But I was worrying another bone. Atticus sighed. He lives in that little settlement beyond the town dump. John Taylor was kind enough to give us a postponement. Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally.
You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. Try fighting with your head for a change. He wore a General Hood type beard of which he was inordinately vain. At least once a year Atticus, Jem and I called on him, and I would have to kiss him. It was horrible. Jem and I would listen respectfully to Atticus and Cousin Ike rehash the war. OF Blue Light was in heaven then, God rest his saintly brow.
I crawled into his lap and tucked my head under his chin. He put his arms around me and rocked me gently. It was the first time I ever walked away from a fight. Somehow, if I fought Cecil I would let Atticus down. Atticus so rarely asked Jem and me to do something for him, I could take being called a coward for him.
On the way to the business district in Maycomb is the house of Mrs. Dubose, a cantankerous old lady who always shouts at Jem and Scout as they pass by. Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. As punishment, Jem must go to her house every day for a month and read to her.
Scout accompanies him and they endure Mrs. Each session is longer than the one before. Atticus reveals to Jem that she was addicted to morphine and that the reading was part of her successful effort to combat this addiction. Atticus gives Jem a box that Mrs. Dubose had given her maid for Jem; in it lies a single white camellia. The fire in which the previous section culminated represents an important turning point in the narrative structure of To Kill a Mockingbird.
After the fire, Boo Radley and childhood pursuits begin to retreat from the story, and the drama of the trial takes over. The townspeople are unwilling to limit their displays of anger to Atticus himself; Scout and Jem become targets as well.
The town of Maycomb, whose inhabitants have been presented thus far in a largely positive light, suddenly turns against the Finches, as the ugly, racist underbelly of Southern life exposes itself. Particularly important to Atticus are justice, restraint, and honesty. He tells his children to avoid getting in fights, even if they are verbally abused, and to practice quiet courage instead. When he gives Jem and Scout air rifles as presents, he advises them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.
That Scout, in particular, is so impressed with the masculine prowess with which she associates his marksmanship symbolizes how much she has to learn about courage. The subsequent events surrounding Mrs. Dubose give him an opportunity to show Jem what he considers real courage.
Dubose, in many ways, represents everything wrong with Maycomb: she is unforgivably racist, raining curses on the children and denigrating Atticus for representing a black man. Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. As punishment, Jem must go to her house every day for a month and read to her. Scout accompanies him and they endure Mrs. Each session is longer than the one before. Atticus reveals to Jem that she was addicted to morphine and that the reading was part of her successful effort to combat this addiction.
Atticus gives Jem a box that Mrs. Dubose had given her maid for Jem; in it lies a single white camellia. The fire in which the previous section culminated represents an important turning point in the narrative structure of To Kill a Mockingbird. After the fire, Boo Radley and childhood pursuits begin to retreat from the story, and the drama of the trial takes over.
SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. How is Tom Robinson a mockingbird? What does the rabid dog Atticus shoots symbolize?
How did Jem break his arm? What is the significance of the gifts Boo Radley leaves in the knothole?
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