Remember, TONE is the author's attitude toward what he or she is writing about. We are going to consider Scout as the author for this blog post.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
3.1 Scout's Tone
The narration of To Kill a Mockingbird is done by Scout Finch. Write a developed paragraph response to the following prompt: How would you describe Scout's tone during the first 5 chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Remember, TONE is the author's attitude toward what he or she is writing about. We are going to consider Scout as the author for this blog post.
Remember, TONE is the author's attitude toward what he or she is writing about. We are going to consider Scout as the author for this blog post.
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In my opinion, I feel as if Scout is a bit aggressive towards other people. In example, when she's beating up Walter for being a bit more poor than herself. But, she doesn't seem very aggressive towards her father, Atticus. I'm not sure if it's because it's her dad or not, but i believe that she has a very nice relationship with him. So, Yeah. Tone: Aggressive towards 'lower classmen'.
ReplyDelete-Michaela Kingsley
Elizabeth Ober
ReplyDeleteScout, as the narrator, tells the story as if she is living it. Scout's thoughts and opinions and reactions are presented along with the events of the story. She is telling the story with evident bias. Her tone in the story is the tone of a young child. She recounts what has happened in the way a child would. She places importance on things that a third person narrator would not. She, as a key player in the story narrates it from her own point of view, from her own side. The tone of the story is nostalgic and because it is told by such a young child, the reader is presented with a story clouded by the lense of childhood. The tone of the first five chapters is warm, nostalgic and young.
Scout's tone in the story is childlike. She is honest and says what she thinks, but she is also naive. She is very independent and confident, but is also easily embarrassed when Calpurnia yells at her for yelling at Walter about putting maple syrup on his lunch. She is content with her life but always wants to know more. She is easily frustrated, but quickly moves on. She doesn't always know what is going on, but she always tries her best to understand.
ReplyDeleteScout, or more accurately described, the author, has a tone that portrays her as older than her actual age, but just as naive as ever. Throughout the first five chapters, she knows all of these facts as has insightful opinions on matters at hand. This was shown when Scout was explaining her view on not being able to read anymore. "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing" (23). This excerpt wrapped up an inner monologue of Scout's that showed such deep confusion and slow revelation to how she came to read so well and to subconsciously love it so dearly. It showed how advanced her mindset was for a first grader but how she was still missing the understanding of matters like this. She questions things and can apply insightful thoughts to the matter; but she has yet to know the answers.
ReplyDeleteScout's tone is sort of naive to the world around her yet she is sympathetic to most things such as a turtle but she does stick Walters nose in the dirt for getting her in trouble. Although Scout does believe in what she thinks is right and notices what is unfair. She may say that she doesn't like Calpurnia one day but later she'll move on.
ReplyDeleteScout has a very prominent robust attitude towards life, which is a contributing factor of her tomboy ways. Her slightly stubborn personality was most likely constructed due to how being more young and naïve is almost seen as a weakness, or being too girly. “I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could go off and find some to play with.” (54) Also, she is more of a realist than a dreamer. For example, she doesn’t believe in “Hot steam” but carefully chooses how she speaks about other controversial things to avoid being thought of as a dreamer. She is very smart and uses her knowledge to the best of her abilities. With all that knowledge, she seems to act as if she always knows the right answer, quickly getting frustrated when someone doesn’t think in the same ways she does.
ReplyDeleteMac Smith
ReplyDeleteI would describe Scout's tone as childish, naive, and biased, but innocently so. She neither needs, nor tries to be unbiased and mature. She is just a child explaining her interpretation of the events.
Chris Schaeffer
ReplyDeleteAs Scout reflects and tells about her life as a child, her tone sometimes comes off as childish and naive, since she is a child and occasionally is rude but not lacking innocence and humor. As she progresses, she at times will be dark and foreboding.
Taryn Horne
ReplyDeleteScouts tone is childish. Shes narrating the story like a child would and reliving it how a child would. She is open about what she says and in my opinion doesn't care.
Sam Mecham
ReplyDeleteScout's tone throughout the story is intrigued and adventurous. She is always looking for adventure but she also gets a bit butthurt during Chapter 5 when Jem and Dill exclude her from their plans over the summer. Also when she meets and starts hanging out with Miss Maudie, Scout starts seeing more than the little girl she is. There is a very different world that she didn't know.
Shiloh Mikolajczak
ReplyDeleteThe tone given to Scout throughout the book would be that of a childish one. She has a large sense of adventure and imagination, an imagination that can terrify her when it comes to the topic or Arthur "Boo" Radley. With this childish tone, she'll also do what she can to be accepted as an equal by her older brother Jem and now their new found friend Dill.
In the first five chapters Scout's tone is insightful yet still somewhat immature. She is willing to learn but her stubbornness and naivety often get in the way. She views things in a biased way which contributes to her stubbornness. When Walter Cunningham comes over for lunch we see a glimpse of her obstinate personality, "He ain't company, Cal he's a Cunningham-"
ReplyDelete"...Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny..."(33)
Scout is often given advice by Atticus and Calpurnia but she still gives off the air of confidence in her actions and words.
In the first five chapters, I feel like Scout's tone is childlike. She believes all the things that Jem tells her about Boo Radley and not really question it. When she sees the gum in the tree, she just thinks "Hey, free gum," and doesn't think of it as suspicious in any way.
ReplyDelete-Tommy Hail
Taryn Horne
ReplyDeleteScouts tone is childish. She's narrating the story like a child would and reliving it how a child would. She is open about what she says and in my opinion doesn't care.
Scout is young but insightful. She uses her tone to reveal the world in extravagance. She is also a very proud girl and is confident about herself and you can see it in the writing. " I rose graciously on Walter's behalf: " Ah- Miss Caroline?" (26). You can see that she thinks she is right because she wrote, " I rose graciously,".
ReplyDeleteColby Brown: Scout's tone in the first few chapters are really childish. But she does act as if she is older. I would say her tone is more light hearted and simple as opposed to all the things happening around her. Lets take for instance, at the dinner table when Scout had over her black friend. She then asked him some probing and personal questions. A few weren't appropriate at the time. And wouldn't be appropriate at any dinner table. I think this truly shows her attitude in the first few chapters. Her understanding is a little bit not caught up with her maturity that would later be herself.
ReplyDeleteScouts tone in the first few chapters is very innocent and isn't completely understanding of the world around her. She doesn't understand that people have their own outlook and why people act the way they do, constantly questioning people like Boo Radley and the students at her school calling her father, Aticus a certain name.
ReplyDeleteAndie Penna
ReplyDeleteScout’s tone in the first five chapters is one of innocence and trust. Scout is very mature for her age, but a six-year-old can only comprehend so much about the world. Children her age usually believe anything they are told, and it is evident that Scout is no exception. On page 23 Miss Caroline tells Scout that Atticus doesn't know how to teach, and that she should basically be ashamed for knowing how to read already. Scout initially questions this notion, but ultimately believes her and gets upset towards Atticus for teaching her. This also occurs when her older brother tells the story of Boo Radley. Scout is too young to know better, and thus she believes Jem.