In the first two chapters of the novel, Lee is establishing a setting, creating a mood, and providing the reader with background information. Lee clearly illustrates that the story takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb. Lee states the time of the story indirectly. The characters use phrases like, "the only thing we have too fear is fear itself", and Atticus says, "...and the crash hit them hardest." The crash in this instance is referring to the Great Depression. Lee creates an almost playful mood by telling the story through Scout. Scout is a young girl who doesn't have a great understanding of life yet. Since she is a kid, she acts in shenanigans which contributes to what I consider a playful mood. Lastly, Lee provides background information. Scout begins the majority of the first chapter describing some families in the town, particularly the Radley's. Scout describes the Radley's as peculiar, the Cunningham's as poor, says Atticus is a satisfactory father, Calpurnia and her don't get along, and she is good friends with her brother, Jem, and Dill.
The central conflict is really Scout trying to explain the story of how Jem broke his arm. So far we haven't gotten to a point where Scout describes the incident. As of now, Scout is setting up the story so that the reader has a full understanding of Jem's life at the time of the incident. We have yet to see the actual conflict aris even remotely.
Lee establishes the setting of the book and how things run in the town of Maycomb. In part 2, Scout told her teacher about how the cunninghams were poor and that they do not accept money from people. They live with what they have. Atticus told Scout that they were poor but not as poor as the cunninghams. Mr. Cunningham was a client of Atticus, but Mr. Cunningham never paid with money. He always paid with the things he would grow on his land. Lee uses this to establish how things were in Maycomb people were not super wealthy.
The main conflict in Part one is when Dill arrives in town. When Dill arrived he sparked this conflict/friendship with Jem and Scout. The three kids all became very curious of the mysterious man, Boo Radley. Dill dared Jem to go and touch the side of Boo Radleys house to try to lure him outside to see what he looked like. Dill just seemed very mischievous and will spark trouble with Jem and Scout.
Lee is establishing background in the first two chapters of the book. The reader learns about the people of the town and how your family dictates your actions. Everyone in the town is known for a specific thing. The audience also learns about Scout and her family dynamics. The chapters set up things that may become major conflicts during the progression of the book. Scout disliking her teacher may lead to later problems. The Radley's may come into play in the future and the children may continue to try and see Boo. The central conflict of part one appears to be Scout going to school because during the second chapter the audience learns of her dislike for school. The school Scout attends seems to be very backward. Her teacher becomes angry with her because she already knows how to read. This appears to be a problem that will continue because Scout is very straightforward. She tells things how they are and tries to explain things exactly. Her straightforwardness causes her down fall with Miss Caroline, though. These misunderstandings will continue as the story progresses. Scout's school is vastly different from her normal environment. She nor the other children are used to sitting and learning like Miss Caroline teaches. The problems between Scout, her teacher, and her school will probably continue.
Question 1: Lee is establishing the culture of the town. She begins the novel by explaining the importance of ancestors in the town. People are grouped and classified based on their ancestors. They are judged by the family they are in. This is important information to know because it may play a larger role later in the book. Lee establishes that the town is very poor. She directly states that they had no money. Economic standing greatly affects the way people behave because they are taught with different values. The education of the town is poor, as shown through Miss Caroline. Education also greatly affects they way a person behaves. Question 2: The central conflict of Part One so far is the judging of others based on family. This is significant because it is a characteristic everyone in the town possesses. So far in the history of the town, no one has been able to find a negative of the judging. If the theme of the book is derived through character change, this is likely to be the area in which the character changes. If that is true, it is vital that the readers learn about it early on so that they can deeply understand it.
Through out the first two chapters Lee allows the readers to discover what the history of her town is. She does this by going through the neighbor hood and explaining each house and everyone who lives there. She does this because she wants the author to get a better understanding of her experiences and what happened in the neighborhood when they were around. I think the main conflict is with Boo. I think this because the whole community is against him and his family and are trying to get him to be taken away, even though they feel as though he does not deserve to be taken there.
Lee is establishing what the basic climate was, the economy, how people interacted with each other , the conduct of people. The central conflict Is between the boy and his teacher. When the boy got to the first grade and he was more advanced at reading them others were. The teacheryelled at the boy to tell his father to stop teaching him and she would have to "undo the damage" , and that his father was not a teacher. Also when the teacher was going around asking the students where their lunches where, and one student didn't have his. The boy tried explaining to the teacher he was a Cunningham, which meant he was dirt poor and could not take what he couldn't pay back. The punishment of what the boy was trying to explain to the teacher was unfair because she hurt him and put him in the corner. As the boy left for lunch he saw the teacher head was burrows in her arms, the boy tried to feel sorry for her but he couldn't.
1. In the first two chapters of the book Lee is establishing the characters and the setting. She establishes Scout and her family, Calpurnia, Dill, and other townsfolk. The setting is Maycomb, Alabama in 1933. This is established by saying where she lives and the year is established when Scout says "Maycomb County had recently been told that it had noting to fear but fear itself" referring to FDR's 1933 inauguration speech about the great depression.
2. The central conflict is Dill's curiosity with the Radley house. This creates problems because Jem and Scout want nothing to do with the Radley house but Dill is very curious about it. The siblings tell Dill about it and warn him but he is still curious. This could be significant because the Radley place or Dill's curiosity with the Radley place could play an important part in the story later on potentially causing or solving problems.
1.) In the First two chapters of the book Harper introduces characters and setting. In part one she establishes herself as Scout. She then tells a story about her older brother Jem and how he came about breaking his arm. She then begins retelling her family history. Her first ancestors were from England and came to America as fur traders that traveled along the East coast. The Finch's established a farm called Finch's Landing. The first Finches to makes a living away from the family farm were Atticus Finch and Jack Finch. Scouts father Atticus became a lawyer in Maycomb Alabama which is the setting of the story. Scout explains her father as being "satisfactory and treats them with courteous detachment". The Finch's have a cook named Calpurnia who helps cook and clean the house. Scouts mother died when she was two and has no memories of her unlike her brother Jem, that continues to think of her which causes him to be unhappy. The story also takes place in the summer of 1933, which is when the finch children meet Dill or Charles Baker Harris, who quickly becomes Scouts best friend. Lee also introduces the Radley house that is said to be the home of the Maycomb phantom. In chapter 2 the children go back to school. Ms.Caroline becomes Scouts teacher and is explained to deal poorly with children. Ms.caroline makes Scout feel bad about how she was taught to read by her father. Her teacher also doesn't understand how poor children are like Walter in Scouts class.
