Chapter 1-9 Review

 Sets the tone Memories of the events leading to Jem’s broken arm  Scout’s point of view Child’s perspective Scout depicts her world as a place of absolutes. Sense of establishment  Small Southern town  Family history  Suspicious of outsiders  Dill  Social rules and conventions Where a person comes from, his ancestry, is important

 Maycomb community and how it functions Meet classmates Scout is different from other children Atticus is not like the authority figures at school  Treats his children like individuals  Talks to them as adults “Maycomb’s ways” Accepting of others’ shortcomings  “You never really understand a person…” Art of compromise  Introduces Scout to the idea of a white lie

 Scout’s Educations “As for me, I knew nothing except what I gathered from Time magazine and reading everything I could lay my hands on at home.” Outside school  Prejudice Knothole “One sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard.” Blacks and whites Rich and poor

 Bravery Boo Radley game The concept of bravery is very important to Jem  Dare  Delivery of a note to Boo  Trust Scout’s world is a safe place Fears of her own imagination What appears safe isn’t always  Miss Maudie vs Miss Stephanie  Truth Discerning truth and recognizing fiction  Femininity Women’s roles in Maycomb society “…marked me as property…” “I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’.”

 2 nd summer with Dill Peep in Boo’s window Shotgun Jem looses his pants  Prejudice Boo Radley Scout’s “girlish” behavior “Mr. Radley shot at a Negro in his collard patch.”  Blurred truth Dill’s stories Jem’s pants Cementing in the knothole  Jem’s bravery (three times) Jem would rather lose his life than disappoint his father

 Snow in Maycomb “The world’s endin’, Atticus! Please do something—!” Snowman  Muddy then covered in snow  An analogy how blacks are treated in Maycomb, not on their own merits but on their relationships to whites  Not admired until it is “turned” white Bird  “Just as the birds know where to go when it rains, I knew when there was trouble in our street.”  Bird imagery is a symbol for sensing, and then doing, the right thing.

 Fire Symbolic of the upcoming conflicts that Scout and community will face. The heat of the fire contrasts sharply with the intense cold, providing an allusion to the sharply defined sides in the upcoming trial.  Innocence Children don’t care if Atticus defends a black man, but they do mind the comments others make about Atticus  Justice Atticus doesn’t have a chance to win the Robinson case. Morally correct thing to do (Finch’s owned slaves) Guns for Christmas  Children killing birds but Atticus will not teach them to shoot  The jury will convict Tom Robinson, but Atticus will give him a courageous defense. “…you never stopped to gimme a chance to tell you my side of it…”  Gender Roles Scout swearing Francis learning to cook

 Jean Louise “Scout” Finch  Jeremy Atticus “Jem” Finch  Atticus Finch  Calpurnia  Charles Baker “Dill” Harris  Arthur “Boo” Radley  Miss Maudie Atkinson  Miss Stephanie Crawford  Miss Rachael Haverford  Aunt Alexandra  Mr. Nathan Radley  Walter Cunningham  Miss Caroline Fisher  Ewell