TKAM Chapters 12-13 Discussion Questions
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Chapter 12
1)Visualize the political cartoon of Atticus. What is the cartoon saying about him?
this might be an allusion to slavery. while Atticus is going to defend a black man, he’s “working like a slave” to do it. schoolboys at that time wore short pants, but the cartoon also shows Atticus without shoes.
Atticus wasn’t a racist person, and he didn’t mind being around the black people, even though other people consistently mocked him for it. The townsfolk thought the only way they could try and change Atticus was if they got enough people to basically verbally harass him, he would change his views. It wouldn’t have worked, however, and the cartoon was not a big deal whatsoever.
2)Cite specific evidence that suggests Calpurnia’s ancestors may have been enslaved.
I think this instance serves as evidence that Calpurnia and her family were enslaved because it talks about how it was a poor church and most of the congregation was illiterate. I also think Lula was rude to Cal because this church was something of their own and she didn’t want the kids to take it away.
Since Calpurnia had never took Jem and Scout to her church before, the other members didn’t trust them because they were white. When Lula criticized her, it may have been evidence that Calpurnia may, and more likely, had a rough past with white people.
Calpurnia says old Miss Buford taught her how to read. When Scout asks Calpurnia her age, Cal says, “I just have it on Christmas, it’s easier to remember that way—I don’t have a real birthday” (126). Calpurnia also mentions that she grew up on Finch’s Landing. Finch’s Landing used to be a plantation before the Civil War and Scout’s ancestor, Simon Finch, owned slaves.
I agree with Faith. I think that the fact that Cal grew up on Finch’s Landing is good evidence that proves that she may have come from an enslaved family.
3)How does Cal explain her reasoning for adjusting her language in different settings?
When Calpurnia took the kids to her church, she changed her voice. Scout said that Calpurnia was talking like them now. She was talking like the people she was at church with. Calpurnia’s reason for talking differently was because she would feel out of place. If she talked differently at church, then the church would think that she was up to something.
Chapter 13
1)Summarize Scout’s view of Maycomb county’s history and culture.
2)How does Aunt Alexandra believe Atticus has failed as a parent? Do you agree with her assessment of her brother?
Aunt Alexander thinks that since Scout and Jem act like some wild hooligans that they have not been taught any family morals and that Atticus has failed to teach them about the Finch family legacy. She thinks they’re going to end up just like their Cousin Joshua, who had made an assassination attempt on the president and failed, getting him sent to jail. It costed the family five hundred bucks to get him out. The portrayal of him is right because he did try to commit murder and that could come from having wild tendencies and anger issues. The Finch family has a whole lineup of anger issue family members, including Jem.
Aunt Alexander thinks he has failed has a parent because the Finch kids are not living up to her standards of how their family should be. She wants the kids to be more of a lady and gentleman. I do not agree. I think they are just kids. I think Atticus was a good father to them.
is moving forward and changing with the time and not sticking to tradition when tradition is wrong.
I agree with this and I would like to add that I feel as if Aunt Alexandra is a perfect example of how people stereotype a Southern woman to be very proper and fashionable. I think that Aunt Alexandria doesn’t know how to take Scout because of how tom boyish she is so she feels that she will not grow up like she is suppose to. She thinks this is mainly because Atticus failed as a parent. This entire situation scares her and makes her extra hard on Scout especially because they are the same gender.
just because of the way she talks about them being hooligans and scout dressing too masculine. I don’t think Atticus has failed though because the kids dress how they please and are very wise for their ages and scout learned to read at a very early age. Atticus’s ways of parenting are not tradition but they seem to be working
3)What do you think Scout means when she says, “I know what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work?”
I think what Scout is trying to say is that she new that Atticus was just trying to listen to his sister’s orders and parent his children on the importance of family. But Scout thinks that it would’ve been better if a women tried to do this.
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I would like to add that I feel that Scout’s views of Maycomb county will begin to change over time as she learns to judge people based on their actions not on her stereotypical views.
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