Today we finally finished chapter 31 and we also finished the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." A lot of important things happened in chapter 31 but the main part of the chapter was Scout getting in Boo's shoes. In chapter 31, Scout is looking at Boo and telling the reader that he is a very quiet person and she then asks him if he wants to say goodbye to Jem before heading home. Boo accepts and goes and sees Jem. Scout is surprised because it seemed that it was the first time Boo saw a boy in his life. After seeing Jem he finally talks and tells Scout, "Will you take me home?" that was the first and last thing he said in the chapter and Scout describes it as a murmur of a scared kid. Of course Scout said yes and she took him home. Scout then views the town from where Boo sees it. She had never seen her town from that angle and she realized Boo had done so much for her and Jem and they had given him nothing in return. She then returns home and finds Atticus in Jem's room and she asks him to read the book The Gray Ghost to her. He accepts and before heading to sleep Scout tells Atticus that Stoner Boy was nice and Atticus replied that most people were nice.
In my opinion I really enjoyed the book as a whole, the morals and main points of the book are those that we can apply to our everyday life. I also liked the title a lot and how the author developed her book from the title. My favorite characters of the book are: Atticus, Scout, and Boo Radley. They were all mockingbirds in the book and they did what was right even thought it was hard. Boo Radley was still kind and caring towards Scout and Jem even though they would make fun of him and were scared of him. Scout didn't let the stereotypes and the people judging her put her down or make her change which in my opinion is courageous. Most people would of changed the way they dressed just so the people like them or simply because they do not want to be judged anyone by society. And Atticus defended a African American even though everyone in Maycomb was against it, even his family. I also liked that Scout got into Boo's for the first time, she understood that Boo was not a creepy man who wanted to kill anyone but he was actually like a little child(probably because he has some sort of mental disability) who wouldn't harm a fly. Overall this book was very fun and entertaining to read!
Reflections on Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" from Blessed Trinity 8th graders.
You have a good summary of what happened in the final chapters. I agree with you that there are a lot of morals and main points that we can apply to our everyday lives. I am also in agreement when you say the title had developed the book around the title. It was a very interesting title and she was able to build a lot of morals and life lessons around it. This book was also very entertaining to me. In our next blogs, try to add some images to really show your emotion about this. Overall, very good blog post!
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