What solution does Atticus propose for Scout’s problems at school? What does this reveal about Atticus’s character? Wang


After Scout tries to convince Atticus to let her skip school, he tells her to be patient and let Miss Caroline learn the Maycomb’s way. This lets Harper Lee show Scout and Atticus’ father/daughter relationship. Scout is fond of her father and enjoys his company when they read together at night. Even though that Atticus is not always around, Scout can always trust Atticus to give her fatherly advice. Atticus tells Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view--” (33). Scout has to empathize with Miss Caroline even though she might not agree or understand what Miss Caroline does or believes. This shows that Atticus understands what Scout is going through, as she has only been in Maycomb her whole life and has never experienced another way of living, but he can empathize with Miss Caroline to her new thoughts and ideas. Atticus is open-minded to new teaching strategies, but will also keep his daughter content by reading with her each night.
Questions:
Why does Jem invite Walter Cunningham to dinner?
Do you think that Mr. Cunningham’s trades of goods for services was fair?

Is Atticus in the wrong for going against Miss Caroline’s rules and reading with Scout each night?
How do you think  Miss Caroline is fitting in Maycomb’s way?

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 6:34 PM

    I don’t think Atticus is wrong for going against Miss Caroline’s rules. Atticus wants what’s best for his daughter, but also wants her to be happy. Atticus and Scout have a very strong father/daughter relationship and he allows her to read each night because he doesn’t want to lose that. He also allows her to read because he knows she enjoys it and he wants her to be happy. I think Atticus tells Scout that she can read if she goes to school because he wants her to have what he didn’t have. Atticus never went to school, so now that Scout has to chance to, he wants her to go.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 6:52 PM

    Miss Caroline clearly comes from a very different background than the kids at the school in Maycomb, and therefore she doesn't fit in. With her she brings an entirely new teaching system, but moreover, her personality and the things she is accustomed to are so completely different than the kids are used to that she is, from the very start, different. Little things demonstrate that she is not familiar with the town's poverty, such as the incident with the cooties, but there are other major aspects that affect her, like not knowing what Scout refers to as "Maycomb's way" or how certain families work around town. Maycomb is a relatively tight-knit community--not by warmth and caring, necessarily, but by rumors and the familiarity of being so close that you know everyone else's business. Such is evident with Boo Radley, but also with scenarios that effect Miss Caroline, like with the Cunninghams and the Ewells. Not knowing the way of these families, nor "Maycomb's way", creates an uncomfortable and confusing situation for Miss Caroline where she feels--and is portrayed as--a complete outsider.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2019 at 7:01 PM

    Although Miss Caroline is Scout's teacher, she has no right to comment or try to control what happens before or after school hours if it's not what she's being paid for, so when she deliberately tells Scout to not read with her father, Scout should completely ignore what she said, and continue to do what she wants. Fortunately, that is exactly what happened. Atticus is not in the wrong for reading with his daughter, because one, there isn't a valid rule stating that he can't, and two, as a parent you have signed up to invest in your child, and be responsible, which includes teaching. A parent is a child's secondary teacher, and since obviously Atticus isn't in the wrong, and he isn't even neutral, in my opinion, he should be ENCOURAGED to do read with his daughter. In short, Atticus is completely right, and Miss Caroline is simply wrong.

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  4. Pauly CSeptember 11, 2019 at 5:38 AM

    Due to Ms. Caroline coming from a very different background compared to the people in Maycomb, is going to have a hard time getting use to the Maycomb way. Even though there are some wealthy families in Maycomb, most of the people are poor and she might have a tough time adapting to that. An example would be when she didn’t know that the Cunninghams were very poor. Another reason Ms. Caroline would have a hard is she might be treated like a foreigner because she doesn’t follow the Maycomb way. We have seen how people like the Radleys are treated because they don’t follow the Maycomb way and Ms. Caroline might experience the same thing or worse.

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