2.) The central conflict of Chapter one is Dill's obsession with the Radley house. He tries to convince the Finch children to lure the phantom of Maycomb out of the haunted Radley house. Eventually, he convinces Jem to run up to the house and touch it. After touching it he sprints back quickly to Scout and Dill on the porch. they looked back at the house and there was no sign of movement around them or near the house. Scout thinks a shutter moved on the house.
In the first two chapters Lee establishes a scary person, Boo Radley, who is never seen. His family is different and everyone is scared to come close to the Radley property. Also identified in chapter 2, country folk and farmers are poor. Scout is poor too, but the farmers and country folk don't have money and if they borrow money from someone they cannot pay them back, they have to pay them back with resources such as stovewood. The conflict of Part One seems to be Boo Radley. Boo is a major part of the story so far and everyone is scared of him and the Radley's. Boo is never seen, however people have heard stories about him being crazy and stabbing his father in the leg with scissors. Nobody wants to go near the Radley house. For example, it said when the Negros walk passed at night they walk on the opposite side of the road. This is significant because Boo could be a major part of the story and will seem to be a major conflict in the future chapters.
In the first two chapters Lee is establishing the main characters and is setting the mood of the novel. She sets the mood by making the setting gloomy and in the school the teacher establishes a mood when she offers the boy a quarter but he does not accept. Scout explains how Walter is a Cunningham and that family is known for how poor they are. A central conflict being established is the children and their fright of their neighbor Boo.
Lee is establishing characters of Jem, Dill, and Scout. She is also establishing setting. Lee establishes character and setting in the first two chapters because it helps the reader better understand the rest of the story.
So far the central theme I see is that Dill wants to make Boo Ridley come out when he isn't understanding why that is a bad thing. The first chapter gives you background information and how Dill came into this story.
In the first two chapters of the novel, Lee is establishing the setting and “feel” for the story. She uses diction through the narrator. The narrator, Scout, is presenting a flashback of how her brother Jem broke his arm.
The central conflict seems to be Scout’s personality. She has trouble controlling her tongue and has a cold hearted point of view on life due to her background. Scout easily gets herself into trouble with her sassy attitude and shortness towards others.
Lee is starting to establish alot of background information about the childhoods of the children. She seems to be trying to explain to us what it is like to be a child during the great depression. The central conflict of part one is how difficult it is for the children growing up in the depression. It is so important because it will bring out the inner inocence of the main characters and show true stuggle between themselves.
Lee is establishing the point of view, main characters, and building up background of the environment in Maycomb. These will all become an important part of our plot for the story. She begins by letting us know that Scout is the narrator, and Scout's family along with neighbors and teachers are some of the main characters in this story. Since we are involved in the decisions that Scout makes, we know that this is first person. We are inside the narrator's head, and taken to flashbacks to prove this true. We also learn some of the general rules of Maycomb. Scout talks of colored people as if they are wild animals. She acts as though they are totally separate from the rest of society, and emphasizes every action that they make. We also learn that it is not encouraged for the youth to have any large advancements in education. They must strictly go by what they are taught, and if necessary, reposition themselves onto the same level as the others their age. The central conflict of part one involves all of these aspects. There is conflict between the known and unknown. Scout knows many things, and is advanced for her age level in aspects such as literacy. On the other hand, she follows every rule someone teaches her, and is still adapting her intellectual abilities to fit those around her. She talks like she believes she should, not like she can. This provides a conflict, because she does not understand what the issue is with her having an advantage over others, and showing unique qualities.
In the first two chapters of the novel, Harper Lee establishes many items. Firstly, she establishes the setting of the novel: Maycomb county Alabama. Along with it, she establishes the time period that the story took place, alluding to it by including a famous quote expressed one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration speeches. Numerous characters are introduced with the first two chapters. This includes Jem, Scout(the narrator), Atticus, Calpurnia, and Dill. She also establishes the mystery and horror of the Radleys. Based from what has been exposed thus far, Harper Lee establishes the base of the story. Essentially, she establishes the exposition. In Part One, many relatively unimportant conflicts are presented to the reader. However, there is one main conflict that separates itself in Part One. The main conflict is Scout's cluelessness towards society. What is meant by this is that she not understand what is acceptable to say in the time period. For example, Scout, what it seems like, interrogates Dill about his father. It's not a polite thing to ask something so personal to someone. This shows significance because this may run her into more conflict throughout the novel.
Lee established the social order of Maycomb, Scout's position within this order, and the situation economically of some of the families. Lee also introduces characters that will attribute to the plot of the story. Lee establishes the role of her family especially, and her relation to Jem. The central conflict in Part One seems to be the town's attitude towards change. Scout is not too keen on the change occurring in the first grade, she is upset that her friend left for Mississippi and a constant struggle for families to break out of their expected norms. The town is obviously within a cycle of intense tradition and social order. The significance of this will come out when the town must deal with pressing issues as a whole, tradition could lead to the detriment of a society, in this case Maycomb, The town will have to adjust, or live with the consequences of extreme and often irrational tradition.
In the first two chapters of the novel Lee is establishing her characters and their traits. She's giving the story a background. She's doing this so you get insight on how the characters might react to certain situations and you learn why some act the way that they do. She also establishes that setting and ties that into the characters traits. So far, the central conflict of Part One seems like it has something to do with Boo Radley and the old Radley house. The curiosity and bluntness of the children also seem to get them into trouble already, so maybe the conflict will be caused by one of those characteristics.
In the first two chapters of, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee establishes the setting and the main character, Scout, along with the additional characters. Lee talks about Maycomb and the people in it. There is a creepy house where the Radleys live and so far, Maycomb does not seem too interesting. Lee also introduces other characters such as Atticus and Jem. She starts to give these characters some importance and meaning to the book.
