{"id":22120,"date":"2023-06-16T14:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/if-you-have-read-the-books-the-crucible-bartleby-the-scrivener-inherit-the-wind-and-to-kill-a-mockingbird\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:02:54","slug":"if-you-have-read-the-books-the-crucible-bartleby-the-scrivener-inherit-the-wind-and-to-kill-a-mockingbird","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/if-you-have-read-the-books-the-crucible-bartleby-the-scrivener-inherit-the-wind-and-to-kill-a-mockingbird\/","title":{"rendered":"If you have read the books- The Crucible, Bartleby the Scrivener, Inherit the Wind, and To Kill a Mockingbird"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Explicate<\/span> <\/span>four<\/span> <\/span>of the following quotations by interpreting th<\/span>e passage\u2019s<\/span>
meaning<\/span> <\/span>and larger significance<\/span> <\/span>within<\/span> <\/span>each of the works<\/span> <\/span>from which it<\/span>
was excerpted.<\/span> <\/span>Please answer<\/span> <\/span>one<\/span> <\/span>from each of the works that we have<\/span>
discussed thus far, including<\/span> <\/span>The Crucible<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>Bartleby the Scrivener, Inherit<\/span>
the Wind,<\/span> <\/span>and<\/span> <\/span>To Kill a Mock<\/span>ingbird<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>Each explication<\/span> <\/span>should be a well<\/span>–<\/span>
organized response of<\/span> <\/span>between<\/span> <\/span>150 and 500<\/span> <\/span>words.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>1.”<\/span> The Crucible “<\/span><\/div>\n
ABIGAIL: Now look you. All of you. We danced. And Tituba conjured Ruth<\/span>
Putnam\u2019s dead sisters. And that is all. And mark this. Let either of you breathe a<\/span>
word,<\/span> <\/span>or the edge of a word, about the other things, and I will come to you in the<\/span>
black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder<\/span>
you. And you know I can do it; I saw Indians smash my dear parents\u2019 heads on<\/span>
the pillow next to<\/span> <\/span>mine, and I have seen some reddish work done at night, and I<\/span>
can make you wish you had never seen the sun go down!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>2.”<\/span> To Kill A Mokingbird”<\/span><\/div>\n
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When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the<\/span>
elbow. When it healed, and Jem\u2019s fears of never being abl<\/span>e to play football were<\/span>
assuaged, he was seldom self<\/span>–<\/span>conscious about his injury. His left arm was<\/span>
somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand<\/span>
was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn\u2019t h<\/span>ave<\/span>
cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.<\/span>
When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we<\/span>
sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells<\/span>
started it all, but Jem, who was four years my seni<\/span>or, said it started long before<\/span>
that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea<\/span>
of making Boo Radley come out.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/font>3.<\/span> “Inherit the Wind”<\/span><\/div>\n
DRUMMOND<\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>The individual human mind. In a child\u2019s power to master the<\/span>
multiplication table there is mo<\/span>re sanctity than in all your shouted \u201cAmens!\u201d<\/span>
\u201cHoly, Holies!\u201d and \u201cHosannas!\u201d An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.<\/span>
And the advance of man\u2019s knowledge is more of a miracle than any sticks turned<\/span>
to snakes, or the parting of waters! But are we now<\/span> <\/span>to halt the march of progress<\/span>
because Mr. Brady frightens us with a fable? (<\/span>Turning to the jury, reasonably<\/span>)<\/span>
Gentlemen, progress has never been a bargain. You\u2019ve got to pay for it.<\/span>
Sometimes I think there\u2019s a man behind a counter who says, \u201cAll right, you<\/span> <\/span>can<\/span>
have a telephone; but you\u2019ll have to give up privacy, the charm of distance.<\/span>
Madam, you may vote; but at a price; you lose the right to retreat behind a<\/span><\/p>\n
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powder<\/span>–<\/span>puff or a petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air; but the birds will lose<\/span>
their wonder,<\/span> <\/span>and the clouds will smell of gasoline!\u201d (<\/span>Thoughtfully, seeming to<\/span>
look beyond the courtroom<\/span>) Darwin moved us forward to a hilltop, where we<\/span>
could look back and see the way from which we came. But for this view, this<\/span>
insight, this knowledge, we must abando<\/span>n our faith in the pleasant poetry of<\/span>
Genesis.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>4.”<\/span> Bartleby, the Scrivener”<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cPrefer not to,\u201d echoed I, rising in high excitement, and crossing the room<\/span>
with a stride. \u201cWhat do you mean? Are you moon<\/span>–<\/span>struck? I want you to help me<\/span>
