Commentary On To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and I am on page 208. This book is about the Finch family. Two young kids, Scout and Jem, living in Alabama while their dad is a full time lawyer working on a case with a black man being charged with rape. In this journal I will be questioning. In this paragraph I will be questioning the mob scene. The mob left because of the kids. Some reason’s they left was because Scout was embarrassing Mr. Cunningham. She started talking about entailment; she heard her father and Mr. Cunningham talking about earlier. After he ignored her she started talking about Walter. “Maybe he told you about me, I beat him up one time but he was really nice about it” (Lee 205). He started to get pale in the face because …show more content…
The group of men showed up smelling like stale whiskey. Jem did not want to leave and have something happen to Atticus or his sister. After how much embarrassment Scout put Mr. Cunningham in he told the men “Let’s get going boys” (Lee 206). I think that Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. Calpurnia is a better mother figure because she is willing to be a mother figure to the kids and calls them her kids. “I don’t want anybody sayin’ I don’t look after my children” (Lee 157). One example of this is when Jem and Scout found an old sick dog wandering down the road. Calpurnia was confused and did not believe the kids at first until she went and looked herself. “Calpurnia stared, then grabbed us by the shoulders and ran us home” (Lee 123). Another example of this is when Calpurnia asked the kids if they wanted to join her at church. Jem and Scout were excited to go but did not know how to dress themselves. “Mister Jem, you absolutely can’t wear that tie with that suit. It’s green.” (Lee 157). The last example is when Calpurnia was leaving the Finch’s house because Aunt Alexandra was coming to watch the kids for awhile Scout asked Cal if she could come to her house to visit Cal said “Any time you want to, we’d be glad to have you” (Lee
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