I didn't feel like there was a very
obvious symbol, but I did find one. I thought the First Purchase church
symbolized the African Americans having some kind of rights and that their
first thing they all bought was this church. It showed how the black community
wasn’t bad people at all as they were portrayed to be by most of the whites in
the town. The white people always made blacks sound so bad, but when you
finally see them it is the opposite. A different one I thought of was how Jem
and Scout didn't mind being in the "colored section" of the trial
because they were not prejudice, as Atticus raised them to be. I thought the
author did a great job of making the setting in this book so easy to get
picture. The whole book is easy to picture but there was one part of this
section that stuck out to me more than anything. When Scout and Jem went to
church with Calpurnia the church and the people were made so easy to visualize.
After this their aunt came to stay with them and neither Scout nor Jem were
very happy about it and Scout spoke out to their aunt. Jem later tried to tell
her not to do that and she god mad and they ended up fighting. This is a man
vs. man conflict obviously, because it is two people physically fighting. The
author makes this a very intense situation because she built up tension before
they fought with them arguing. Scout doesn't like that Jem is growing up, and
more distant from her. This stopped when Atticus came in and broke up the
fight. Atticus is usually the one that solves conflicts between Jem and Scout.
Which brings me to how I think Atticus would act if he had been in our
literature circle discussion. I think he would have pointed out the positive
things. He is always looking for the positive in people and things and is never
prejudice against anyone. He would be very wise and kind and always trying to
help.
In my literature circle we all went over out positions and
answered the questions asked. One thing I found was that we all got the same
general idea from the section. The black people weren't bad at all; in fact
they were very kind people. But the trial is still going to be lost just
because of all the prejudice. It is sad this country was actually like that
once. Everyone agreed with me that the part when Scout and Jem went to church
with Calpurnia was explained very well and we all god a very good picture of
what it was actually like. Also someone mentioned how, like I said before, the
black people were so nice to Jem and Scout. It showed how the blacks were nice
to whites and didn't hate them, even though most of the whites were extremely
prejudice towards the blacks. The black people are really good people, they
just are in a bad time period. We were able to discuss for a while because
everyone in our group was very well prepared.
In this chapter the thing that still stuck to me most is how nice and
kind the blacks were. That shows why today it has changed so much to give
everyone the same rights. It is awesome that today we are all equals. Before I
read this book I of course knew blacks once weren't considered equals. But
after reading this I feel so bad that it ever was like that. Also just like the
rest of the book, Atticus and Scout and Jem are still not prejudice and kind as
they always have been. I think the rest of the book will be about the racial
struggles that went on.
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