The central conflict of Part One seems to be that Scout does not get to be the person she wants to be. Miss Caroline does not like that Scout is better than the other students because she can already read and write. Miss Caroline tells Scout that her father needs to stop teaching her so she can go along with the other kids in the class. Scout even gets punished for standing up for another student. This is significant because it is showing what society does to people. Society wants us to be someone that we are not. Trying to be ourselves is frowned upon and society would rather have everyone be the same.
In the first two chapters, Lee establishes a background of the setting and the people who live in the town of Maycomb. Lee also establishes the characteristics of certain characters and families. The central conflict of Part One seems to be that people are based on their family names, occupations, and race as opposed to their personalities. Instead of being individuals, they are merely parts of certain families, and everyone in that family is a certain way, and there are no exceptions.
Lee establishes the setting, describing how the Stock Market crash has affected the town of Maycomb, Alabama. She also establishes character, defining the narrator Scout as a round character, as well as exhibiting some traits of her brother Jem, her father Atticus, her friend Dill, and her first grade teacher. Conflict is also set up, such as the children's plot to see Boo Radley and Scout's alienation by her schoolteacher.
The central conflict is the amount of prejudice present in the South. Lee introduces the issues between rich and poor, "normal" and "weird," black and white, intelligent and unintelligent, nice and mean, and a whole host of contrasting groups that affect not only Scout, but the entirety of Maycomb and its social structure and culture.
Lee has established many things in the first two chapters of the novel. She has established the narrator, main characters, parts of theme, and conflict. Lee makes it clear that Scout is the narrator of this story, and her bother Jem is a main character. In the beginning, Scout makes it clear about her family's background which will then provide important information later on in this book. Scout's friend (and main character), Dill establishes the conflict of the novel by starting to question the Radley House and the people who live inside it. With Scout's unpleasant first day at school, it locates the reader's sympathies with the narrator. This also offers a further introduction to Maycomb’s tortured social ladder; and it provides sharp social commentary on the theme of children and education.
The central conflict of Part One starts when Dill first question the Radley House. Jem and Scout explains as much as they know, but not enough to stop their curiosity. Boo Radley becomes the focal point of the children's curiosity. This significance is that Boo Radley will turn from a so-called villain into a human being, and the children's understanding of him will reflect in their journey toward adulthood.
Lee establishes the exposition in the first two chapters. The setting is the town of Maycomb in the 1930s. The narrator, Scout, is characterized as naive from an adulthood reflection. This childish factor of Scout is portrayed when she recaps the rumors of the Radley's and her first day of school. At this point the audience will wonder whether Scout will become jaded and if this experience will change her? The process of maturity will cause Scout to struggle to become mature without changing her morals from how she was raised, and this seems to be the central conflict of part one. Scout's easygoing life during the summer contrasts to her harsh school life. Significantly, this reflects the contrast between Atticus's effective teaching of social conscience and the school's unsympathetic perspective to children's needs. Thus because Scout is morally taught by Atticus, she may understand her classmates' needs, and she proves this when she tries to explain Walter Cunnigham's situation but is punished instead.
Lee establishes the setting, which is the old town of Maycomb, Alabama, and the main characters. Along with the main characters, she describes the background situations that may become significant later on in the book. An example of this is the story of Boo Radley and his mysterious account. These aspects help the reader to become more comfortable with the book and to understand later conflicts in the story. The central conflict seems to be Scout's struggle with accepting the "proper" way to act and think. Her first day of school comes off on a bad start when her first grade teacher Miss Caroline refutes Scout's thoughts and knowledge. She makes it seem that everything that she has learned is wrong before she came to school. The significance is the fact that the teachers want their students to think in a specific sort of way. They want to form their thoughts and to not speak aloud what they are thinking, which could prove to be vital later on in the book.
In the first two chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee establishes the culture of the town of Maycomb county. Lee talks about how most of the town is a very social group of people. She says that they all go to church and spend time with each other. She also stated that the Radleys were the opposite of everyone in the town. The Radleys never talked or spent time with anyone else in the town and never even went to church.
I think that the central conflict of the novel is how Jem broke his arm. I believe that this is what will be talked about for the majority of the novel. Lee started telling the story after she establishes that Jem broke his arm. This shows that she is setting up the rest of the story to be about his arm
Lee is establishing two important things in these first chapters. 1. Setting: it takes place in a small town called Maycomb Alabama. This is a small community where everybody knows everybody and most people are farmers. Times were hard because of the stock market crash. Some people had no money at all, so the old way of paying for things, trading, was common. 2. Background: Lee gives you background into the character’s lives. Little things like “he broke his elbow badly” and “the Radley house scared us” are developed upon. Even though they seem like little things, they are big for the characters. These “little things” are very important to the reader, because it makes the reader feel as if these are real people. It makes their lives seem genuine.
So far, the central conflict to part 1 is the Radley’s. In the south, every family name has an identity. The Radley’s were the “outsiders”; the “creeps”. They were unlike other families. They didn’t go to church on Sunday and they didn’t keep their doors open. They were never social unlike everybody else in the town. The son, Boo Radley, was a creep that no one knew. He did bad things in his past and disturbed the peace. This is important, because I think this family stands for the change about to come to Maycomb. They are the outsider family, but soon they might be the average. The peace of the town of Maycomb is starting to collapse.This is the first piece of the puzzle that begins the main plot of the novel.
In the first two chapters of the novel, Lee establishes the setting and characters. She gives background information for the characters personality and also their importance in the book. She establishes the protagonist and first person point of view narrator as Scout. Lee introduces two more characters, Atticus and Jem who may play an important part in the novel. Lee talks about the people in Maycomb and explains certain aspects of this place. Lee identifies the importance to the southern's mind set and also how Christians also own slaves.
The central conflict presented in Part One is now that the protagonist, Scout is exposed to the other students at school, her views and actions are influenced by how society wants her to think is proper. Miss Caroline, Scout's teacher, personally does not like how Scout is more advanced then the other students because she can already read and write. Miss Caroline wants Scout's father to stop teaching her because she wants all of her students to be at the same level. Scout is also punished for standing up to her classmate. Therefore, this shows how society does not allow her to think and act as she naturally wants to. Also, this might contribute to the way she will act when her father defends a black man because according to the society people are suppose to treat black people differently. Furthermore, the people of the society are brainwashed to think black people are not as equal as white people and also how the society affects the people's thoughts and actions.
