Journal #2: Chapters 4-7 Perspective of Dill

Man can't wait till I get to Maycomb I need to get there me not being there is tormenting me, when I can meet up with Scout and Jem, 2 more days until I make my journey to Maycomb. On my journey to Maycomb I might my Dad. He is the president of L&N railroad. Then Jem said that I was lying. Then he asked me what game will we play today and I said Tom, Sam, and Dick. Scout said that she doesn’t want to play the game because she doesn’t want to be Tom Rover, I can’t blame we always make her Tom because he loses his memory in the middle of the show and isn’t in the script until the end where he is found in Alaska. Jem and I didn’t want to be them so we made Scout play him; there was no point in quibbling against Jem and me. We went into the front yard I started to stare at the Radley place. I said that I smelled death and Scout said she was going hit me so hard I’m going to be bowlegged. Jem told us to both shut up and then Jem told Scout like she never believed in the Hot Steams. I asked what the Hot Steams where and he said was that they where people who couldn’t get into heaven and they wander around lonesome roads and if you walk through them, when you die you become on of them. After he told me that I’m going to do some evasion of lonesome roads. Then Scout said no to talk to listen to Jem and she said the Cal said that was “Nigger-talk”. Then Jam asked Scout if we were going to play anything and she said how you roll me in the tire. He said you know I’m too big and she said you can push. I said I should be first but she would have it like that to she went first. Scout was unanimous that Jem was going to push her with all his might and strength he had in his body. When she got in he got ready to push her and then he pushed her and then the next thing is she is in the Radley’s yard and we chased her and told her to get out of there and bring the tire but she didn’t and she just ran out of there and Jem had to run over there and retrieve the tire. Then Cal yelled Lemonade time. We all ran to the house and we drank the lemonade. Jem said that he has found a new game and I said what and he said Boo Radley. I said Boo Radley? How? Jem gave us all parts that we can play. Scout was going to be Mrs. Radley; I was going to be Mr. Radley, and Jem was Boo he would be the maligant one. 1 day we were so busing playing the game that we didn’t seeing Atticus was on the sidewalk watching us and he saw Jem cutting the newspaper and then he got mad and said that he will tan Jem if he was tearing up the today’s paper. The next couple of weeks Scout didn’t come to play with Jem and me, Jem and me where becoming closer and Scout left us alone for couple of weeks.

Journal #6: perspective of Judge Talyor

It's the night before the big case and I'm nervous and I’m in sort of a predicament. don’t want to do the case like other cases I don't want to do this like any other case but I'm the only judge here in this town. I woke up and I got dress in my judge robe and headed down to the court house. When I was heading down to the town a lot of people where coming in from all over the town. I have to go get there before it gets crowded. I could tell it is going to be a hot and long day today. When I got there Atticus and Tom they were talking amongst themselves and Mr. Gilmer was there too. When I walk pass them and I said hi and kept walking to the judge chambers. When I got there I look over the papers on the case and I filled my cigar case up. I heard everybody start to come in the courtroom so I got ready to go out. When Heck called me out I walked out. The case started and I just sat there and pulled out one of my cigars and started to chew on it. It was Heck on the stand as the first witness testimony. He said that he was on his way home when he got a call form Bob Ewell that his daughter was raped and that he needed to be their right now. So he went there as fast as he could. When he got there he said that the furniture was everywhere and that Mayella was on the ground with bruises all over her, he also described the injuries and said that she had a black eye on the right side of her face and he also sad that the injuries where mostly on the right side. Then Bob Ewell was a pauper came up on the stand and gave his testimony. He said that he went hunting, and when he got back he look through the window and, he saw Tom with his daughter and he was taking advantage of her, so he ran in the house and scared off Tom. He also said that he ran to Heck, and didn’t call the doctor for his daughter, and Atticus ask if Bob agreed with the injuries that Heck said he said yes, Atticus also asked him if he can read and write he said yes and then Atticus asked him if he can write his name and he did and he is a lefty and Mr. Gilmer asked if he is ambidextrous and Bob said he wasn’t. I was stealthy when I change my cigars.I always indulge with my cigars and how many I go through a day. Then it was Mayella's turn on the stand and she said that she said that she didn't want Atticus to do what her dad did to her, and I scratch my head.I cleared my throat and said that Atticus has no intentions in hurting you. She said her side of the story and she said the Atticus was mocking her, and I said the he wasn't mocking her and I asked her what is the matter with her. I saw that Atticus was asking questions irrelevant to Mr. Gilmer and I saw his game plan. Then Atticus was done questioning and then Tom came up to the stand to tell his side e of the story and then like 30 minutes after he got up some people left from the balcony floor.

Journal #4 Chapter 10-12 Jem's perspective

Atticus is getting old, I can see it in him, he is getting older, and weaker each

day. When he would go to our school he doesn't do the same thing as them like play foot

ball with them. he was much older than our friend's parents, When they had a parent

football game he wouldn't join he would just read the paper. When I would play football

with him, when I went to tackle him he would stop me. He never went hunting or play

poker with the people in the county. He didn't drink or smoke he just read in the

living room. Uncle Jack instructed us in how to use our air rifles. Atticus wasn't

interested in guns. He told me that he rather have me shoot tin cans in the backyards

and he knows I'm going to shoot at birds and he said that i can shoot all the blue

jays i wanted as long as I can hit them, he also told me that it is a sin to kill a

mockingbird. Then Miss Maudie came along and said that my father was right and that

Mockingbirds don't do anything but make music for us. They don't eat people's

gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, All they do is sing their little hearts out for

us. Miss Maudie told us that Atticus was the best checker player in the town.

