Blog Post 1

Unreliable Narrator &

Indirect Characterization

Unreliable Narrator 1: 

"...he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were blood stained"

This example supports the theme but, scout might unreliable information.

This example supports the theme because, Scout thinks she is mature but she doesn't know the whole truth so she gives unreliable information. 

This example supports the theme so Scout could be making the story up. 

Unreliable Narrator 2:

"Walter Cunningham's face told everybody in the first grade he had hookworms"

This example supports the theme but, we know the information is unreliable.

This example supports the theme because, it shows that Scout thinks she know everything. 

This example supports the theme so Scout is becoming more mature, however she still isn't reliable. 

Indirect Characterization 1: 

"What is it, Jean Louise?", "Miss Caroline, he's a Cunningham"

This example supports the theme but, it shows that Walter Cunningham is different from the rest. 

This example supports the theme because, it shows that Scout is becoming mature for speaking in front of the class.

This example supports the theme so Scout is telling the teacher all about the Cunningham family. 

Indirect Characterization 2: 

"... Jeb was careful to explain that during school hours I was not to bother him, I was not to approach him with request to enact a chapter of Tarzan and the Ant Men, to embarrass him with references to his private life, or tag along behind him at recess at noon." 

This example supports the theme but, it shows that Jeb doesn't want to talk with his sister at all at school.

This example supports the theme because, it shows that Jeb thinks he is too big and mature to be with his sister at school. 

This example supports the theme so Jeb wants to be away from his family at school.