All 6 Uses of
conscious
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, he was seldom self-conscious about his injury.
p. 3.2 *self-conscious = uncomfortable about what others might think
- In later years, I sometimes wondered exactly what made Jem do it, what made him break the bonds of "You just be a gentleman, son," and the phase of self-conscious rectitude he had recently entered.
p. 118.1self-conscious = self-aware
- She was conscious to the last, almost.
p. 127.8conscious = awake
- "Conscious," he smiled, "and cantankerous."
p. 127.9
- This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group.
p. 279.7conscious = aware
- No—no, darling, he's unconscious. We won't know how badly he's hurt until Dr. Reynolds gets here.
p. 303.1 *unconscious = in a state similar to sleep where one is not aware of anythingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconscious means not and reverses the meaning of conscious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(conscious as in: conscious after the operation) awake (not asleep or in a state similar to sleep where one is unaware of anything)
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(conscious as in: a conscious effort to lose weight) intentional (done on purpose) -- perhaps with significant effort
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(conscious as in: environmentally conscious) aware or concerned about something
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(conscious as in: the conscious mind) mental activity of which one is self-aware
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(conscious as in: conscious life on other planets) capable of thought, self-reflection, and will