In chapters one and two Lee establishes multiple characters, but all of these characters are used to show an overarching picture. She establishes these characters, to illustrate the setting of the novel. The setting of the novel is the deep south in the time period of the great depression. Here, the town of Malcolm is isolated from other towns, neighbors are like family, and people are usually kind to each other. Church is important in these people’s lives, and the children here like to play. But even though the town may seem happy, the United States economy just underwent a large plummet that sent the country into The Great Depression. This leads us into the main conflict of Part One. The main conflict is that the society of the United States is almost about to collapse. This time period is stricken with racism, and poverty. It is still recovering from the civl war that laid waste to the North and the South. Although Lee is using fictional character and past experiences to tell this story from a child’s view. A child view which is blunt, and truthful. So Lee’s purpose for the first two chapters it to subtilely set up the time period, and setting, to eventually convey the larger message that occurred in The Great Depression. We see the start of this in Chapter Two with the the Cunningham’s poverty, racial names such as “negro,” and the Republican vs non-republican in the south after the civil war. These disputes between two sides of an argument will show up in later sections of the book, and all come together to form a complete overarching message.
Lee is establishing the characters in the first few chapters. She is introducing the characters that are involved in this story. She establishes the character traits and gives a brief insight to what they may be like later on in the story.
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The central conflict in the first few chapters seems to be the radley family. The are essentially the neighborhood outcasts. They do not participate in some of the neighborhood activities that the other families do. People see them differently. They are appearing to be a major problem for eveybody else in the community. Thats why it seems as if they are the central conflict thus far
In the first two chapters of the novel Lee establishes the family histories and how their stories set the social ties that create the function of the society and the links that connect an individual to his or her family. Whether through blood or marriage, most of the people in Maycomb are tied together. Scout introduces her family history, explaining how they ended up where they were and Atticus relations to the town. The deliberate isolation the Radleys create to avoid social interaction, cause the townspeople to snub them. Even though they are very religious, they never attended church, and the shutters and doors on their house were always closed. The way Arthur “Boo” Radley never leaves the house and the neighborhood legends about his past causes people to view him as a cynical human being. Both Dill and Miss Caroline are outsiders to the town, Dill has a relative that lives there. This allows him to understand the social ladder of the town. While Miss Caroline is a complete outsider, she is uneducated about the social class and functions of the town.
The central conflict of Part One is Dill’s obsession to have Boo come out of the house. Once Dill learned the story of the Radleys, he becomes infatuated with Boo. The significance of the conflict shows the innocence of the children. The children use the popular legends of Boo to spark their imagination to make their own interpretations. But yet, their desire to want to visually see Boo shows that even though they are young, they are unaffected by the tales from the society and understand the fallacies of stories.
The first two chapters establish background knowledge on the narrators past family history. Scout who is the narrator is the one who reveals this past history. This helps the reader understand setting and the time the book takes place.
One of the main conflicts that I think I have discovered is that race class is among the community. In the first chapter it talks about how the dark man dosnt go through certain parts of town, he only goes a certain route. This conflict early on would help the reader understand what life would was like back then. This conflict could set up for more main conflicts and problems to accour in the story.
Lee established character, plot, setting, and mood and tone of the story. She explains how Scouts brother,Jem, broke his arm a few years earlier and how he felt about it. She then goes into the history of the Finches like where they came form and what kind of people they were. Lee also goes into Atticus's character. How is a successful lawyer in Maycomb and is an average father he doesn't really show his love to often but does provide for them and makes them feel important in his life. Lee also chooses a child as the narrator to add an innocence to the story. We also see the small town of Maycomb. A town in the south of Alabama in the middle of nowhere with almost nothing to do. We then meet a strange character in Boo Ridley who stays inside and everybody thinks he's a loon. The main conflict of part 1 in the book is society and how we over look slight things in it. Scout is a very advanced little girl that likes to show her above average intelligence off a little. When Mrs.Caroline notices this she gets very upset and tries to bring Scout down to the other children's level. Mrs.Caroline is holding Scout back and for what, so she doesn't outshine the other kids so everything is fair.
Lee is establishing the characters and the background to the story in the first two chapters we read. The central conflict is the girl has never gone to school and she wants to but she can't. This is significant because she is not as educated as the rest of kids her age and her father will not help her in this problem.
In the first two chapters Lee is establishing background information. She is going through the neighborhood telling about each family, their ancestors, and their importance in the town. She is also talking about Scouts first day at school and how she has already got in trouble.
The central conflict in part one is that no one knows details about the Radleys. They have heard stories but no one knows for sure if any of them are true. Scout, Jem, and Dill are all intrigued by the house and family but are scared to go up to it or even be near it alone. They believe that Boo, the Radleys son, is insane and basically a stalker or killer. They don't know any of it for sure but they continue to wonder.
In the first two chapters of To Kill A Mocking Bird, Harper Lee establishes important characters of the novel. As well as parts of the setting of novel. It also appears that Harper Lee started to give us the beginning of the plot. So far though the first two chapters are revolving around the house on the corner which everyone in the area is afraid of and doesn't know much about.
The central conflict of first chapter in the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird is mostly Jem and Jean's childhood and about how they met Dill. The first chapter also shows us how Dill has a fascination with the Radley house. Even though no one in town, especially children will go near the house. Dill stands on the sidewalk each day starring at the "haunted" Radley house just studying it and waiting for something to happen. I believe the plot of the story will have something to do with Dill and the Radley house.
In the first two chapters of TKM, Lee established the main characters in the novel, and also has given us a ton of background information on them, as well as the history of the town and her family.
The main conflict presented to us in the first two chapters of the novel seems to be the story of how Jem broke his arm. It is after all how the story starts out and what is presented as the conflict to that of Scouts six-year-old self. I believe that this is significant because it seems to the reader that this is just something that a child would consider a conflict or story even that they would usually tell seeing as they are a child and still young and innocent.
