Journal Entries On To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Journal #4 I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 304. This book is about a girl named Scout that lives with her brother Jem, her friend Dill, her father Atticus, and her housekeeper Calpurnia. She has many adventures with the boys and learned many great lessons from Atticus. In particular there is the case of Tom Robinson in which Atticus defends him. The kids observe the trial

Burris Ewell came to school with “his neck dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick” (27). But, Walter Cunningham whore a clean shirt and nicely mended overalls. Another way that they are different is their behavior. The Ewells have no respect for others. When Miss Caroline asked Burris to simply go home and wash his hair, he called her a “snot-nosed slut of a teacher” (28).

1.We never understand a person until we climb into his skin and walk around in it. We never understand a person until we climb into his skin and walk around in it. Everybody thought that Boo Radley Radley was weird and gross. Everybody but Scout after Boo radley put a blanket around Scout while they were out during the winter in Maycomb.

While the Ewells only “come the first day then leave” (27); Cunningham 's try to go as much as they can. Eventually, they have to go back and work in the fields. Finally, the last way they clash is their manners. The Ewells are selfish are spend their “relief checks on green wisky” (31). On the

Readers have experienced the Ewells shoddy role in the society. Furthermore, the Ewells were the disgrace of Maycomb for 3 generations. Bob Ewell was an illiterate, following his inherited traditions by abandoning attendance to school for his children. Although, his

(Lee 24). The Ewells also do not care about how dirty they are, or how disgusting they look. Scout explained how gross Burris looked by saying “ he was the most filthiest human I had ever seen. His neck was dark gray and his hands were rusty and his nails were black deep” (Lee 25). This proves that they obviously do not care about their appearance or how ridiculous they look in public.

During this time, blacks were considered uneducated and so were the Ewell’s. They could be afraid of being compared to the blacks, and somebody saying that they are just like the blacks. If people say they are just like the blacks they will feel like they do not have an advantage over them. That is all the Ewell’s want, they want to feel like they are higher than somebody.

After Jem 's arm healed, things around Maycomb started to settle down again. Although there was some talk about Bob Ewell 's death, it quickly died down, just like the talk of Tom Robinson dying. But there was one thing that would never change. It was a Saturday afternoon, in mid-summer.

To Kill a Mockingbird Dialectical Journal #4 "I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason... in the clutches of whiskey - that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does... they could never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live" (Lee 268). (CH) Most people in the town of Maycomb could believe that Dolphus was an abomination, a drunk - whatever one would call him.

Throughout learning about Burris Ewell and his family you can describe Burris as uncaring and His family as a disgrace. First off, Burris can be described as uncaring for many reasons. In the book Burris does not care about his appearance. He will show up for school looking like he did not take a shower in weeks. In the books it states, “He was the filthiest human I have ever seen.

The otherwise vague distinction between Walter Cunningham and Burris Ewell in To Kill a- Mockingbird becomes increasingly more transparent overtime as the reader begins to “read between the lines” and comprehend the actions and descriptions of both characters. Harper Lee’s way of contrasting the difference between both characters (Walter and Burris) is initially vague because the reader would usually tend to “clamp” on the fact that both are poor and relatively uneducated, though to different extents. However, the idea of this essay is to prove the alternative notion by which both characters, although similar at first glance, are entirely different through their own psychological behaviors, history, and what the foundation of their own habitual actions are (e.g. farm life, a contentious father, etc.) Concepts of medical research will be implemented to provide a source of documentation and resourcefulness to further emphasize the contrast

The whites don’t accept the Ewells because they live like pigs. The blacks don’t accept the Ewells because they are white. Scout stated, “... Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world… When Atticus asked had she any friends, she seemed not to know what he meant, then she thought he was making fun of her… Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her.

(Lee 35). The Ewells rarely ever bathe and they are disrespectful, unlike the Cunninghams who are respectful to people who can afford special things, and they always pay the money they borrow back. “He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life” (Lee 26). Although the Cunninghams are very poor they are humble and have morals.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. This saying is true in many cases and happens to be true in To Kill A Mockingbird. Throughout the book you see children of characters start to grow up and act like their father. This essay will be looking at three families in To Kill A Mockingbird, the Finches, the Cunninghams, and the Ewells. These three families are key examples that a father’s influence has a significant influence on the character of his children.

In response Atticus explains: “It’s against the law, all right, and it’s certainly bad, but when a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.” Following such a statement the reader might ask himself/herself why the township still persists to allow him to hunt illegally on their lands. Well, Atticus has an answer: “I don’t know of any landowner around here who begrudges these children of any game their father can hit.” In other words, the Ewells are a unique case of needed special privileges. A case to the extent of that which is imperceptible from the young, inexperienced point of view