Summer Reading
2014
NoGa Summer Reading 2014-15
Table of contents
English 9 AP Prep................ Click here
English 10 AP Prep..............Click here
English 11 AP.........................Click here
English 12 AP.........................Click here
English 10 Honors................Click here
English 11 Honors................Click here
English 12 Honors................Click here
Approach Paper Format (10-12 Honors)....Click here
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English 9 AP Prep
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; all work must be typed)
Mrs. Garner: [email protected]
General Information
AP Prep classes are designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Language and Advanced
Placement Literature classes offered in 11th and 12th grades. These classes are college level courses offered
in high school. Students who score a 3 or higher on the AP tests in 11th and 12th grades may be eligible for
college credit depending on the university’s requirements. In order to prepare students for the level of work
required for these courses, AP Prep classes require summer reading assignments as well as high expectations
for the school year. The Summer Reading Assignment will be worth two test grades.
Summer Reading Book Choices:
Anthem (Ayn Rand—this text is available for free online at http://tiny.cc/AnthemAR)
OR
Ellen Foster (Kaye Gibbons)
Assignment:
Choose one (1) of the novel options and read it completely.
At the end of each chapter/section you must write a summary paying attention to the following 5 items:
How does the author make a comparison or contrast?
How does the character change?
What does the character realize or come to an understanding about?
How does the author use literary devices (such as dialect, foreshadowing, flashback, diction, irony, simile,
metaphor, etc)?
What message is given about people in general in the section?
Test Grade 1: Write an essay answering the following prompt:
Prompt: The theme of a text is an expression of a common human experience--a general truth about humanity
that is shown in the story. One theme that is common in coming of age stories is an examination of identity.
Write a 4-paragraph essay examining the development of the protagonists’ identity. Describe how this theme
is developed using specific examples from the text (Body Paragraph 1) and tell how you would respond if you
were in the protagonist’s place (Body Paragraph 2). Avoid summarizing the story—focus on one or two specific
instances from the story. You may use your book to help you respond, but do not use other outside sources!
Your essay should follow MLA formatting. Use Google Docs to type your assignment. If you need help with creating a new Google Doc in MLA format, click here. (<-- Click)
Test Grade 2: You will take a short answer test over the text of your choice at the end of the first full
week of class.
Share your document via Google Docs with Mrs. Garner at [email protected].
Once school starts, I will give you directions for submitting your paper via turnitin.com (a plagiarism checking
website).
If you need extra help with MLA formatting, check out the Purdue OWL website here (<-- click).
Feel free to email me at [email protected] with any additional questions.
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English 10 AP Prep
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; must submit via Google Docs)
Summer Reading Texts
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) OR
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
You can find the novel at a public library, borrow from a friend/family member
locate it on an eReader, buy it from a store, or read it online:
Heart of Darkness from: http://bygosh.com/hod/index.htm
Things Fall Apart from: http://l-adam-mekler.com/things-fall-apart.pdf
Assignment:
Read Heart of Darkness OR Things Fall Apart AND its accompanying article (linked below).
Complete the Major Works Data Sheet (linked below) for your novel.
By the time you reach English 12 AP and prepare for that exam, you will be expected to have a large list of
books read. Completing the Major Works Data Sheet is a great tool to help synthesize a novel’s information;
you will be able to keep it and use it to help you prepare for that exam when the time comes.
Accompanying Articles (linked below):
Heart of Darkness accompanying article (<-- Click)
Things Fall Apart accompanying article (<-- Click)
The Major Works Data Sheet (<-- Click) is worth one (1) test grade.
Go to File > Make a Copy; then rename it with Last Name_Novel Title
Check out this site if you need help with the lit terms: http://literary-devices.com/
If you need extra help with MLA formatting, check out the Purdue OWL website here (<-- click).
Please note that you must be signed into a GMail account in order to “Make a Copy” of the document
so that you can type into it.
The teacher will also give a test, assign an essay, or give some other form of assessment at the beginning of
the class in order to ensure that the texts was read and understood, which will be worth one (1) test grade.
FYI: It is VERY important that the MWDS be completed in your OWN WORDS and with your OWN ideas. It will be
submitted to turnitin.com at the beginning of the school year to check for plagiarism. (your teacher will give
you details on this at the beginning of the semester)
When your MWDS is complete, share it with your English teacher via Google Docs. No hard copies will be accepted.
