The movie

In the movie to kill a mockingbird, the specific scene that stood out to me was the trial. It was really exhilarating and it had a lot of emotion to it. That specific scene was just how i imagined it. This scene was probably my favorite part in the movie.

This scene was just how i imagined it. Mayella showed a lot of emotion and feelings toward Tom Robinson. It was shown just how it was explained in the book. Bob Ewell was very mean and weird like in the book. Tom Robinson looked very scared and worried that he was going to be guilty also like in the book. This movie was a great movie and it made me love the book even more.

This Book changed my Life

The Book to kill a mockingbird has changed my life in many ways. It has taught me that we should be grateful for what we have. We should also be grateful that we have a better lifestyle than they had back in the day. This has made me think of how lucky i am to have the things i have.

The racism back then was very disturbing. It has made me think of how glad i am that things have changed and that a black person now a days wont get killed just because he is black. This book has changed my ways in thinking that racism wasn't that bad back then. It has influenced me to spread the word and to tell people to be grateful because we dont know how good we have it.

Life lessons

Scout and Jem learn a lot of lessons in this book but the biggest one that they learned was that things cant always go their way. When scout and Jem wanted tom to win and just knew that he was going to win the trial it didn't work out and tom was guilty at the end and convicted. They learn that lesson a couple of times in this book. They learn that no matter what they say they cant change maycomb county into not being racist. Even though they are white they cant change the racist society.

Scout learns about how Tom got shot 17 times and he died because of their racist society. Atticus said to aunt alexandra "Toms dead" (235). Even though tom is a nice kind hearted man he got blamed for something he didnt do even though he didnt do it, the judge decides that he is black and that he is guilty because if his race. Scout learns that lesson that even though people are nice and dont do anything but try to help others, they get blamed for stupid things because of their race.

Extra Credit

Some of my reactions to this class is that we talk a lot about things and discuss more things and that is how i like things because it gets boring when you just write and write about things. I love to talk but sometimes when i get put on the spot i don't really know what to say and i loose my train of thought. That is one of my weaknesses that i need to work on. I have enjoyed these past few weeks in english and i actually like to kill a mocking bird which at first i thought i was going to hate it.

You have been a really good teacher and i am glad that i am fortunate enough to be in your class. You are a very understanding and have a very good teaching style that i am loving. I am escpecially having fun doing the activites for the vocab reviews. I am looking forward to having more fun the rest of the year reading books and writing stories and journals. I will try my absolute hardest to get a good grade in that class. Thanks for being an awesome teacher.

Themes

There are a lot of themes in the book To Kill a Mocking bird which is one of the themes because killing mocking birds is a crime and they don't do anything to hurt people or be a nuisance. This is reflecting on Dill and Tom Robinson. Dill didn't do anything to his family but try to love them. He knew in his heart that his parents didn't want him to live with them anymore which proves my point that he was innocent and didn't do anything wrong but got hurt because of his parents. Tom Robinson was accused of raping Ms. Mayella Ewell on November 21st '' On November 21st i was passin the Ewell place as usual and miss Mayella asked me to come help her for a minute"(192). The real story is that she came at him and tried to kiss him and all he was doing was trying to get away without hurting her and that reflects on the theme a lot that he didn't do anything and that he was just trying to help her with some of the things she needed him to fix.

The whole theme of the mocking bird goes along throughout the story because Boo Radley was accused of being crazy to when all he wanted was someone to talk to and someone to not think that he is a freak. When he Kept putting goodies in the knothole for jem and scout that showed that he was an all around good person and he wanted nothing but to have some friends. It also shows that he is innocent and when he stitched up Jems pants that shows that he was really nice and he wanted to help out jem. The greater meaning to all of these innocent characters are that they should be treated nicely and not be accused of rape, breaking up the family, or being a crazy man when no one knows what really happened and if they are bad people or not.

Atticus as a Father

I think that atticus is a very good father to scout and jem. Sometimes he can be strict when he makes Mrs. Dubose decide the punishment for jem when he ruined the flowers, or he can be cool about things like when scout discovered that she liked to swear. Atticus didn't do anything really about it but when uncle jack came for Christmas he did not like it at all. "I don't want to here any words like that while i am here" (79). This shows that his style is layed back and he just wants to have fun with his kids and wants them to not feel like they are in trouble all the time.


Atticus is a way different parent than my parents are now. My parents wouldn't let me swear when i was 7 years old like scout can. He is also different because my parents would have decided the punishment for ruining Mrs. Dubose's flowers and not let her decide. I think that it would be kind of cool to have atticus as a parent because he seems more layed back and not so protective like my parents are.