themes

I think the theme of this chapter was maturation. In the beginning of the chapter Jem was listening to Atticus talk with the men outside. Then in the end of the chapter Jem and Scout went to go find Atticus and he was talking with the men again and Jem wanted to know what was going on but Scout wanted to go home. So Jem ignored her and kept on listening. This shows that Jem is growing up and he is understanding adult situations more now and he is interested in them.
In this chapter Atticus is getting somewhat more strict but it shows that he is only trying to protect his children. Like when Scout, Dill, and Jem find him he tells them to go home but, he only does this so he can keep them out of the situation. What this chapter shows about Mr. Cunningham is that he has no interest in what anyone else is saying. Scout is standing there trying to have a conversation but he just ignores her and nods. I think that was extremly rude.

pgs 133 - 134

I think the reasoning behind the conversation that Atticus had with Jem and Scout is Aunt Alexandra was having a problem with the way that the kids were acting and she told Atticus to talk to them and Atticus must have realized that she is kind of right. Even though Aunt Alexandra and Atticus have different ways of raising their children and different ways of living, she feels that their behavior is unexceptable. She thinks that they are acting like they are run-of-the-mill people and need to be corrected and act more like Finchs. When Scout says " It takes a woman to do that kind of work", she means that Atticus lets them do whatever they want and Aunt Alexandra has expectations on behavior and wants the kids to act like Finchs. So, she is saying that the men and women in her life have different expectations.

Stages of Morality

I think that the stage of morality that Scout goes by is self interest. She will do what she wants because it will make her happy. For example, Aunt Alexandra is always telling Scout that she should be more like a lady and Scout just ignores her because she doesn't care what she thinks and she is happy the way she is. Another example is Scout is always playing games with Jem and Dill because it is fun for her and she does not care what anyone else thinks.

I think the stage of morality that Dill goes by is Obedience. For example when Scout, Jem and him wanted to see if they could see Boo Radley and Jem saw him, since Jem had lost his pants trying to get out of the yard, Dill made up a story that they were playing strip poker and that is how Jem lost his pants. Dill did what he had to do to avoid punishment. Even though he did lie Dill, Scout, Jem could have been in a lot of trouble if he didn't.

Norms

1) I think Atticus follows Subjuctive Norms because he wants his kids to grow up with structure and he doesn't want them running around like the Ewells kids. I also think that Atticus follows a Personal Norm also because keeps to himself and doesn't talk about his past. Like when his kids where told that his nickname was Ol' One-Shot he didn't talk about it because he was ashamed that he did what he had in the past. Also he will not do certain things with his children or some else because of what he believes is standard behavior.

2) Three people that break some norm is Ms. Dubose, Scout, and Jem. Ms Dubose yells to Jem and Scout that their father is a n-lover. Nobody ever said that you could not defend a black man and it is Atticus job to do that.Most people do not act that way because it is very rude. Scout breaks a norm when she started to beat up Walter Cunningham because she said they got off on the wrong foot. Her father had not told her yet that she couldn't fight anyone but, no one goes around just beating other kids up. Jem broke a norm because he was tired of hearing Ms. Dubose talk about Atticus in the way that she was and so he took Scouts baton and ruined all her flowers and bushes. No one had ever told Jem that he could not ruin all of Ms. Dubose flowers but it is not something you would expect someone to do when they get angry.

Chapters 9 and 10 -Jem-

I feel really bad for that mad dog. I wonder if Tom Johnson is gonna ever realize that his dog was mad and that Atticus had to shot him. I can't beleive that Atticus never told me that he could shoot like that, but i don't blame him cause it isn't exactly somethin to be proud of. Scout better keep her mouth shut and not go around tellin the kids at school about it cause i told her not to and i am sure Atticus wouldn't want it going around town. You should've seen Calpurnia though. She was racing all over town tellin people bout the mad dog. She even went to the Radley place but I don't know why.
Ms Dubose is the rudest person on the planet! She was talkin bout how Atticus is defending a black man and she was saying all these nasty things bout it. So I took Scouts baton and took the tops off of all her camellies. But ofcourse I got in trouble for it even though Ms Dubose deserved what she got and now i have to read to that old and nasty woman each day after school! I would rather do anything but read to her. Luckly, Scout said she would come with me so I don't have to be alone with her. I can't wait till my punishment is done!

chapters 7 and 8 - Scout

Today me and Jem were gonna write a letter to the person who was givin us the presents. We ended up doing it but when we went to put the letter on the tree the hole was filled up! I was so upset and I knew Jem was too but he didn't say nothing bout it. Mr. Radley had filled up the hole, he told us! He said that the tree was dieing but we asked Atticus and he said that the tree wasn't dieing at all. I ain't to sure why he did that but I am for sure suspicious.
Today Jem actually thought that the world was ending cause there was white stuff fallin from the sky. Sometimes he can be stupid. But later when we figured out it was snow me and Jem went out and built a snowman that looked like Mr. Avery. Jem only let me do the back of the snowman cause he wanted the front to himself. I am kinda mad him cause he wouldn't let me help him do the front of the snowman cause he wanted all the glory to himself!