She said that he can beat anybody on both sides of the river. She also said that he can play the Jew's harp. One Saturday Scout and I went exploring with our air rifles, to see if we can find a squirrel or rabbit. I started to look at something down the road. And Scout asked me what I was looking at and I said a dog yonder, and she said that it was old Tim Johnson. I went to get Cal to look at the dog and she told us to get inside, once inside she called me inside and she asked if I was telling a lie and I said no, She picked up the telephone and said to get Mr. Finch she told then that was old Tim Johnson down the street. Cal shouted down the street that a mad dog's coming. Then Heck and Atticus came in Heck's car. Heck was going to shoot but he didn't, he gave Atticus the gun and said you know I can't shoot. Then he walked in the middle of the street and took of his glasses and shot the dog. Heck said that he would have Zeebo come and get the dog later. One day Scout and I were coming back from town and I just wanted to take that baton that Scout had and hurt Ms. Dubose for calling Atticus all those names. So I took the baton and destroyed her flowers. While I was doing that Scout was screaming and then I came and I grabbed her hair and slapped her across the face and she fell and then I kicked her in the stomach. I waited for my punishment for my actions and then Atticus called me and I walked over to him and he told me to go over to Ms. Dubose's house and see what she wanted and she told me that she wants to read to her for a month so I read to her for a month and one day Atticus came in and said that they were late. We figured out that Ms. Dubose had set the clock back a couple of minutes each day. She died in a couple of weeks. Atticus told us she was a morphine addict and her fits were her drugs.

Journal #3: Chapters 8-9 Uncle Jack Perspective

I've been on this train for hours. When are we going to get to Maycomb? Can't wait to see my niece and nephew, hope Atticus is raising them right. “Maycomb City, Alabama next stop,” the man on the speaker announced. Finally, I’ve been isolated for hours on this dang train. When we pulled in to the train station I saw Scout and Jem with Atticus waiting for me. I wave to them and when I jumped off the train I kissed Atticus on the cheek and I shook hands with Jem and swung Scout up high but not to high and then pulled out the packages and Scout said, “What is in those packages?” and I replied, “None of your business?” Jem said, “How’s Rose Aylmer?” I pulled out some pictures off her and they called her fat and I told them that she was eating all the lose fingers and ears. I heard the most fanatical thing that day, did Scout just swear? I think she did oh no she did I’ll just forget she did. We went to the Finch estate we had some supper, when scout swore again and I wasn’t going to forget about it this time. I told her to meet me in the living room after supper. I spoke to her about the swearing and what people would think of her if she kept it up. I also told her to stop so she can be a proper woman she gets older. Then we put up the tree and started to decorate it. We drove to the Landing and we had dinner and I went to talk to some of the relatives and get acquainted with the new relatives.. When we got there everybody was just settling in and everybody was greeting each other. I started to talk to Alexandra she said that she missed me and haven’t seen me I was adjacent to her. We were debating about how Atticus is raising Jem and Scout. Then Scout came up to me and said that Francis called my brother a “Nigger-lover” and I was furious at that boy and I was going to hurt him until Scout told me not and asked me to bandage her hand and I talked to her for a few minutes and then I talked to my brother but I didn’t mention what Francis said.

A Long Way Gone post#6

Quote#1:"The belt buckle had a lion on it it was my favorite." Pg. 215, Ishmael
Significance: I think this is important because this can lead to something that isn't good, like the bus could get attack, and his pants might fall and he could trip and get caught and then get killed or go back in to the army.
Personal Connection: I had my Game boy color taken away from me and I never saw it again, I gave it to this kid because he said he would fix it and he just took it from me. It was like Ishmael when he got his belt taken away.
Question#1: Did you get anything taken away from you and you never saw it again?
Quote#2:" If you shoot me, your mother will die, and if you don't, your father will die."Pg.217 Monkey/Ishmael
Significance: I think that every kid had to chose something that would affect their lives forever. Ishmael had to do chose and he turned out fine.
Personal Connection: I had to pick something that I wish that I could go back and chose the other thing. Ishmael wish he could go back and not have killed all those people.
Question#2: Did you ever have to chose between something that would change your life?

A Long Way Gone #5

Quote#1:" My conception of New York City came from rap music." Ishmael,pg.193
Significance: I like that Ishmael thought New York City was the way they say it in music, because at first I thought like that too. Then I saw movies that are like the music visions and so I thought it was the same thing.
Personal Connection: I also thought NYC was the same as Ishmael did, because we listen to the same type of music so we have a good connection.
Question#1: Did you think that NYC was the way rappers talked about in their music?
Quote#2:"After that, we all went out to Times Square every evening."
Significance: I would do this also because I haven't been in a place like before so it is just natural for someone who isn't use to things that are in Time Square.
Personal Connection: I'm mostly going to this when I go on the Washington D.C trip in Spring break. We would be like the same our reactions and curiosity.
Question#2: What would you do if you were Ishmael?

A Long Way Gone Post #4

Quote#1:" We were dangerous, and Brainwashed to kill." Pg.134 Ishmael
Significance: This is saying that the boys were changed from the war. When the first started to fight in the war they all changed. All the boys have to learn how to not kill and that will be a journey on itself.
Character Judgment: Ishamel is a good kid he would be able to do the things he did in the war, and if he didn't fight in the war.
Question#1: Do you think that the boys would learn to forgive and stop fighting?
Quote#2:" I talked to her mainly about Bob Marley's lyrics and Run D.M.C's too." Ishmael, pg.163
Significance: When Ishmael does this he is reconnecting with his past before the war. The more he does that the more maybe he might get in touch with the past before the war.
Personal Connecetion: I would to my dad about some of the lyrics of Run D.M.C and others old school Hip-Hop. I can connect with Ishmael because we both like the same Hip-Hop.
Question#2: Do you think that Ishmael will ever remember his past before the war?