Chapter 26 Written Response Question
In Chapter 26, Scout's teacher, Miss Gates, tells the class, “That's the difference between America and
Germany... Over here we don't believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are
prejudiced." Scout is confused by her teacher's obvious hypocrisy: there are many prejudiced people in
Maycomb who do persecute others.
Directions: Choose ONE of the two prompts below. Use examples from the book and/or film clips and
summaries to support your answer. Answer with your best writing in paragraph form.
Option A: What was Harper Lee's purpose for including this incident in the story? How does this
incident reflect Lee's point of view? What did she want readers to think, feel, do or believe?
Option B: Connect To Kill a Mockingbird to Night by Elie Wiesel. What are the main themes of each?
How are the two works similar and different? What can each book teach us about prejudice?

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sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.