When I read chapter 16, I immediately saw a version of Mean Girls playing in my head. The specific scene that I note a connection to was the lunchroom scene. Janis was showing Cady around the lunchroom so that she could make an informed decision on where to sit the first day.
"As the country went by us, Jem gave Dill the histories and general attitudes of the more prominent figures: Mr. Tensaw Jones voted the straight Prohibition ticket; Miss Emily Davis dipped snuff in private; Mr. Byron Waller could play the violin; Mr. Jake Slade was cutting his third set of teeth," (212).
I felt that Jem was thrusting his beliefs and "attitudes" of these people unto Dill. Because Dill doesn't know any better, he goes along with it. While Jem isn't necessarily being judgmental, he is using prejudice which is even worse. Jem is giving people reputations without investigating further. Against what is most believed, Jem is not as humane as expected. Mean Girls was written for the teenage audience so that they would learn the harms of stereotyping. Although I have already learned that lesson in the movie, I guess it doesn't hurt to catch up with it again in the most unexpected
Text to Self--To Kill a Mockingbird to Geometry
This year in math class, I'm studying geometry. As an introduction to the year, we had to start solving a "crime scene". This was intended to show the connection between law and math.
"'Judge, if you'll allow the question plus another one, you'll soon see,'" (236).
Sometimes while proving in geometry, or in a case for that matter, it takes a couple steps to see why any of them were necessary. There are also other similarities. In both, there is a goal that must be proved with certain facts given to help complete that goal; postulates are comparable to those given facts of a case; theorems resemble the testimonies because they aren't necessarily facts, it takes steps to prove that they are facts and they will eventually help prove the ultimate goal.
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