Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Chapter 20/21: Examine the final line of Chapter 21. What is the significance? (Ava)
The last line of Chapter 21 is " 'Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin',' ". When he says this, Reverend Sykes means that this moment will be equivalent to Atticus' death. This is because this case, to Atticus, was the one case that would change the way he would see things forever. On page 101 of To Kill A Mockingbird Atticus says, " [...]every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, " (Lee 101). After reading the final events of chapter 21, it's now safe to assume that Atticus has lost this case. Since he has, it will most definitely affect him personally, to the point that he feels as if he's about to die.
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I think that the line "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin’. "(Lee 283) was a sign of respect shown to Atticus. At the end of the chapter, Scout says “I looked around. They were standing. All around us…. the Negroes were getting to their feet.”(Lee 283) I think that the African American community stood as Atticus walked down the aisle to show their respect. Because even though they knew he would not win the case, Atticus had tried, and that was more than anyone else had done. Atticus had done a good job and he had shown Tom’s innocence. They knew that the only reason the jury had decided Tom was guilty was the color of his skin.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the second quote that you introduced when Atticus said,Every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, " (Lee 101). This case was Something Atticus took personally because he knew that he was gonna loose he case no matter how much evidence they had because during that time people took a white person's word over a black.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the line "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin’"(Lee 283). was a symbol of showing respect towards Atticus who had dedicated so much time and effort into this case, and for it to not have gone the way he had planned diminishes some of his hope. Having lost the case despite all his efforts, in a way shows that all the people who were doubting him and judging him for supporting a black man were right. It shows that they have power and that Atticus is more or less "powerless". When this quote is said, everybody in the courtroom is standing and paying all of their respects to Atticus.
ReplyDeleteI think that when Revrend Sykes says "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin’"(Lee 283), he means that even though he tried his all, he ended up giving up. Later in the book we see Atticus talk about the court case and he knew there was nothing he could do to stop Bob Ewell from winning.
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