7 RECOUNT

In your own words what has happened in the book? At any point in the story, retell the major

details of the story's plot so far.

 At the beginning of the book Scout tells us something about the broken arm of her brother Jem. He was nearly thirteen then and the major story of the book had already happened. Then Scout starts telling the story how it came to Jems broken arm.

First Jem Scout and Dill, their new friend who stays in Maycomb each summer, are playing a lot together. The children are very fascinated of their strange neighbour Arthur “Boo” Radley. In winter Scout and her brother found many little gifts in a knothole of a tree on the Radley Place and they thought they are from Boo.

But the next summer when school starts after the holidays everything in the children live was changing because Atticus had to defend a Negro. In Maycomb Negros were still less worth than white people even if the American Civil War was passed. Now there were many uneasy things for the children because people saw them as niggerfriends.

Then Aunt Alexandra came to the Maycomb for living with Atticus and his children. She wanted to look after Jem and Scout because she thought Atticus’ education isn’t strong enough and their contact to “niggers” is bad for them.

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6 CHARACTERIZATION

Describe a character from the book (e.g. physical characteristics, personality, likes, dislikes). Say why you like/dislike the character.

This is a description of Jean Louise Finch bur everyone call her only Scout. At the beginning of the book she was six years old and at the end she will be nine. She lives together with her father Atticus Finch and her brother Jeremy Finch called Jem in Mycomb County in Alabama.

Scout is a very glad and powerful personality. Every time she is doing something without thinking about it before. Her great role model is her brother who is four years her senior. But now when the second part of the boo starts this relationship is going to change. Jem is coming into puberty and he doesn’t like it any more to go to be seen together with her. So Scout searches other contacts. Scout spends much time together with Calpurnia the colored house wife who helps Atticus with the house and his children. At the beginning of the book Scout hated her but now they became really good friends.

The whole changing of Scouts live is very difficult to understand for her. If someone insults her as a nigger fiend or something like that she wants to go and hit him down. But her father said she should keep her had high and know: I’m better than he is because I’m right. He isn’t worth it to fight!

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5 PREDICTION

At any point in the story take a guess as to how the story (plot) will go on or finally conclude. What is going to happen?

(p.76-82 end of chapter 8) I think this is a very important part of the book because until now it was a good world without any problems where Jem and Scout lived. But now it is a turning point. The story is going to change because Atticus has to defend a “Negro” and people don’t like that Atticus accepted it. The racism was only in the edge and on a funny way (for example the nigger-snowman) but now it becomes important.

I think the part when Miss Maudie’s house is burning is a symbol for the story and its changing. Miss Maudie’s house is destroyed and the Finks can be very happy that their house isn’t destroyed too. Now Atticus defends the “Negro” even if he knows he’s going to loose and even if he knows his own life and that of his family is in danger too. But at the end it will not happen anything really bad to Atticus and his children. Like their house that’s still there and intact.

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4 REFLECTION

Write about the setting or any of the characters remind you of people or characters in your own personal life. How are the situations or events similar or your own life? How are they alike and how are they different?

The points when Jem, Scout and Dill scout the Radley Place remind me to my brother and me. Near to our home there was an old park with a large villa. It was as fascinating and frightening for us as the Radley Place is for Jem, Scout and Dill. We wanted to know too what there was happening inside the villa. So we broke into the cellar and found there inside the villa an art gallery with many paintings and sculptures… Now it wasn’t interesting anymore.

Jem and the other children only wanted to write a letter to Boo Radley for meeting him, but Atticus the father of Jem and Scout catched them before the finished it and said they should never disturb Mr. Radley again.

But I think Jem and the other Children won’t stop until they will have seen Boo and spoken with him! That’s what I would have done when my father would have forbidden me to scout the villa and I think in this point Jem and I are really the same.

Roger

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