In this chapter the protagonist, Scout, has her first day at school which gives us a detailed description of the schooling system is the ‘Deep South’. We are met by Ms Caroline Fisher who is a young new teacher. Jem tells us that she uses a new kind of teaching called the ‘Dewey Decimal System’.
Scout has a bad run in with the new teacher when she finds out that Scout can read. Ms Caroline tells scout that she cannot read at home anymore which upsets her. Scout feels that what they are doing in school is not satisfactory to her standards. We also learn about some of the townsfolk in Maycomb. We learn that alot of people are poor and live off of the land and that that may be alien to people from other counties.
CHARACTERS: Scout, Atticus, Jem, Ms Caroline Fisher, Walter Cunningham.
FAVOURITE QUOTE: ‘”Are we poor, Atticus? Atticus nodded. “We are indeed.”‘
December 4, 2014 at 1:34 am
Another detailed summary – you have shown a good focus on Scout and her interactions.
Targets:
1) Justify your chosen quotation – why did you pick it?
2) ‘Scout has a bad run in with the new teacher’ – please be more formal with your expression. This involves editing – it could easily become: Scout has a bad experience with her new teacher.