After I blog this, I am going to do my brother's homework for college. Now.. I don't know what kind of English class he's taking, but it is somewhat similar to my English class back in the seventh grade. *ahem* This "essay-like" homework thing only requires you to answer ONE question of twelve, and continue your explanation/whatever for three pages; double spaced. WTF. I don't even think you need a freaking thesis or conclusion for most of these questions. Lame.

Anywho, here are the choices:

1. Write a compare and contrast paper of Scout and Mayella.
2. Write a compare and contrast paper of Miss Maudie and Mrs. Dubose.
3. Write an analysis of the frequent mention of particular flowers in the the novel. With whome are these flowers associated, and how? In each case, what meaning do the flowers seem to have?
4. Write a compare and contrast paper of Aunt Alexandra and Miss Maudie.
5. Analyze the three main characters: Atticus, Scout and Jem. Are they round or flat? Discuss and justify your position on each character.
6. How might Atticus Finch define a "higher civilization"?
7. Scout decides to spend time with two women who seem to become her models of womanhood. THey are Miss Maudie and Calpurnia rather than Aunt Alexandra. Analyze and speculate about why she chooses these two women rather than the models of "proper" womanhood, Aunt Alexandra and the missionary ladies.
8. Some have said the the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is so vivid that it can stand as an actual character in the book. Explore this idea and develop it, using specific examples.
9. What is your point of view about the role of the "colored housekeeper"? These women usually played essential roles in the "white family" for whom they worked. Discuss and develop this statement.
10. IN the 1930's, a famous "rape case" went to trial called the Scottsboro Trial. This trial involved nine men who were black and the word of a white prostitute who was caught breaking a law. Research and discuss this historical debacle of justice.
11. Discuss the frequent use of censorship used on To Kill a Mockingbird, and explore the censorship in general, using historical, moral and ethical points of view.
12.Calpurnia's opportunity to learn was an exception and not the rule. Elaborate. Research and discuss segregation in the Jim Crow south.

Hmm. I read this book approximately an entire year ago, back in the ninth grade. I can vividly remember important events, morals and other crap that Mrs. Heskett explained so clearly to everyone. I'm thinking of choosing number 6, How might Atticus Finch define a "higher civilization". Blah, I should just get working on it instead of procrastinating and Blogging around.... :P