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Post by shanarabrinkman on Jul 21, 2016 5:33:58 GMT
What do you think the purpose of reading this book was? What are the English teachers trying to teach us?
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Post by isaacthompson on Jul 21, 2016 14:37:01 GMT
I think the purpose of reading this book was to show racism and its causes and effects. It also shows that we need to have courage to stand up for what is right, but if we have done all we can, we must tolerate the final decision and not become as bad as the problem makers themselves. We need to get to know a person before we can decide their character, because judging is not the good way to go.
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Post by dianadelvalle on Jul 21, 2016 18:20:34 GMT
The Sophmore year is all about social criticism and how we need to reflect on the past to build a better future. This book shows the effect on lingering on the values of the past too long; the county of Maycomb was corrupt and racist because of their tradition to be so. As times change and we develop a better sense of how we can present ourselves as human beings, we can change the future for better or for worse. This book is about how our past hurts the present and those who live in it. Our other summer book shows how the future can be negatively affected through this very process. We must decide for ourselves where we go after being shown the evidence from how the world was before.
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Post by madisondobson on Jul 22, 2016 2:07:13 GMT
While reading this book I continually thought about the quote "stand up for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone." Some of us live by that quote, just like Atticus. He stood up for Tom Robinson even though he was African American. The while town of Maycomb was against him, but Atticus still stood up for Tom. We should stand up for what we believe in as well, even if it does mean we're standing alone. There are many lessons we could take away from this book but this is the one that jumped out at me.
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Post by emorydantzler on Jul 23, 2016 5:47:31 GMT
I believe the purpose of reading this book is because it taught a lot of important lessons and is also a classic. Throughout the book discrimination, racism, cruelty and growing up are all topics that are continuously brought up. From each character everyone can learn something, Atticus taught to stand up for what you believe in, and never to judge someone before you know how they are living. Overall To Kill a Mockingbird has many morals and anyone can learn something from reading the book.
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Post by Andrea Flores on Jul 26, 2016 20:07:48 GMT
I feel the purpose of reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" is to give us some insight on how society used to be. Though this novel isn't based on a true story, events similar did actually happen to real people. Discrimination occurred just because of a person's skin color. We all know this isn't acceptable whatsoever so by reading literature in direct correlation to this issue, we learn for ourselves to not act in that manner and to pass those morals onto future generations.
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Post by benswanson00 on Jul 27, 2016 15:56:31 GMT
I think that this book was assigned to us to show us how the town of Maycomb has become racist and corrupt, and that in order for a bright future we need to be able to correct the mistakes of our past, such as the traditions of racism during the book's time period.
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Post by jillianmeister on Jul 27, 2016 21:24:11 GMT
I believe that this book is taught in high schools to make students more aware of the racist tendencies our society had, and still has. There are a lot of good lessons taught in this book, and I think its a very good book for high schoolers to read.
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Post by juliecallan on Jul 27, 2016 23:23:21 GMT
The teacher's, in my perspective, are teaching us to be analytical readers (not to be obvious but that it what it says on the directions as well, so yeah). They give us this book that is praised all over, but while also having us read this for enjoyment, they are having us read it to become better. They want us to learn to remember the important details while also examining every little tiny detail that means the most. They are teaching us to be better students, and they are helping us for the long road ahead.
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Post by natestafford on Aug 2, 2016 4:45:37 GMT
In my opinion the teachers assigned this novel to us to show us what out nation was like not to long ago. It shows us how far our nation has come but it also lets us know what it was like to live back in the town of Maycomb or many of the towns back at that point. Another reason why they had us read this book was to show and teach us that even though the majority of people follow something like racism but if you don't believe in it then you don't have to follow the others and you alone can make a massive difference just like Atticus was starting to do.
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Post by ariellebakken on Aug 2, 2016 21:26:08 GMT
I believe the purpose of reading this novel was to understand the themes and points Harper Lee is trying to get across. It is an important novel to read because its lessons and themes are still incredibly appicable in our modern-day world. I also believe it is not so much a question of what are the teachers trying to teach but rather that they want us to think for ourselves and find what we disagree and agree with in the novel.
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Post by paigestan on Aug 3, 2016 17:07:13 GMT
I believe reading this book was to teach us lessons in life that needed to be taught. It shows us children growing up from innocence to their adult maturity in which we are still going through. Each person has their own voice in the book that comes out as a lesson. Such as when Jem and Scout were talking about race and how many different people there really are but they both saw it in different ways. Scout the youngest saw it as everybody is the same, we are all one person, But Jem on the other hand saw it as yes we are all equal but we do have differences. This book is a classic but it still portrays to everyday life still today.
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Post by zakpasq on Aug 3, 2016 18:51:02 GMT
In reading this book we gained knowledge about the way of life back then. Also how unfair it was for black people due to the racism and how we take somethings for granted. As well as the growing racism now in are society and how it relates with the racism that was going on back then.
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Post by beccarugg on Aug 5, 2016 21:28:02 GMT
I think that reading this book allowed us to learn a lot about life, through other people's lives, such as Scout and Jem, while also familiarizing ourselves with a classic book such as To Kill A Mocking Bird. Books like this will always be a part of English class, and in this way we are able to learn about racism, hardship, violence, and history, all while reading a staple in U.S. Literature.
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Post by isabellewilson2000 on Aug 10, 2016 7:40:57 GMT
I believe this book was chosen for us because the main theme of sophomore honors is social criticism. This book portrays it perfectly because of how Tom, Boo, and Atticus are treated. All three face judgment even when they do nothing wrong. Tom was an innocent man, Boo was a hero, and Atticus was a man who respected all. They were all doing the right thing and society still judged them.
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