission "blaming" books for the "catastrophes" that was being said about military.Yet came out thinking totally different. "They were constantly discovering new interests to satisfy and were enjoying their reading and studies." Not only does Italo uses Irony but Italo Calvino uses imagery by describing the characters, and the setting where this event took place Signo Crispino, and the four lieutenants learned so many things, saw things in different points thinking you're going to get your mission done right and you come out with ideas that would shock you just like it would shock other people because after all that reading you've done you know that you will come back in the future. As I kept reading it demonstrated the power reading had because they say that in life no one can change what you think or your opinions, but novels, short stories poems, etc. change that because you learn new things as you read.
On the other hand, in " The Reader" by Richard Wilbur the narrator knows and feels the power of reading. Richard Wilbur conveys imagery by quoting "And a page turns now with a scuffing around." The Power of reading could be really strong. It could be really strong because it makes you want to keep reading the book more, or again. Richard Wilbur quotes "She is going back, theses days, to great stories. That charmed her mind." That's an example of the power of reading. The character in the second poem explains how now she sees things that she never noticed before, realizing that reading has a big power. " To enter life on life and see them through." Another thing is this passage is in third person point of view because characters are being described.
In addition, both readings prove to have a big power in ones life. Even though the passages are told differently and are seen in different point of views it shows you that reading will and could change your life. Richard

Session Part Two- Part A; Power Of Reading

Your Task: After you have read the passage and answered the multiple-choice questions, write a unified essay about the power of reading as revealed in the passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the power of reading. Using evidence from each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

Italic Words- Comments/ Correction Ms. Hyde Gave me
Grade-3/6


Good Lead sentence up to intro Reading Novels, Poems, Short Stories, etc. makes you see things in different point of views sometimes what you think might be changing by what you read. In the poem "The Reader" by Richard Wilbur it is in third person point of view. and The excerpted from "A General In Library" proves how much power reading on an individual has as well as "The Reader" [Cross out]

" For heaven's sake! The Things you learn! who would ever have though!"Signor Crispino quoted from the excerpt. His opinion of reading changed so much, he went on a mission "blaming" books for the "catastrophes" that was being said about military. Irony Yet came out thinking totally different. "They were constantly discovering new interests to satisfy and were enjoying their reading and studies."Irony Con't Italo Calvino uses imagery by describing the characters, and the setting where this event took place Signo Crispino, and the four lieutenants learned so many things, saw things in different points thinking you're going to get your mission done right and you come out with ideas that would shock you just like it would shock other people because after all that reading you've done you know that you will come back in the future.

On the other hand, in " The Reader" by Richard Wilbur the narrator knows and feels the power of reading. Richard Wilbur conveys imagery by quoting"And a page turnsnow with a scuffing around." The Power of reading could be really strong because it teachesn you new things makes you want to keep reading more, and makes you see life in a whole new way. -how? This passage is in third person point of view. Throughout the poem characters from the literature are being described.

In addition, both readings prove to have a big power in ones lifes. Even though the passages are told differently and are seen in different point of views it shows you that reading will and could change your life.
In conclusion, reading in life is very important because of the fact that you could never judge a book by its cover. Richard Wilbur and Italo Calvino both made good points of reading. On that you can't just say something about a book without even reading it.

Steffy:

You have some good ideas but fail t develop them.
Please follow protocol and structure of unified essay.
Too many plot summary.

How War Affects An Individual; Essay Of Tim O' Brien

You will begin to write your own Session I Part A essay as follows:
The Situation:
Your English class is studying autobiographical text of men who have served in war.
For your project, you have decided to write a report about the effects that war have upon
the individual. In preparation for writing your report, listen to an account by Tim O’Brien. Then use
relevant information from the account to write your report.


