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	Scottsboro Boys (1 viewing) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 12 hours ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context 2
	I agree that people were judged based on their race and not on their actions, this is something totally wrong that must come to an end. 12 hours ago By imado... This article helped me understand the book better because it reflects the same racial injustice we can see in To Kill a Mockingbird, as both involve wrongful accusations and trials of Black men based on racism and discrimination. Tom Robinson and the nine teenagers were treated very unfairly, but they wouldn't have been treated the same if their skin color was different. This case helped show racial injustice, leading to very important legal and social changes in the U.S.: “The trials of the Scottsboro Boys, the two Supreme Court verdicts they produced and the international uproar over their treatment helped fuel the rise of the civil rights movement later in the 20th century, and left a lasting imprint on the nation’s legal and cultural landscape” (History.com). This shows how the case helped spark social change in the U.S. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus says, “But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal” (Lee 233), which represents the idea of justice. This is a very clear example of racism because both, Tom and the teenagers, were treated unfairly just because their race and skin color. 12 hours ago By imado... I agree on how they convicted Tom with no evidence and how they only convicted him on the color of his skin. 2 days ago By lgree... view all posts
	Part 2 To Kill a Mockingbird Response (1 viewing) By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 6 days ago \| Last Post: 2 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Responses
	Our responses are similar because we both believe Jem was impacted the most. We both believe that the trial affected him a lot. 2 days ago By cpare... I feel that Jem was impacted most from the trial because he is trying to be like his father. But after the case when he realizes that the innocent person doesn’t always win. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see through it anyway”(Lee 128). This shows that Jem already learned this valuable lesson about courage and to learn that even if you know you are doomed from the start, you should start anyway because you should not give up on anything that has potential. A quote that shows Jem’s struggle is, “It was Jem’s turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the crowd. “It ain't right,” he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found Atticus waiting”(Lee 242). This shows that even though he should have expected the outcome he is like his father a lot and has a lot of empathy for people. He knows that no one should get treated like that and how unfair the court was being to Tom. 2 days ago By cpare... I also agree with you because Toms whole life was flipped upside down and he was falsely accused just because he's black. 2 days ago By emars... view all posts
	Part 1 To Kill a Mockingbird Response By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 1 month ago \| Last Post: 2 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Responses
	One of the biggest moments that highlights racism, sexism, and abuse is the town’s discussion of Tom Robinson being accused of assaulting Mayella. This moment reveals the deep-rooted racism and the intersection of sexism and abuse in Mayella's story, as she claims injustice while masking her own victimization within her household.The adversity revolves around racism, where a Black man, Tom falsely accused of assaulting a white woman, Mayella Ewell, based on him being black. And meanwhile Mayella faces sexism and abuse as a powerless woman, controlled and likely abused by her father, Bob Ewell. Atticus, explaining prejudice, says "Maycomb's usual disease"(Chapter 9). Atticus used this phrase to describe the deep-seated racism that infects the town. It reflects how prejudice and racism are so ingrained in Maycomb's culture that they are seen as a "disease" passed down through generations. This moment is impactful because it introduces the themes of prejudice and moral courage. It affects multiple characters, for Scout and Jem These moments challenge their innocence and help them understand morality and justice. And Tom was immediately presumed guilty because of his race. 2 days ago By emars... this is really similar to mine because we both said this was the most impactful moment and had the same evidence to back it up. 3 days ago By cleac... I agree. it shows how a lot of adults in this town are sour about how the children around them act. they want them to grow up quicker because they lack the emotional maturity to see why the children do what they do. 5 days ago By sbail... view all posts
	Genesis 39 By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 2 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context 2
	we had the same quote for the bible. I also agree with you that the adversity that connects to this is racism since at the time people believed a white mans word over a black mans 2 days ago By alsmi... I don't really think him being a man of God had to do much with how he was punished. perhaps it saved him from execution however as a Hebrew he faced the same racist beliefs as Tom did. I do agree that the two instances were very similar. 3 days ago By sbail... Joseph's predicament is a very familiar scenario to Toms. Where a man is accused by a woman that he had touched her. When she had put herself upon him and been rejected. In her embarrassment, anger or detection of her injustice. She pins the crime on the man in both cases. Resulting in his temporary incarceration. “ Now Joseph was handsome in appearance. 7And after a time his master 's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Lie with me." 8But he refused and said to his master 's wife, "Behold, because of me my master ‘ … ‘he has put everything that he has in my charge ‘ … ‘ he has kept back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. …” “10And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.” (BibleRef.com) Joseph did not intend to sleep with his masters wife and openly rejected her despite this she still pursued him. “ 11But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12she caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me." But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. “ “14she called to the men of her household and said to them, ‘ … ’ 17and she told him the same story, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me. 18But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house." (BibleRef.com) She accuses him the same way that miss. Mayella Ewell accuses mr, tom robbinsons. Saying that it was he who had put himself upon her when it was the other way around. Spinning a lie out of embarrassment and guilt, perhaps even anger just like the pharos wife in chapter 18 pg,s’ 210+212-213. (TKAM) These incidents relate to sexism, and racism in tandem. It is a battle between whether or not the words of the woman are reliable as well as the physical capacity of a larger dark skinned male to inflict harm upon a smaller and weaker white woman. However because of the racist beliefs of the deciding party it is chosen that the defendant is guilty. Joseph being a hebrew and slave to the egyptians and tom a black man former slave of the whites. 3 days ago By sbail... view all posts
