TKMB 19-25 – Flashcards
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1.What "subtle change" does Scout notice in her father?
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The irritation in his voice that came when he talked to Aunt Alexandra, he is becoming annoyed with her.
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What sort of person is Dolphus Raymond?
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Dolphus Raymond is not racist person he is in fact in love with a black woman, and has mixed kids, is supposedly a drunkard.
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How does Reverend Sykes help the children see and hear the trial? Is he right to do?
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Reverend Sykes takes the kids to the balcony where the AA are. he is right to do because he is nice and the kids are friends of his because of the church Calpurnia goes to.
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Comment on Judge Taylor's attitude to his job. Does he take the trial seriously or not?
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Judge Taylor's attitude to his job is what everyone else would see as laid back however he keeps the court quiet and controlled during a very controversial case. but what scout seems to believe is him trying to help the people on trial relax. I think he takes his job seriously.
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Examining the main points of Heck Tate's testimony what does Atticus show in his cross-examination of Sheriff Tate?
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Atticus's shows in his cross examination of sheriff that a left handed person could have beaten mayella, shows that a doctor was never called though mayella was beaten to the point of unconsciousness.
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What do we learn indirectly of the home life of the Ewell family in this chapter ?
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we learn that the home life of the ewell family is quite poor. they live behind a dump, the house is a shack, the kids are constantly sick and the relief check that bob spends on alcohol isn't enough to feed the kids anyway
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What do you learn from Bob Ewell's evidence?
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from bob ewell's evidence you learn that he is left handed and could have easily beat mayella
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At the trial, why does Atticus keep asking if anyone called a doctor? What do people think of this?
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Atticus's keeps asking if anyone called a doctor because when you suspect someone has been beat and rape you would mostly call a doctor to check their bruises and for broken bones. I think this makes people rethink the trial.
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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's ask or Bob Ewell to write his name out to show the jury what hand he writes with. when they see this it is used against the ewells to show that tom is crippled and therefore couldn't have hit mayella in the eye.
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Is Mayella like her father or different from him? In what ways ?
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Mayella is different from her father because she tries to stay clean and she doesn't drink. are alike in that they can both read and write and they both lie.
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What might be the reason for Mayella's crying in the court?
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The reason for Mayella's crying in the court in order to win the sympathy of the jury.
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How does Mayella react to Atticus's' politeness? Is she used to people being polite?
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when atticus is polite to Mayella. she refuses to answer his questions until he stops being rude. this is enough to show she is not use to people being polite to her.
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How well does Mr.Gilmer prove Tom's guilt in the eyes of the reader and in the eyes of the jury? Can you suggest why these might be different?
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In my eyes, i dont see tom as guilty because he is a honarable nice guy, but mr. gilmer does try to prove tom guilty to the jury because he goades tom into saying he feels sorry for mayella he isn't supposed to feel sorry for her because he's a second class citizen. this might be different because he is not guilty in fact he is telling the truth.
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Discuss Mayella as a character. What do you think of her? Why do you think this?
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I think Mayella is just a lonely girl who was raised to do as told.I think this because tom says she always has something for him to do when he comes by and when Atticus asks her if bob abused her one glance from bob had her saying no.
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Examining the main points of Mayella's testimony what are the flaws in her statements?
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After looking into main points of mayella's testimony, the flaws in her statement are changing the story when tom stood up and revealed he was crippled left arm and her story didn't match the evidence from the other two's testimony.
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Page 248: Tom Robinson stands and Mayella identifies Tom Robinson. What does Scout notice? How is this important?
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When tom stand and mayella identifies him, scout notices he is cripple. This is important because mayella claims he choked her and beat her about the face. Impossible if he doesn't even have both arms.
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What side of Mayella's face was bruised according to Heck Tate and Bob Ewell? After Tom stands, what side of Mayella's face was bruised according to Mayella? What does this say about Atticus as a lawyer?
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According to heck tate and bob ewell the right side of mayella's face was bruised but after tom stands mayella claims it was the left. after tom stands mayella becomes uncertain about the testimony. This shows that he is a good lawyer because he points off the flaws in people testimony.
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Page 251: Mayella makes her final speech. What does she reveal about herself? What are her reasons for saying all of this?
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mayella reveals that she is a coward because the whole purpose of the speech is to try and convince the jury she wa raped even though her testimony fails to do so.
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what made Tom visit the Ewell's house in the first place?
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What made Tom visit the ewell's house because mayella asks him to complete her chores for her.
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Why does Scout think that Mayella was the "loneliest person in the world"?
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Scout thinks Mayella is the loneliest person in the world because she didn't know what atticus's was talking about when he asked her about her friends, lives in a dumb, and nobody in the town likes her
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In your own words explain Mayella's relationship with her father.
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Mayella seems to be more responsible than her father is emotionally and physically abusive and possible sexually abusive.
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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 reacts to toms cross- examination by crying. He cries because he feels badly for the way tom is being treated by Mr. Gilmer.
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Be able to summarize Tom Robinson's testimony.
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Tom Robinson testimony was that he always helped mayella when she asks, never went inside the house and yard without being permission, never accepted pay for this and Mayella had asked him to come in the house had pulled his legs, hugged him and kissed him.
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What does Bob Ewell's testimony reveal about him ?
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Tom's testimony reveals that bob ewell threaten to kill mayella instead of threatening him
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What does Tom's prescence on the stand say about him as a character/human/AA?
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Toms presence shows that he's helpful, not racist, he's a good person who wants to help somebody less fortunate than he is, even if that person is considered to be higher class simply based on skin colour. Tom also displays Atticus's definition of true courage. He's willing to testify even though the odds against him.
