Racial Inequality
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
"The sheriff hadn't the heart to put him in jail alongside negroes, so Boo was locked in the the courthouse basement." On page 14 Scout is explaining the story of Boo Radley. Boo Radley was sitting in the living room cutting some items, his father entered the room as Mr.Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his father's pants leg but nobody actually knows if Boo ever did that to his father, there's only rumors the only thing that is true in this whole situation is that Boo was arrested right after.
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Victoria, this is a really important quote because it brings up the side racism of a person who stabbed his father gaining a private area in the basement, while those of a different race were placed in the general jail population - as if one group belonged in jail and the other person didn't. Good pickup that we aren't told that the scissor incident is exactly what happened - just a probably rumor. Can you expand a bit on your views of why Boo wasn't locked up in the general jail?
ReplyDeleteVictoria, this is a really important quote because it brings up the side racism of a person who stabbed his father gaining a private area in the basement, while those of a different race were placed in the general jail population - as if one group belonged in jail and the other person didn't. Good pickup that we aren't told that the scissor incident is exactly what happened - just a probably rumor. Can you expand a bit on your views of why Boo wasn't locked up in the general jail?
ReplyDeleteI agree with your quote, but work on punctuation and also your run on statements. Expand more on the quote and what it relates to in the book. Otherwise it was a good view of racism.
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