Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. I would consider this as a very engaging book as it held my attention throughout the entire novel and I was very curious and tempted to know what happens next as the book progresses. Although the novel is fiction however, it closely relates to our real life as if bringing the audience into the situation. I have also noticed that many of the diction Paulsen has chosen relates to the theme and is fairly easy to understand. The story is also quite modern.

• What did I do well in the formative Socratic seminar?
• Overall, I was not satisfied with my performance in my formative socratic seminar, however I listened to others when speaking. and I think my voice was loud enough for others to understand when I spoke.
• What do I still need to work on?
• There are many aspects for me to further improve on, primarily on my participation as well as giving specific quotations from the book when asking/answering a question. Word choices are also equally as important.
• What goals do I have for next time?
• I will try and get involved in the conversation and increase the participation frequency.
• What steps will I take to achieve these goals?
• Prepare tons of notes before the socratic seminar, making good annotations while reading. Reread parts that I am uncertain of as well as writing my opinion.

I finished Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which concludes with Bob Ewell attacking Scout and Jem, which Boo Radley saves them from while killing Bob in the process. Scout walks Boo home while Atticus and Sheriff Heck Tate talk about how to deal with the matter. In terms of the ending’s context and meaning, I believe it has a deeper meaning than merely being a dialogue between two men talking about two separate subjects as described in the novel. After finishing this work, I was left with the impression that the overarching notion was difficult to grasp. Readers will be confused by Lee’s usage of old English phrases such as “Nome, yessum, and moseyin,” as well as his frequent use of slang and racist terms.

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is about a black man named Tom Robinson who is convicted of raping a white woman, and he is sentenced to death because the narrative takes place in 1960, when there was a lot of bigotry. However, the local lawyer, Atticus, was a white man with a different perspective than the rest. He assisted Tom in demonstrating that he was not involved in any of the actions and was thus not guilty. However, after being sentenced to prison, Tom Robinson did not value this opportunity. He tried to flee but was shot and killed. Throughout the narrative, the issue of racial injustice is frequently referenced figuratively. For the rest of the stories, I made a few assumptions; for example, Atticus might have a different perspective on black people or local jails because they didn’t give Tom Robinson a chance of surviving; according to the narrative, they shot him many times.

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