Thursday, March 3, 2011

The End of a "Simple Love Story"

Can you believe that our time with Scout, Jem, Atticus, Dill and Boo is coming to an end?  As I reflect back on the novel, certain parts in the story stand out to me as beautiful, tragic, funny, and infuriating.  The children running through the Radley yard and getting shot at by Nathan Radley, the cruelty of the town of Maycomb toward Tom Robinson, Bob Ewell's appalling attack on the children, and Scout walking Boo home all come to mind as moments in the text that shocked and moved me.  What was your favorite (or least favorite) moment(s) in the book?  What made this moment so great or so horrible.  Explain.  If you could change anything or add on to the story in some way, what would you do?