Director:
I found myself thinking about how Atticus must have felt while he had to question people that he had known his whole life and try to pick out the true information that they were saying from what was false. One of the passages that I selected was on page 169, when Atticus was questioning the sheriff. This paragraph was interesting because I thought that you could just sense the tention that must of been in the courtroom that day while Atticus was questioning the sheriff. The other passage I selected was on page 184 when Atticus was questioning Mayella. I thought that that way Atticus asked questions Mayella and how he got information out of her was very interesting and cleaver. After the questioning of Mayella and her answers to the questions led me to think that if Tom really wanted to hurt Mayella, he would have done it on one of the other previous pass bys. The most important idea from this section is when Atticus is questioning the sheriff and most importantly Miss. Mayella and trying to find out what really happened that day. If the author was in our literature circle I would ask her where she came up with all her ideas for the questioning and also how she makes the intensity of the court room come out in her writing.
I was absent the day of the literature circle due to softball.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Movie Review:
The To Kill A Mockingbird movie is different from the book because the movie cut out the whole part about Ms. Dubose and how Jem went and read to her. Also I didn't feel the Jem matured as he did in the book. Even though I didn't feel Jem matured as much and they cut the whole part about Ms. Dubose I still feel the movie is better. I say this because I felt it was hard to get into but with the movie they pretty much got right to the point of things.
I think the character that was best portrayed in the movie was Atticus. Atticus was portrayed very well in the movie because the way he was decribed in the book was exactly how he came out to be in the movie, You could just feel the father figure come out, like he came straight out of the book. I didn't feel Jem's character come out very well. In the book, I felt Jem changed alot and become more mature and in the movie I just felt like he stayed the same character throughout.
My favorite scene from the movie was the courtroom when they were questioning Tom Robinson. I liked this scene because it really drew me into the movie more because it just seemed to get really intense especially when Tom was up on the stand telling the true story even though he knew that nobody was going to believe him, he was still up there telling the truth.
Yes, I have to say I was kind of disappointed in the movie. I think by leaving out specific parts about the neighbor, Ms Dubois, it didn't feel like Jem grew as a character as much as he did in the book. Also they left out huge scenes about Dill, like when he ran away and was hiding under Scout's bed. So you didn't get to see Dill as a character very much either. I think if I were to do it differently I would add in at least the story about Ms. Dubose. Also I would have put Dill coming back the way he did in the book at the end. Lastly, I would have expanded out the season changes a little more because the movie made it seem as though everything happened over the course of one school year, doing this would have also helped with the growing the characters
The To Kill A Mockingbird movie is different from the book because the movie cut out the whole part about Ms. Dubose and how Jem went and read to her. Also I didn't feel the Jem matured as he did in the book. Even though I didn't feel Jem matured as much and they cut the whole part about Ms. Dubose I still feel the movie is better. I say this because I felt it was hard to get into but with the movie they pretty much got right to the point of things.
I think the character that was best portrayed in the movie was Atticus. Atticus was portrayed very well in the movie because the way he was decribed in the book was exactly how he came out to be in the movie, You could just feel the father figure come out, like he came straight out of the book. I didn't feel Jem's character come out very well. In the book, I felt Jem changed alot and become more mature and in the movie I just felt like he stayed the same character throughout.
My favorite scene from the movie was the courtroom when they were questioning Tom Robinson. I liked this scene because it really drew me into the movie more because it just seemed to get really intense especially when Tom was up on the stand telling the true story even though he knew that nobody was going to believe him, he was still up there telling the truth.
Yes, I have to say I was kind of disappointed in the movie. I think by leaving out specific parts about the neighbor, Ms Dubois, it didn't feel like Jem grew as a character as much as he did in the book. Also they left out huge scenes about Dill, like when he ran away and was hiding under Scout's bed. So you didn't get to see Dill as a character very much either. I think if I were to do it differently I would add in at least the story about Ms. Dubose. Also I would have put Dill coming back the way he did in the book at the end. Lastly, I would have expanded out the season changes a little more because the movie made it seem as though everything happened over the course of one school year, doing this would have also helped with the growing the characters
Monday, April 16, 2012
Connecter:
The connections that I made between the settings in Kalispell and the settings in the book were, the fact that Kalispell and Maycomb are both really small towns. In small towns there is also not much to so and you have to drive a good distance before there is town where there is actually. Also the Radley house reminds me of alot of the houses in Evergreen. The connections that I made between conflicts in my life to the ones in the book are the fact that they had a really cold winter. Also the conflicts that Scout has with her teachers and school in general. Scout reminds me a lot of my younger sister because she always has questions about everything and always wants to hang out with and my friends. I couldn't make a connection to another book because I have never read a book like this before. One connection that I made that nobody else has, is that when the kids were seeing snow for the first time and Scout thought that the world was going to end because of it. This reminds me of when I was in 2nd grade and my friend had just moved up here for Arizona and had never seen snow before so when we went outside one day it was snowing and he freaked out and asked what the "white stuff" falling from the sky was.
The connections that I made between the settings in Kalispell and the settings in the book were, the fact that Kalispell and Maycomb are both really small towns. In small towns there is also not much to so and you have to drive a good distance before there is town where there is actually. Also the Radley house reminds me of alot of the houses in Evergreen. The connections that I made between conflicts in my life to the ones in the book are the fact that they had a really cold winter. Also the conflicts that Scout has with her teachers and school in general. Scout reminds me a lot of my younger sister because she always has questions about everything and always wants to hang out with and my friends. I couldn't make a connection to another book because I have never read a book like this before. One connection that I made that nobody else has, is that when the kids were seeing snow for the first time and Scout thought that the world was going to end because of it. This reminds me of when I was in 2nd grade and my friend had just moved up here for Arizona and had never seen snow before so when we went outside one day it was snowing and he freaked out and asked what the "white stuff" falling from the sky was.
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