Question

The children, jem and scout, are afraid of their painfully shy neighbor, boo radley, but are also intrigued by him. they want to see him come out of his house. despite their fear, they are trying to understand and connect with boo. the children's father, atticus, has agreed to represent a black man in his upcoming trial. despite living in an intensely racist society, atticus does his best to represent tom robinson honestly and understand his world.what plot technique do these two passages represent?
a.allusion
b.parallel plots
c.foreshadowing
d.flashback

Answer 1

This is a Parallel Plots. Parallel plots means when the author weaves two plots under one theme. The theme in both of these plot. is that both plot wants to understand someone. they're afraid but curious. The neighbors who, while are racist and does not want to understand, narrow minded. on the other hand, the children are curious. wants to know about boo despite their fears.  

Answer 2

The answer is parallel plots. That's basically when an author tells two different stories with a common ground. Which in this case is the theme. In both stories the characters try to understand a misunderstood person. For Atticus it is Tom and for Scout and Jem, it is Boo Radley.