Reading Response #2

In this part of the story Jim loses his pants crawling under a fence running away from the Radley place they ran through a Collard patch trying to escape Mr.Radley who shot in the air with a shotgun."Shot in the air scared him pale though says if anybody sees a white n...R around that's the one says he got the other Barrel waiting for the next sound he hears in that patch." the type of discrimination we see here is individual he clearly used the N word to describe a person. He clearly use the hard-r. We also see this by the attitude he had when he said he shot at them.

"Jem, I ain't ever heard of a ***** snowman" (Lee 75). This is an example of Cultural discrimination. Scout doesn't fully understand that the term she is using is very inappropriate because back then this term was used a lot for people with a different skin color. The moment that lead to this was having the Radley's in the neighborhood because it seems like a small neighborhood and the Radley's must be the only African American family in the neighborhood since everyone stays away from them. This moment impacts the story because it shows how the people in the community see the Radley's and how maybe Scout and Jem might see the good side in them now and might try to help them.

"...but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagine things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like on I could just go off and find some to play with" (45 Lee) This type of descrimination is indevisual or interpersonal. What lead to this conversation was Jem was calling Scout gullible for thinking atticus knew something. This impacts my understanding of the conflict of this story because it shows the time period and how that was the norm back then.

"To Kill A Mockingbird" has a lot of direct and indirect discrimination so it's kind of hard to pick, per say the best example of it but what I've noticed is that when reading about Scout and Jems sibling relationship, they both like to pick on each other and while, yes, siblings pick on each other a lot, Jem likes to target the fact that Scout is a girl and blame that for why she doesn't want to get in trouble. "Get the tire!" Jem hollered. "Bring it with you! Ain't you got any sense at all?" ... "Why didn't you bring it?" Jem yelled. "Why don't you get it?" I screamed ... "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it's mortifyin'." (Lee 42) During this part of the book it's understandable how Scout acts the way she does. She's 1. Six years old 2. Super dizzy from being spun in a tire and 3. Worried she might die from all the rumors her brother and Dill have been feeding her about the Radleys. Then in this next quote Jem more so uses Scout being a female as a way to get her to shut up and do as he wants. Basically so she as a six year old, feels a need to prove that shes more than some crybaby little girl."Jem, please-" "Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home- I declare to the lord you're getting more like a girl every day!" With that I had no option but to join them. (Lee 58) 

"Jem,I ain't ever heard of a ***** snowman." (Lee 75) This statement falls under Cultural discrimination. This was stated because Jem was making the snowman out of dirt instead of using snow. Due to the fact that the characters have never experienced a snowstorm they were unaware of how to make a snowman. So they had to use what they had.    

"Jem, I ain't ever heard of a n***** snowman,"(Lee pg.75) This quote falls under the cultural form of discrimination. Jem and Scout were making a snowman with the first snow they have ever seen fall. Jem thought it would be funny to put dirt and sticks on the snowman to make it seem dark. This part of the story just further proves my point of how this book is about racism and the way children perceive it. 

"- I declare to the Lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day!" (Lee58). Scout had told the boys it wasn't a good idea to go over to the Radley's house to peek through the windows. This is an example of individual/interpersonal racism. Just because she's a girl there's automatically a stereotype on her behaviors, if she falls into the stereotype then Scout and Dill won't want to hang out with her. This shows how girls are expected to look/act a certain way.

"'Scout, I'm tellin' you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the lord you're gettin' more like a girl every day!'"(pg.58 Lee) The type of discrimination being used here is Individual because they are attacking him and saying things about him and how he acts.  What lead to this starts back before this day when he has probably been annoying before but what mostly lead up to it is him not keeping his mouth shut.  This impacts my conflict because it completely changes everything i can now assuming better that the conflict is not so as what i put in the reading response #1.

'"Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl it's mortifyin"' (Lee, 42). This is discriminating Scout for being a "girl", yet it makes you think. Is she supposed to act like she's something else? And saying that just because she didn't want Jem to know there was more to the situation, as she felt it was better if it went left unsaid, and for that decision, she got chastised by being told she "acted so much like a girl that it was mortifying". Is it right to say that? No. Is being a girl a crime? Why do people find it fair to attack an entire gender as a term for scared or afraid? If you want to get technical, men don't always act on their gender expectations, as in never showing emotion, never being fearful, etc... Gender discrimination.

