Homework For Tonight

Once you have found a dozen or so examples of sympathetic and unsympathetic characterizations of both Mayelle and Tom you need to write a reflective paragraph fr each. The paragraph should deal with the issues around Lee's main problem: How can both good and evil exist in the same people?
Points to ponder....
  • Are people essentially whole or broken in the novel?
  •  What does Lee think the source of evil is? Fear? Ignorance? Something else?
  • Does Lee posit empathy as the solution to the South's divergent nature?
  • How is Mayella/Tom different from their historical counterparts from the video? Why does Lee change them?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It needs to be a paragraph now? I thought we could just bullet them and write them by answering the questions you had on the board? Now I'm confused...

Carly D said...

Are we supposed to write about all points? or just pick one or two?

Mr. B said...

Paragraph...bullet list....five paragraph essay...finger paints...I don't care as long as you are reflecting on the idea that Harper Lee tells us something about the main issue she is trying to resolve. You are suppose to use the points above as a jumping off point. Write whatever you think.

Anonymous said...

When is this due?

mitch said...

How do we cite a person, like an interview?