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= English Scout Quotation Analysis = The Characterisation of Scout


 * **Page no. ** || **“Quote” ** || **Technique + effect ** || **What do we learn about the character? ** || **Link to idea/theme ** ||
 * 3 || “I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior said it started long before that. || It shows that Scout is the narrator from the use of “I”. retrospect || Child-like, naïve, || From the words “started long before that” shows that there was a problem. ||
 * 3 || He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out. || It shows that Scout is the narrator from the use of “He”. Shows Boo radley is suspicious, retrospect || Child-like, naïve, likes to play around || Idea of making Boo radley come out of his house. ||
 * 21- 22 || “Here’s a quarter, she said to Walter. Go and eat downtown today. You can pay me back tomorrow. Walter shook his head. ‘Nome thank you, ma’am. || Shows that there are some people of the town of Maycomb do not have much money || The character is poor, does not take what he cannot give back. ||  ||
 * 21-22 || “Miss Caroline, he’s a Cunningham” || It shows that miss Caroline is new and does not know much information about the town and people. || She has been in Maycomb for a long time and knows everyone. ||  ||
 * 37-38 || The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right, I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die I crammed it into my mouth. || The effect is that, it shows how Scout is still a child and innocent. Verbs - sniffed, smelled, licked, waited, crammed || Likes to roam around, curious about everything, acts on her own will ||  ||
 * 37-38 || Don’t eat things you find scout. This wasnt on the gorund, it was on a tree. Jem growled || It shows that Jem cares about Scout. || Scout relies on Jem, diciplined by Jem. Scout is defensive and a bit arrogant. ||  ||

|| - physical description - behaviour and personality - body language and facial expression habits || Example: “When I was six and Jem was nearly ten, our summertime boundaries were Mrs Henry Lafayette Duboses house two doors to the north of us, and the Radley place three doors to the south. We w were never tempted to break them. The Radley place was inhabited by an unknown entity the mere description of whom was enough to make us behave for days on end.”
 * Characterisation techniques || Examples from the passage and what they reveal about the characters ||
 * **Direct characterisation **
 * The writer directly **describes** the character

Reveals: Scout being four years younger than Jem, childlike through her speech, typical scared girl through the saying of Radley place. || ||
 * **Indirect Characterisation **
 * The character is revealed through his or her own **actions.** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Example: “ Catching Walter Cunningham in the school yard gave me some pleasure, but when I was rubbing his nose in the dirt Jem came by and told me to stop.”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Reveals: Scout is aggressive, short tempered, violent and a bully through the action of pushing Jem into the dirt. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The character’s **internal thoughts** or philosophical outlook are revealed. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Example: CANNOT FIND OF SCOUT.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Reveals: ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The writer reveals what **other characters** in the story **say or think** about the character. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Example:”If he didn’t teach you who did? “Somebody did. You weren’t born reading The Mobile Register.” “lets not our imaginations runaway with us dear”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Reveals: Scout is educated more thoroughly than others in her year/grade. Miss Caroline through her speech thinks Scout is arrogant and a trouble child. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The writer shows what the **character says** through **dialogue**. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Example: “I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime. I never deliberately learned to read but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Reveals: Scout does not think it was her fault which shows that Scout is a bit arrogant. The dialogue shows information of her being independent from a young age and ability to read/ having intelligence. ||

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