In the first two chapters of the novel, Lee is establishing a setting, creating a mood, and providing the reader with background information. Lee clearly illustrates that the story takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb. Lee states the time of the story indirectly. The characters use phrases like, "the only thing we have too fear is fear itself", and Atticus says, "...and the crash hit them hardest." The crash in this instance is referring to the Great Depression. Lee creates an almost playful mood by telling the story through Scout. Scout is a young girl who doesn't have a great understanding of life yet. Since she is a kid, she acts in shenanigans which contributes to what I consider a playful mood. Lastly, Lee provides background information. Scout begins the majority of the first chapter describing some families in the town, particularly the Radley's. Scout describes the Radley's as peculiar, the Cunningham's as poor, says Atticus is a satisfactory father, Calpurnia and her don't get along, and she is good friends with her brother, Jem, and Dill.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict is really Scout trying to explain the story of how Jem broke his arm. So far we haven't gotten to a point where Scout describes the incident. As of now, Scout is setting up the story so that the reader has a full understanding of Jem's life at the time of the incident. We have yet to see the actual conflict aris even remotely.
Lee establishes the setting of the book and how things run in the town of Maycomb. In part 2, Scout told her teacher about how the cunninghams were poor and that they do not accept money from people. They live with what they have. Atticus told Scout that they were poor but not as poor as the cunninghams. Mr. Cunningham was a client of Atticus, but Mr. Cunningham never paid with money. He always paid with the things he would grow on his land. Lee uses this to establish how things were in Maycomb people were not super wealthy.
ReplyDeleteThe main conflict in Part one is when Dill arrives in town. When Dill arrived he sparked this conflict/friendship with Jem and Scout. The three kids all became very curious of the mysterious man, Boo Radley. Dill dared Jem to go and touch the side of Boo Radleys house to try to lure him outside to see what he looked like. Dill just seemed very mischievous and will spark trouble with Jem and Scout.
Lee is establishing background in the first two chapters of the book. The reader learns about the people of the town and how your family dictates your actions. Everyone in the town is known for a specific thing. The audience also learns about Scout and her family dynamics. The chapters set up things that may become major conflicts during the progression of the book. Scout disliking her teacher may lead to later problems. The Radley's may come into play in the future and the children may continue to try and see Boo.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict of part one appears to be Scout going to school because during the second chapter the audience learns of her dislike for school. The school Scout attends seems to be very backward. Her teacher becomes angry with her because she already knows how to read. This appears to be a problem that will continue because Scout is very straightforward. She tells things how they are and tries to explain things exactly. Her straightforwardness causes her down fall with Miss Caroline, though. These misunderstandings will continue as the story progresses. Scout's school is vastly different from her normal environment. She nor the other children are used to sitting and learning like Miss Caroline teaches. The problems between Scout, her teacher, and her school will probably continue.
Question 1: Lee is establishing the culture of the town. She begins the novel by explaining the importance of ancestors in the town. People are grouped and classified based on their ancestors. They are judged by the family they are in. This is important information to know because it may play a larger role later in the book. Lee establishes that the town is very poor. She directly states that they had no money. Economic standing greatly affects the way people behave because they are taught with different values. The education of the town is poor, as shown through Miss Caroline. Education also greatly affects they way a person behaves.
ReplyDeleteQuestion 2: The central conflict of Part One so far is the judging of others based on family. This is significant because it is a characteristic everyone in the town possesses. So far in the history of the town, no one has been able to find a negative of the judging. If the theme of the book is derived through character change, this is likely to be the area in which the character changes. If that is true, it is vital that the readers learn about it early on so that they can deeply understand it.
Through out the first two chapters Lee allows the readers to discover what the history of her town is. She does this by going through the neighbor hood and explaining each house and everyone who lives there. She does this because she wants the author to get a better understanding of her experiences and what happened in the neighborhood when they were around. I think the main conflict is with Boo. I think this because the whole community is against him and his family and are trying to get him to be taken away, even though they feel as though he does not deserve to be taken there.
ReplyDeleteLee is establishing what the basic climate was, the economy, how people interacted with each other , the conduct of people. The central conflict Is between the boy and his teacher. When the boy got to the first grade and he was more advanced at reading them others were. The teacheryelled at the boy to tell his father to stop teaching him and she would have to "undo the damage" , and that his father was not a teacher. Also when the teacher was going around asking the students where their lunches where, and one student didn't have his. The boy tried explaining to the teacher he was a Cunningham, which meant he was dirt poor and could not take what he couldn't pay back. The punishment of what the boy was trying to explain to the teacher was unfair because she hurt him and put him in the corner. As the boy left for lunch he saw the teacher head was burrows in her arms, the boy tried to feel sorry for her but he couldn't.
ReplyDelete1. In the first two chapters of the book Lee is establishing the characters and the setting. She establishes Scout and her family, Calpurnia, Dill, and other townsfolk. The setting is Maycomb, Alabama in 1933. This is established by saying where she lives and the year is established when Scout says "Maycomb County had recently been told that it had noting to fear but fear itself" referring to FDR's 1933 inauguration speech about the great depression.
ReplyDelete2. The central conflict is Dill's curiosity with the Radley house. This creates problems because Jem and Scout want nothing to do with the Radley house but Dill is very curious about it. The siblings tell Dill about it and warn him but he is still curious. This could be significant because the Radley place or Dill's curiosity with the Radley place could play an important part in the story later on potentially causing or solving problems.
1.) In the First two chapters of the book Harper introduces characters and setting. In part one she establishes herself as Scout. She then tells a story about her older brother Jem and how he came about breaking his arm. She then begins retelling her family history. Her first ancestors were from England and came to America as fur traders that traveled along the East coast. The Finch's established a farm called Finch's Landing. The first Finches to makes a living away from the family farm were Atticus Finch and Jack Finch. Scouts father Atticus became a lawyer in Maycomb Alabama which is the setting of the story. Scout explains her father as being "satisfactory and treats them with courteous detachment". The Finch's have a cook named Calpurnia who helps cook and clean the house. Scouts mother died when she was two and has no memories of her unlike her brother Jem, that continues to think of her which causes him to be unhappy. The story also takes place in the summer of 1933, which is when the finch children meet Dill or Charles Baker Harris, who quickly becomes Scouts best friend. Lee also introduces the Radley house that is said to be the home of the Maycomb phantom. In chapter 2 the children go back to school. Ms.Caroline becomes Scouts teacher and is explained to deal poorly with children. Ms.caroline makes Scout feel bad about how she was taught to read by her father. Her teacher also doesn't understand how poor children are like Walter in Scouts class.
