Allegory Of Mrs. Dubose

Dubose. She represents racism which is the main point in the book To Kill a Mockingbird, “‘ Your fathers no better than the niggers and trash he works for!’” (135). Here Mrs. Dubose officially describes her ways of thinking. She believes that black people are nothing and that they worthless. She uses strong diction in order to describe her perspective of Atticus and his work. Through her and her symbolism Jem and Scout learn about racism. Racism is a cruel thing and affects the people who encounter it. “ I had become almost accustomed to hearing insults aimed at Atticus,” (136). Scout has become used to the remarks given about Atticus and their family. Although the children are used to it that does not mean they aren’t annoyed by it. Many people took racism as a way of life whereas the Finches saw it as an injustice. Just like this quote, eventually Jem could not handle Mrs. Dubose and destroyed her garden. He did something about what he viewed as an injustice by Mrs.

Dubose. Jem and Scout hated Mrs. Dubose, she was always disrespectful when they passed by her house. She would yell at them about many different things like their behavior, their father, what they would be when they grew up, them walking to town, and them not having their mother around anymore. Most of her comments were about how Atticus was defending a man of color in court. One day Jem went mad, he grabbed Scout’s baton and ran into the front yard and cut the tops off every camellia bush in sight, he didn't begin to calm down until the ground has green buds and leaves everywhere. Once he was finished trashing Mrs. Dubose’ yard he snapped the baton in half, threw it down, when Scout saw she started screaming. Jem pulled her hair, and kicked her down. When Atticus got home he was disappointed that Jem would do something like that, he told him to go to Mrs. Dubose’ house and talk to her. When Jem came back he said he cleaned for her, said sorry, and said that he would help them grow back. Mrs. Dubose told Jem to come to her house everyday after school and on Saturdays and read to her out loud for two hours for a whole month. On the first day they weren't there for a long time because about half way through it was time for Mrs. Dubose’s medicine, Jessie kicked them out because she had to get the

Mrs. Dubose is an old lady who lives two doors up the street from the Finch's house. Atticus' son, Jem destroyed Mrs. Dubose's flowers because she had said disrespectful things about Atticus which brought out Jem's anger. Even though Atticus was very upset, he does not believe violence is the appropriate way to approach any situation considering it does not teach you valuable lessons. Instead, Jem's punishment was to read to Mrs. Dubose every day for the month and in the end taught him the true meaning of courage. Atticus demonstrates that holding your head up and fists down will save you from more complicated situations. Another example would be when disrespectful Bob Ewell spat on Atticus' face because Atticus made Bob look like a fool during his testimony. Atticus stayed calm during the whole situation. He held his head high and walked away during the scene. Following this further, Atticus sets honorable examples for his children. He believes all people have goodness in their hearts no matter how cruel or heartless they act, even if their status was low, they would have generosity and kindness inside. The first impression of Mrs. Dubose was described as a rude lady. She says to Scout, “Don't you say hey to me, you ugly girl! You say good afternoon, Mrs. Dubose!” (Lee 133). However, Mrs. Dubose is really a kind lady who causes no harm once you get the kindness out of her. In addition, Atticus compliments her and treats her as he would treat any

Montag became overwhelmed with dismay as he told Mildred, “ We burned an old woman with her books...Well?”(Bradbury 47). This dialogue between Montag and Mildred shows how Mildred is unhappy but doesn’t want to speak upon it due to the fact that she is too absorbed with technology. She is so involved with technology that she fails to realize how people are dying over books. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Ms. Dubose expresses her anger towards Atticus by saying, “Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for!”(Lee 135). Insulting Atticus and the Black people he works for was Ms. Dubose of being a bystander because she was being ignorant of their feelings and the racial discrimination amongst her community. Her opinion is correlated with the common opinion held in Maycomb, and instead of standing up against the negativity, she goes along with it. She acts of injustice by thinking only of the negative that can be found of those in her

