Why do you think Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird uses Scout, a child narrator, rather than an adult? Consider the effect a child’s voice has upon the mood of the novel. How would the novel be different if it was narrated by one of the adult characters? Use examples from the novel to support your ideas. (CH 1)

he is suggesting that this widow is a strong woman, who is giving constructive criticism and she has enough to worry about, and she takes care of him, so he does not take it to heart.

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.