head"
is to feel guilty for having taken a particular action.
It would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?
A very common way to say "similar to..."
You never really knew a man until you stood
in his shoes and walked around in them.
A great saying that someone such as Atticus would teach his children,
perhaps implying that few people are able to truly see the problems of
life from another person's point of view.
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Some Possible Questions for ESL Class Discussion
1. What does this movie tell us about American life in 1932?
2. Is the US still a racist society? Is it as bad as it was back then?
What about your own country? Who are the "negroes" of the culture
hat you come from?
3. Atticus said that he had to defend Tom Robinson so that he could walk in town
"with his head up" (without being ashamed). What were the principles that Atticus
was defending? If you had been in his position in that town at that time, would you
have had the courage to do what he did?
4. Why do you think this story was told from the point of view of a child?
5. How would you describe Atticus to a friend? What about Scout? And Jem?
6. In a very powerful scene, Scout's talking to Mr. Cunningham seems to prevent
the white mob from killing Tom Robinson. What does that scene seem to imply about
hatred, violence, and human nature?
7. Why did Mr. Radley scare so many people in town? Does every town have somebody like him?
8. Atticus believes that the search for truth is one of the greatest principles,
but at the end of the film, he seems to agree with Sheriff Tate that the death of
Mr. Ewell should be considered an accident. Given the nature of the town, the circumstances
in which Boo became involved, and Boo's "shy ways," was agreeing to the sheriff's "version
of reality" the right thing to do?
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