ReplyDelete2.) The central conflict of Chapter one is Dill's obsession with the Radley house. He tries to convince the Finch children to lure the phantom of Maycomb out of the haunted Radley house. Eventually, he convinces Jem to run up to the house and touch it. After touching it he sprints back quickly to Scout and Dill on the porch. they looked back at the house and there was no sign of movement around them or near the house. Scout thinks a shutter moved on the house.
In the first two chapters Lee establishes a scary person, Boo Radley, who is never seen. His family is different and everyone is scared to come close to the Radley property. Also identified in chapter 2, country folk and farmers are poor. Scout is poor too, but the farmers and country folk don't have money and if they borrow money from someone they cannot pay them back, they have to pay them back with resources such as stovewood.
ReplyDeleteThe conflict of Part One seems to be Boo Radley. Boo is a major part of the story so far and everyone is scared of him and the Radley's. Boo is never seen, however people have heard stories about him being crazy and stabbing his father in the leg with scissors. Nobody wants to go near the Radley house. For example, it said when the Negros walk passed at night they walk on the opposite side of the road. This is significant because Boo could be a major part of the story and will seem to be a major conflict in the future chapters.
In the first two chapters Lee is establishing the main characters and is setting the mood of the novel. She sets the mood by making the setting gloomy and in the school the teacher establishes a mood when she offers the boy a quarter but he does not accept. Scout explains how Walter is a Cunningham and that family is known for how poor they are. A central conflict being established is the children and their fright of their neighbor Boo.
ReplyDeleteLee is establishing characters of Jem, Dill, and Scout. She is also establishing setting. Lee establishes character and setting in the first two chapters because it helps the reader better understand the rest of the story.
ReplyDeleteSo far the central theme I see is that Dill wants to make Boo Ridley come out when he isn't understanding why that is a bad thing. The first chapter gives you background information and how Dill came into this story.
In the first two chapters of the novel, Lee is establishing the setting and “feel” for the story. She uses diction through the narrator. The narrator, Scout, is presenting a flashback of how her brother Jem broke his arm.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict seems to be Scout’s personality. She has trouble controlling her tongue and has a cold hearted point of view on life due to her background. Scout easily gets herself into trouble with her sassy attitude and shortness towards others.
Lee is starting to establish alot of background information about the childhoods of the children. She seems to be trying to explain to us what it is like to be a child during the great depression. The central conflict of part one is how difficult it is for the children growing up in the depression. It is so important because it will bring out the inner inocence of the main characters and show true stuggle between themselves.
ReplyDeleteLee is establishing the point of view, main characters, and building up background of the environment in Maycomb. These will all become an important part of our plot for the story. She begins by letting us know that Scout is the narrator, and Scout's family along with neighbors and teachers are some of the main characters in this story. Since we are involved in the decisions that Scout makes, we know that this is first person. We are inside the narrator's head, and taken to flashbacks to prove this true. We also learn some of the general rules of Maycomb. Scout talks of colored people as if they are wild animals. She acts as though they are totally separate from the rest of society, and emphasizes every action that they make. We also learn that it is not encouraged for the youth to have any large advancements in education. They must strictly go by what they are taught, and if necessary, reposition themselves onto the same level as the others their age. The central conflict of part one involves all of these aspects. There is conflict between the known and unknown. Scout knows many things, and is advanced for her age level in aspects such as literacy. On the other hand, she follows every rule someone teaches her, and is still adapting her intellectual abilities to fit those around her. She talks like she believes she should, not like she can. This provides a conflict, because she does not understand what the issue is with her having an advantage over others, and showing unique qualities.
ReplyDeleteIn the first two chapters of the novel, Harper Lee establishes many items. Firstly, she establishes the setting of the novel: Maycomb county Alabama. Along with it, she establishes the time period that the story took place, alluding to it by including a famous quote expressed one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration speeches. Numerous characters are introduced with the first two chapters. This includes Jem, Scout(the narrator), Atticus, Calpurnia, and Dill. She also establishes the mystery and horror of the Radleys. Based from what has been exposed thus far, Harper Lee establishes the base of the story. Essentially, she establishes the exposition.
ReplyDeleteIn Part One, many relatively unimportant conflicts are presented to the reader. However, there is one main conflict that separates itself in Part One. The main conflict is Scout's cluelessness towards society. What is meant by this is that she not understand what is acceptable to say in the time period. For example, Scout, what it seems like, interrogates Dill about his father. It's not a polite thing to ask something so personal to someone. This shows significance because this may run her into more conflict throughout the novel.
Lee established the social order of Maycomb, Scout's position within this order, and the situation economically of some of the families. Lee also introduces characters that will attribute to the plot of the story. Lee establishes the role of her family especially, and her relation to Jem.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict in Part One seems to be the town's attitude towards change. Scout is not too keen on the change occurring in the first grade, she is upset that her friend left for Mississippi and a constant struggle for families to break out of their expected norms. The town is obviously within a cycle of intense tradition and social order. The significance of this will come out when the town must deal with pressing issues as a whole, tradition could lead to the detriment of a society, in this case Maycomb, The town will have to adjust, or live with the consequences of extreme and often irrational tradition.
In the first two chapters of the novel Lee is establishing her characters and their traits. She's giving the story a background. She's doing this so you get insight on how the characters might react to certain situations and you learn why some act the way that they do. She also establishes that setting and ties that into the characters traits.
ReplyDeleteSo far, the central conflict of Part One seems like it has something to do with Boo Radley and the old Radley house. The curiosity and bluntness of the children also seem to get them into trouble already, so maybe the conflict will be caused by one of those characteristics.
In the first two chapters of, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Lee establishes the setting and the main character, Scout, along with the additional characters. Lee talks about Maycomb and the people in it. There is a creepy house where the Radleys live and so far, Maycomb does not seem too interesting. Lee also introduces other characters such as Atticus and Jem. She starts to give these characters some importance and meaning to the book.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict of Part One seems to be that Scout does not get to be the person she wants to be. Miss Caroline does not like that Scout is better than the other students because she can already read and write. Miss Caroline tells Scout that her father needs to stop teaching her so she can go along with the other kids in the class. Scout even gets punished for standing up for another student. This is significant because it is showing what society does to people. Society wants us to be someone that we are not. Trying to be ourselves is frowned upon and society would rather have everyone be the same.
