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Week 11 (2014/11/20)

Weekly Quiz for To Kill A Mockingbird

Note:

1. tired old town

    stiff collars

    wilt 枯萎

    frosting 糖霜

2. Great Depression (經濟大恐慌): was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.

    "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

3. 設身處地

    If I were in your shoes/ skin.

4. manifest: able to be seen/ clearly shown or visible

5. spect: to see

    ex. insepct, spectator, (audience)

6. recluse: a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society

7. Four Lessons from To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus)

   a. Put yourself in other people's shoes.

   b. Don't kill mockingbirds. (metaphoric: do not kill or hurt harmless or defendless)

   c. Keep fighting even if you know you'll lose.

      vocabulary: attorney 律師, client 客戶

      distric attorney 檢察官(DA)

      desperse 散去

    d. The world is very unfair.

      ex. The Great Gatsby

8. climax in To Kill A Mockingbird: knowing the reason for protecting Boo Radley

9. Bildungsroman: a genre of the novel which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood

     example: The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger (1951)

                       To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1960)

                       Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling (1997-2007)

10. What's your verdict? (ver: truth, dic: to say)

      "We've found the defendent."

Movie: The Help (IMDb)