To Kill A Mockingbird 4

This is my last post for To Kill A Mockingbird. This post is about Tom's trial. The pressure in the jury is because Tom is black. In the time that To Kill a Mockingbird is set in there is still discrimination against black people by the whites. All of the people decided Tom was guilty because he was black. I think that even if the jury had a silent vote the outcome would have been the same because Tom was black. If Tom hadn't had been black then the jurors wouldn't have given in to peer pressure or group bias for the fear of being ostracized because of their beliefs. “Judge Taylor was polling the jury: 'Guilty... guilty... guilty...guilty...'” The children knew that Tom wasn't guilty because of the nature of the people that accused him and the evidence. “It was Jem's turn to cry. His face was streaked with angry tears as we made our way through the cheerful crowd. 'It ain't right,' he muttered.”

I watched a video about conformity and have found that people tend to go with the crowd, even when they know perfectly well that the crowd is wrong. In the first part of the video there are six people being tested, but only one of them is an actual test subject. The other five have been told to answer incorrectly on some of the questions. When the other people answered incorrectly the test subject also answered incorrectly. First, because he was worried about what the other people would think of him, and secondly, because there were five of them and one of him.

OHSU Field Trip!!!

My school went on a field trip to the Capitol!! It was so fun!! Here's a video that I took when we were there.

To Kill A Mockingbird 3

Mayella has a lot of outside factors influencing her to the point where she actually lies about being raped. Abuse from her father, loneliness, the need to be wanted, the need for some attention--any attention. This collage is Mayella. It is how she came to find herself in the situation that she did. Lies. Fear. These lead to her day in the courtroom, to being in over her head. I hope that the sadness of her situation comes across in this collage. The black and white is meant to represent her culture and society--that racism is so strong that she can say what she does and get away with it. And the reason why the attention poster isn't in black and white is because it shows how desperate she needs to have someone notice her, notice that she is someone. Tragic.

To Kill A Mockingbird 2

In my other assignments for class I've discovered something about my favorite character. Well, actually I've discovered that even though she isn't my favorite character she is probably one of the characters I most admire and think I could learn a lot from. You always hear about the crotchety old lady next door. I don't think I've ever understood that because it isn't in my experience. Both of my grandmas are pretty active and they don't seem to be like Mrs. Dubose at all. I had a great-grandmother, but she was very kind and sweet. But I've learned the most from Mrs. Dubose, not only in the areas of courage, but also in the area of 'do not judge other people'. We never know what people are going through. We don't know them. As Scout and Jem find out there is a lot more to that old mean lady than meets the eye. There is always more to a person than meets the eye. One of the reasons this book is so amazing is because that lesson is taught from so many different angles. From Atticus who says, 'walk in someone's shoes to understand them' to the old lady who has an addiction that creates her as a person and ending that addiction. This is something that defines a great book. The quality of allowing ourselves to experience something we can't and then letting us learn from it.

To Kill A Mockingbird

I am supposed to write my thoughts about the book To Kill a Mockingbird so far, for my English class. I have read this book before and I really like it. I found that the second time that I read it, it was much easier to read. I do not like the slang, but I know that that is the way they spoke. The first time I read To Kill a Mockingbird I couldn't tell whose point of view it was, who was talking to who, until halfway through the book. I very much enjoy the characters, they all have their own unique personalities. The description of the setting is wonderful because of it's unique words. I think that the description of the characters could use a little help though, I can not picture them in my mind very well. The descriptions need extension. The author uses specific and interesting words, which is good. I also like how the chapters basically each tell their own story. To Kill a Mockingbird is a good book. I really enjoy learning about the way people thought in the past and how they viewed the world. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the book and discovering other things about this time period. It is by Nelle Harper Lee.

Lots of stuff.

Well I haven't posted in a while, have I? Oh well.

I have lots to post about.... So let's start with the most important holiday of the whole year!! My birthday!!!!
So I had a good birthday. Thank you for the presents peoples!!! :D

And a few days later me and Nicole and Taylor and my family went to the temple open house! From top left, Cami, Emma, Taylor, Daniel. Bottom left, Nicole, me, Mom, Dad.
And next is Youth Conference!!!! YAY!!! We went to the Manti Pageant. :) This is a picture of Nicole and I on the swings at the park near where we stayed. We played some games while we were at the park!!!! :D

My dad was there and he did a game and he took pictures of everybody.

Jared and a few other people would grab onto the bars holding the ceiling up and would jump on them and swing across. It was fun to watch.

Sabrina the ninja!!!

Or Surgeon? Hmm....

Cooking breakfast!!!

Nicole!!!

Lindsay!!!!

Kira!!!

Katelyn getting ready for the dance during Youth Conference!

After Dad and I got back from Youth Conference my family went to the zoo!!! (we have a membership!) The bird show was awesome. :)

On the Carousel!!!
He's on a penguin. :)

Emma's on a ladybug! (she had just eaten a grape slushie....)

Sitting by the fountain right outside the zoo!

A sunset at the zoo! I took this picture!!! :D

Sarah came over and we went swimming in the back yard. :)

My Dad's side family reunion! :)

My Mom's side family reunion!! We went to This is the Place. :) Bailey loved riding the ponies!!!

The day before we went to This is the Place we played with GeoTrax. Or everybody but me did. As you can see I was on the computer....

We rode the little train at This is the Place. :)

I made cheesecake last week. :) Almost all by myself. :D It was yummy.