"...That year, the school buzzed with talk about him defending Tom Robinson, none of which was complimentary."(pg.103 Lee) This was difficult for them to face because it was something you really can't control. It is their father that was working with a black man. In fact this wasn't really Attiucs's decision either. It's his job to work with anyone. The consequence is that they are getting made fun of and picked on because of what their dad is doing at work. An option they could have done was tell a teacher about what was going on, this would've had a consequence too because the teacher isn't really all that kind either. Being children they aren't really able to do much because the kids are picking on them, if they were adults they would be able to maybe better distance themselves from their dad so they aren't associated with the situation as much. This leads to more and more talk and hate about Atticus defending a man that shouldn't be defended. The conflict of the story is very clearly racism. All these white people are hating on another white man for helping out a man of color. Even though they are all the same they didn't see it like that. I think part two will continue to follow along with what Atticus is doing and how Jem and Scout view it.
“Francis looked at me carefully, concluded that I had been sufficiently subdued, and crooned softly N*****-lover…” This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired, I sailed in with my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, ‘Stand still!’.” (Lee, Pg. 96) Scout decided to punch her cousin Francis, who had called her father a derogatory name. Her Uncle Jack reprimanded her and pushed her to the ground as a result of her actions. She could have ignored her cousin’s remark like she did with the boy at school and told her father or uncle which would have left her with no consequences other than her cousin’s annoyance. Scout’s options are limited as a child since her cousin doesn’t give her the opportunity to tell him what’s right and constantly interrupts her, and she has too much pride to stand down and not speak up about her father. In the book, Jem and Scout’s father, Atticus, is supporting a black man in court, and this incident leads to conflict. In Maycomb, Alabama, there are numerous racists who disgrace Atticus for representing the man, and sadly, Jem and Scout must cope with their criticism, but must decide how best to approach the matter.
"Francis looked at me carefully, concluded that I had been sufficiently subdued, and crooned softly, 'Nigger-lover...' This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired, I sailed in with my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, 'Stand still!'' (Lee 96). At this moment Scout made the decision to give Francis what he deserved, and it was a bad decision on Scout's part. The consequences of her actions were that she got spanked and scolded by Uncle Jack. Her other options would be to just suck it up or tattle on Francis, which I feel would have worked, but he wouldn't have been reprimanded as bad as Uncle Jack presumably did to him after Scout punched him because Uncle Jack wouldn't have felt as bad for Scout after he wrongly took Francis' side. This helps lead up to when Jem beats Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes because it starts to really set the tone of the conflict in the story. The conflict is how the town thinks of Atticus and how he is defending a black man. I think as the story goes on, Scout and Jem will be a way to get to Atticus, by insulting them they will try and provoke Atticus and cause something to happen.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Bubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves(Lee 118)." This had negative and positive consequences, Negative was Atticus made Jem read to Mrs. Dubose for 2hrs every day after school, and the positive was he let out all his frustrations. They could have left but kept the frustration in until they blew up doing something more dangerous. If they were an adult they would have had punishment because of the destruction of someone's property but as a child, they only had to suffer a boring task. I think part 2 of the conflict will always have something to do with Jem or Scout or Both because they are the main characters.
“‘Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s mine, I guess. You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down.’”
By Atticus telling Scout to keep her head high and fists down it gives her a hard decision to either fight the kid who called her family a not so fun slur and get in big trouble for it or keep the peace and not let it bother her and not get in trouble
As a kid they cant do much about it except for telling a teacher or the principal about what the kid said. If they were and adult there still wouldnt be much they could do about it as its just words and not a threat to them or their family.
The conflict in this book is going to be the town being angry at Atticus for defending Tom Robinson
"This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired, I sailed in with my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, "Stand still!" (Lee 96) Scout and Uncle Jack got into an argument and Scout got physical and started to punch Uncle Jack, as she finds out this wasn't a good decision on her half. Scouts obviously a child so she doesn't have experience handling these situations, she's not as mature and hasn't developed enough to handle this properly. I'm assuming that this conflict between her and Uncle Jack will continue throughout the book and that someone else will get involved like Articus or Jem.
“Cecil Jacobs made me forget. He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended n******.” Instead of retaliating against the kid, Scout was confused on what Cecil meant by that so she went home and asked Atticus about it. If Scout was an adult the situation would’ve gone differently because there could’ve been a fight or argument between the two which could’ve also lead to a worse situation. This impacts the story because Atticus then explains the situation to Scout and why people look down on him for it. I think that in the second part of the story there will be a lot of Scout and Jem being made fun of for what their dad did and they will lose respect throughout the community.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned" (Lee 118) If he were older I believe he could have handled himself much more appropriately than he did. The consequence of his actions was he had to go read to Mrs. Dubose for an hour every day. I feel like there were really no other alternative punishments because of how sick she is.
“Francis looked at me carefully, concluded that I had been sufficiently subdued, and crooned softly, “(n-word)-lover…” This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth.” (Lee 96) Scout's only real options were to yell for help or to fight back, and she chose to fight back when she and her dad were insulted. This ended up with her getting in trouble for fighting again. I don't think her options would change if she were an adult, the only change would be more extreme consequences I'd guess. I feel like this fight hints at the fact that going forward there is going to be a lot more conflict around Atticus defending Tom. The conflict is Atticus defending a black man, and how Scout and Jem will handle the backlash of it.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs.Dubose owned."(Lee pg. 118) being unable to control his actions led to Atticus making him read to Mrs. Dubose for 2 hours every day. Jem didn't really have any other options since Atticus knew that Jem had made a mistake. Atticus wanted to make him learn his lesson for what he did, Jem being a child had second thoughts of what he was doing and knew more about Mrs. Dubose and her condition. I think the conflict of the story is the people hating on Atticus because of how he is defending an African American as one of the top layers.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves. He bent my baton against his knee, snapped it in two, and threw it down." (Lee 118) This was a negative consequence of what happened and Jem would have to go to Mrs. Dubose house every day for a month and read to her for 2 hours and I believe that if they were both adults the consequence would be a lot worse than just having to go read for two hours every day but it is still a negative consequence. One of the conflicts in the story is that people are not supporting Atticus in defending an African American but not only are they not supporting they are hating him.
