The Movie

The scene that really stood out for me is when Jem and Scout find Dill in ms. Maudie's garden, because it is just so different then I pictured it when I was reading the book. When I was reading the book I had imagined Dill popping up from inside a patch of cabbage or something! It was just so much different in the movie. It was different from the movie because in the movie he is really sort of full of himself and is bragging in an obnoxious sort of way. Dill is such a cute little boy with huge horse teeth sticking out of his face, so it is just so surprising to see him with so much self confidence. 

I think also in the movie Scout is a very whinny little girl, where as Jem is much different then I imagined as well. Jem is not very nice to Scout it seems, and is snotty to her because she is his little sister of course. Atticus was very much like I imagined except for he didn't seem so old in the book to me, in the movie he seems a little bit out of things and not very down to earth as I thought he would be. Over all the book is quite similar to the movie in many ways but has some differences, most of them minor and unnoticeable (except for the fact that there is no Aunt Alexandra in the movie ) I loved the book! and I am loving the movie too! its is very fun to read and great to talk about.

The book that changed my life!

Well I guess this book has changed my life in many ways. Every time I am getting ready to argue with my mom about something (or my brother) I think about how the issue looks from their point of view. And I put myself in their shoes for a while. When I first started To Kill A Mockingbird, honestly it really didn't interest me at all (maybe because the font is so tiny, and there are so many words on one page!!) but I knew I had to keep reading it, and as I did it pulled me in and then I was reading more than what was asked every night!!

I also learned a lot from this book. I learned to be happy with what you have, to be aware that others have much more harsh lives that we are aware of. Also I agree with a lot of what is in this book, and I feel like in a way it relates to me, "She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl." It's true there is so much skill!!!

Life Lessons

Jem, as we recently read, was at court with Atticus, without him knowing about it. But while he was there I really think he got an earful about racism and how black people were treated very unfairly. He observed the judges side with white people on every subject. He observed Tom Robinson  being treated very unfairly, and with no respect what so ever. When Jem found out about Tom Robinson being shot form trying to escape I think that just said it all. Also i think that Jem could have understood a lot better if he had heard what Tom said when he said "I am really tired of white men's chances, and I prefer to take my own."I think that really showed Jem that there was a lot more to the world that what he had known. 

I think this is a very important lesson to learn because, we are taught in school about racism. There are books, movies, documentaries, and stories, that we are taught. But I think it is really important to know how segregated we used to be. different bathrooms, drinking fountains and stores. We should feel really lucky how different is is now. There are still some ways that this country, and this world are in some way segregated. But we've made a really big change, and it's important to know about the past. And the history of the world.

My non-tedious class :)

M.s Gilman's third period class puts a very enormous grin on my face. Maybe its the way when you ask her about her kids, or say "so.....m.s Gilman hows the potty training going?" you can get her off subject for at least 8 minutes or more! or maybe its the teenager-ness that M.s

Gilman secretly has hidden underneath her teacher version of M.s Gilman. It could be any of those things or many more. I have never had an actual English class before,  just Social Studies. But I love English. I love to write, and learn new amazingly confusing words every day! 

The class room it's self is just an ordinary one (smells like expo markers, is always -20 degrees and the carpet has mushed-into-the-carpet-gum ) but the atmosphere is really nice to be in, you I always just feel like I can say anything, and tell the truth and feel comfortable in there. I think the people in the class room are a bit insane sometimes, but I love the feeling of being able to just speak our minds without being judged, and yes we are talkative and loud and crazy, but m.s Gilman puts up with us for the most of it and just pushes through all the crap we give her. The assignments we get are always very interesting and creative, and fun to do with partners. If I had to summon up my english class in one word it would be. creativeawesomefunexcitingdifferentinterestingsmartmellowunderstanding

T\[[hemes!!

The theme I chose to write about is, "different perspectives" 

I think this theme applies to To Kill A Mocking Bird because throughout the book (so far) Atticus, and Scout bring perspectives up in many different ways to each other and other people in the story. Some examples of this are when Mr Walter Cunningham and the other folks are down at the County Jail to beat up Atticus and scout is talking to Mr. Cunningham about his son walter j.r. in the same grade and school as Scout. And it really made Mr. Cunningham rethink his attempt to hurt Atticus, and realize that he was a father just like Atticus, he had a son. So thankfully Walter just called the whole thing off, and left Atticus in the same condition he was in before. "Son you'll understand folks a little better when you're older. A mob's always made up of  people, no matter what. M.r Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man...." Atticus seemed really thankful, but I don't think he expressed that very well to Scout. I bet he will though one day.

Also, another example of "perspectives" is, when Atticus tells Scout to try and be in other peoples shoes, and then see life. like Walter Cunningham and his sons, and also from the Ewells perspective. They are both quite poor families, and view life quite differently. My idea's about this book are that it is very interesting and has a lot of meanings that are not on the surface all the time, but you have to stop what you're reading and just think about if for a second. But I think it is a really great book.