![]() ![]() All those folks?’ ‘That’s right, can’t but four folks in First Purchase read… I’m one of them.” P. ![]() 139īaptist Church: Jem suggests they save collection money to buy hymn books – “Calupurnia laughed. You’re not gonna change any of them by talking right, they’re got to want to learn themselves” p. “Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. ![]() And I thought to myself, well, we’re making a step – it’s just a baby step, but it’s a step.” P. Education can effect change, however slowly: “Atticus Finch won’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. Lack of self-reflection and ignorance leads to racism. 36 Switch between the naive young Scout and the older, wiser Scout. “I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb county school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something.” p. “Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home” p245 Scout is able to see through the ‘blindspots’ in society. I heard her say it’s time somebody taught ‘em a lesson, they were getting’ way above themselves, an’ the next thing they think they can do is marry us.” “She was talking with Miss Stephanie Crawford. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.” “We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. “Ain’t no snot-nosed slut of a school teacher ever born c’n make me do nothing’ … He waited until he was sure she was crying and shuffled out of the building.” Irony p28 “Miss Caroline was standing in the middle of the room, sheer horror flooding her face” “I was the last to leave, I saw her bury her head in her arms” p22. The cats in Miss Caroline’s story “wore cunning little clothes” whilst the students in front of her to whom she is reading are “ragged, denim-shirted, four-sacked skirted”p.18 You won’t learn to write until you’re in the third grade.” p18 “We don’t write in the first grade, we print. You tell him I’ll try and take over from here and try to undo the damage.” It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. “Now tell your father not to teach you any more. “I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime” p. “She found out I was literate and looked at me with more than faint distaste” p. I never looked forward more to anything in my life.” p. “Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing… now Jem, I think there’s just one kind of folks, folks.” p.250 “I wanted you to see what real courage is” p. 304 Atticus’ parenting style gives them more autonomy, he seems passive but teaches them lessons through what they observe. “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird wouldn’t it?” p. contrast with Miss Caroline’s “Pre-ju-dice” p. “It’s ugly but those are the facts of life” p. Do you think Tom feels compassion for Mayella after she accuses him of rape? Why is it unforgivable for him to feel sorry for her in the first place?īy associating Atticus with both justice and with compassion, To Kill a Mockingbird suggests that the two ideas are not mutually exclusive.Ĭompassion can sometimes be dangerous: Tom's compassion for Mayella and Atticus's compassion for Ewell gets both of them into trouble.Back to To Kill a Mockingbird: Novel Study.Why does Atticus refuse to pity Mayella?.Is compassion learned or innate in the novel? Or both?.What does the object of a character's compassion reveal about that character? Lots of characters feel pity and compassion for other characters.Is there anyone who the novel suggests isn't deserving of compassion and forgiveness? If so, who and why? If not, why not?.Questions About Compassion and Forgiveness Of course, there's also the danger that the person is just as nasty as you thought, but that's the risk a good person has to be willing to take. But if you can imagine what it's like inside that person's head, you might be surprised by the answers-and compassion-you find. (No wonder we've never won a Pulitzer.) From the outside, a person may seem vile, stupid, or just plain incomprehensible. To Kill a Mockingbird's answer: a little goodness, a little humility, and a lot of imagination. How do you manage compassion for people when they are undeserving? Shmoop's answer: don't bother. (Click the themes infographic to download.) ![]()
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