Group+9

=Taylor, Matt, Sam, Josh, Davin= Why do you think Bob Ewell chose to attack Jem and Scout coming back from the Halloween pageant instead of fighting Atticus? davin 5/10/10 7:23pm He might have chosen to attack Jem and Scout because they are more vulnerable and they are an easier target as they are children, where as Atticus is an adult who is obviously stronger. Taylor 5/11/10 9:54pm

I think that he figureed that this would be an easier way to get back at Atticus. He probably thought that it would also draw less attention to him if he did not fight Atticus, where if he was tohurt the children there would be no one to prove that it happened. It would be important for Bob Ewell to remain innocet so that his previous trial with Tom Robinson would stand. 5/11/10 11:35pm Josh.

I agree with Josh. It would have been an easier way for Mr. Ewell to get his revenge on Atticus. Also, if Mr. Ewell had have lived through the attack, and a trial was held in order to figure out what happened that night, most people would believe Atticus over the children. So thats why I think he attacked the children instead of a grown man. Taylor 5/15/10 6:22pm

I also think that Bob Ewell would had to have be a huge coward to attack Jem and Scout insted of dealing with his problems directly with Atticus. I think that Bob also might be mentally unstable, because you would have to be to attack a couple of children. I think that if he has a problem with Atticus he should deal with him alone not with the children. 5/16/10 9:36pm Josh

I think that Bob Ewell attacked Jem and Scout instead of Atticus because he was to scared to fight Atticus and the next best thing were his kids.Sam R. 5/18/10 7:02 am

What is your opinon about the whole Tom Robinson trial? What do you think about what Mayella Ewell testified to the court? At what point did people in the courtroom realize that Mayella Ewell is lying? Who do you think is the most honest person that spoke at the trial? I disagree with the trial because they way people are treating Tom is unfair. If you put all the evidence covered by Atticus together, there is no way that Tom could have done what everyone assumes happened to Mayella. People in the Jury automatically saw him as guilty because it was a colored man against a white girl. Taylor 5/4/10 7:15pm I agree with what Taylor said about the trial being unfair and the reason they lost with all the evidence they had saying Tom didn't do it is because he is black. In my opinion the most honest person who spoke at the trial was Tom. davin 5/4/10 8:39

I would say that Tom was the most honest person in the trial and he should not have been convicted of his accusation, theevidence proved that he could not have raped Mayella. I agree with Taylor the trial was deffinitly unfair for Tom, and he was deffinitly only convicted because of the fact that he is black and Mayella is white. 5/4/10 10:15pm Josh

I agree with what Josh and Taylor said about the trial being unfair because Tom was black and he was found guilty because he was black all the evidence Atticus had didn't matter because of how people thought about black people back in those days davin 5/7/10 12:54pm

I think that Tom was found guilty because he was black and the jury didn’t even look at the evidence because he was black. The racial discrimination in the book also points to the fact that Tom was going to be convicted as soon as he walked into the courtroom. I think that what Mayella Ewell testified to the court was a story that she was making up as she went along because she would take pauses to think when she was answering a question or she would try to think of a way so that she didn’t have to answer the question at all. Sam R. 5/9/10 9:24am

I  think that the jury finally realized that Mayella Ewell was lying when she looked at her father when answering a question and then changed her answer. I also think that the most honest person there was Tom because he was calm the whole time and didn’t hesitate when answering questions from Atticus. Sam R. 5/9/10 6:34p m

​ Do you think that having Aunt Alexandra live with Atticus, Jem and Scout will be good for the Finch family? Why or Why not? Sam R. 4/26/10 4:35pm

yes, she could be a good help with the kids and to Atticus, and Scout could have a more lady like role model around the house. Matt 4/27/10 5:53

I don't think it will matter that much because from what i read so far she doesn't seem to have an influence on what Atticus does, and Jem and Scout don't want to listen to her and don't want her at their house. davin 4/27/10 8:13pm

I agree with Davin. Although it would seem that Aunt Alexandra would be a good help in this family she really doesn't do a whole lot. Yes she attempts to teach Scout to be more feminine but Scout has no desire to change or become someone or something she's not. Taylor 4/28/10 6:55pm

I think that Aunt Alexandra living with Jem, Scout and Atticus is both a good thing and a bad thing. It is good that she intends to bing Scout up to be a proper young lady, but at the same time i think that her stubbornness and determination will eventually become a problem, and i cant see Scout wanting to listen to a thing that she says. I alsothink that she will restrict the ammount of things that Jem and Scout can do and she will try to take over the possition as the dominant parent and try to run the house hold. So really the only possitive thing about her comming to live with the Finches is that she might be able to influence Scout to be more of a lady. 4/28/10 8:25 Josh

I agree with Josh having Aunt Alexandra living with the Finches will be good and bad. Having her there will help Scout become a proper lady and will give Atticus some advice on how to be more assertive to the kids. With Aunt Alexandra there the kids might be more likely to be rebellious to her and Atticus. Sam R. 5/2/10 6:37pm

Aunt Alexandra comming to live with the Finchs will definitly be both good and bad but it is hard to say weather it will end up benefiting the children in the end or if it will make them grow up in a way that they would normally not have. I think that she wont have much affect on Scout but she might have one on Jem. 5/2/10 11pm josh

I still believe that Aunt Alexandra may have her moments where she will be beneficial toward Jem and Scout, but I can't see her being able to change the way they act as Scout seems to be hard headed and not willing to change for anyone. Taylor 5/2/10 11:42pm

What effect does the looming Robinson trial have on the Finches' relations with their relatives and neighbours? Why might this situation be more difficult for Jem and Scout than for their father?