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English 11 AP
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; must submit via Google Docs)
Mrs. Faller - [email protected]
Join Remind101 to receive text message updates. Just text @mrsfaller to (224) 365-8364.
You can reach me at [email protected] with any questions.
Visit our class page at www.tinyurl.com/alfaller-aplang
Novel Reading
The Scarlet Letter by: Nathaniel Hawthorne (If you choose to read the book online, do NOT pay for it.
It is available on several websites for free.) and complete a Major Works Data Sheet (MWDS) (<-- Click).
These will be checked for plagiarism. Plagiarizing will result in a zero. Additional assessment may be
required in class. (Click the link above for the template.) You will share this assignment via Google
Docs. Hard copies will NOT be accepted. (This assignment is worth 1 test grade. We will do several
MWDSs throughout the semester because you will need a portfolio of readings in AP English 12.
Short readings about, or demonstrating, rhetoric—the art of argument
Printed copies of the readings are available on request in room 211. The 16 readings can all be found
here—none are longer than three pages. Reading them this summer will help you to understand the
art of rhetoric—how we persuade others through language to think or act the way we want them to.
You will write a Rhetorical Précis for 4 of these pieces (Click the link). You will share these via a Google
Doc upon completion. Hard copies will NOT be accepted. This assignment is worth 1 test grade. We
will discuss and write about these readings at the beginning of the semester.
Rhetorical appeals:
~ ‘How to Teach a Child to Argue’
Rhetorical devices:
~ John F. Kennedy inaugural address
~ ‘We’ll Go Forward from This Moment’
Using language and visual texts:
~ ‘We Change Our Language Like We Change Our Clothes’ (levels of language)
~ ‘The Case for Short Words’ (writing clearly)
~ ‘Girl Moved to Tears by Cliffs Notes’ (irony and satire)
~ Three visual texts
Methods of rhetorical development (modes):
~ ‘Remedial Reading’ (narration)
~ ‘The Gramercy Gym’ (description)
~ ‘The Great American Desert’ (example)
~ ‘A Few Words for Motherhood’ (process analysis)
~ ‘Sitters and Squatters’ (comparison and contrast)
~ ‘Here Is New York’ (classification and division)
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English 11 AP
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~ ‘Inside the Interrogation Room’ (analogy)
~ ‘The Meaning of Home’ (definition)
~ ‘Why We Crave Horror Movies’ (cause and effect)
*For the MWDS:
Go to File > Make a Copy; then rename it with Last Name_Novel Title
Check out this site if you need help with the lit terms: http://literary-devices.com/
If you need extra help with MLA formatting, check out the Purdue OWL website here (<-- click).
Please note that you must be signed into a GMail account in order to “Make a Copy” of the document
so that you can type into it.
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English 12 AP
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; must submit via Google Docs)
Mrs. Faller [email protected]
Summer Reading: It is not necessary but is highly recommended that you have your own copy of
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
Reading Assignment:
The purpose of this assignment is to help prepare you for the English 12AP Exam. The open-ended
essay question asks you to apply your vast knowledge of literature. You and I both know that this is
a monumental list, and that it needs our immediate attention. Thus, assignment number one is “for
your own good.”
Annotations: Once you have the text (borrowed or bought), you will, of course, read it! How will
you read it? You will read it diligently and for detail. You will “mark it up” and “read it like a professor.”
Be sure that you place your rhetorical and literary analysis hat on before you sit down to read. Examine HOW the author creates his argument (or theme). Do not give me an abundance of FLUFFY, personal reactions. Show me that what you learned in English 11AP is not fading. (Annotations can take
the shape of a marked up book OR you can chart them neatly. Should you opt to chart them, include:
Chapter & Page Numbers, MLA Cited Quotations, Rhetorical or Literary Purpose For Discussion, & Your
Discussion.)
MWDS: Once you have read and marked up your text, I have one request: Complete the “Major Works
Data Sheet”. Click here for your MWDS. Share with Mrs. Faller when completed.
Writing Assignments:
You spent a good portion of your English 11 semester, learning the essential college essay formats.
The primary focus of your 11th grade year entailed: the rhetorical analysis essay, the argumentative
essay, and the synthesis essay. I’d like to see what your writing looks like with a sample of each.
1. After reading All the Pretty Horses, choose a portion of the text that you think warrants a close
analysis. It should be a passage of about 4-5 paragraphs. Write an essay prompt similar to the one
you saw on the AP exam. After you have formulated your prompt and printed that, respond to it.
