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.