Bad names

[MsElliott]

From the beginning of the novel up through to the end of Chapter 11, how does Scout respond most times when she is called bad names? Integrate a quote into your response.

[lilyklunyk]

Scout doesn't usually know what the bad names mean, she just responds to the way the bad names have been said. She takes the tone of the insult as criticism. We see this when she tries "to explain to Atticus that it wasn't so much what Francis said that had infuriated [her] as the way he had said it”. 

[Cassandra]

Although Scout doesn't really reply as such when she, Jem or Atticus is called things like 'nigger lover', she instead chooses to beat up the offender, as she doesn't know how to ignore such comments.

[coreym]

Scout uses violence when her or her family are called bad names. An example is when she beat up her cousin for calling Atticus a 'nigger lover'

[emilyhadzalic]

Oct 20, 2015 20:47:35 GMT lilyklunyk said:

Scout doesn't usually know what the bad names mean, she just responds to the way the bad names have been said. She takes the tone of the insult as criticism. We see this when she tries "to explain to Atticus that it wasn't so much what Francis said that had infuriated [her] as the way he had said it”. 

Even though Scout is only insulted by the way people say things, she still reacts strongly and almost always starts a fight. She'd "fight anyone from a third cousin upwards tooth and nail."

[elisegrant]

Scout always tends o turn to violence when she is called a name although it doesn't have to be directed at her but someone like her father and she will bash the person who said it up. An example of this is when she bashed up her cousin as he said said Atticus was a 'nigger lover'.

[kayleewilliams]

Oct 20, 2015 20:47:35 GMT lilyklunyk said:

Scout doesn't usually know what the bad names mean, she just responds to the way the bad names have been said. She takes the tone of the insult as criticism. We see this when she tries "to explain to Atticus that it wasn't so much what Francis said that had infuriated [her] as the way he had said it”. 

Due to this, she will often resort to violence as a way to let out her frustrations.

[Yor a wizard Harry!! (Ashton)]

Oct 21, 2015 1:27:44 GMT coreym said:

Scout uses violence when her or her family are called bad names. An example is when she beat up her cousin for calling Atticus a 'nigger lover'

I agree that scout reacts with violence, that is because she does not know what the words mean and humans are scared of the unknown. 

[remimckenzie]

Oct 21, 2015 0:55:00 GMT Cassandra said:

Although Scout doesn't really reply as such when she, Jem or Atticus is called things like 'nigger lover', she instead chooses to beat up the offender, as she doesn't know how to ignore such comments.

This is a good point. I guess her reply is more physical than verbal as the only thing she thinks to do is beat up whoever calls her such names. 

[mattsmart]

Oct 21, 2015 1:27:44 GMT coreym said:

Scout uses violence when her or her family are called bad names. An example is when she beat up her cousin for calling Atticus a 'nigger lover'

I agree as the only was Scout believes the way the 'resolve' things is to start physical violence.

[mackenzieg]

Oct 21, 2015 1:27:44 GMT coreym said:

Scout uses violence when her or her family are called bad names. An example is when she beat up her cousin for calling Atticus a 'nigger lover'

It should also be noted that it wasn't the word that aggravated her but the way it was said and how the word was delivered. 

[jemimareid]

Oct 19, 2015 5:14:05 GMT MsElliott said:

From the beginning of the novel up through to the end of Chapter 11, how does Scout respond most times when she is called bad names? Integrate a quote into your response.

Whenever Scout has a problem with something someone says, she hits them. She doesn't know how to respond so its easier for her to respond with violence instead of words. She has learnt that with the boys in her year, intelligent comments don't go very far in stopping their behavior. "Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be".

[isabelleewert]

Oct 19, 2015 5:14:05 GMT MsElliott said:

From the beginning of the novel up through to the end of Chapter 11, how does Scout respond most times when she is called bad names? Integrate a quote into your response.

Although Atticus constantly reminds her not to use violence, Scout cannot help herself when her family or father is called bad names or put down in any way. She resorts often to fighting and beating the offender which doesn't really achieve much in the long term either. Scout finds that the easiest way to deal with her problems is through violence for example when her father is called a, "nigger-lover."

[zoel]

Oct 20, 2015 20:47:35 GMT lilyklunyk said:

Scout doesn't usually know what the bad names mean, she just responds to the way the bad names have been said. She takes the tone of the insult as criticism. We see this when she tries "to explain to Atticus that it wasn't so much what Francis said that had infuriated [her] as the way he had said it”. 

When she understands or knows what has been said is bad, she usually beats up whoever said it. 

[allanaedgell]

Scout doesn't know how to ignore being called bad names and so she chooses to fight whoever has called her a name. She gets called, "nigger lover" by many people and even though she doesn't understand what this means, she still fights.