In the first two chapters, Lee establishes a background of the setting and the people who live in the town of Maycomb. Lee also establishes the characteristics of certain characters and families. The central conflict of Part One seems to be that people are based on their family names, occupations, and race as opposed to their personalities. Instead of being individuals, they are merely parts of certain families, and everyone in that family is a certain way, and there are no exceptions.
ReplyDeleteLee establishes the setting, describing how the Stock Market crash has affected the town of Maycomb, Alabama. She also establishes character, defining the narrator Scout as a round character, as well as exhibiting some traits of her brother Jem, her father Atticus, her friend Dill, and her first grade teacher. Conflict is also set up, such as the children's plot to see Boo Radley and Scout's alienation by her schoolteacher.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict is the amount of prejudice present in the South. Lee introduces the issues between rich and poor, "normal" and "weird," black and white, intelligent and unintelligent, nice and mean, and a whole host of contrasting groups that affect not only Scout, but the entirety of Maycomb and its social structure and culture.
Lee has established many things in the first two chapters of the novel. She has established the narrator, main characters, parts of theme, and conflict. Lee makes it clear that Scout is the narrator of this story, and her bother Jem is a main character. In the beginning, Scout makes it clear about her family's background which will then provide important information later on in this book. Scout's friend (and main character), Dill establishes the conflict of the novel by starting to question the Radley House and the people who live inside it. With Scout's unpleasant first day at school, it locates the reader's sympathies with the narrator. This also offers a further introduction to Maycomb’s tortured social ladder; and it provides sharp social commentary on the theme of children and education.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict of Part One starts when Dill first question the Radley House. Jem and Scout explains as much as they know, but not enough to stop their curiosity. Boo Radley becomes the focal point of the children's curiosity. This significance is that Boo Radley will turn from a so-called villain into a human being, and the children's understanding of him will reflect in their journey toward adulthood.
Lee establishes the exposition in the first two chapters. The setting is the town of Maycomb in the 1930s. The narrator, Scout, is characterized as naive from an adulthood reflection. This childish factor of Scout is portrayed when she recaps the rumors of the Radley's and her first day of school. At this point the audience will wonder whether Scout will become jaded and if this experience will change her? The process of maturity will cause Scout to struggle to become mature without changing her morals from how she was raised, and this seems to be the central conflict of part one. Scout's easygoing life during the summer contrasts to her harsh school life. Significantly, this reflects the contrast between Atticus's effective teaching of social conscience and the school's unsympathetic perspective to children's needs. Thus because Scout is morally taught by Atticus, she may understand her classmates' needs, and she proves this when she tries to explain Walter Cunnigham's situation but is punished instead.
ReplyDeleteLee establishes the setting, which is the old town of Maycomb, Alabama, and the main characters. Along with the main characters, she describes the background situations that may become significant later on in the book. An example of this is the story of Boo Radley and his mysterious account. These aspects help the reader to become more comfortable with the book and to understand later conflicts in the story.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict seems to be Scout's struggle with accepting the "proper" way to act and think. Her first day of school comes off on a bad start when her first grade teacher Miss Caroline refutes Scout's thoughts and knowledge. She makes it seem that everything that she has learned is wrong before she came to school. The significance is the fact that the teachers want their students to think in a specific sort of way. They want to form their thoughts and to not speak aloud what they are thinking, which could prove to be vital later on in the book.
In the first two chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee establishes the culture of the town of Maycomb county. Lee talks about how most of the town is a very social group of people. She says that they all go to church and spend time with each other. She also stated that the Radleys were the opposite of everyone in the town. The Radleys never talked or spent time with anyone else in the town and never even went to church.
ReplyDeleteI think that the central conflict of the novel is how Jem broke his arm. I believe that this is what will be talked about for the majority of the novel. Lee started telling the story after she establishes that Jem broke his arm. This shows that she is setting up the rest of the story to be about his arm
Lee is establishing two important things in these first chapters. 1. Setting: it takes place in a small town called Maycomb Alabama. This is a small community where everybody knows everybody and most people are farmers. Times were hard because of the stock market crash. Some people had no money at all, so the old way of paying for things, trading, was common. 2. Background: Lee gives you background into the character’s lives. Little things like “he broke his elbow badly” and “the Radley house scared us” are developed upon. Even though they seem like little things, they are big for the characters. These “little things” are very important to the reader, because it makes the reader feel as if these are real people. It makes their lives seem genuine.
ReplyDeleteSo far, the central conflict to part 1 is the Radley’s. In the south, every family name has an identity. The Radley’s were the “outsiders”; the “creeps”. They were unlike other families. They didn’t go to church on Sunday and they didn’t keep their doors open. They were never social unlike everybody else in the town. The son, Boo Radley, was a creep that no one knew. He did bad things in his past and disturbed the peace. This is important, because I think this family stands for the change about to come to Maycomb. They are the outsider family, but soon they might be the average. The peace of the town of Maycomb is starting to collapse.This is the first piece of the puzzle that begins the main plot of the novel.
In the first two chapters of the novel, Lee establishes the setting and characters. She gives background information for the characters personality and also their importance in the book. She establishes the protagonist and first person point of view narrator as Scout. Lee introduces two more characters, Atticus and Jem who may play an important part in the novel. Lee talks about the people in Maycomb and explains certain aspects of this place. Lee identifies the importance to the southern's mind set and also how Christians also own slaves.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict presented in Part One is now that the protagonist, Scout is exposed to the other students at school, her views and actions are influenced by how society wants her to think is proper. Miss Caroline, Scout's teacher, personally does not like how Scout is more advanced then the other students because she can already read and write. Miss Caroline wants Scout's father to stop teaching her because she wants all of her students to be at the same level. Scout is also punished for standing up to her classmate. Therefore, this shows how society does not allow her to think and act as she naturally wants to. Also, this might contribute to the way she will act when her father defends a black man because according to the society people are suppose to treat black people differently. Furthermore, the people of the society are brainwashed to think black people are not as equal as white people and also how the society affects the people's thoughts and actions.
