3.) What solution does Atticus propose for Scout’s problems at school? What does this reveal about Atticus’s character? BAILY


After Scout comes home from a long day of getting in trouble with Mss. Caroline,
she tells Atticus that she doesn’t want to go to school anymore. One of the things that
Mss. Caroline gets angry at Scout for is the fact that she likes to read. Once she comes home,
she tells Atticus that she doesn’t want to go to school anymore because“If I keep goin’ to school,
we can’t read anymore” (34). After she tells Atticus this, he tells her that“if you’ll concede the necessity
of going to school, we’ll go on reading every night just like we have” (35). What his response shows is
that Atticus does really care about the things that Scout wants to do, such as reading, but also values
the things that she may not necessary want to do, but she needs to do, which in this case is school.
The reader can also infer from this passage that Atticus enjoys spending time with Scout, and wants to
continue spending time doing something they both enjoy. Atticus’s compromise to Scouts request of
leaving school really shows how much he cares for her and wants the best for her, while also letting her
have a say in what she does. 

  1. Why else may he have agreed to this? 
  2. Do you think this was a smart decision? 
  3. If you were in Atticus’s position, would you have done anything differently?

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 7:35 PM

    I agree that Atticus's compromise with Scout was made because he cared about her having a say in what she gets to do, while still meeting the requirements and following the law. I think that it was a good compromise to get Scout to go to school, but in the long run it probably wasn't the best idea for two reasons. First, seeing as Scout is only 6 years old she is likely to slip up, and accidentally reveal that she and her dad have still been reading together at home. the second reason is that it really doesn't fix the bigger problem, which is the fact that she will be ahead in all of her classes, and probably frustrated with the pace she is learning at, but she will be unable to do anything about it because that would reveal that she had been breaking the rules. this could lead her to resent school and to not pay attention in class which could also get her in trouble.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 7:37 PM

    Although Atticus does care about Scout and her wanting to read still another reason why he may have done this compromise is because he isn’t around Scout a lot. As Scout said Atticus never taught her how to read he doesn’t have the time too. By making this compromise it gives him a chance to have time with Scout. Also, now that Scout is going to school he has even less time to spend with Scout. So by Atticus making this decision to compromise with Scout he has more time to spend with her.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 8:00 PM

    I can agree that Atticus made a smart decision when creating an agreement with Scout. Atticus understood that he had to send Scout to school because if not he would be breaking the law. In this way he was also looking out for Scout's best interest, in that receiving an education is a priority for her. Although Ms. Caroline explained to Scout not read outside of school, in my opinion it is not a big deal. In fact when reading with her father not only does she get to spend time with him, in addition she is gaining knowledge from different books which will improve her intelligence at a young age. Ms. Carolines reasoning behind telling Scout not to read outside of school did not make much sense as Ms. Caroline had essentially told Scout not to learn with her father because her grade has not learned the material her father has already taught her. In my opinion Scout learning outside of school is a good thing because she will be ahead of the other children in her grade.

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