Lesson Four - To Kill a Mockingbird

(100 marks)

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Writing at least 500 words, complete ONE of the following:

Mayella Ewell's monologue. Write her version of how she experienced Tom Robinson's trial. What would she have to say about her testimony, as well as that of her father and Tom Robinson? What is her attitude toward her father? Toward Tom? How does she feel about how she was treated by Judge Taylor and Atticus Finch? Decide how open and truthful you want to be.

Mr. Underwood's editorial. We are given quite a lot of information about Mr. Underwood's editorial in the Maycomb Tribune, following Tom's death. For example, that he “likened it to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and children”. An editorial is a section in a newspaper which does not give news, but comments on it and interprets it. Using all the clues you can find, try to write the editorial as you think Mr. Underwood might have done.

The secret diary of Arthur Radley. At the end of the novel we realize that Arthur (Boo) Radley has never stopped watching the children, and that he has foreseen the danger from Bob Ewell, which Atticus has not taken seriously. Imagine that Arthur keeps a diary, in which he writes about what he has seen and how he makes sure that the children are safe. We do not know what style Arthur would use, so you must choose one you think appropriate to what we know of him. Write a series of entries for such a diary, to cover the main events of the final chapters of the novel.