"He did not being to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves"(Lee 118). The consequences he got from doing this was not overly terrible all he had to do was read to her for a month. The other option he had was just to let it go and walk away and tell Atticus what had happened and he probably would have been praised for leaving it alone. If he was an adult he could have actually talked to her but being a kid he had no say in anything. His choice impacts the story because him reading helped her be free from her issue she had. I believe the conflict of the second part of the story is that the town is still mad at Atticus for helping a person with a different skin color and I think they are going to try and help people see that just because of skin color doesn't mean there different.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned, until the ground was littered with green buds and leaves. He bent my baton against his knee, snapped it in two and threw it down. By that time I was shrieking" (Lee 118) After Atticus found out what Jem did he had told him he needed to read to her everyday at her house for two hours. They could have been nice to her and said good morning or good afternoon. If they were older they could have gotten in more trouble than just having to read to her. This shows why she was so mean to them.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned."(Lee 118) Jem had suffered the consequences of the mistake he made after Atticus found out. Atticus knew this was a large and very bad mistake so made sure Jem did not get away with it. Jems consequence of destroying the bush was reading to Mrs. Dubose everyday. I believe this opens an impact to the story because the community does not like Atticus for defending a African American man so now his kids understanding not everybody should be treated differently due to their differences will play a role later on.
"Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s mine, I guess. You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down." Atticus is trying to tell Scout that she shouldn't get mad on his behalf and to be the bigger person and walk away
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned." (Lee 118) Jem's actions were negative and with him doing this Atticus found out and had him read to Mrs. Dubose every night for 2 hours after school him being a child made it so no punishment happened to the extent of law getting involved. jem had been scared about reading to Mrs. dubose for his punishment but then Attuces told him to think of it as if he was reading at the Radley house. this moment could tie in with his father Attuces being a lawyer and how hes defending an African american man. in part 2 of the story.
"This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired, i sailed in with my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, 'stand still!'" (Lee 96) Scout acted out of anger towards francis after he was repeatedly making fun of atticus. The consequences are negative in scouts situation after the fighting. Uncle Jack does not respond properly to scout and only listens to francis and automatically labels him as the only victim in the situation and only punishes scout and causing the other adults around to think that scout was the instigator of the incident. another option scout could have pursued could be walking away and talking to an adult or to try ignoring francis' persistent verbal attacks towards atticus and their family. the consequences would have been positive and uncle jack and atticus would have been most likely proud of her restraint against the urge to fight with francis, as well as prove to them that she can act maturely. scout being a child does not change a lot about how she can react to francis because during this time it was more acceptable to spank or hit a misbehaving child. scout being a child changes the options in regard to whether or not she would like to be punished for fighting. this leads into atticus and uncle jack having the conversation that she listens in on not know atticus knew she was listening and make sure to say that jem and her need to come to him for the answers that they want rather than listening to the others from town. i think the conflict in the story through part one has been the people in town not liking atticus defending someone with a different skin color than them and over sharing their opinions about the topic with him and his children. i think in part two jem and scout will stand up with their father and defend their family while continuing work on the case. i think this because as of now jem and scout have not shown that they cower in fear when someone bad talks their family, i think they might choose to fight differently in the next part by using word rather than physical harm to another.
"He did not begin to calm down until he had cut the tops off every camellia bush Mrs. Dubose owned." (Lee 118).
This quote states that Jem does not know how to control his emotions. Jems actions resulted him having to read out loud to Mrs. Dubose for a whole month and Atticus made him apologize for what he had done. But since Jem is only 10 he can only get himself in trouble enough to make an apology and read to her to make up for it. If Jem was of age he probably would have had a talk with the people of the law because it is destruction of property which is not his own. Him destructing her property resulted in him having to do community service of some kind which was reading to Mrs. Dubose. This may lead into Jem not being able to control his emotions and when he is of age he may get in more trouble because he may not be able to control his emotions.
"I drew a bead on him, remembered what Atticus had said, then dropped my fists and walked away," (Lee 88) This had one small negative consequence because Scout got picked on for being a coward, but more than that it has a positive consequence because she respected her fathers wish and that was good for Atticus, the boy she was about to hit, and herself because she felt very noble after that. She could have hit him and possibly made him keep quiet but then she would have been in hot water with Atticus. Scout being a child changes her options because shes too young to have the patience and thought process to calm down and talk it out with someone, her first childish instinct is it put her fists up. Maybe if she were an adult, she'd think more like her father and try to defuse the situation or defend her post in a mature way. Her decision resulted in her feeling good about choosing not to fight and possibly could lead to her thinking twice in the future too. The conflict in the story is that Atticus is defending a black man in court in a much older time where a lot of the townspeople are racist and stuck in old views. This could hurt Atticus's respect from the town and that loss of respect could impact his children too because in Maycomb people are judged for what their family is or was.
