The air rifles open up the first conversation about mocking birds and how it is a sin to kill them because all they do is make sweet beautiful music. You later learn that Tom Robinson is being represented kind of like a mockingbird, he had done no harm, but they wanted to kill him anyway. Had they not gotten air rilfles you would have been clueless to where the title came from, and it's to big a part of the story to miss.
He got them air rifles
An air rifle.a gun
Air rifles
Jem receives a twirling baton while Scout gets a baton of twirling baton of twirling. Uncle Jack gives them air rifles.
In Chapter 10 (Page 99) of To Kill a Mockingbird.When he gave us our air rifles Atticus wouldn't teach us to shoot. Uncle Jack instructed us rudiments thereof; he said Atticus wasn't interested in guns.Atticus said to Jem one day, 'I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but Iknow you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can him 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'
1. When Atticus shoots the "mad dog" (the dog with rabies) 2. When Nathan Radley shoots at Jem because he sees someone in his collards patch 3. When Jem/Scout get their air rifles and are practicing.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," the two long packages that Uncle Jack brings contain air rifles for Scout and Jem as Christmas gifts.
Atticus gives Jem a box with a single gun inside, and he gives Scout a fishing pole.
in a knothole of a tree in front of the Radley place.
The children received air rifles from Atticus as Christmas gifts in chapter 9. Atticus thought it was important for them to learn to shoot responsibly and understand the importance of safety.
In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, the Finch family spends Christmas at their Aunt Rachel's house in Finch's Landing, Alabama. This is where Scout and Jem receive air rifles as gifts from their uncle.
For Christmas, Scout and Jem's uncle gives them air rifles. Atticus disapproves of this and warns the children to be careful, and that they can shoot all the blue jays they can, but that it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.