It is making life very difficult for the Finch family because their neighbors are constantly accusing Atticus for sticking up and working with Black people. I believe that this is more difficult for Jem and Scout because they are younger and may not understand all of the reasons for why people are saying what they do about their father. Taylor 4/20/10 8:35pm

I'm not sure if this is the question or not. The Robinson trial is making their neighbors tease Jem and Scout about their father being a "nigger lover" and Scout is beating people up because of the things they are saying about her father. Their family is saying the same thing and calling Atticus the like the shame of the family and stuff. In my opinion the situation may be harder for Jem and Scout because they are too young to fully understand the situation. davin 4/20 /10 5:45pm

I think that this would have been a very hard thing to deal with in this time period because of racial tension. It would have been considered socially unacceptable to defend a black person in a trial even though it was legal to do. I think that this would have been harder for the kids because they would be teased by their friends, and they are too young to realize the reason that there father was doing what he was doing. They would not realize that he was participating in the trial not for social acceptance but because he felt it was the right thing to do even though he thought for sure that he would not be able to win. 4/20/10 9pm Josh

I think the upcoming Robinson trial is causing tense relationships with the Finches family and neighbours. Some of the Finches neighbours and family have gone and said that Atticus is a shame to the family and have said many other things that could be taken as insulting. This situation is harder for Jem and Scout than it is for Atticus because Atticus is more mature and knows how to react to the racial comments from town’s people. Jem and Scout think that they have to fight to defend the family name and to get the towns people to stop making bad comments about their family, especially about their father wanting to defend black people. Sam R. 4/21/10 9:45pm

I agree with the other group member as this would have been very difficult for the children as well as the rest of the Finch family because defending a black man is going against what everyone else in Maycomb believes as being acceptable. All through this family's lives people are now teasing them and calling them 'nigger lovers' because Atticus believes in doing the right thing no matter what the society believes is socially acceptable. Taylor 4/25/10 4:35pm

I also think that the upcoming Robinson trial is causing Jem and Scout to worry about Atticus because small groups of people are approaching him during the days before the trial. It would be hard for Jem and Scout to deal with the thoughts that their farther could be in a lot of danger. Sam R. 4/25/10 4:53pm

I can't really say anything else, our group has said all that needs to be said. All I can do is agree with everything that has already been said about the Robinson case.davin 4/25/10 6:04

I agree with everyone in the fact that it would definitly be very hard on the children to have to deal with the problems occuring as a result of the Robinson trial, but i think that even though they are gong through a hard time they are learning very valuable life lessons that will definitly benifit them in the future. I think that is an other reason why Atticus is proceeding with the Robinson trial 4/25/10 9:30 Josh

Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem and Dill? What superstitions do these three children have about with the Radley house? Taylor 4/9/10 9:00pm

I think they find the Radley place so interesting because they don't actually know anything about Boo or the other Radleys except what other people have told them about them. The kids think that Boo stabbed his dad with scissors and they think that if they go anywhere near his house he will kill them. davin 4/13/10 8:33pm

They spend all there time acting out the Radley stories and hearing them so im guessing there just curious. Not knowing fo sure if th stories were true or not probably struck some curiosity as well.Matt 4/14/10 5:23 pm

I think that they find the Radley place so fascinating is because they know so little about the Radley's through stories that they have heard from other town folk. The Radley's don't usually come out of their house so the children can only use their imagination and the stories that they have heard to try and figure out what goes on in the Radley's house. One superstition that the children have with the Radley's house is if they go up and touch it that someone will come out and get them. Sam R. 4/14/10 6:43pm

I agree with sam the children do not know much about the Radleys but what they do know facinates them. Which is why they are so curious about the house and about Boo. I also think that the children have crazy superstitions about Boo, its not possible for a person to live off of raw animal meat, especially that of a squirrel. I would say that most likely these superstitions were formed because no one see's or talks to the Radleys. Josh 4/15/10 7:20 am

I also believe that the children are so fascinated about the Radley place because they are curious kids that have a big imagination. This combination with all of the unknowns about the Radleys place and the curious kids with a big imagination draws them to be fascinated by the Radley place. Sam R. 4/18/10 6:23pm

I agree with everyone, because our group rocks. davin 4/18/10 6:29pm

I think that another reason why the kids are so facinated with the Radleys is because they seem like a family out out of a movie which would make any child with a good imagination, curious to find out more about them. I think that it will only be a matter of time before the kds curriosity overcomes them and one of them brakes in to see what is relly goin on inside the radley place. 4/18/10 11:15pm Josh