chapter 17-21 – Flashcards
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What do we learn indirectly of the home life of the Ewell family in this chapter?
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There are 7 children, their relief check was far from enough to feed the family, and there was a strong suspicion that Mr. Ewell drank it up anyway. He sometimes went off in the swamp for days and came home sick, they made shoes out of strips of old tires when it was cold enough for shoes.
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What do you learn from Bob Ewell's evidence?
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We learn that Mr. Ewell was left handed and the black eye was on Mayella"s right eye, so Mr. Ewell could have beat her up, also we learned that Mr. Ewell does not know what the word ambidextrous means.
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Why does Atticus ask Bob Ewell to write out his name? What does the jury see when he does this?
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Atticus has Mr. Bob Ewell write out his name to see what hand he uses, the jury sees that Mr. Ewell is left handed.
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Is Mayella like her father or different from him? In what ways?
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I think Mayella is lying to everyone and trying to get blame Tom Robinson becasue she is scared of her father, but deep down its killing her to have to do it and I think her father is a drunk who beats his children and thinks he can get away with blaming it on Tom because of his color.
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What might be the reason for Mayella's crying in the court?
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I think Mayella is crying because she is just so overwhelmed with emotions. She knows what she is doing is bad but she is just so scared of her father she doesn't think she has any choice.
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How does Mayella react to Atticus's politeness? Is she used to people being polite?
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Mayella thinks that Atticus is making fun of her because she has never had people being polite to her shes just used to being treated like trash by her father.
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How well does Mr. Gilmer prove Tom's guilt in the eyes of the reader (you) and in the eyes of the jury?
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I dont think that Mr. Gilmer really proved that Tom was guilty he just played up the fact that Tom was black and when Tom said that he had felt sorry for Mayella that pretty much did it for everyone in the court house.
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What made Tom visit the Ewell's house in the first place?
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Tom visited the Ewell's house because Mayella had asked him to come inside to help her with something.
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Why does Scout think that Mayella Ewell was "the loneliest person in the world"?
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Scout thinks that Mayella must be the loneliest person in the world because she spent a year saving money to send her brothers and sister out of the house just so she could spend a few hours with Tom.
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In your own words explain Mayella's relationship with her father.
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Mayellas relationship with her father would be a terrible one. She stays away from him as much as she can and, she says that he is tolerable, except when he is drinking.
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How does Dill react to this part of the trial? Why is this, in your opinion?
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Dill starts to cry when he hears Mr. Gilmer talking to Tom Robinson so rudely. Because it isn't right for anyone to treat a person badly because of their skin colour.
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Scout says that "Mr. Dolphus Raymond was an evil man". Is she right?
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No she isn't right because Dolphus Raymond is not an evil man, he is a good guy, but it is just everyone says he is bad because he always has alcohol in his hand and because he is married to a black women.
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In most states of the USA people who drink alcohol in public places are required to hide their bottle in a paper bag. Why does Dolphus Raymond hide Coca-Cola in a bag?
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Raymond hides Coca-Cola in a bag but pretends that it is alcohol because he feels like he needs something to blame for the way he acts.
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What, according to Atticus, is the thing that Mayella has done wrong? Explain, in your own words, Atticus's views on people's being equal.
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Mayella has kissed a full grown coloured man, and that is considered an offence. Atticus finds in unfair that it is an offence for a white women and a black man together but it is only looked on poorly but nothing is ever done when a black women and a white man are together.
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What does Jem expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus think the same?
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Jem expects the verdict to be innocent and Atticus thinks that it should be innocent as well but knows the people of Maycomb better then Jem does and knows that their not going to be able to get past the color of his skin and that it is going to be guilty.
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What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable or not?
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Because they were actually thinking about giving Tom Robinson a chance. I found the verdict quite predictable.
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As Scout waits for the verdict, she thinks of earlier events. What are these and how do they remind us of the novel's central themes?
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Scout remembers how Atticus shot the sick dog, it made her think that Atticus is aiming with an empty gun. It means that she knew he wasn't going to win, but he still tried his best.