Miss Maudie grinned. "Thank you ma'am. Thing is, foot washers think women are sin by definition."(Lee Harper. "To Kill a Mockingbird." 1960. pg. 50.) This type of discrimination is systemic sex discrimination as it's categorizing the female gender as sinners. This form of discrimination was mentioned by Mrs. Maudie when she and Scout were having a conversation about Mrs. Maudie being a Baptist. Mrs. Maudie tells Scout that the foot-washing Baptists consider anything of pleasure to be a sin, and therefore shunned her for working in her garden. This is just another example that shows that the society that Scout lives in is amoral. That there is so much wrong with the society she lives in, and she's going to have to deal with that for her whole childhood.

"Don't you believe a word he says, Dill," I said. "Calpurnia says that's n*****-talk." (Lee 41) This quote is showing cultural discrimination. Leading up to this quote, they were talking about a Hot Steam.  Scout, didn't like what they were saying about the Hot Steam, and essentially said that people of different race were always wrong, and that they were wrong to believe in it. This leads me to understanding the time period and what they believe/stand for. 

'Says
he’s got the other barrel waitin’ for the next sound he hears in that
patch, an’ next time he won’t aim high, be it dog, nigger, or-Jem
Finch!”  This is clearly a cultural discrimination, Mr. Radley comparing a dog to a black person. Saying next time he will really shoot at them if he sees them again. This Ended up happening after Mr. Radley Fires a shot in the air after the kids were sneaking in.

"If you stay you gotta do what we tell you" Dill worned. Scout found then in the backyard playing. The continue to the situation is that if she dont do what they say she has to leave so then they will fight.

"He looks like Miss Stephanie Crawford with her hands on her hips," I said. "Fat in the middle and little-bitty arms." (Lee 75) This is an example of individual or interpersonal discrimination because Scout uses name calling to insult Stephanie Crawford. This moment impacts my understanding of the conflict in the story because I realize that Scout is continuously discriminating other people.  

On page 49, there is a conversation between miss Maudie and Scout about Mr. Arthur, and why hes never seen. Miss maudie says, "You know that old Mr. Radley was a foot-washing baptist--" (Lee 49) This is individual discrimmination against Arthur's religion. Although Miss Maudie's was very similar, she mocked how tightly wounded into his religion he was. As if it were wrong, she said "Foot-washers beleive that anything thats pleasure is a sin.." (Lee 49) Its likely that not everything thing thats pleasure is a sin, but Miss Maudie is discrimminating against his religion. 

"Jem, I ain't ever heard of a n***** snowman,"(Lee pg.75) Jem decided to put dirt and sticks on the snowman to make it look dark colored. this would be cultural discrimination because they are making fun of skin color. So far this book seems to be very racist.

“‘Scout , I'm tellin’ you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!” With that I had no option but to join them.” (Lee 58) This quote happened after it was said Dill and Jem were going to look in the Radleys house, Scout protesting to it, which made Jem once again refer to her as a girl in a bad light. This is an example of individual or interpersonal discrimination. Though it seems Scout is a girl, in these situations Jem treats her as if she’s not, then when she seems remotely scared to him, he calls her a girl. Just discrimination in general towards her gender. What does it mean to act like a certain gender anyway? Jem is just feeding into stereotypes. I can only assume this will continue to happen in the story, discrimination against gender, whether it’s directed towards Scout or someone else.

“Mr. Radley shot a No in his collard patch.”

It’s the individual descrimination, After Jemm runs away frightened by the shot from Radley  house the people gather around and talk about the fact that Raddley says he shot a No but managed to escape.

" Jem, I ain't ever heard of a ****** snowman." (Lee Pg.75) This is a perfect example of cultural discrimination. Scout says this to Jem because he doesn't quite get that what he is saying has such a heavy history behind the word. Jem and Scout were making a snowman during the first snowfall they have ever experienced. Jem thought it would be funny to add dirt to the snowman along with sticks to make it have a darker tone.