Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The BEST page of the whole book!

So Olga and I read the book before the quiz and we discovered that the best page so far was page 91. This page consisted of Scout and Miss Maudie talking about the age of Atticus and how Miss Maudie thinks that Scout and Jem benefit from their father's age and how their life would be different if he was like thirty years old. Scout thinks that her life would be more interesting because she thinks her father can't do anything, meaning like any hobbies. Miss Maudie informs them that Atticus is good at checkers, but Scout said that Jem and her win all the time. Miss Maudie believes that he lets them win and continues on to tell them that he can play the a Jew's Harp. Scout doesn't find this exciting. There is where it starts to get good. Its good because of the word choice the author uses. It starts of with Scout arriving home. " I went to the back yard and found Jem plugging away at a tin can, which seemed stupid with all the bluejays around. I returned to the front yard and busied myself for two hours erecting of a complicated breastworks at the sife of the porch, consisting of a tire, and orange crate, the laundry hamper, the porch chairs , and a small U.S. flag Jem gave me froom a popcorn"(Lee 91).
It goes on describing how Atticus found Scout "crouched down aiming across the street" and how he saw her "generous target beinding over her bushes" (Lee 91). He askes her what she is aiming at and she responds that she is aiming at Miss Maudie's rear end. You may not think this is too funny because you are too mature, but just use Russian and Kenyan accents and it will be amazing! =)

17 comments:

belle said...

YES! page 91 is pretty much amazing! Especially when you read it at who knows when in the morning when everything known to man is hilarious.

Better Than You said...

What.

Authority Figure said...

you posted a blog on how reading a book with accents is funny?! your right, maybe I am too mature.

belle said...

Have you ever been slap happy? Apparently not...unlike you some people are trying to have fun with the assignment.

Durti Denae-Nea said...

This post also consists of the author's word choice, maybe I should have been more clear on that...my bad!

Authority Figure said...

Ok, because whenever IM slap happy, the first thing I wanna do it read. seriously?

belle said...

Well we were being responsible and reading before a quiz the next day so that we could be better prepared...for your information.

Better Than You said...

So you procrastinated until right before the quiz?

KungPow-Kapowski said...

Do you find that as a problem?? Maybe I did too....they aren't the only ones!

Authority Figure said...

why were you slap happy in the first place? if you were being responsible like you claim, you would have read it a a decent hour so you could better understand it. It sounds like you were procrastinating

Penny Lane said...

YAY FOR PROCRASINATION! Makes life much more interesting, does it not?

Durti Denae-Nea said...

...indeed...

thebirdsandthebees10 said...

I am not Russian.

thebirdsandthebees10 said...

I am not Russian.

thebirdsandthebees10 said...

Sorry... but Australlian is better.

belle said...

so true...

thebirdsandthebees10 said...

The final chapter of the book blows away page 91.