“Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?” Atticus looked like he needed cheering up. I ran to him and hugged him and kissed him with all my might. “Yes sir, I understand,” I reassured him. “Mr. Tate was right.” Atticus disengaged himself and looked at me. “What do you mean?” “Well, it’d … Continue reading To Kill A Mockingbird – Journal response #5 (chapters 28-31) →

My selected quote is from chapter 23— a chapter that very well demonstrates Atticus’s courage and perseverance. We saw a little bit of it in previous chapters (during the trial when he stood up for Tom), but I thought this quote made it especially clear: “Miss Stephanie said Atticus didn’t bat an eye, just took … Continue reading To Kill A Mockingbird – Journal response #4 (chapters 23-27) →

In my opinion, chapter 20 is the most eventful, interesting and engaging chapter of the novel thus far. Reading it made me very content with Atticus’ calm, confident and determined approach to convince the jury of Tom Robinson’s innocence. The things he said could not have been said better. None of it was biased; it … Continue reading To Kill A Mockingbird – Journal response #3 (chapters 17-22) →