Arthur's English Journal

I’m doing act Act 1 Scene 1.

in this scnea there is Achilles, phonix and Ajax.
They are talking about the death of Patroclus. we realise that Patrolucs and Achiles had a long friendship. Hector was the one to kill him and he stole his armour. The cycle of vengence is talked about and Aciles is encouraged not to kill Hector in vengeance.

Ceasers deth is built up to in big ways. The previous speaking bye Ceaser says how he is indescribable. This is dramatic irony as we no that he is about to die. The end line also shows how Ceaser has been defeated because the man who is a god, all knowing, has been taken bye surprise when Brutus finally stabs Ceaser.

“And in the spirit of men there is no blood”
This is said bye Brutus to Cassius. He wants to get across that he is agents the overall killing of Ceaser. However he is willing to partake in the murder. He is saying that he murder is not realy the right thing.

The affects of submarine warfare: It was a sign that war was advancing. The tec used in war was gradually becoming more efficient. This made the people become very nervous of what the enemy might have.

How far did they wave of life change

“We’re making a step – it’s just a baby step, but its a step.”

This is said bye Miss Maudie when talking about what she was thinking when waiting for Atticus to come home from the trial. This quote drives home the truly racist nature of Maycomb. Miss Maudie is saying this like its a good thing, but shouldn’t Miss Maudie be wanting big steps. Instead she is satisfied bye a small movement towords equality

Arthur – Border 1979 (1st) from Joel North on Vimeo.

In this chapter Miss Merriwether is addressing a group of women and Scout. And in this she says
“There’s nothing but sin and squalor”
She is referring to the people that J.Grime.Evert has found. Her point to Scout is that Macomb is a good place to live because it’s a Cristian and good in morals. However there has just been a obvious miscarriage of justice. Miss Merriweather is saying how good and God loving they are in Macob yet many things have happend

“It was Jem tern to cry”
This is the first line we get in chapter 22. I believe is very important to growth of both Jem and Scout. Firstly for Jem because of the obvious. His hopes and expectations have been crushed. Jem had a trust that the people of Macomb where good people and now he can see there not, this destroys him.

However this line also reflects on Scout and her personality. She could have said something as simple as Jem started to cry and we would have got the same picture. However the uses of “tern” shows that Scout feels they are now equal.

In this chapter of To Kill A Mocking Bird we build up to the trial of Tom Robinson. Harper lee is bring us closer to the main event in the book and there are many different things going on.

“Four Negors rose and gave us their front-row seats”
I am assuming that the black people are giving up their seats because they have to. This then tells us a very helpful thing to note about the people of Charming. The people that take the seats are Jem, Scout, Dill and the Revrand. These are all people we would assume would think twice about just going along with the segregation. It shows that racism is very deeply inbeded with the culture.

“Judge Taylor looked like most judges I had ever seen.” This is thought bye Scout about the judge who is incharg of the Tom Robbinson case. This is a brilliant way for the reader to get an immediate understanding of what judge Taylor looks like. It also shows that Scout is use to seeing judges leading us to believe she has been here before.

In this chapter of To Kill A Mocking Bird, their is a scene where Atticus is confronted bye a small group of men intent on harming Tom Robinson. Scout unintentionally stops the men attacking Atticus. Throughout this scene we are left not knowing what is going to happen. Harper Lee is able to make the reader feel concern for the well-being of all the characters involved.

“H-ey, Atticus”. This quote is simple but gives us one very important detail, that Scout know longer feels safe. Before she says this she is glad to see Atticus and runs to him, but once she sees the reaction of Atticus and the other men, it begins to dawn on Scout that this is not a safe place. This is shown very clearly in the use of a hyphen. Scout is questioning Atticus, Scout has lost her pervious confidence.

“He put the news paper down very carefully” This quote shows that Atticus is doing trying to do one of two things. Firstly he could be simply stalling. Bye taking longer he can think of ways to deal with this situation showing us that Atticus is nervous. The other possibility is that Atticus is trying to intimidate the group bye seaming to not notice the danger. This also shows us that this is a dangerous situation and winning may well keep Atticus alive.

“It’s owner was a shadow”. This is possible the best quote. It is really able to paint a picture of a faceless crowd. Making us understand how scary this scene is. The fact the crowd is a shadow seams to make the crowd out to be inhuman, with no gilt, compassion or understanding making the task of keeping them away even harder and creates even more tension.