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School

7-3

Scout, the main little girl, goes to her first day of school and her teacher doesn't like her because she already knows how to read and write.  Miss Caroline told Scout that she is not allowed to be taught by her father.  This makes her really upset, but her father and she work out a compromise.  I think her teacher was a little jealous that this girl was already so smart.  I think she didn't want her dad to teach her because it would defeat the pupose of her job.  You would think that a teacher would encourage outside learning so they would have to do everything.  This book really emphasized some of the differences between now and then.

Maycomb

7-2

Maycomb is the little town that this story takes place.  It kind of reminds me of Tooele because everyone knows everyone.  People are always in each others business, and if someone isn't just like everyone else, they are condidered scary.  The Radley's are the "scary" people in this story and Jem and Scout, who live across the street, are afraid of them.  So many rumors are spread about the Radley's I wonder how many of them are true.

The Beginning

To Kill a Mocking bird  7-1

The beginning jumped right into the story and it was hard to follow at first.  I started spouting out all the characters and I didn't know what it was talking about.  Finally I understood there is a boy adn girl who live with their dad and thier servant, Calphurnia.  There mom died when the little girl was two so she said she didn't miss her at all.  I thought it was sad not to miss your own mother because you never got to know her.  It would be so hard for me if one of my parents died becuase both of them teach me everything I need to know, but in different ways.

Cheated

The Promise  6-3

At the carnival they start to play this gambling game.  They keep getting offered a better price which makes the cost of the game go up, but they keep on playing because they are sooooo close to winning.  The owner of the game comes and tells the Micheal and his cousin's boyfriend they are in good hands so they play a few more times until they lose all their money and don't win.  They had indeed won but were cheated.  I've learned not to gamble.  For this specific story and from playing a stock market game.  There is no skill involved and you can't control the out come.  I kind of felt bad for them getting cheated, but I knew it would happen.

Teenagers

The Promise  6-2

One of the characters is Micheal, a typical teenage boy.  I did not like this character at all, and didn't enjoy hearing about his selfish attitude.  He was worse than a typical teenager becasue he was given the stereotype as a nerd, but acted like he had all the power in the world.  He was a puck kid trying to get whatever he wanted with the appearance of a shy, smart guy.  I didn't like how he was able to get his cousin to do waht ever he wanted and she had no power at all.  That just isn't right because nomally the older has a small amout of power over the younger. 

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