Your rhetorical analysis essay should be five paragraphs in length.
2. For your argumentative piece, respond to the following:
It has been suggested that all of McCarthy’s work conveys a sense of darkness; however, critics
argue that All the Pretty Horses takes it a step further, illustrating his misanthropic nature.
Defend, qualify, or challenge the extent of the above statement based on your reading of All the
Pretty Horses.
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3. For your synthesis paper, in likeness with the AP format, devise a prompt about a the role of violence in the human quest for idealism (this may help… many suggest that war, guns, knives, and fire
are needed to be able to attain peace and appreciate good fortune).
In doing this, you will need to research a violent episode and denote both the positive and negative
that resulted from the ordeal. Locate (print) at least six articles (3 suggesting the benefits, 3 suggesting the atrocities) and cite them in a bibliography. Write a synthesis prompt that will align to
your articles.
As you read and annotate the articles, try to weigh the outcomes on both sides in an effort to uncover your response to the role of violence.
Then, of course, respond to it in a stellar synthesis essay.
MLA formatting should be applied to all prompts and written responses.
If you need extra help with MLA formatting, check out the Purdue OWL website here (<-- click).
All articles used in the creation of your synthesis essay will need to be submitted to Mrs. B-R.
Your MWDS and each of your essays will be shared with Mrs. Faller by Friday, 8/29/14 and submitted
to turnitin.com at the beginning of the semester, so make sure you keep the digital files.
*For the MWDS:
Go to File > Make a Copy; then rename it with Last Name_Novel Title
Check out this site if you need help with the lit terms: http://literary-devices.com/
If you need extra help with MLA formatting, check out the Purdue OWL website here (<-- click).
Please note that you must be signed into a GMail account in order to “Make a Copy” of the document
so that you can type into it.
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English 10 Honors
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; must submit via Google Docs)
All English 10 Honors students have been assigned the following summer reading for next year’s English class.
All students will also complete an Approach Paper (<--click) and share with their English teacher regardless of
which semester the class will be taken. No hard copies will be accepted. Directions are available at the end of
this document or by clicking the above link.
Choose from the World Literature list OR any one title from the 2012-2015 North Carolina Young
Adult Book Award (NCYABA) lists.
Check out www.amazon.com for descriptions of these books:
World Literature
The list below consists of authors from various parts of the world. Many of these books are set in
places other than the United States. Please make sure to check the NoGa Learning Commons and the
public libraries for the availability of these books. Check out the Gaston County Library’s online database, and you could have a book transferred to a location near you!
A Passage to India by: E. M. Forster
A Thousand Splendid Suns by: Khaled Hosseini
Cry, the Beloved Country by: Alan Paton
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by: Salman Rushdie
Hush by: Donna Jo Napoli
Like Water for Chocolate by: Laura Esquivel
Lord of the Flies by: William Golding
The Kite Runner by: Khaled Hosseini
The Poisonwood Bible by: Barbara Kingsolver
NCYABA 2012-2013
Anna and the French Kiss by: Stephanie Perkins
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by: Laini Taylor
Delirium, Book 1 by: Lauren Oliver
Paper Covers Rock by: Jenny Hubbard
The Scorpio Races by: Maggie Stiefvater
Shine by: Lauren Myracle
Ship Breaker by: Paolo Bacigalupi
The Things a Brother Knows by: Dana Reinhardt
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices From the Titanic by: Allan Wolf
NoGa Summer Reading 2014-15
English 10 Honors
(continued)
NCYABA 2013-2014
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by: Catherine Reef
Code Name Verity by: Elizabeth Wein
The Diviners by: Libba Bray
Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
Every Day by David Levithan
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Wrap-up List by Steven Arntson
NCYABA 2014-2015
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzal & Christina Lamb
Invisibility by Andrea Creamer & David Levithan
No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
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English 11 Honors
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; must submit via Google Docs)
All English 10 Honors students have been assigned the following summer reading for next year’s English class.
All students will also complete an Approach Paper (<--click) and share with their English teacher regardless of
which semester the class will be taken. No hard copies will be accepted. Directions are available at the end of
this document or by clicking the above link.
Choose from the Classics list OR any one title from the 2012-2015 North Carolina Young Adult Book
Award (NCYABA) lists.