Iths
Steffy Zambrano
September 29, 2007
Assignment: “Ambush” By Tim O’ Brien
Ms. Hyde Period 6th

How War Affects An Individual

When a war is fought people believe that it is two countries fighting, but when those soldiers finish fighting those wars they have to fight within themselves. In the autobiographical text “Ambush ” by Tim O’ Brien he has fantasies about the war he once fought in. After a soldier fights a war h is life is changed forever, and he has been affected by this war. If the people that are not fighting in the war are not affected and hurt, imagine the people that are fighting and that have to live with that trauma forever . Sometimes families and friends try and be there for you but it’s hard for you because you know that no matter how hard you try to erase that memory its going to be impossible because what you experience is not easy to forget. They say “that time heals all wounds” but what if the wound isn’t external, but an internal memory that keeps replaying.
As a result of the war, that narrator fought in the short story “Ambush,” all he wrote about was war. He’s daughter once asked him if he once had killed someone. “I told her of course not, I hope one day she asks again... I wanted to tell her what had happened”. He was so afraid In telling because she was only 9. But yet “as a little girl she was right,” she knew that he had killed someone because he wrote about war. The narrator hadn’t recovered the fact that he had killed someone, because he had fantasies about him, the guy he killed. “Shoulders stooped, head titled,” is how he describes him in his fantasies. War affects you so much that when you happen to kill someone to protect yourself and other people who are putting their life in danger for you. It’s just like the narrator said “I threw the grenade before thinking I should throw it” you don’t kill someone because you like them it’s just because sometimes your fears take over what your really thinking. “ I didn’t hate the young men, I didn’t see him as an enemy, I didn’t not ponder...”
That is why war affects everyone because that moment that you once experienced is so hard to get through because it’s in you and you cant even tell your one child. The effects war has on an individual are different because Kiowa from the autobiographical text told the narrator “it was a good kill and that I’m a soldier and I need to shape up.” Kiowa saw it as if it was nothing, but meanwhile the narrator didn’t. War does have affects and a lot of them but just that everyone has a different prospective on the consequences. Even when you all have been through the same experience.
In other Words this short story “Ambush” is a War story and not a Anti- War story because the narrator does about war, the affects of it, how he can’t forget about what he went through. Meanwhile a Anti- war story is when an individual Is opposed to war. The narrator is not opposed to war because he writes stories about wars. How he was afraid of the young men, afraid of something, and how he just wanted to scare him off.
In Conclusion, as you can tell by this Short story autobiographical text War has big impacts on your life, and not only for you but for your family and friends. Different people take it in many different ways some might say that’s what’s suppose to happen and some might see it as a big mistake in life. War might cause Fear or strength but mainly it causes Fear because for the first time you feel like you made a huge mistake and for some reason it won’t go away.

Outline for "Ambush" By Tim O' Brien

ITHS
Steffy Zambrano
September 29,2007
Ms.Hyde

How War Affects People
I. When a war is fought people believe that it is two countries fighting, but when those soldiers finish fighting those wars they have to fight within themselves. In the short story “Ambush ” by Tim O’ Brien he has fantasies about the war he once fought in. After a soldier fights a war h is life is changed forever, and he has been affected by this war. If the people that are not fighting in the war are not affected and hurt, imagine the people that are fighting and that have to live with that trauma forever . Sometimes families and friends try and be there for you but it’s hard for you because you know that no matter how hard you try to erase that memory its going to be impossible because what you experience is not easy to forget. They say “that time heals all wounds” but what if the wound isn’t external, but an internal memory that keeps replaying.


II. Body Paragraph 2-4 & Topic Sentences:
(A)How War Affects us and the people who fight
1. How we live with regret
2. Were not able to tell anyone and the one way th e narrator talks about are in his war stories
3. Can’t move on in life.

(B)The Narrator lives with regret
1. Keeps Writing War stories
2. How afraid he is in telling his daughter that he killed someone
3. How he has fantasies of the young men.

(C) Anti-War Story/ War Story
1. War story
2. Kiowa told him “It was a good kill”


Conclusion: In Conclusion, as you can tell by this Short story autobiographical text War has big impacts on your life, and not only for you but for your family and friends. Different people take it in many different ways some might say that’s what’s suppose to happen and some might see it as a big mistake in life. War might cause Fear or strength but mainly it causes Fear because for the first time you feel like you made a huge mistake and for some reason it won’t go away.