The day after literature circle meetings is the day we consolidate our thinking about what we’ve read and discussed in a blog post.
In your blog I want you to discuss one of the following ideas:
1) Narrative voice: Scout narrates the story, but presumably is narrating it as an adult reflecting back on childhood. Find examples where the narrative voice feels like it’s coming from adult Scout, and other times where it feels like it’s child Scout (don’t use examples of dialogue). Comment on the effectiveness of the narrative voice. Why does it allow the author to show? (Think back to our discussion about the unreliable narrator)
2) Education: Find references to the education system in Maycomb. Make sure you include quotations and page references. How does it fail to meet the needs of the children (including Scout, Walter, the Ewells)? In what ways is the education system to day similar to and different from the system described in the novel?
3) Loss of Innocence: We don’t know much about Boo Radley yet. Using specific references from the book (including page numbers), identify what we do know about him. Explain whether these things are more or less likely. What do the adults think about him? What predictions can you make about Radley? How does the children’s treatment of Boo Radley compare to what children might do today?