Chapter 23 questions To Kill a Mockingbird

1.)What do you think of Atticus's reaction to Bob Ewell's challenge? Should he have ignored Bob, retaliated or done something else?
 
 I think he handled it in the best way possible. I think if he had done anything else he would have gotten into a physical fight.


2.)What is “circumstantial evidence”? What has it got to do with Tom's conviction?
 
 

Circumstantial evidence is evidence that doesn’t absolutely prove guilt. Tom’s conviction

was based completely on circumstantial evidence.

3.)What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convict Tom?  
 

He tells her that a Cunningham was on the jury and didn’t want to convict. The jury

actually had to think about the conviction before they did it.

4.)Why does Aunt Alexandra accept that the Cunninghams may be good but are not “our kind of folks”? Do you think that people should mix only with others of the same social class? Are class-divisions good or bad for societies?
 
 

She tells Scout that they are not people that the Finch family should associate with because they are lower class. I think it is a good and bad thing because you could relate more with someone in the same class as you. Class-division is bad because they think in only one sense and that there way is the right way and wont look and see a situation in a different persons prospective. 

5.)At the end of this chapter, Jem forms a new theory about why Boo Radley has never left his house in years. What is this? How likely is it to be true, in your opinion? 

He says he doesn’t leave the house because he chooses not to. This is likely to be true

because Boo has found a place in which he is comfortable.

chapter 22 questions

1.) Although Atticus did not want his children in court, he defends Jem's right to know what has happened. Explain, in your own words, Atticus's reasons for this. (Look at the speech beginning, “This is their home, sister”Miss Maudie tells Jem that “things are never as bad as they seem”. What reasons does she give for this view?

 

“This is their home, sister.”

Atticus feels that the adults have made the world the way that it is and the children have to

learn to live in that world. They can’t hide from it and need to learn about it as soon as possible.

 

Miss Maudie tells Jem that “things are never as bad as they

seem.” What reasons does she

give for this view?

She names all of the people who helped Tom Robinson, such as the black community,

Atticus, and Judge Taylor.

2.)Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up? Do you think he would keep this ambition for long?
 
 

He wants to laugh at people all of the time. I dont think he will keep it for long.

3.)This story is set in the 1930s but was published in 1960. Have attitudes to racism remained the same (in the USA and the UK) or have there been any changes (for the better or worse) since then, in your view?
 
There have been a lot of changes they have not stayed the same there is no more segregation and people dont care what color they are. There are still people out there that are still racist but hopefuly one day there wont be anybody that is like that. And it has changed in a good way.





4.)Why does Bob Ewell feel so angry with Atticus? Do you think his threat is a real one, and how might he try to “get” Atticus?

 
He feels Atticus made him look bad in front of the entire town. I dont think it is real i think he is just trying to scare Atticus.