"Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad."—Scout (293)
what does this quote mean?
i need commentary on it ...please thank you
2006-12-12 13:44:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I please describe this quote as well !!!In the court case, the witness for the state “have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption—the evil assumption—that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all ***** men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber. Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some ***** men cannot be trusted around women, black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men…"—Atticus (217) what does this quote mean and in what "case" was it in?
2006-12-12 14:06:09 · update #1
it means that neighbors or friends always should help each other...
Boo helped them but Scout and Jem didn't want to go to the possibility that Boo, the man who supposedly murdered, was actually nice
The whole book is about racism and segragation
2006-12-12 13:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by brownboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means she was growing up, thinking like her dad Adicus thought as many did back then. She was grateful for the little things that Boo gave to them in the tree. She felt that they should have done something in return, she was feeling grateful and having good givng feelings and as a child that is a really good thing. Adicus defended the black man against odds because of the principles he lived by and wanted his children to live by. Scout was getting those principles at her young age.She didn't understand that when they took the things offered in the tree that they were helping Boo, being a friend of sorts and making him feel good. He felt they were his friends, he knew their father and he looked out for them. He loved them. Boo had saved their lives, though she maybe didn't understand that. Great movie. Great book. Great actors. Robert Duvall's first movie, he was Boo. Hope this helps some. Just my feelings.
2006-12-12 13:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by MISS-MARY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding me? What case is this in? For pete's sake read the book! The whole book is about the case! You will never learn anything if you try to slide by like this! This is a wonderful, amazing book and if you are too lazy to read it then you deserve to FAIL!
2006-12-12 13:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
tom robinso is involving a mocking chicken due to the fact that he certainly not did some thing to harm, anoy, or some thing to anyvody else so there was once no purpose for him to die within the e-book. now not alot however i believe u can upload to it if u appear by way of the e-book.
2016-09-03 16:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