Q. What would be a good title for To Kill a Mockingbird?
A theme-based alternate title for the book To Kill a Mockingbird might be Other People’s Skin. An alternative title for the book could be plot-based. For instance, the book could be called Maycomb, because it takes place in Maycomb.
Q. What are some essay topics in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Choose ONE of the following topics for your five-paragraph essay over the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
- Prejudice.
- End of Innocence.
- Courage.
- Cowardice.
- Justice/Injustice.
- Racism.
Q. What are the 3 main themes of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Three main themes include:
- prejudice.
- family life.
- courage.
Q. Is To Kill a Mockingbird still relevant?
The novel has many themes about racism and sexism, which the author portrays in creative ways. I believe that To Kill a Mockingbird is very much still relevant today. An important reason why To Kill a Mockingbird is relevant today is the ever growing resurgence of racism throughout the country.
Q. Why is To Kill a Mockingbird banned in Canada?
In 2002, a Nova Scotia school board tried to ban the book after teachers and parents objected to it. And, in 2009, To Kill a Mockingbird was cut from a Brampton high school’s Grade 10 English course after a parent complained about the language in the book.
Q. When was To Kill a Mockingbird banned?
1960
Q. Why does Scout not like Dill and Jem?
Why is Scout not allowed to go with Dill and Jem? Scout cannot go with the boys since they are swimming naked. She says Scout might want to be a lawyer since she has “already commenced going to court.” What does Scout say she wants to be when she grows up? Scout says she wants to grow up to be a lady.
Q. Why does JEM order scout not to kill?
Terms in this set (27) Why does Jem not want Scout to kill the roly poly? Jem is relating the roly poly to Tom Robinson. He realizes that it is wrong to kill a creature that has done you no harm, just like it was wrong to kill Tom Robinson who was an innocent man.
Q. Did JEM hide under bed?
Jem finds Dill hiding under the bed. In chapter 14 when Scout and Jem are sent to bed early for fighting, Scout goes in to her room and steps on something “warm, resilient, and rather smooth” (Lee, chapter 14).
Q. Who is hiding under Scout’s bed?
Dill
Q. Why does Dill say Boo Radley has never run off?
Why does Dill say Boo Radley has never run off? Because he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to.
Q. What did Jem find under Scout’s bed?
What do she and Jem find under her bed? They find Dill under her bed. He has run away from home and has been hiding there for about two hours. Scout and Dill are shocked that Jem revealed their secret to an adult.
Q. What is the real reason JEM must read to Mrs Dubose?
The real reason that Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to read to her is that she wanted to die free and clear of the morphine she’d been taking to ease her pain. The reading distracted her and she did die without the addiction to morphine that she’d had.
Q. Why does Scout punch Jem in the mouth?
Hence, all in all, Jem and Scout begin to fight because ridicule from racial tensions is wearing Jem down emotionally. In addition, Jem is growing up, which makes Scout feel inferior to him, leading to further fighting.
