The narration of To Kill a Mockingbird is done by Scout Finch. Write a developed paragraph response to the following prompt: How would you describe Scout's tone during the first 5 chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Remember, TONE is the author's attitude toward what he or she is writing about. We are going to consider Scout as the author for this blog post.
Nathan Schahn
ReplyDeletei would consider scouts tone as happy and scared. I think she is happy to be with friends but when Mr.Radley's house or any thing concerning him she gets scared. she also doesn't like to be corrected by Calpurnia.
Scout seems to be very independent and somewhere in between happy and sad. She's not incredibly happy with the factors of her life, her writing isn't full of joy, but it isn't filled with sadness either. She also seems afraid, mostly of the Radley house, but most likely because she's a child she fears getting into trouble.
ReplyDeleteScouts tone throughout the story is typical of that of a sad young child. It wavers between fear, anger, and frustration. Everything seems to make her upset. Her teacher is cruel to her, and the maid often gives her frustration, and of course she has great fear for the Radley household. She has most of the basic insecurities such as being afrai of a "haunted" house and feeling anger and frustration when yelle at and told what to do. It overall seems that she has a negative tone.
ReplyDeleteScout is a very interesting character. She maintains a fond tone throughout the story, because it is her retelling the story. She does seem content, but she also still holds resentment for many things in her childhood. As a complete tone, I'd say she is happy.
ReplyDeleteScout appears to be a fiery intelligent young girl with great potential. Her tone in the first five paragraphs is a mix of swirling emotions and feelings. She seems happy, sad, angry, worried, and scared all at once. She doesn't seem to enjoy being told what to do and she also speaks and acts as though she has a temper with her character. For the most part I think Scout is strong but knows that it's okay to be afraid. .
ReplyDeleteScout appears to have fear, sadness, happiness, and curiosity. Scout tends to fear trouble and Boo Radley. But she feels fear for Jem when he puts himself in danger. Sadness for her is experienced when Jem continues to insult her all the time by saying, "Your becoming more like a girl every day." Scout feels happiness upon the arrival of Dill during the summer and when seh can join in a game she's always happy. At some point however Scout begins to show less fear and more curiosity for the Radleys. This starts when she finds sentimental items in a tree very close to the Radley place. She begins to wonder why it's there and whose it is.
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Scout makes a very interesting character because of the time of her telling the story. She tells the story as her older self, her diction as a well read adult in the setting of a six year old. She is just like any other smart girl, she plays pretend with her brother Jem and her friend Dill, and she reads stories with her dad. But she is extremely contradicted, some people praise her for her intelligence and others scold her for it.
ReplyDeleteScout is frustrated at school because her teacher teaches to slowly but at the end of the year dill comes back and she is happy again.
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ReplyDeleteHow would you describe Scout's tone during the first five chapters of to kill a mockingbird? I would describe scout's tone to be hopeful,cynical,snarky, and playful. An example is when scout said,..." I went to much trouble, sometimes, not to provoke her."This is an example of how scout is being hopeful to stay in good grace of Calpurnia and it also sheds light on how she can be a bit cynical towards Calpurnia. There are many different tones just in the first five chapters, but those four stood out the most to me
Scout is quite happy throughout the first couple chapters but once school starts and she has problems with her new teacher, her mood changes to sad and confused. She didn't like the fact that Miss Caroline never believed anything she said. Once school was out and Dill came for the summer, her mood was lifted again. That is, until Jem and Dill stop letting her tag along with them in their games because she's "becoming more like a girl every day." She starts experiencing fear when Jem and Dill tell her of their plan to deliver Boo Radley a note through his window shutters, and force her to become apart of their scheme. She helps them by being a lookout but this frightens her because the other day when she rolled in front of Boo Radley's house is a tire, she heard a deep laugh from inside the house. I think Scout is a very strong, independent little girl although she still has the attitude of a small child, she acts older than she is.
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Scout acts a lot like me when I was little. She wants to be brave like a boy, and adventurous. Though her tone seems like she is not very happy in school, but more happy when shes at home with her brother where she has something to do, and also because the teacher doesn't understand her, so she gets confused if she should still continue reading.
ReplyDeleteScouts tone is that she seems very adventurous and brave. She wants to be accepted by her brother and dill. But she still is girl and she is afraid of Boo. But she's that boon isn't so bad after all
ReplyDeleteScouts tone during the first 5 chapters seem to be happy, sad, confused, and fears getting into trouble. Her tone is mixed with all those emotions throughout the chapters. Scout is also brave but knows that it is okay to be afraid.
ReplyDeletei would think that scouts tone is carefree-ish, scared, adventerus, confused, and lastly happy.
ReplyDeleteScout's tone during the first 5 chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird was one that many children have. It was one of "I'm right, You're wrong, get used to it." This tone would be viewed as ignorant to anyone of greater wisdom, but in this instance, it shows that scout is still a child and still has room for growth in her life. Jem even explains that Scout needs to learn more during a conversation with Walter Cunningham: "...Scout here, she's just crazy- she won't fight you anymore." In this sense, it could be said that scout is innocent during the first 5 chapters of TKAM.
ReplyDeleteScout's tone in the first five chapters is interesting, she is an adventurous little girl who likes to think she is right. She is brave for her age, although she does get scared off by things like Boo Radley. She is naive, and is growing up around people who are different than the way her father, Atticus, has raised her to be. She is impressionable, and the people from her school act a certain way; she shows how easily influenced she is when she fights a kid because he is poorer than her. She grows up in a society where people think the poor deserve the worst.
ReplyDeleteScout appears to be close-minded, fearful, and adventurous in the first five chapters of the book. At school she stays strong to her worldviews when they're challenged by other people. The fearful tone comes to the subject of Boo Radley. She is terrified by him because of all of the stories she'd heard. Although she can be fearful, she also has a sense of adventure. Scared to death of Boo Radley, she always seems to end up around his home in her exploits.
ReplyDeleteScout has a happy tone throughout most of the first five chapters. She is basically reflecting on her childhood. Recalling these childhood times makes her happy because it would seem as if she enjoyed her childhood. Even though she is older now that she is telling this story, she is still able to remember these times with great detail.
ReplyDeleteClay Hawkeswood
Scout's tone is happy for a long time but later in the book she gets scared of boo radley andis scared away from the tomboy she once was
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