	The Murder of Emmett Till By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context 2
	I agree with the fact that racism is very present in the book, and taken out on the kids especially, and with the trial in the book 3 days ago By grenn... this article about Emmett Till helps me understand how big of a problem that racism causes and the effect it has on people especially in that time period. Emmett Till, was a 14 year old African American boy who lived with his mom, he was accused of being sexual with a white woman and 2 men took it upon themselves to kill Emmett with no evidence or explanation of any wrongdoing, "the two men never showed any sign of guilt or wrongdoing;in their minds they had done what was right to protect their families and their country;they were heroes" (McBirney) I can connect this to "To Kill a Mockingbird" because almost the same thing happened to Tom in the book he was unfairly accused, and sent to trial "Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed"(Lee 276) showing us that racism is all around them and these are all signs and evidence of racism and abuse being very prominent in the book. 3 days ago By grenn... I also wrote how all of this is about racism. Emmett was accused just as Tom was. Their skin color was the problem in anyone's eyes who accused them or discriminated against them. 4 days ago By edubo... view all posts
	Women in the Great Depression Era By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 months ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context 1
	This relates to mine because we were both looking at how they had lower educations, and morals and opportunities for the women in the 1900's 3 days ago By jmcka... Our understanding of how women in the 1930’s were treated are similar. Expectations of less education, marriage, to being a housewife were normalized. Scout also has had this expectation put on her with the disapproval of her reading skills, the roles she would have to play, and a promise to marry Dill when they are older. Just as a young child she was expected to marry someone. Scout explains, “He staked me out, marked his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me” (Lee 46). This shows how young children felt the need to marry even without the understanding of what it entails. 5 days ago By lvale... The article helps people today understand how women started to evolve into independent individuals in the 1930’s. Women began living on their own, seeking higher education, becoming active in not only sports but male dominated industries like business, breaking stereotypes, and becoming advocates for change. The great depression made it hard for men to be enough to support women who would carry out typical house roles after marrying. This helps to understand the attitude of Scout Finch in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Scout having not many women in her life in the 1930’s looked to her older brother, Jem, and father, Atticus, as her role models. She is unconventional in the way she lives as a girl, dressing differently from how girls were “supposed” to dress and participating in the adventures in activities that Jem and their friend Dill did. She disliked stereotypical girl norms and was upset with the girl roles the boys would give her when playing. Scout would rebel and join in with her male friends in activity, like the women written about in the article, “female swimmers banded together and petitioned the physical education department to increase the hours of the women’s pool” (Flannery). Like the women Scout didn’t want to play into the typical female roles she expressed, “I reluctantly played assorted ladies who entered the script” (Lee 44). Sexism against women especially young girls like Scout was common and is brought to light in both texts. 5 days ago By lvale... view all posts
	Into the Wild 10-14 By jyoung98 1 month ago \| Last Post: 3 days ago Forum Into the Wild
	It wasn't ethical for Krauker to insert himself into McCandless's story, especially being 130 pages in. It's not Kraukers story so inserting himself almost feels disrespectful to McCandless, I found it interesting he chose to compare his Alaskan adventure to McCandless's when he died in the end, and in a way, Krauker is like "lol I survived". I don't find his interruption helpful in the story of McCandless I found it more as an excuse for Krauker to talk about himself and even give a reason why he's writing about McCandless. Krauker never even met him. Krauker inserting himself in the interviews by using "I" slows McCandless's story because it's taking away from his story, because Krauker keeps inserting himself. If I wrought this story I wouldn't do this I feel it was disrespectful of Krauker to do this so I never would. This is a real mans story that Krauker keeps trying to make about him in different ways. 3 days ago By lames... I think that it is interesting that you view Krauker as being ignorant and egotistical for interjecting himself into his OWN story. Yes, the story is about McCandless, and his tragic death doing what he loves; traveling. However, I do not think that Kraukaur's addition is narcissistic, rather that he is relating himself to the subject of his writing. This makes me wonder what else Krakauer could have done throughout the novel to incorporate himself, rather than adding his own story towards the end, nearly reaching the conclusion. Authors include themselves in their work more than you may think. Style, tone, and plot are all created by the author's own discretion, so, what makes this addition so different from the rest of the comments and details Krakauer has added throughout? What would you do differently if you were the author? 5 days ago By sdoll... I agree with you saying that it could be okay? because he does put a good amount of information to into the book I just think its a matter of where it was put. And not only that but if he wasn't allowed to add him self in he would have not have done it because the book would have not been as successful. Do you think if he didn't put it in the amount of reads would be different? 5 days ago By caust... view all posts
