Key Events/Ideas
- Scout beats up Walter
- Jem invites Walter round for tea
- Jem tells Walter about the Radley house
- Scout repeatedly stands up to Jem
- Calpurnia is educated and reprimands Scout for criticising Walter at dinner
- Scout tries to get Cal fired
- Miss Caroline sees a "cootie" in Burris Ewells' hair and Burris leaves school
- Burris reduces Miss Caroline to tears and she relies on the children to console her – show empathy
- Atticus and Scout agree to read every night if Scout goes to school
Key Quotations
- "I wouldn't be too certain of that"
- "Atticus' voice was flinty. I've no intention of getting rid of her, now or ever. We couldn't operate a single day without Cal"
- "The male population of the class rushed as one to her assistance"
- "He was the filthiest human I had ever seen"
- "'Watch your step, Burris,' he said. 'I'd soon's kill you as look at you.'"
- "She had at last seen the error of her fractious ways"
- "climb into his skin and walk around in it"
Context
- The community is divided into different "tribes" such as the Cunninghams and the Ewells
- Community law does not always follow judicial law
What do we learn about Calpurnia's attitude to other people in this chapter?
- Doesn't discriminate between people
- Not afraid to correct Jem and Scout – treats them as her own? - moral arbiter or judge – strong moral compass
What do we learn about Burris in particular and the Ewells in general?
- Uneducated – filthiest human I'd ever seen
- Obnoxious attitude towards Miss Caroline
- Big family – above the law
"You never really understand another person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb into his skin and walk around in it"
What does this mean? Is it an easy thing to do? How does this quote refer to the novel as a whole?
- A way of explaining empathy
- Not easy – everyone has their own perspective
- One of the themes of the novel is blind judgement – this quotation suggests how we can struggle against this
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