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Explain how Harper Lee's using Scout as the narrator affects out understanding of the events in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Explain why Arthur Boo Radley doesn't come out of the house except to help the children.

Anyone got those 2 question above?

2007-03-22 16:17:19 · 6 answers · asked by Cool Q 1 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

6 answers

you need to read the book and figure that out for yourself... us telling you, is really doing you a disservice.

2007-03-22 16:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Scout is the voice of innocence in the book, the voice which eventually gains responsibility and loses her innocence when she is exposed to the world and of the unfairness within, such as the trial and the segregation. She understands events in the most simplistic sense, but adds a childish love to all the events that happen, so to the reader the events aren't biased in the way that adults think, so they can truely feel and interpret the event any way they want.

he does not come out of the house because he does not want to be judged the way the people of the town judge everyone else. he does not want to be caught up in any of the unfairness of the world that he observes from the window. he comes out to help the children because he is a good person and truely cares for them and watches for them as a parent.

does that work? i read the book just earlier this year.....man our english teacher gave us hard questions too...

2007-03-22 23:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by YY 2 · 0 0

Scout is easily related to anyone's childhood. Much like a 'everyman', Scout becomes a 'every child'.
Many readers can relate to the narration.
Remembering one's past as a child.

The children become the only real link to the real world for Boo Radley.
The Trinkets in the tree are an example of his means of communicating and building a bond with the children.
Boo is a child himself, so he feels comfortable with the children, not a sense of fear.

2007-03-22 23:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by poelingos 1 · 0 0

Scout's perspective allows the reader to understand the events from an unbiased and trusting point of view.

Boo only shows himself to help the children because his caring nature is greater than his fear.

2007-03-23 05:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by ophelliaz 4 · 0 0

Are you saying you prefer others do your thinking for you ~~~ Not Cool ~ "Q" !!!

Make a list of Scouts and Boo's qualities:

Scout: reading, loyalty to brother, love of father et al. How do those help understanding by her, and by us.

Boo: kindness, lives in a dark house but has the light of friendship toward Jem. WHY???

Good Luck, you can do it yourself.

2007-03-22 23:28:51 · answer #5 · answered by scottyusa1 4 · 0 0

I think your teacher would like your interpretation and creativity on thos question. Your grade in any English class is subjective sans grammar.

2007-03-22 23:28:38 · answer #6 · answered by tito_swave 4 · 0 0

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