Blog 5: Chapters 25-31:
→ What conclusions does Scout come to at the end of the novel? What conclusions do you draw from the novel?
At the end of the novel, Scout comes to reach many conclusions. One example was in the last scene of To Kill a Mockingbird, where Scout stood and looked around the neighborhood on Boo Radley’s porch,” I had never seen our neighborhood from this angle. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough”(Lee 374). She learns to look at things in a different perspective and that people can never understand someone fully, until they've walked in their shoes. She really gets to know Boo, set aside how his profile was created primarily due to the town’s rumors and gossip. She finally gets to look at the neighborhood and an overview of the last 3-4 years in Arthur’s point of view. Arthur wasn't a monster, but someone that was lonely and didn't have any friends. He’s someone that considers Scout and Jem as if they were his own children, as he has watched over them while they grew up. He is a part of a big chunk of Jem and Scout’s childhood. She finds out that people can be a part of someone’s life, even if they don’t know it.
Conclusions we can draw from the novel is that Scout has greatly matured from being inquisitive and blunt to a more mature person displaying a “coming of age theme”. She has learned about courage, racism, innocence, and viewing things from various points of views. In conclusion, we can conclude many things such as that the mockingbird in To Kill a Mockingbird, represents a symbol of innocence. In the Tom Robinson case, Tom Robinson played the purpose of innocence, someone who has done nothing wrong. Just like how Tom was innocent did nothing but help Mayella Ewell, “[mockingbirds] don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us” (Lee 119). Therefore, it was a sin for Bob Ewell “to kill a mockingbird”,and he had to pay for that sin with his life later on in Chapter 30.
I think it is interesting that Bob Ewell had to pay for that sin with his life, I had never thought of that. Do you think that in a way Tom was avenged because of that?
ReplyDeleteI do think that in a way, Tom was avenged because of that because due to this, Bob Ewell had to pay for it indirectly with his life.
DeleteI liked that you compared Tom to a mockingbird. Throughout the book there have been statements on how mockingbirds were not to be killed because they only provide beautiful music for all to hear, in other words they never do anything wrong. That's why I liked the comparison because Tom was always innocent.
ReplyDeleteI like how you mentioned innocence. I completely agree, but I also see it in Scout as well. Before she developed this mauturity, she was very innocent when discovering the way the world works. What do you think the main significance of the Robinson case was in Scout's development?
ReplyDeleteI think the main significance of the Robinson case on Scout was that it affected her in a way that connects to the "coming of age" theme. She learns much more about the world than it really seems. She learns more about courage, doing the right thing, having respect, the cruelty in the world, the injustice in the world, and most of all... she learns to be more mature.
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