Quotations from To Kill a Mockingbird
Identify the speaker and explain the significance of the following quotes.
“Tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind.”
“You never really understand a person … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
“The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets—“
“Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her … She was the bravest person I ever knew.”
“So if spitting in my face and threatening me saves Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.”
“Try fighting with your head for a change…”
“One down and about two more to go.”
“To my way of thinking, Mr. Finch… dragging him with his shy ways into the limelight—to me, that’s a sin.”
Scout states, “He was real nice.” Identify the speaker of the reply “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”
“Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.”
“You never really understand a person … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
“Tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind.”
“The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets—“
“So if spitting in my face and threatening me saves Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.”
“Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her … She was the bravest person I ever knew.”
“One down and about two more to go.”
“Try fighting with your head for a change…”
“To my way of thinking, Mr. Finch… dragging him with his shy ways into the limelight—to me, that’s a sin.”
“Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin’.”
Scout states, “He was real nice.” Identify the speaker of the reply “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”