Chapter 26

Today we need to discuss chapters 24-26.  Look at some study questions and talk about the final.

5/6 - Zoom Class at 10am - chapter 27
5/7 - chapter 28
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5/11 - chapters 29 
5/12 - chapters 30 -31
5/13 - Zoom Class 10 am - review and final

Chapter 26

Study Questions:

1) In chapter 24, who are the Mrunas and why does the missionary society want to save them?
2) What is hypocritical about Mrs. Merriweather in chapter 24?
3) How is the chapter satire?
4) What themes does chapter 24 reinforce?
5) How many times is Tom Robinson shot?
6) Discuss the bug metaphor in chapter 25?
7) How does chapter 25 contrast chapter 24?
8) In chapter chapter 26, what is the talk about Hitler?
9) How does this Scout's teacher hypocritical?
10) What is wrong with Jem at the end of the chapter?
11) What is Scout's fantasy about Boo Radley?

Objectives (smaller chunks of overall goal) and suggested time periods

Students will be able to

1)  Explain how the following themes work in the novel: The meaning of duty; How prejudice works in society; The meaning of courage

2)  Discuss the meaning of the following symbol: mockingbirds, the knot-hole, the mad dog

3)  Be able to discuss character development

4)  Discuss how the author’s life and times influences the novel.

5)  Outline the plot and discuss why the author may how chosen to structure the novel how she did.

6)  Discuss how Scout grows during the novel and why the novel can be considered a Bildungsroman.

7)  Keep a detailed list of characters 

8)  Explain – why you never really understand a person until you walk around in their skin

9)  In a group write testimonies and recreate the courtroom scene from the novel

10) Keep a list of the various types of prejudices that occur in the novel

11) Discuss how setting is important to this novel.

12) Discuss how the Civil War references/allusions work in the overall meaning of the novel.

Essential Questions:

Does the American law guarantee justice for all?

How does personal experience contribute to prejudice?

How do our preconceptions influence our sense of justice?

Can a hero have both good and bad qualities?

 Plot Structure

Inciting Event - when Scout fights Cecil Jacob because Cecil has called Atticus a nigger lover.
Climax - when Tom Robinson is convicted of murder (through some will argue that it is when Boo Radley kills Bob Ewell).
Resolution - Heck Tate tells Atticus that Bob Ewell fell on his knife and Scout walks Boo Radley home.