To Kill a Mockingbird

1. Text snippet
“Somehow, if I fought Cecil I would let Atticus down. Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to do something for him, I could take being called a coward for him.” Pg. 87

Reason for choice
I chose this snippet of text because I thought it showed how much she cared about what her father said and thought about her. Scout thought highly about her father, and it also shows that scout is maturing and not letting her fists take care if her problems. It also shows how her character is building from an immature little girl to a somewhat mature girl.

2.
That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father’s right,” She said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” PG. 103

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