Check out www.amazon.com for descriptions of these books:
Classics
The list below consists of American authors. Many of these titles are considered public domain and can be
downloaded free to your electronic device (iPad, Nook, Kindle, smartphone, etc.). Check out the Gaston County
Library’s online database, and you could have a book transferred to a location near you!
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by: Mark Twain
Our Town by: Thornton Wilder
A Raisin in the Sun by: Lorraine Hansberry
Ethan Frome by: Edith Wharton
Ellen Foster by: Kaye Gibbons
A Streetcar Named Desire by: Tennessee Williams
Moby Dick by: Herman Melville
A Separate Peace by: John Knowles
Black Boy by: Richard Wright
The Catcher in the Rye by: J.D. Salinger
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by: Maya Angelou
My Antonia by: Willa Cather
Flowers for Algernon by: Daniel Keyes
Johnny Tremain by: Esther Forbes
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by: Joseph Conrad
All Quiet on the Western Front by: Erich Maria Remarque
NCYABA 2012-2013
Anna and the French Kiss by: Stephanie Perkins
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by: Laini Taylor
Delirium, Book 1 by: Lauren Oliver
Paper Covers Rock by: Jenny Hubbard
The Scorpio Races by: Maggie Stiefvater
Shine by: Lauren Myracle
Ship Breaker by: Paolo Bacigalupi
The Things a Brother Knows by: Dana Reinhardt
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices From the Titanic by: Allan Wolf
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English 11 Honors
(continued)
NCYABA 2013-2014
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by: Catherine Reef
Code Name Verity by: Elizabeth Wein
The Diviners by: Libba Bray
Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
Every Day by David Levithan
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Wrap-up List by Steven Arntson
NCYABA 2014-2015
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzal & Christina Lamb
Invisibility by Andrea Creamer & David Levithan
No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
NoGa Summer Reading 2014-15
English 12 Honors
Due: the first week of school (by Friday, August 29, 2014)
(regardless of semester; must submit via Google Docs)
All English 10 Honors students have been assigned the following summer reading for next year’s English class.
All students will also complete an Approach Paper (<--click) and share with their English teacher regardless of
which semester the class will be taken. No hard copies will be accepted. Directions are available at the end of
this document or by clicking the above link.
Choose from the Classics list OR any one title from the 2012-2015 North Carolina Young Adult Book
Award (NCYABA) lists.
Check out www.amazon.com for descriptions of these books:
Classics
The list below consists of British authors. Most of these titles are considered public domain and can be downloaded free to your electronic device (iPad, Nook, Kindle, smartphone, etc.). Check out the Gaston County
Library’s online database, and you could have a book transferred to a location near you!
Pride & Prejudice by: Jane Austen
Sense & Sensibility by: Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by: Jane Austen
Rebecca by: Daphne DuMaurier
Lord of the Flies by: William Golding
Tess of the D’Ubervilles by: Thomas Hardy
Gulliver’s Travels by: Jonathan Swift
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by: Robert Louis Stevenson
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by: William Shakespeare
Othello by: William Shakespeare
Hamlet by: William Shakespeare
Wuthering Heights by: Emily Bronte
War of the Worlds by: H.G. Wells
The Time Machine by: H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man by: H.G. Wells
NCYABA 2012-2013
Anna and the French Kiss by: Stephanie Perkins
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by: Laini Taylor
Delirium, Book 1 by: Lauren Oliver
Paper Covers Rock by: Jenny Hubbard
The Scorpio Races by: Maggie Stiefvater
Shine by: Lauren Myracle
Ship Breaker by: Paolo Bacigalupi
The Things a Brother Knows by: Dana Reinhardt
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices From the Titanic by: Allan Wolf
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English 12 Honors
(continued)
NCYABA 2013-2014
The Bronte Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne by: Catherine Reef
Code Name Verity by: Elizabeth Wein
The Diviners by: Libba Bray
Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
Every Day by David Levithan
The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
The Wrap-up List by Steven Arntson
NCYABA 2014-2015
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzal & Christina Lamb
Invisibility by Andrea Creamer & David Levithan
No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
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English Honors – Summer Reading
Approach Paper
Summer Reading Assignment: Write an Approach Paper & share via Google Docs with your English
teacher. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Please type your approach paper using one inch margins, 11 or 12 point fonts (Cambria, Times New Roman,
Arial), and should fit on one page (8 ½ x 11”). Look at sample paper for assistance (can drop to 10 pt. font and
.8 margins as needed-but no lower).
