To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes
Chapter 1: The old house was the same, droopy and sick, but as we stared down the street we thought we saw an inside shutter move. Flick. A tiny, almost invisible movement, and the house was still. (Page19)
Response: This highlights the ominous feel of the Radley house. It makes it feel spooky but yet gives a hint of light on what's to come and that there is a person living inside.
Chapter 2: As I was last to leave, I saw her sink down into her chair and bury her head in her arms. Had her conduct been more friendly toward me, I would havefelt sorry for her. She was a pretty little thing. (Page 29)
Response: This shows how the teacher felt after being subjected to the culture. In such a different place many things are different and not everybody understands the changes instantly. The teacher is going through this after teaching for just one day.
Chapter 3: "It's against the law, allright," said my father, "and it's vertainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.I don't know any landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit." (Page 41)
Response: This is a bit of details regarding the Ewell family that will later play an important part of the book. It shows a lot about how they live and how bad they really have it with their father.
Chapter 4: The remainder of my school days were no more auspicious than the first. (Page 43)
Response: Scout is straight up saying that school always was bad to her. She hated it and always tried to get it of it, something that can be seen throughout the rest of the book. It shows her general attitude towards the environment in general.
Chapter 5: What Mr. Radley did might seem peculiar to us, but it did not seem peculiar to him. (Page 65)
Response: Atticus wisely tells the children how Boo can live the way he does. He doesn't find it strange, he's used to living in that manner. As Scout says about other families, "It's
Response: This highlights the ominous feel of the Radley house. It makes it feel spooky but yet gives a hint of light on what's to come and that there is a person living inside.
Chapter 2: As I was last to leave, I saw her sink down into her chair and bury her head in her arms. Had her conduct been more friendly toward me, I would havefelt sorry for her. She was a pretty little thing. (Page 29)
Response: This shows how the teacher felt after being subjected to the culture. In such a different place many things are different and not everybody understands the changes instantly. The teacher is going through this after teaching for just one day.
Chapter 3: "It's against the law, allright," said my father, "and it's vertainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.I don't know any landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit." (Page 41)
Response: This is a bit of details regarding the Ewell family that will later play an important part of the book. It shows a lot about how they live and how bad they really have it with their father.
Chapter 4: The remainder of my school days were no more auspicious than the first. (Page 43)
Response: Scout is straight up saying that school always was bad to her. She hated it and always tried to get it of it, something that can be seen throughout the rest of the book. It shows her general attitude towards the environment in general.
Chapter 5: What Mr. Radley did might seem peculiar to us, but it did not seem peculiar to him. (Page 65)
Response: Atticus wisely tells the children how Boo can live the way he does. He doesn't find it strange, he's used to living in that manner. As Scout says about other families, "It's