In chapters one and two Lee establishes multiple characters, but all of these characters are used to show an overarching picture. She establishes these characters, to illustrate the setting of the novel. The setting of the novel is the deep south in the time period of the great depression. Here, the town of Malcolm is isolated from other towns, neighbors are like family, and people are usually kind to each other. Church is important in these people’s lives, and the children here like to play. But even though the town may seem happy, the United States economy just underwent a large plummet that sent the country into The Great Depression. This leads us into the main conflict of Part One. The main conflict is that the society of the United States is almost about to collapse. This time period is stricken with racism, and poverty. It is still recovering from the civl war that laid waste to the North and the South. Although Lee is using fictional character and past experiences to tell this story from a child’s view. A child view which is blunt, and truthful. So Lee’s purpose for the first two chapters it to subtilely set up the time period, and setting, to eventually convey the larger message that occurred in The Great Depression. We see the start of this in Chapter Two with the the Cunningham’s poverty, racial names such as “negro,” and the Republican vs non-republican in the south after the civil war. These disputes between two sides of an argument will show up in later sections of the book, and all come together to form a complete overarching message.
ReplyDeleteLee is establishing the characters in the first few chapters. She is introducing the characters that are involved in this story. She establishes the character traits and gives a brief insight to what they may be like later on in the story.
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The central conflict in the first few chapters seems to be the radley family. The are essentially the neighborhood outcasts. They do not participate in some of the neighborhood activities that the other families do. People see them differently. They are appearing to be a major problem for eveybody else in the community. Thats why it seems as if they are the central conflict thus far
In the first two chapters of the novel Lee establishes the family histories and how their stories set the social ties that create the function of the society and the links that connect an individual to his or her family. Whether through blood or marriage, most of the people in Maycomb are tied together. Scout introduces her family history, explaining how they ended up where they were and Atticus relations to the town. The deliberate isolation the Radleys create to avoid social interaction, cause the townspeople to snub them. Even though they are very religious, they never attended church, and the shutters and doors on their house were always closed. The way Arthur “Boo” Radley never leaves the house and the neighborhood legends about his past causes people to view him as a cynical human being. Both Dill and Miss Caroline are outsiders to the town, Dill has a relative that lives there. This allows him to understand the social ladder of the town. While Miss Caroline is a complete outsider, she is uneducated about the social class and functions of the town.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict of Part One is Dill’s obsession to have Boo come out of the house. Once Dill learned the story of the Radleys, he becomes infatuated with Boo. The significance of the conflict shows the innocence of the children. The children use the popular legends of Boo to spark their imagination to make their own interpretations. But yet, their desire to want to visually see Boo shows that even though they are young, they are unaffected by the tales from the society and understand the fallacies of stories.
The first two chapters establish background knowledge on the narrators past family history. Scout who is the narrator is the one who reveals this past history. This helps the reader understand setting and the time the book takes place.
ReplyDeleteOne of the main conflicts that I think I have discovered is that race class is among the community. In the first chapter it talks about how the dark man dosnt go through certain parts of town, he only goes a certain route. This conflict early on would help the reader understand what life would was like back then. This conflict could set up for more main conflicts and problems to accour in the story.
Lee established character, plot, setting, and mood and tone of the story. She explains how Scouts brother,Jem, broke his arm a few years earlier and how he felt about it. She then goes into the history of the Finches like where they came form and what kind of people they were. Lee also goes into Atticus's character. How is a successful lawyer in Maycomb and is an average father he doesn't really show his love to often but does provide for them and makes them feel important in his life. Lee also chooses a child as the narrator to add an innocence to the story. We also see the small town of Maycomb. A town in the south of Alabama in the middle of nowhere with almost nothing to do. We then meet a strange character in Boo Ridley who stays inside and everybody thinks he's a loon.
ReplyDeleteThe main conflict of part 1 in the book is society and how we over look slight things in it. Scout is a very advanced little girl that likes to show her above average intelligence off a little. When Mrs.Caroline notices this she gets very upset and tries to bring Scout down to the other children's level. Mrs.Caroline is holding Scout back and for what, so she doesn't outshine the other kids so everything is fair.
Lee is establishing the characters and the background to the story in the first two chapters we read. The central conflict is the girl has never gone to school and she wants to but she can't. This is significant because she is not as educated as the rest of kids her age and her father will not help her in this problem.
ReplyDeleteIn the first two chapters Lee is establishing background information. She is going through the neighborhood telling about each family, their ancestors, and their importance in the town. She is also talking about Scouts first day at school and how she has already got in trouble.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict in part one is that no one knows details about the Radleys. They have heard stories but no one knows for sure if any of them are true. Scout, Jem, and Dill are all intrigued by the house and family but are scared to go up to it or even be near it alone. They believe that Boo, the Radleys son, is insane and basically a stalker or killer. They don't know any of it for sure but they continue to wonder.
In the first two chapters of To Kill A Mocking Bird, Harper Lee establishes important characters of the novel. As well as parts of the setting of novel. It also appears that Harper Lee started to give us the beginning of the plot. So far though the first two chapters are revolving around the house on the corner which everyone in the area is afraid of and doesn't know much about.
ReplyDeleteThe central conflict of first chapter in the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird is mostly Jem and Jean's childhood and about how they met Dill. The first chapter also shows us how Dill has a fascination with the Radley house. Even though no one in town, especially children will go near the house. Dill stands on the sidewalk each day starring at the "haunted" Radley house just studying it and waiting for something to happen. I believe the plot of the story will have something to do with Dill and the Radley house.
In the first two chapters of TKM, Lee established the main characters in the novel, and also has given us a ton of background information on them, as well as the history of the town and her family.
ReplyDeleteThe main conflict presented to us in the first two chapters of the novel seems to be the story of how Jem broke his arm. It is after all how the story starts out and what is presented as the conflict to that of Scouts six-year-old self. I believe that this is significant because it seems to the reader that this is just something that a child would consider a conflict or story even that they would usually tell seeing as they are a child and still young and innocent.