An approach paper consists of several sections:
I. Proper heading with your name, date, class, and novel title. Proper format followed. (10 points)
II. Summary Paragraph: a three or four sentence paragraph that explains the ENTIRE novel using as much
description and detail as you can manage. Every sentence must start out in a different way. This helps make
your writing more interesting to read. This is often the most difficult section of the approach paper to write.
It will take some time to condense the happenings of the novel into these few sentences which all start in a
different way. (20 points)
III. Character Descriptions: Choose four main characters in your novel. By each of the characters’ names, list
four or five words which describe the character distinctly. This is a good time to think about vivid vocabulary
words; check the dictionary or thesaurus for ideas. If you use a particular word to describe one character, you
may not use that same word to describe another character. (15 points)
IV. Discussion/Essay Questions: Write three questions that a teacher might ask you about the novel either in
class or for an essay. These questions should be thought-provoking and almost always take more than one line
to type because they ask readers to combine more than one idea. Just writing these types of questions helps
you to anticipate what questions might be asked of you in class discussion or on a test and encourages you to
think more insightfully about the book. (Don’t ask yes/no type questions.) (25 points)
V. Key Passage: Choose the most important passage in the novel (in your opinion). Type it up word-for-word
in the approach paper (remember quotation marks). Make sure to identify the speaker(s) and page number. (5
points)
VI. Key Passage Explanation: In a fully-developed paragraph, explain why your chosen passage is important
to understanding the novel. In your explanation, make sure you use quotes (actual words or phrases) from
the key passage to strengthen your explanation. Often, this selected passage will offer clues to the novel’s
themes. Explain any themes connected to the key passage. (25 points)
This assignment is due to your English teacher by the end of the first week of school. No exceptions. You will
share this paper via Google Docs with your English teacher. Do NOT copy/paste any section of this paper. That
is plagiarism which is a form of cheating and will result in a zero. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. See next
page for a sample approach paper.
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Student’s Name
English Teacher’s Name
English 12 Honors
August 29 , 2014
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is the story of three years in the childhood of Scout and her older brother
Jem. As an adult narrator, Scout recalls a series of loosely connected episodes which occur in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930’s, a time of racial segregation and extreme prejudice. Weaving two strands of narrative, Lee
presents Boo Radley, the mysterious and reclusive neighbor whom the children find both intriguing and frightening, with the trial of Tom Robinson, a hardworking, innocent black man who is being defended by Scout and
Jem’s just and courageous father, Atticus Finch. The two strands of narrative tie together in the end when
Boo Radley emerges from his seclusion to save Scout and Jem from a cowardly attack on them by Bob Ewell,
who vowed vengeance on Atticus after the trial.
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Scout Finch: strong-willed, intelligent, tomboyish, loyal, quick-tempered
Jem Finch: thoughtful, steadfast, imaginative, maturing
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Atticus Finch: just, courageous, insightful, determined
Boo Radley: reclusive, lonely, simple, protective
To Kill a Mockingbird deals with the issue of racial equality, but Harper Lee also includes the strong story line
of Boo Radley. How does the Tom Robinson trial combine with the Boo Radley story thread to make a novel
that speaks powerfully of more than just racial equality?
What do Jem and Scout finally understand about their father: what he stands for in their own lives and in the
lives of many of the townspeople?
Discuss the three different views of Tom Robinson’s trial and its outcome as seen by Atticus, Jem and Scout,
and the townspeople.
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From Chapter 3, page 30:
Atticus: “First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds
of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb
into his skin and walk around in it.”
Atticus’ entire philosophy of life seems to be summed up in his words to Scout. To be an objective and just
community member, one must be able to “climb into” another person’s “skin” and “walk around in it” or be
able to see issues from another person’s perspective. Atticus offers these words to Scout after her first
day of formal schooling in the first grade when she is upset that the teacher doesn’t understand her efforts
to explain Walter Cunningham’s financial situation. These words from Atticus begin her first lessons in life.
Through the course of the novel, Atticus will show the children his compassion for people different from their
family, his attempts to “climb into someone’s skin and walk around din it” when he defends and innocent black
man, Tom Robinson, against a town’s wishes, and when he instructs the children to be respectful and compassionate toward Boo Radley, a neighborhood recluse. One of the main themes of the novel is the understanding
and accepting of people different from oneself.
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