Chapter 17-21 Connector

     This section didn't have many obvious symbols because it was almost all based in the court in the trial but there were a few I found. A connection I made from the setting of the book to Kalispell was the churches. There are two churches in Maycomb, one nice for whites, and one not nice at all for blacks. Today in Kalispell there are many churches, some very nice and some very small and lame. Today they aren't separated by race but there still was a connection I saw. The next connection I saw in the story was between my life and a conflict in the book. When Jem was getting upset because of how unfairly Tom Robinson was being treated in the trial it made me think of how that same thing can happen to me sometimes. When someone else is being treated unfairly, even if it doesn't directly affect me at all, I still sometimes get upset because I feel bad for the person. The characters in this book are similar to a few people I know in real life. The main one I could think of is how Dill is similar to my little sister because they both aren't really worried about anything besides their games and themselves. I was asked how this is similar to anything else I’ve read and it really isn’t at all similar to anything I have ever read before in my life. And one connection no one in my circle has made before is how Maycomb is similar to my first home in Grand Forks, ND. Both are kind of boring without much going on.
     We had a good discussion in our literature circle and we went to a few minutes until the bell. Zach pointed out some very connections that I didn't see such as how Atticus is similar to his father. Zach also pointed out how it made it even more obvious that it actually Mr. Ewell who is guilty, not Tom Robinson, because of how bad his attitude was during the whole trial. Everyone agreed that it was interesting that Dolyphus Raymond pretended to be drunk just so he wouldn't be judged for loving a black woman. I think the thing that we talked about for the longest was how this whole trial was sad. everyone is against an innocent man just because he is black but they side with a person that they normally don't even like. Even though usually the Ewell's are the least popular people in town they still side with him over a honest black person.
     This may sound like the standard answer, but this really did just make me thankful to live in a day where racism and hate like this has been almost completely eliminated. Yes there is still hate but way less, and it would never work in a court trial! I am glad to live in a day and country where everyone can be equal and free.