compare this sheet here<\/span>\u2014<\/span>take it,\u201d and I thrust it<\/span> <\/span>towards him.<\/span>
\u201cI would prefer not to,\u201d said he.<\/span>
I looked at him steadfastly. His face was leanly composed; his gray eye dimly<\/span>
calm. Not a wrinkle of agitation rippled him. Had there been the least uneasiness,<\/span>
anger, impatience or impertinence in his m<\/span>anner; in other words, had there been<\/span>
any thing ordinarily human about him, doubtless I should have violently<\/span>
dismissed him from the premises. But as it was, I should have as soon thought of<\/span>
turning my pale plaster<\/span>–<\/span>of<\/span>–<\/span>P<\/span>aris bust of Cicero out of doors. I s<\/span>tood gazing at him<\/span>
awhile, as he went on with his own writing, and then reseated myself at my desk.<\/span>
This is very strange, thought I.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>5.<\/span> “The Crucible “<\/span><\/div>\n
DANFORTH: Then explain to me, Mr. Proctor, why you will not let<\/span>\u2014<\/span>
PROCTOR,<\/span> <\/span>with a cry of his whole soul<\/span>: Because<\/span> <\/span>it is my name! Because I<\/span>
cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I<\/span>
am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my<\/span>
name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>6. “To kill a Mokingbird “<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>\u201cDon\u2019t you re<\/span>member me, Mr. Cunningham? I\u2019m Jean Louise Finch. You<\/span>
brought us some hickory nuts one time, remember?\u201d I began to sense the futility<\/span>
one feels when unacknowledged by a chance acquaintance.<\/span>
\u201cI go to school with Walter,\u201d I began again. \u201cHe\u2019s your boy, ai<\/span>n\u2019t he? Ain\u2019t<\/span>
he, sir?\u201d<\/span>
Mr. Cunningham was moved to a faint nod. He did know me, after all.<\/span>
\u201cHe\u2019s in my grade,\u201d I said, \u201cand he does right well. He\u2019s a good boy,\u201d I<\/span>
added, \u201ca real nice boy. We brought him home for dinner one time. Maybe he told<\/span>
you a<\/span>bout me, I beat him up one time but he was real nice about it. Tell him hey<\/span>
for me, won\u2019t you?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>7. “Bartleby, the Scrivener “<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>I thought all was going well, when a perturbed looking stranger visited me,<\/span>
inquiring whether I was the person who had recently occupied rooms at No.<\/span>\u2014<\/span>
Wall<\/span>–<\/span>S<\/span>treet.<\/span>
Full of forebodings, I replied that I was.<\/span>
\u201cThen sir,\u201d said the stranger, who proved a lawyer, \u201cyou are responsible for<\/span>
the man you left there. He refuses to do any copying; he refuses to do anything;<\/span>
he says he prefers not to; and he refuse<\/span>s to quit the premises.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cI am very sorry, sir,\u201d said I, with assumed tranquility, but an inward tremor,<\/span>
\u201cbut, really, the man you allude to is nothing to me<\/span>\u2014<\/span>he is no relation or<\/span>
apprentice of mine, that you should hold me responsible for him.\u201d<\/span>
\u201cIn m<\/span>ercy\u2019s name, who is he?\u201d<\/span>
\u201cI certainly cannot inform you. I know nothing about him. Formerly I<\/span>
employed him as a copyist; but he has done nothing for me now for some time<\/span>
past.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>\u201cI shall settle him then,<\/span>\u2014<\/span>good morning, sir.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/font>8.”<\/span> Inherit the Wind”<\/span><\/div>\n
BRADY<\/span>:<\/span> <\/span>Your Honor, I<\/span> <\/span>have no intention of making a speech. There is no<\/span>
need. I am sure that everyone on the jury, everyone within the sound of this boy\u2019s<\/span>
voice, is moved by his tragic confusion. He has been taught that he wriggled up<\/span>
like an animal from the filth and the muck<\/span> <\/span>below! (<\/span>Continuing fervently, the spirit<\/span>
is upon him<\/span>) I say that these Bible<\/span>–<\/span>haters, these \u201cEvil<\/span>–<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>ionists,\u201d are brewers of<\/span>
poison. And the legislature of this sovereign state has had the wisdom to demand<\/span>
that the peddlers of poison<\/span>\u2014<\/span>in bottles or in books<\/span>\u2014<\/span>clearly label the products<\/span>
they attempt to sell! (<\/span>There is applause.<\/span> <\/span>HOWARD<\/span> <\/span>gulps<\/span>. BRADY<\/span> <\/span>points at the<\/span>
boy<\/span>) I tell you, if this law is not upheld, this boy will become one of a generation,<\/span>
shorn of its faith by the teachings of Godless science! But if the<\/span> <\/span>full penalty of the<\/span>
law is meted out to Bertram Cates, the faithful the whole world over, who are<\/span>
watching us here, and listening to our every word, will call this courtroom<\/span>
blessed! (<\/span>Applause. Dramatically,<\/span> <\/span>BRADY<\/span> <\/span>moves to his chair. Condescendingly,<\/span>
he wa<\/span>ves to<\/span> <\/span>DRUMMOND.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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