Reflections on Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" from Blessed Trinity 8th graders.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Francis the goat catcher
In chapter 9 we meet not a tolerant pinnacle of society like Atticus. No, we meet the opposite Francis. Francis is that cousin that we all have. Their annoying, you dislike them, and they ruin you Christmas. Francis isn't tolerant at all. He is rude childish and finds it fun to annoy people. People like francis don't know when to stop trying to get your goat. When they say the wrong thing to the wrong person, like scout, they end up with a lot of missing teeth. We all know that if Francis keeps trying to catch everybody's goat then he he's gonna end up loosing his two front teeth. Francis is very ignorant. He is the complete opposite of atticus in every way. He has an acid tongue which spits out the N word every time that he talks about Atticus. He is a complete coward who will never do anything brave in his life. He could learn a few things from Atticus. If he was less ignorant maybe he would not have taken a beating from scout. The other thing we have addressed about Francis is that he was raised this way. You may think that he was born this way, but people are not born the way they act now. Except for wisconsin's they were born to be evil cheese lovers. Francis was taught by his family to be racist and ignorant, just like atticus is trying to teach his children to be tolerant. He learned to be an annoying jerk. The other thing is that his parents abandon him on the holidays to do their own thing. He was probably mean to scout about Dill moving from house to house because he has to move from house to house living a life of sadness. It probably makes him feel better to transfer his oppression onto Dill and Scout. He also probably acts annoying to get attention. If he has a dysfunctional family that always doesn't pay attention to him then it probably feels good to. In conclusion it is being ignorant to assume that Francis is being a jerk because he can. Francis's case should push us to assume less and figure things out first.
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I really like this Micheal. I have to disagree though. You said that Francis was raised being taught to be ignorant, and racist. I think that is not right. He might have two parents that are ignorant andracist, and he learns from them, no one would raise a child telling them to be ignorant and racist. I think that Francis is just spoiled, and he needs better role modles. I agree with you that he does want attention, and he gets it from Scout, and yes I think that if he keeps up his behavior he will drink smoothies, and yogurt for the rest of his life because he has no teeth. Great job these are always short sweet, and to the point.
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I very like your blog. I agree with you that Francis can learn from Atticus some good things. For me, I think that Francis heard from his parents about some ignorance things, especially Aunt Alexandra, his grandma.
ReplyDeleteNice post Micheal, I do agree with you on this. I agree with you that he was raised being taught ignorance and racism. Now, i'm not saying his parents tell him to be ignorant and racist, but we all learn from our parents and from a young age look up to them and copy what they do because we look up to them.
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ReplyDeleteNice post Micheal. I found it funny how you talked about the annoying cousin and Wisconsin. I agree with everything but one thing. I don't think that Francis is the complete opposite of Atticus. I think he wasn't necessarily taught to be racist and ignorant. He just does this because he looked up to his parents like any young child.
ReplyDeleteNice post. It was very funny when you talked about. Yes atticus and Francis are very different. Francis is annoying and irritating. WHile atticus is very tolerant.
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