Tyler+Reid

**//Febuary 17 Chapters 1-5 Tyler://** //I think that this book so far is a little confusing and hard to understand. The author uses words that are different from what we know and what they sound like could be completley different from what we think. What is the author trying to get at in these chapters? I also think that the author should do more discribing. I dont think that she should use as much detail as __"Lord of the flies"__ but still get some more. I think it was confusing that the author skiped the whole year so that dill could come back. I dont know how this connects to my life but I'm sure it does in some way.//

//**Reid:** Harper Lee is just setting the stage for the rest of the book. She is describing the characters so that towards the middle of the book, we can better understand the characters.


 * Tyler:** Why are the kids so nosy, yet all the other people in the town just leave the Radley's alone? Don't they wonder why Boo Radley never leaves the house?


 * Reid:** That is a good point. I think that the people in the town don't bother Boo Radley because they have better things to do and are a little scared of Boo. I think the kids try to bother boo because, well to put it straight, there kids. They are having fun, and are taking a mysterious house with a mysterious person inside it, and turning into a game.//

March 2 Chapters 10-15 R **eid: So far this book we have got the sense that Jem and Scout are two kids, and are just having fun. In chapter 17 for one of the first times Harper Lee actually mentions childhood innocence, when Jem says that scout can stay because she does not understand. Do you think that scout realises that she is just a eight year old, and she doesn't understand? Tyler: I think that scout wants to beileve that she is not just an eight year and she wants to undertand and is trying to understand what is happening. this could connect with Scout saying that most children while having their parents in court gives the children the wrong idea. I think it is funny that Scout says she understands and she is not a baby but also wants to not grow up so she has to be a real women. i think part of this is Jem calling Scout a girl. Do you think that Atticus has a chance at winning this case?
 * Reid & Tyler -- hey there. Nice start. I like your responses, Reid -- they show a clear sense of what's happening in the book. Make sure that you are referencing the book and demonstrating a greater effort to understand the text and how it connects to your life. -- Ms. C.

Reid: I think that if Tom Robinson is not left handed that Atticus has already own the case by getting Mr. Ewell to say that he is left handed.

Tyler: i am sort of dissapointed that they lost the trial. i agree with Jem that this is totally unfair. i dont know but do you think that Harper lee is setting up for something big? what is Jem going to do about this and the way he feels abot the folks in Maycomb? what is going to happen next?
 * March 6 Chapters 17-23**

Reid: I think that Harper Lee is trying to show that not all things are fair. I also think that it is setting up for something big. I think Jem is disappointed with the jury's verdict and is sad.

Reid: I think It is odd that scout was talking about Boo Radley again and how she is not scared of the house anymore and she want's to see him. I don't know what this means but I think it's important. What do you think?
 * March 10 Chapters 24-27**

Tyler: I agree that it is VERY VERY important. remember how Ms. Clark and the class been talking about Boo Radley and when he will come back. Well he has to come back in these next chapter and it would be better if some people liked him instead of everyone making fun of him whatever he does if it is walking out of the house or saving a life.

Reid: Yeah. I think Scout is one of the first people to really care and be curious about Boo Radley. I think that in the Halloween Boo Radely will come up again and that Scout is going to talk to him.

Tyler: What do you think Jem thinks about Boo Radley? With this Tom Robinson thing and all the stuff that has happened, do you think his perspective on Boo Radley has changed or he has completly forgot about him and what he said in the begining of the book?

Reid: I think Jem has forgot about Boo Radely and has more important things to worry about. I also think that Jem is still thinking about what happened in the trial with Tom.

Tyler: Do you think there could be a connection with Tom Robinson and Boo Radley? Any same characteristic's between them? Also as a read from CLAIRE and LEXI's chat they said that "the Ewells started it all" is a good observation.

Reid: I think that is not the Ewell's I think it is Bob Ewell who started it all. It seemed it was he who made Mayell testify in court against Tom robinson even though she loved him.

Tyler: Do you think there could be a connection with Tom Robinson and Boo Radley? Any same characteristic's between them?

Reid: They both get bashed by the town and they are both the outcasts of the town.

3/12 chapters 28-END

Tyler: i think that the first half of the book was about the life of Maycomb and how innocent it is. After reading the second half of this book do you think the town is still innocent? Are Jem and Scout still innocent?

Reid: Yes I still think the town is as innocent as before it just has a few corrupt people. Jem has become a little less innocent at the end but Ssout is still as innocent as before. What do you think of the ending?

Tyler: i thought the end was... interesting. Harper Lee tied knots together but still left us hanging. She also connected the end back to the beggining. She did leave us hanging though, What would have happened if the book kept going? What do you think, would Atticus blame his son?

Reid: I don't know why Atticus was blaming Jem. I think It ties back to the childhood innocence how your not always innocent. What do you think?

Tyler: I think Atticus was blaming Jem because he has finally snapped. Something finally happened to him that was wrong, immoral and cruel. When you childrens lives are on the line wouldnt you be scared and crazy. I also think it DOES connect back to cildhood innocence. What do you think Childhood innocence acctually means?

Reid; I think the childhood innocence is about scapegoats like Tom and Boo, and how the children are like the opposite. What do you think?

Tyler: I think that adults can be alot like children. there are alot of children that are scapegoats and same with adults. I think there are alot of connections between adults and children. Why do you think Boo stayed inside his whole life, did he want too because of the people outside, like when the jury thought Tom Robinson was guilty because he was black?

Reid: I think that Boo stayed in side the whole time because he was scared of the people in Maycomb that they would be mean to him. Tom Robinson is kind of the same but he doesn't stay in side, he's nice to people but there still mean to him.

Tyler: I think this book revolves around alot of themes but one i can see clearly is the discrimination. what do you see?