	Into the Wild Chapters 15-Epilogue By jyoung98 2 weeks ago \| Last Post: 5 days ago Forum Into the Wild
	I agree that Krauker may have used his story addition to relate to McCandless, though there is also a possibility that Krakauer may be comparing his own smaller experiences to McCandless's much larger journey. Krakauer may be jealous of the extent of Chris's journey, perhaps wishing something so extravagant for himself. I understand that McCandless should have brought someone else for part of his journey, for the reason of having someone with a closer relationship with him. However, he left behind basically everything, and close relationships was part of that, leaving behind his friends and family; including the ones he met along the way. This makes me think about what might have happened if McCandless HAD brought someone else, or perhaps the dog Buckley, like he had wanted. Perhaps he wouldn't have taken as many risks, but likely would've brought the others into similar peril to his own. This makes me wonder what the person might say about him, especially if they were there for the majority of the journey. Would spending every hour with a person change that relationship/feelings about them? Family roadtrips are a prime example of how people might turn against one another when stuck with each other for hours on end. The brother is kicking your seat, the sister's singing too loud, dad is trying not to crash the car, and mom is trying not to pull her hair out, and all of that only in the first few hours. I think similar things would've happened if McCandless brought someone along, they would bring out the darker sides of one another. Chris was said to be moody and irritable, so angry outbursts might not be out of the question. How might he behave with another person around 24/7 while he's trying to get to Alaska? What do you think a person with that closer relationship might have to say about McCandless? 5 days ago By sdoll... I think that krakauer the author is so detailed in telling McCandless stories because he is a slight jealous of the crazy experiences but more or less admires him. He understands why McCandless did what he did and can see wheres he's coming from. His little blurp of himself shows that he try's to relate to Mccandless and kinda compare story's it seems like. One thing I did like that Krakauer did in the story is that he shed some light into McCandless as well even though he seems kinda dreary and lonely he did show that he was a traveler and had a high spirits. I think that krakauer did his best that he could with his own Knowledge as he has never actually met McCandless just is aware and has got told the stories about him. I think It would have been kinda cool if he had someone with him on this little adventure, maybe not all the way on it but definitely along for the ride so we could hear about him from a person with a closer relationship to him. 5 days ago By caust... I like your idea that he told the story because McCandless didn't live long enough do it himself. I do think its interesting the Krakauer doesn't shed much light on the flaws of McCandless and his plans, although that might have something to do with his fascination of McCandless. Do you think that if he focus more on the negatives of McCandless it would have added or taken anything away from the story? 6 days ago By ldorm... view all posts
	The Great Depression By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 months ago \| Last Post: 5 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context 1
	I agree with everything you stated we both did the same examples from the book and I think that specifically stands out a lot 5 days ago By grenn... this article helped me relate better to "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, because it is showing how significantly The Great Depression affected the time period and the economy. an example of the poverty people experienced in the book revolves around the Cunningham family who are known throughout the town for being poor and not having enough finances to sustain themselves so they repay people with their goods from their farm, like in the book where they cant pay Atticus with money so they pay him with food. it shows really how bad the economy was and how badly people were struggling with everyday life. a quote that stood out to me from the article states "One of the most important effects of the Great Depression was unemployment. At its peak in 1933, around 25% of adults were unemployed — this means 1 in 4 adults did not have jobs. Without steady income, many families were forced out of their homes.” (McBirney) and that quote stuck out because it proved how bad of a situation the economy was in. in To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus is trying to explain to the kids about the cunninghams “The cunninghams are country folk, farmers and the crash hit them the hardest”(Lee 21) showing how people werent doing well especially people who weren't outright wealthy in the first place. 5 days ago By grenn... this relates to my point as it shows the depression in greater detail and gives more insight on how many people were unemployed and struggling during the great depression 5 days ago By jbech... view all posts
	Harper Lee's Life By jennifer.chick@rsu4.org 2 months ago \| Last Post: 5 days ago Forum To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context 1
	I agree, the article helped me also know who was in her life and understand what her life was like. 5 days ago By edesm... I agree that this helps in understanding her perspective, as well as the adversities she had to face. 5 days ago By imado... "They spent days together in the treehouse plotting and planning, calling me only when theyneeded a third party. But I kept aloof from their more foolhardy schemes for awhile, and on pain of being called a girl, I spent most of the remaining twilightsthat summer sitting with Miss Maudie Atkinson on her front porch" (Lee 46). 5 days ago By imado... view all posts

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