Choose ONE of the following prompts to respond to. Please respond honestly and thoughtfully.
1. Scout and Jem visit Calpurnia’s church. How would you feel if you were in their shoes? Describe a time when you were an outsider somewhere.
2. Atticus tells Scout that Mr. Cunningham is a good man – “he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us.” What does Atticus mean? What are your blind spots?
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ReplyDeleteIf I were in their shoes, I would probably feel really awkward. A time when I felt like an outsider was when I was little and I rode the bus. I always sat alone and people would make fun of me for being different. They'd sit in the back of the bus and laugh and just talk and I felt that I should have that someday. And I did, with my bus buddy, Haley Davis.
2. Atticus means that Mr. Cunningham is a good person, just that he isn't always right and that he isn't perfect. My blind spots are that I might judge too quickly sometimes and I am definitely not perfect.
ReplyDelete1. I would feel awkward. I would feel out of place and unwanted. One time I was an outsider when I was the only kid at my parents party because all the kids left.
ReplyDelete2.) I believe that Atticus was talking about Mr. Cunningham's flaws. He means to say that overall Mr. Cunningham is a good man, but he has flaws just like everybody else. Some of my blind spots are that I can have a slight attitude sometime and I do make wrong decisions occasionally. Although I do these things I learn from my mistakes and so can everyone else.
ReplyDeleteIf I were in their shoes I don't think that I would mind. I don't have a racist side to me. It is just a meaningless label that should never have been placed upon these poor people in the first place.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am at my dad's house I am always and outsider; I'm the only girl. I don't mind being the only girl because when you live with guys, you tend to have a better outlook on life. They are also less drama than girls so that helps out a lot. I mean, we get enough of it at school, so, why come home to it?
1.) If I were in Scout's and Jem's position at a place where I was only welcomed by few, I would feel extremely insecure. Many of us nowadays keep ourselves out of situations where you would feel like an outsider, but in this case, Jem and Scout had no choice. I would also feel alone because I would only see the differences between me and others, not how we are connected. A time when I felt like an outsider was when I was sitting at lunch and as a joke, all my friends got up and left me. Even though they thought that it was no big deal, secretly it hurt my feelings.
ReplyDelete1. I would feel really out of place and awkward if I was them. Everybody was judging them because they were white people in a black church. I was an outsider when I went to help watch by brother and sister at Jumping Janes. It is a little kid play place and I was older when I went so people could've been judging me.
ReplyDelete1. If I were Scout or Jem I would feel really awkward because I was different than everybody else. It would be a little intimidating being around people you don't know, and sticking out because you're different. One time I felt like this was when I was at a career fair last year. I was in a class that none of my friends were. I was the only person from Cascade in the class. The rest of the people were from different schools and were already well aquainted with each other so it was hard to join them in a conversation.
ReplyDeleteAt first I would be kind of intimidated and I would think none of them would like me, but then once people would start talking to me I would be fine. A time I was an outsider was when I went to New Mexico and I went to the pool at a hotel and I was the only white person in the whole pool. Everyone just stared at me like what was she doing here.
ReplyDeleteI would feel like I was out of place and really werid cause I was an outsider when I moved from florida to iowa I was really out of place
ReplyDeleteif I were in the shoes of these two I would fell very very awkward. I would not feel right in the church when every one is looking at me like that.
ReplyDeleteI feel like an out sider when I go to Farley to visit my dad. I just feel out of place because I live with my mom and I is in a totally different town.
2.) I think he means that he isn't perfect just like everybody else. My flaws are I have a temper, no patients, and I don't always think things through before I act.
ReplyDelete2) I believe Atticus was saying that Mr. Cunningham is a good man but he is not perfect and he make mistakes like the rest of us. One of my blind spots are that I don't take the time to get to know someone I tend to judge them before I actually know them.
ReplyDelete1.) I would feel not safe if I wasn't welcomed by everyone. I would be intimidated knowing that someone did not want your present at their gathering or celebration. Lola was judging Scout and Jem for not being the same race and attending the church where they were an opposite race. Once I went to a Wisconsin vs. Iowa football game in Wisconsin, and I wasn't welcomed there because I was a Hawkeye fan; or different from Wisconsin fans. Just like Scout and Jem were being judged differently because they weren't the same race.
ReplyDelete1.) My family and I have gone to a lot of different churches in the Archdiocese of Dubuque. When you walk into a new church you look at the people and they are smiling and welcoming you into the church. And they are looking forward to seeing you and you family more than one weekend. When you walk into a new church you are thinking to your self oh my gosh everybody is looking at you but your all in Gods house, and they are there for the same reason as you are.
ReplyDeleteIf I was Jem I would feel left out at first but if they started to talk to me I would be more relaxed and not worried about anything. A time I felt like I was a outsider was when I went to a Basketball game in Wisconsin when the badgers were playing the Hawks and I was going to get something to drink and all I saw around me was badger fans so I felt left out.
ReplyDeleteScout and Jem probably feel awkward and out of place. Many people were probably staring at them and talking about them. I felt out of place one time when my family was on vacation in St. Louis for a super cross race and we went out to eat. At the restaurant my family were the only white people in there and people were staring at us.
ReplyDeleteI would feel really awkward and unwanted.The time I felt out of place was when my brother and I went four wheeling with my dad and his friends.
ReplyDelete1) I would feel out of place and kind of awkward. One time when I felt like an outsider was when my parents had a party and I was the only kid there.
ReplyDeleteHonestly if I went to a church with people of different ethnicities like Jem and Scout had to do I don't think it would bother me that much. All the people at the church were kind and accommodating. I don't understand why someone would be uncomfortable in a place where they are welcomed. So to answer the question, no I wouldn't. If it were some other case where I was in a place where I didn't know anyone, which happened to me when I went to a pool in my cousins hometown that around 2 hours away from mine I felt kind of nervous but when I started talking to people I got over my nervousness. I guess it just depends on the hostility of the people that are receiving you and how much they relate to you.
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