When they hear the rumors about Boo Radley they believe that he dines on “raw squirrels and any cats he could catch” and that he looks like a monster because he has, “a long jagged scar” and rotten teeth (Lee 16). The kids, having never seen him before, had many blind spots. If they had walked in his shoes and understood him they would of understood why he was always in his house and how he was not a monster. However as the story goes on they start to understand why he might be that way, Miss. Maudie tells Scout that Boo’s dad was a “foot-washing Baptist” and that “anything that’s a pleasure is a sin” (Lee 59). This helps Scout become more compassionate towards Boo and she starts to walk in his shoes. Jem also saw Mrs. Dubose as a monster. Mrs. Dubose was very mean and she was “nasty. She has fits or somethin” (Lee 143). Jem did not realize that Mrs Dubose, a morphine addict was trying to break her addiction before she died. Another blind spot Scout had was towards her teacher, Miss Caroline. Scout gave her a hard time because she did not like her, but like Atticus points out, “it was a honest mistake” and that Scout should not “hold her responsible when she knew no better” (Lee 40). In all three instances when the kids had blind spots, walking in the other person's shoes would of helped them be more

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main characters Jem and Scout are were walking to town when they walk by Mrs. Dubose's house. Mrs. Dubose says some very hurtful things towards them, which prompts Jem to cut out her flowers. This situation is misleading because it shows that Mrs Dubose was a bad person, but in actuality she was a thoughtful lady.

Jem proves Mrs. Dubose’s courage when he describes her after seeing her up close for the first time by saying: “but she’s so nasty. She has fits or something. She spits a lot” (124). This quote describes Mrs. Dubose’s will-power; she perseveres through the negative side effects of quitting her addiction even though she is very close to dying anyway. Jem does not know about Mrs. Dubose’s sickness yet but learns that everything is not always what it seems.

Jem learns from visiting Mrs. Dubose that not everything is how it seems at first glance. He also learns the value of courage and how it will later affect him as he matures into an adult. From what is described, the readers can draw a conclusion that Mrs. Dubose is impolite and bitter towards the children and is not afraid to speak her thoughts about Atticus defending Tom Robinson. As a result, Jem carries out his anger by destroying her flowers. He is later punished by Atticus by having to read to Mrs. Dubose certain days of the week for a period of time and work on her flowers. Through this process Jem is able to control his impulses and show kindness to those around him even if he does necessarily want to. This shows that Jem is becoming more of a young adult rather than a child. He also realizes that Mrs. Dubose is actually a woman of

Mrs. Dubose takes an important role in showing another face of righteousness throughout the novel and changing Scout’s thoughts about her. Mrs. Dubose symbolizes a strong mind, determination, and audacity because she never

At the beginning of the story, Jem and Scout was young , childish and lacked the ability to see things from other's point of view. From the children's point-of-view, their most compelling neighbor is Boo Radley, a man that always stay in his house and none of them has ever seen. During the summer , they find Boo as a chracacter of their amusement. They sneak over to Boo house and get a peek at him. They also acting out an entire Radley family. "Jem parceled out our roles: I was Mrs. Radley, and all I had to do was come out andsweep the porch. Dill was old Mr. Radley: he walked up and down the sidewalk andcoughed when Jem spoke to him. Jem, naturally, was Boo: he went under the frontsteps and shrieked and howled from time to time"(chapter 4). Eventually , Atticus catch them and order

From the immature and shallow perspective of Scout, Mrs Dubose gives us the impression of being a bitter, racist, elderly woman. Although, if we were to closely examine her struggles we would discover she is extremely courageous and in need of our kindness. Mrs

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Mrs. Dubose is a lady in the neighborhood who sits on her porch and observes. She like to yell and criticize Scout and Jem. Mrs Dubose is inconsiderate and rude to the Finch’s. The passage reveals that Mrs. Dubose is inconsiderate.

Mrs. Dubose displays acts of personal courage in her honesty and strength. When Jem and Scout walk past her house to go meet Atticus on his way home,

Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose was a churlish, old woman that lived in the same neighborhood as the main character of the To Kill a Mockingbird Bird, Scott. Although the novel presents her as repulsive and racist, Mrs. Dubose is more than what she seems. As Maycomb, Alabama is fighting through the Great Depression, Mrs. Dubose is fighting her own battle, morphine. Mrs. Dubose continued to struggle with her addiction to morphine while also battling a serious illness.

Mrs. Dubose represents the beliefs of Maycomb as a whole; her beliefs are ones of discrimination, ones that state blacks are inferior to whites on the false assumption of superior races.