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Atticus Of Being A Nigger

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Atticus is a gentleman to the folks in Maycomb; he respect others and goes for what 's right no matter what. For example, Scout questions Atticus of being a nigger lover and said “I certainly am.I do my best to love everybody” and “it 's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is bad name.” (pg. 144-145) Showing that he did admit that he do like black people but there’s nothing wrong about liking blacks. He was also threaten and was spit in the face by Bob Ewell after the Tom Robinson case; but Atticus explained that getting spitted in the face and threatened probably saved Mayella from a beating (pg. 292-293) Scout is a girl who sometimes let anger get to her; Scout also tries to act older but she still has a lot to learn about growing up. When Scout got in trouble on the first day of school by explaining the ways of the Cunninghams to Miss Caroline, Scout smudges Walker Cunningham 's face into the schoolyard at lunch. (pg.31) Showing that Scout was letting her anger on Walker when it wasn 't even his fault for getting her in trouble. In that chapter, Walker was invited to eat with the Finch family for lunch; Scout questioned Walker for eating so strange to her. Which was disrespectful Calpernia as explain that “There’s some folks who don 't eat like us” (pg.32) when she pulled Scout into the kitchen but Scout still didn 't understand why she must be respectful to a Cunningham. This sets off Calpernia off making her tell Scout to stay and eat in the kitchen;

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