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Post by MsElliott on Nov 11, 2015 2:17:12 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning.
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Post by Cassandra on Nov 11, 2015 8:33:32 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I don't think it doesn't heighten the narrative impact of the attack scene because it seemed to me to be an unexpected time and place to attack young children, and especially with a group of people doing so. |
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Post by kate Fincham on Nov 12, 2015 22:33:35 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I don't think it doesn't heighten the narrative impact of the attack scene because it seemed to me to be an unexpected time and place to attack young children, and especially with a group of people doing so. I agree with this. At the time of the attack Mr Ewell's threat hasn't been mentioned for awhile. Furthermore, the reader is expecting Atticus to be the one who is attacked rather than his innocent children. Although Ewell is portrayed as a bit of a tyrant, there isn't really any forewarning that he would stoop so low as to attack Jem and Scout. |
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Post by kayleewilliams on Nov 12, 2015 23:03:20 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I think it heightens the narrative impact of the scene, as no one would think him to stoop so low as to attack young children. These warnings would have lead the reader to believe he would attack Atticus, thus being a shock when he chooses to attack the children instead. |
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Post by kayleewilliams on Nov 12, 2015 23:07:17 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I don't think it doesn't heighten the narrative impact of the attack scene because it seemed to me to be an unexpected time and place to attack young children, and especially with a group of people doing so. It was also a very cowardly thing to do - rather than attacking Atticus, who could put up a fight, they attack defenceless children instead. |
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Post by Cassandra on Nov 13, 2015 9:36:52 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I think it heightens the narrative impact of the scene, as no one would think him to stoop so low as to attack young children. These warnings would have lead the reader to believe he would attack Atticus, thus being a shock when he chooses to attack the children instead. I think this can also be true because it's like a build up of smaller events before the big impact comes. |
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Post by isabelleewert on Nov 17, 2015 7:09:21 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. Although the purpose of the constant mention of Mr Ewell's vengeance might be to weaken the impact of the attack on Jem and Scout it does not. The fact that there are many mentions to Bob's vengeance however, suggests to the reader that something might happen. The reader does not expect such an attack to take place on two young children on their way to a school event despite knowing the brutality Mr Ewell is capable of. |
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Post by elisegrant on Nov 18, 2015 10:03:39 GMT
I think the attack was very out of the blue so not heightening or weakening the narrative.The attack however may have been calculated by Mr Ewell as if he wanted to hurt Atticus, the best way to do so was by attacking his children rather than attacking Atticus himself.
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Post by coreym on Nov 19, 2015 7:34:58 GMT
I think the attack was very out of the blue so not heightening or weakening the narrative.The attack however may have been calculated by Mr Ewell as if he wanted to hurt Atticus, the best way to do so was by attacking his children rather than attacking Atticus himself. That is a very good point how to hurt Atticus would be to hurt his children. I think this heightened the narrative because it was unexpected. |
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Post by remimckenzie on Nov 19, 2015 8:57:01 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I think it heightens the narrative impact of the scene, as no one would think him to stoop so low as to attack young children. These warnings would have lead the reader to believe he would attack Atticus, thus being a shock when he chooses to attack the children instead. I agree. I did not think that Bob would attack his children as he seemed to pose more of a threat to Atticus himself. It was possibly an act of hatred for him as he knew that Atticus would hate more for his children to be hurt than Atticus himself. |
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Post by Yor a wizard Harry!! (Ashton) on Nov 19, 2015 9:51:58 GMT
Evaluate: Do the repeated warnings from the town's people to Atticus and his children about Bob Ewell's plans for vengeance heighten or weaken the narrative impact of the scene of his attack on Scout and Jem? Explain your reasoning. I believe Mr Ewell launched the attack on Atticus's children as he knows this point of leverage will hurt him more than an insult himself. He knows that Atticus would rather take it like a man and keep his head held high but an attack on his loved ones will cut him deep. It is Atticus that weakens the affect as he is the one that dismisses the allegations. |
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Post by Hope15 on Nov 19, 2015 11:05:26 GMT
I don't think it doesn't heighten the narrative impact of the attack scene because it seemed to me to be an unexpected time and place to attack young children, and especially with a group of people doing so. I agree with this. At the time of the attack Mr Ewell's threat hasn't been mentioned for awhile. Furthermore, the reader is expecting Atticus to be the one who is attacked rather than his innocent children. Although Ewell is portrayed as a bit of a tyrant, there isn't really any forewarning that he would stoop so low as to attack Jem and Scout. Both of you pose great points as there was no forewarning of Mr Ewell carrying out an attack on innocent children who had done nothing personally to him rather than Atticus as Kate mentioned. |
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Post by mattsmart on Nov 19, 2015 11:38:51 GMT
I don't think it heightens the impact of the scene as it is unexpected place and time and there wasn't a build up to a cartain scene
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Post by mackenzieg on Nov 19, 2015 12:18:40 GMT
I don't think it heightens the impact of the scene as it is unexpected place and time and there wasn't a build up to a cartain scene It is also quite unexpected as one would think that Atticus himself would be the one to be attacked rather than his children. |
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Post by lilyklunyk on Nov 19, 2015 20:38:31 GMT
The warnings given by the community and the threats given by Bob Ewell were probably present in the novel to heighten the impact of the attack on Scout and Jem, but I don't believe it really did that because as Atticus continued to brush away the threats and warnings, it inclined the readers to do so too. So when the attack happened it was a shock because the warnings and threats had been forgotten about.
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