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Post by MsElliott on Nov 11, 2015 3:49:22 GMT
Why did Jem not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Ewell's at the end of the chapter? Was this a wise thing to ask her to do?
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Post by maddylarder on Nov 15, 2015 10:15:59 GMT
Jem asks Scout not to tell Atticus about the comment that they overheard Bob Ewell make in the courtroom. They overheard Mr Ewell say, "one down and about two more to go", which freaks Jem out and warns to Scout not to breath a word to Atticus or "Jem would personally never speak to me again." This was not a wise thing to ask Scout to do as she is immature and will accidently tell her father. However, in another sense, it was a wise decision because Atticus has enough on his plate to then worry about silly comments that Bob Ewell makes.
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Post by natashababalis on Nov 16, 2015 7:40:28 GMT
Jem asks Scout not to tell Atticus about the comment that they overheard Bob Ewell make in the courtroom. They overheard Mr Ewell say, "one down and about two more to go", which freaks Jem out and warns to Scout not to breath a word to Atticus or "Jem would personally never speak to me again." This was not a wise thing to ask Scout to do as she is immature and will accidently tell her father. However, in another sense, it was a wise decision because Atticus has enough on his plate to then worry about silly comments that Bob Ewell makes. He also knows how naive Atticus is and doesn't want him to follow this up and get himself in trouble. |
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Post by amysutherland on Nov 16, 2015 9:05:32 GMT
Jem asks Scout not to tell Atticus about the comment that they overheard Bob Ewell make in the courtroom. They overheard Mr Ewell say, "one down and about two more to go", which freaks Jem out and warns to Scout not to breath a word to Atticus or "Jem would personally never speak to me again." This was not a wise thing to ask Scout to do as she is immature and will accidently tell her father. However, in another sense, it was a wise decision because Atticus has enough on his plate to then worry about silly comments that Bob Ewell makes. He also knows how naive Atticus is and doesn't want him to follow this up and get himself in trouble. Jem doesn't want Atticus to freak out about the safety of his children and doesn't want Scout to find out the meaning to this although he may not fully understand it himself. |
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Post by rileyjolly on Nov 16, 2015 11:12:05 GMT
Jem askes scout not to tell Atticus about bobs comment in the courtroom ("one down and about two more to go") this was not a Sie thing to ask her to do as she probably can't keep a secret beacsye she is young.
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Post by benzillasimpkins on Nov 17, 2015 8:26:05 GMT
jem tells scout not to tell atticus about the remark that bob ewell made in the court about "that's one down, about two more to go" because jem knew that atticus had other things on his mind that were more important. this was not wise as scout is still a child and might still tell atticus and telling atticus might have prevented the attack brought upon be bob ewell
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Post by watts on Nov 17, 2015 9:52:17 GMT
With the comments that Jem and Scout over heard in the court 'that's one down and about two more to go' should be kept to themselves. Atticuss did not need to hear things like that. The only problem was that Scout was so young that she may have trouble keeping it secret.
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