Alex Thompson Ch 10

Plot summary:
• Jem and Scout get air rifles and their uncle teaches them to shoot.
• Jem and scout go around the neighborhood asking people if their father had any special talents.
• Jem and scout see Tim Johnson ,the dog, walking up a street near theirs and he was limping.
• Calpurnia calls Atticus and tells him about the dog.
• Atticus and the sheriff come to the house.
• Atticus shoots the dog.
• Jem and scout find out that Atticus is a good marksman
• Jem tells Scout not to tell anyone about Atticus shooting the dog.
Major Changes and development:
In this chapter Atticus is developed. Jem and scout don’t think that Atticus has any cool skills, but when they find out that he is the best marksman in all of Maycomb they are more proud of their father than ever before. This now makes Jem want to be even more like Atticus.

Significant Quotations:
“remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 119)
This quote is significant because it is referred to in the title of the book. Also it is significant because of what it means. The book explains that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird because they do nothing to harm anything around them. This is important because the book is set in the 1930’s where people are “killing mockingbirds” by segregating colored people who haven’t done anything wrong.
“Atticus is a gentleman, just like me (jem)”(Lee 131)
This quote is important because it is showing that jem now, more so than before, wants to be like Atticus because he is proud of him.

Literary elements:
Mockingbird
This is a symbol because it helps show a theme of the book. And will most likely appear more throughout the book.