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Post by MsElliott on Oct 19, 2015 4:54:50 GMT
Although many find it to carry a beautiful sentiment, why might Atticus' statement that it's okay to shoot blue jays but a sin to kill a mockingbird be seen as problematic? Integrate a quote into your answer.
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Post by lindadate on Oct 22, 2015 6:08:39 GMT
Atticus' statement that it's okay to shoot blue jays but a sin to kill a mockingbird suggests that a mockingbird's life is more important than a blue jay's one, when in reality they are both just birds going about their lives the only way that they know how. Miss Maudie says that 'Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music
for us to enjoy', which highlights the good points about mockingbirds. This is biased, as nothing good is said about the blue jays when they have their own good points. Atticus is supposed to be fighting for equal rights between different races, however this comment suggests the opposite.
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Post by remimckenzie on Oct 22, 2015 9:39:48 GMT
Atticus' statement that it's okay to shoot blue jays but a sin to kill a mockingbird suggests that a mockingbird's life is more important than a blue jay's one, when in reality they are both just birds going about their lives the only way that they know how. Miss Maudie says that 'Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy', which highlights the good points about mockingbirds. This is biased, as nothing good is said about the blue jays when they have their own good points. Atticus is supposed to be fighting for equal rights between different races, however this comment suggests the opposite. I agree with what you are saying, and I like the idea you mention about how Atticus is fighting for equal rights although the comment on the bluebird is in a way contradicting what he believes in. |
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Post by zoebia on Oct 22, 2015 10:12:37 GMT
This is problematic because Atticus is suggesting that one life is worth more then another, when both a mockingbird and a bluejay are both birds and hardly differ. For Atticus to say this is a bit odd as well, because he is fighting on Tom Robinson's side to show equal rights, but he then makes a point that if something is thought of as prettier, or better then it's okay for a different one to be killed.
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Post by emilyhadzalic on Oct 23, 2015 0:11:54 GMT
Although many find it to carry a beautiful sentiment, why might Atticus' statement that it's okay to shoot blue jays but a sin to kill a mockingbird be seen as problematic? Integrate a quote into your answer. Atticus telling Scout and Jem, "shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird," could be seen as problematic. Atticus is potentially conveying the message to his children that hurting somebody to any degree is okay as long as that person has been bad to you in the past. For example, bluejay makes nests in people's houses and eats people's crops and just generally annoys them, so it's okay to shoot them and kill them. |
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Post by jemimareid on Oct 23, 2015 0:27:36 GMT
Although many find it to carry a beautiful sentiment, why might Atticus' statement that it's okay to shoot blue jays but a sin to kill a mockingbird be seen as problematic? Integrate a quote into your answer. Bluejays are bad, nest thieving birds who don't work hard. The mockingbird are beautiful songbirds who build their own nests. In a way, the bluejay represents the Ewells and the mockingbird is Tom Robinson. Yet, Atticus is condoning the discrimination of people, just because of who they are, without reading into their situation. Like he's saying all mockingbirds and good and all bluejays are bad. But then he says to Scout; "I do my best to love everybody". |
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Post by emilyhadzalic on Oct 23, 2015 0:36:59 GMT
This is problematic because Atticus is suggesting that one life is worth more then another, when both a mockingbird and a bluejay are both birds and hardly differ. For Atticus to say this is a bit odd as well, because he is fighting on Tom Robinson's side to show equal rights, but he then makes a point that if something is thought of as prettier, or better then it's okay for a different one to be killed. I agree. Atticus, Scout, Jem, Mr Raymond and the entire black community felt it was wrong for Tom Robinson to die but hardly anybody, not even her own white community, felt it was wrong that Mayella Ewell was getting beaten at home. Because she was an Ewell everybody thought she was trash. |
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Post by zoel on Oct 24, 2015 22:51:30 GMT
Although many find it to carry a beautiful sentiment, why might Atticus' statement that it's okay to shoot blue jays but a sin to kill a mockingbird be seen as problematic? Integrate a quote into your answer. Bluejays are bad, nest thieving birds who don't work hard. The mockingbird are beautiful songbirds who build their own nests. In a way, the bluejay represents the Ewells and the mockingbird is Tom Robinson. Yet, Atticus is condoning the discrimination of people, just because of who they are, without reading into their situation. Like he's saying all mockingbirds and good and all bluejays are bad. But then he says to Scout; "I do my best to love everybody". This is really good answer. He is contradicting his belief in equality.  |
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