To Kill A Mockingbird Case Study Answers

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1) One of the first things that was said was about his fourth grade teacher reporting that he was a problem child. He also was sent back and forth from his mothers to his fathers house, this caused problems with discipline. His mother also called a teacher about problems at home to see what she could do.
2) The factors that affected him the most were probably the constant change. Living with one parent and then the other caused him to be put in many schools. This caused him to make new friends all of the time, which in effect made him a loner. Whenever he would get settled, he would have to up and start over.
3) His mother had a big effect on the way he was. She was constantly on the move herself in her job training, which caused him to
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It showed that there was definite malice and aggressiveness in the way things were. It also showed that while she laid there dying, he still did nothing to help.
5) Premeditated murder, is the fact of thinking about it ahead of time, and then carrying out. The felony murder charge is not planned in advance. Yet, this is were the point of the action is far beyond the point of a simple accident. This shows that you know you are doing something really wrong but continue.
6) They first showed that Tate was 12 years old and of a normal IQ. This showed that he mentally knew what he was doing. They also showed through evidence that the attack took place over a few minute period and not a one event accident. They even stated the fact of him watching while the girl urinated on herself from pain. At this time he went back to watching TV before going to get his mother when she was no longer breathing.
7) I don't believe that the defense worked because it was based on illusions. They wanted to show that the boy believed that the wrestling was so real that he carried it out. Still they could not show why he would not get help at the first sign of