stopping by woods on a snowy evening

I believe the meaning of this poem is that the author of the poem has had a lot of hardships in his life and wants to die. The author of the poem wants to die but he can't because he still has promises to keep. This proven when the author says "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep."

This poem relates to my life because all humans have problems to some degree. The poem shows that people want to die during a peaceful moment during their life when they are ready to die but we can't because we have duties that we must fulfill for loved ones. Robert frost had a lot of problems in his life but he new he had promises to keep so he could not die when he wanted to.

The movie

In the movie there are many are many scenes that are similar to the movie and there are scenes that are different. One scene that stood out to me was the scene were Mr.Ewell attacked Jem and Scout. this scene had its similarities to the book but it was not how I imagined it from the book.

In this scene Jem is attacked by Mr.Ewell not Scout like in the book. When Boo attacks Mr.Ewell you don't see them fight you just see there hands and shadows. Scout is also barley touch by Mr.Ewell in the movie unlike in the book where her ham costume saves her life. I thought the actor who played scout did not do a very good job I am not really sure how to explain it but I just thought she did not fit the part.

this book changed my life

As I read this book I realized how fortunate I was to live in time of history where their is not as much racism in or country. There is not as many people like the racist people in Maycomb that want innocent people suffer for the color of their skin. Like when one if the Maycomb citizens said "...Atticus aims to defend him. That's what i don't like about it."(163)

As a minority I know how it feels to have someone assume something about you because of the color of your skin. Even though my experiences are not as bad as Tom Robinsons I know that being a minority can be hard sometimes. There are people in are world that think they are better then others because of their skin color and I hope that these people will someday realize that we are all equal in gods eyes.

life lessons

One important lesson that Jem and Scout learned was when Tom was convicted and Atticus said "They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again . . ."(213) when Atticus told them this Scout and Jem learned that life isn't always kind and can be cruel. I believe this is an important lesson to learn because if you do not except this fact then you will be living in a dream world.

Excepting this fact can also make you a stronger person. I know this to be true because when I learned my mother would most likly never walk again. I thought the world was a cruel and unfair place. But as time passed i excepted that the world was not always a kind place i became a stonger person.

themes

I think the theme of this book is racism and people being prejudice. One example of this theme is during Tom Robinson's trial. The evidence proves that Tom Robinson is innocent and that Bob Ewell was the one who phisicaly asulted Mayella, but the jury still said that tom was guilty. This happened because the jury was prejudice against Tom and the jury would believe Mayella over Tom because Mayella is white and Tom is black. There is a lot racism in maycome and i found this to be true when atticuss said "they've done it before and they did it tonight they'll do it again" after Tom was wrongfully accused.(213)

Another instant in the book were rasicm or people being prejudice was shown was when Scout and Jem went to Cal's church. Lula, one of Cal's church's members, didn't like Scout and Jem being there. racism isn't just shown by white people in the book. Lula is prejudice against white people and i came to this conclusion when Lula said "you ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here-they got their church, we got our'n."(119)

Atticus as a father

Atticus is the type father that does not really care what you do as long as you are not hurting anyone. This is proven when Atticus tells Scout and Jem that they can shoot all the blue birds they want but they can't shoot mockingbirds with their new air guns. Atticuss lets Jem and Scout shoot birds but he but he will not let them hurt anything innocent. I found this to be true when Miss Maudie said "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up peoples gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us."(90)

Atticus is like my parents in someways but he is mostly different. My dad is closer to Atticus then my mother. Since my parents are devorced my dad has not gotten mad at me at all other then times I really was asking for. My mom is different though. She is really stict and gets mad at me for a lot of reasons but mainly over my school work. If I had a parent like Atticus I am not really sure if I would like it or not. I would most likly prefer my parents.

changing perceptions of boo radley

I think that the stitched pants and the things put into the tree show that Boo in not as bad as people think. If Boo were a bad person why would he bother to stitch pants of someone who was tresspassing on his home. These acting show that Boo is not a "malevolent phantom."

I believe that scout discussion with Miss Maudie and the reaction of Atticuss to the children's play show that he does not think that Boo is a bad person. I think Atticuss believes Boo is misunderstood and unfairly judged by the people of maycomb who dont even know Boo. Atticuss his a man who does not judge poeple he does not know, no matter bad of a reputation that person may have.

boo radley the quotes i forgot to post

The quotes "wonder what he does in their" and "I'd like to see what he looks like" shows that Dill is very interested in boo.

quotes on pages 12 & 13

my favorite parts of english class so far

Even though I have been in this class for only a week and a half, I can already tell that I am going to like this class. I really enjoyed when we read "a chistmas memory". The story was fun and the charecters were a little wierd and i hope we read more of those type of stories. I also liked when we wrote Mrs.Gilman the letters. I am hoping that Mrs.GIlman gets to know me better from the letter. Mrs.Gilman seems like a great teacher so I am loking forward to this school year.