‘Analyse how setting was used to reinforce an idea in the written text(s).’ Note: “Idea” may refer to character or theme.
Ideas to be reinforced by setting:
– Prejudice: Prejudice one of the main themes in the book and is an umbrella which covers multiple branches of prejudice such as racial prejudice, class prejudice and gender prejudice.
INTRODUCTION
FIRST BODY PARAGRAPH:
S – Racial prejudice is reinforced by the setting because…
E – Quotes that back up my statement
X – Explain how and why the quotes back up my statement
Y – My opinion about the stuff (relate main points to the real world)
(Make my paragraph SEXEXY for more depth)
SECOND BODY PARAGRAPH:
S – Class prejudice is reinforced by the setting because…
E – Quotes that back up my statement
X – Explain how and why the quotes back up my statement
Y – My opinion about the stuff (relate main points to the real world)
(Make my paragraph SEXEXY for more depth)
THIRD BODY PARAGRAPH:
S – Gender prejudice is reinforced by the setting because…
E – Quotes that back up my statement
X – Explain how and why the quotes back up my statement
Y – My opinion about the stuff (relate main points to the real world)
(Make my paragraph SEXEXY for more depth)
CONCLUSION
Prejudice Quotes:
“Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom. People said he existed, but Jem and I had never seen him. People said he went out at night when the moon was down and peeped in windows. When people’s azaleas froze in a cold snap, it was because he had breathed on them. Any stealthy small crimes committed in Maycomb were his work.”
“As Mr Dolphus Raymond was an evil man I accepted his invitation reluctantly, but I followed Dill. Somehow, I didn’t think Atticus would like it if we became friendly with Mr Raymond, and I knew Aunt Alexandra wouldn’t. “Here,” he said, offering Dill his paper sack with straws in it. “Take a good sip, it’ll quieten you.” Dill sucked on the straws, smiled, and pulled at length. “Hee hee,” said Mr Raymond, evidently taking delight in corrupting a child.”
“He had announced in the schoolyard the day before that Scout Finch’s daddy defended niggers.”
“But did that explain the town’s attitude? The court appointed Atticus to defend him. Atticus aimed to defend him. That’s what they didn’t like about it. It was confusing.”
Setting Quotes:
“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square.”
“Reconstruction rule and economic ruin forced the town to grow. It grew inward. New people so rarely settled there, the same families married the same families until the members of the community looked faintly alike.”
Class Prejudice
Jem: (“There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.”) Chapter 23
Scout: (“He ain’t company, Cal, he’s just a Cunningham-”) Chapter 3
Scout: (“Every town the size of Maycomb had families like the Ewells. No economic fluctuations changed their status…Ewells lived like guests of the county… No truant officers could keep their numerous offspring in school; no public health officer could from… Diseases”) Chapter 17, 170
Racism
Dolphus Raymond: (“Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they’re people, too.”) Chapter 20
Scout: (“Atticus says cheatin‘ a colored man is ten times worse than cheatin’ a white man,’ I muttered. ‘Says it’s the worst thing you can do.”) Chapter 20
Atticus: (“In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.”) Chapter 23
Sexism
Scout: (“Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing the Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born”) Chapter 9
Scout: (“Grandma’s a wonderful cook,” said Francis. “She’s gonna teach me how.”
“Boys don’t cook.” I giggled at the thought of Jem in an apron.”) Chapter 9
Miss Maudie: (“what are you doing in those overalls? You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! You’ll grow up waiting on tables if somebody doesn’t change your ways-a Finch waiting on tables at the O.K. Café—hah”) Chapter 11
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