To Kill A Mockingbird - Journal #6

Prompt:
C. How do you think the story (what you read so far) would have changed if Scout and Jem had a mother present in their lives? Would it change for the better or for the worse? Explain your thoughts.

For the prompt, I chose C. I believe that if Scout and Jem would've had a mother figure in their life, that the story wouldn't have changed so much. I believe that Scout and Jem wouldn't leave the house so much to spy on Atticus because their mother would've told them not to leave. I think that Scout might even act more feminine with a mother figure to help her with things. She wouldn't play with boys all the time, and more with girls.

Jem, on the other hand, is more like his father. He probably wouldn't be so much different. A mother would just make him have someone else around in the house. He'd probably try to spy on people and still visit the Radley House. Maybe if Atticus was younger, they would spend more time together as a family.

Altogether, I believe that their lives would only make a small impact on the story. They wouldn't act very much different. They would just have another female is their house besides Calpurnia. They would maybe go out more often. They might even travel more, but nothing significant in which the story would change.

Journal #5

To Kill A Mockingbird
Journal #5
Chapters 13, 14, & 15
Perspective: Atticus

So Alexandra finally comes and shows up to visit. She'll be here for a while. That could mean for a long time up here in Maycomb. When she first came, she was a pain in the butt. She told Scout that she came to be her woman figure in her life, like that she hadn't acquired that Calpurnia was a female in Scouts life. She was trying to be pensive, but she wasn't. She also tried to get her fired. She's on the racist side of the Finch family. She also tried to get her fired. She's on the racist side of the Finch family. She is antagonizing us. In other information, A group of people crowded around me when I was sitting in frount of the jailhouse, to guard Tom Robinson. Tom was a ecclesiastical kind of person. The group tried to extract me from guarding the jail in order to kill or beat up Tom Robinson. When Scout, Jem, and Dill came out, it was even worse. Scout finally started to talk to Mr. Walter Cunningham and then he called off the group. The trial is tomorrow and Tom thanked me for helping him keep same in jail.

Journal #4

Journal #4
Chapters 10, 11, & 12
Perspective: Scout

I could'nt believe what I saw Atticus do. Jem was acquainting me. He shot a gun perfectly! He was called "One-shot Finch". It was unbelievable. I wish I could've asked him why he didn't tell us about his gift, but Jem said if he didn't tell us, it was better off that we didn't tell him that we knew. Mrs. Dubose finally died. At least she wasn't suffering anymore. But what she said to Atticus was something I could never forget. It was a debating argument though. But at least I had enough perplexity to isolate the horrible words. Atticus told Jem and me that she was a morphine addict. She had been for years since her doctor subscribed it to her. When Atticus was gone during the depression, Calpurnia took us to her church, a "negro church". She talked soo different there then around us. Most of them don't even know how to read.

To Kill A Mockingbird - Journal 1:

Chapters 1-3
Perspective of Miss Caroline

I can't believe about some of these kids! They are filthy and rude. Some are nice, but others are tattletales and telling us the others life stories. I feel like Walter Cunningham should tell us when he doesn't have lunch. We would give him money so he could go buy some. And Burris Ewell, he is a complete jerk. Little Chuck Little claims that he only comes for the first day of school every year. Burris claims that is the government thinks that he is smart, he could go on to the second grade finally. I told him to leave or I would have to tell the principal on him. I feel that Scout and Little Chuck Little shouldn't have told the whole class about their fellow classmates. They should have just let me handle my job and do it myself.