TERM 1
1
DEFINITION 1
When I was merely 15 years old, I saw war. War caused by
discrimination and injustice. I grew up around the bizarrely
innate idea of shaming people who were different. The poor
and uneducated. The young, the old. The Negroes.
TERM 2
2
DEFINITION 2
Hello, my name is Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a
Mockingbird. Today I will be talking to you about why my
novel portrays prejudice in a more refined and intricate way
as opposed to the film adaptation by Robert Mulligan.
TERM 3
3
DEFINITION 3
When I first imagined the 'syrup scene', I knew I'd finally
found a way to communicate the sheer injustice that plagued
Maycomb, and how the Finches responded to it. It was a
temperamental scene of gentle themes and yet drenched
with thematic weight. The kind of scene that I now see is best
kept to paper.
TERM 4
4
DEFINITION 4
The syrup scene is a scene that portrays the nuances of the
film and novel at their finest, with Walter Cunningham and
his family as the biggest examples of injustice in social
hierarchy in my novel, and the strong, feminine and motherly
influence Calpurnia brings upon the Finch household through
her actions.
TERM 5
5
DEFINITION 5
As Scout is reprimanded by Calpurnia f or disturbing Walter's meal,
Calpurnia is depicted as a motherly fig ure, subtly teaching the
values of equality to Scout in the nov el through her angry tone.
This sense of motherly love and subtl ety can only be sensed
through carefully thought out words o n a page, as opposed to in
the film, where Calpurnia doesn't see m to be part of the Finch
family at all, but rather a supporting c haracter to the plot.
