Conflict
Written by David, Elma, Herman, Makda, Scott
One conflict in To Kill a Mockingbird is when you hear the story of Boo Radley. The story began before Jem and Scout were born. The Radleys were a strange family. They had the blinds closed on Sundays, which meant illness and cold weather only. When the youngest Radley got into his teens he became acquainted with some of the Cunningham’s from Old Sarum, an enormous and confusing tribe domiciled in the northern part of the county. They formed the nearest thing to a gang ever seen in Maycomb. They did little but it was enough to be discussed by the town. After they got in trouble once with the cops Boo Radley wasn't seen leaving his house again in 15 years (11).
But there came a day, barely within Jem's memory, when Boo Radley was heard from and was seen by several people, but not by Jem. Atticus never talked much about the Radleys. So Jem received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford. She said she knew the whole story. "According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg. He then continued to wipe them on his pants, and continued to do his activity. Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the living room, cutting the Tribune" (11). He was thirty years old then.
There is also such thing as internal conflict. This is when a character in a book has to struggle through something in his or her mind. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the character Atticus showed some internal conflict. “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (105). This quote shows Atticus having an internal conflict over having to defend a black man or knowing that he himself was someone who wouldn’t do what was right.
But there came a day, barely within Jem's memory, when Boo Radley was heard from and was seen by several people, but not by Jem. Atticus never talked much about the Radleys. So Jem received most of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford. She said she knew the whole story. "According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg. He then continued to wipe them on his pants, and continued to do his activity. Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the living room, cutting the Tribune" (11). He was thirty years old then.
There is also such thing as internal conflict. This is when a character in a book has to struggle through something in his or her mind. In To Kill A Mockingbird, the character Atticus showed some internal conflict. “They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience” (105). This quote shows Atticus having an internal conflict over having to defend a black man or knowing that he himself was someone who wouldn’t do what was right.