Mr Cunningham In To Kill A Mockingbird

One of the first things Atticus tries to teach Scout and Jem about is how to understand

In the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the main character, Scout meets Walter Cunningham and Burris Ewell, who both come from very poor families. Throughout day she learns a lesson that money does not determine a person’s personality or how they act. On the first day of school, Scout sees Walter and he’s dressed without shoes and he has on a clean shirt and overalls. She describes what Walter is wearing like, “If Walter had owned any shoes he would have worn them the first day of school... He did have on a clean shirt and neatly mended overalls” (25).

Introduction: “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” Scout doesn't understand that yet. Until the ending of the book she learns that speech Atticus gave her.

Many times throughout the novel, Scout acts before she thinks. This is specifically shown when she says to her teacher, “ ‘Walter’s one of the Cunninghams, Miss Caroline.’...The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back-no church baskets and no scrip stamps, ” (Lee 20). Scout assumes it’s her duty and Walter wants her to to explain his problems to the teacher when really it’s not her duty at all. If Scout was to take a step back and to find out how Walter sees things, she may not had to explain his issue to the teacher and instead let him speak for himself. Later when Scout and Jem invite Walter over for dinner Scout says, “But he’s gone and drowned his dinner in syrup,” (Lee

For example, Atticus explains to Scout that other people's perspectives are just as important as hers. In the book on page 39 Atticus tells Scout “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… --until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Atticus explains that if you don't know what a person has been through and what it is like to be like them, you shouldn’t judge what and who they are. Also on page 205, Atticus gives the reader an important lesson about being polite. It says “Atticus had said it was polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in not about what you were interested in”. This shows that it is better to be nice and polite and not talk about yourself all the time. If we didn't teach this in schools, kids would not learn that it's not okay to be rude to people and learn that other people are just as important as you

When Jem went back for his pants, they are folded and sewed for him. Apparently it is done by Boo Radley again. Scout tried to climb into Jem's skin, but she find it is a hard task, even for his own sister. In contrast, Boo seems to be reading his mind. Boo may have been observing the children for a long time, as they bring joy to him. Unfortunately, he hardly have chance to communicate with them and express his love for them, until such accidents happens.

These types of topics are quite touchy and not generally talked about until a much later age, but Atticus sympathizes towards Scout’s curiosity and tells it to her

In a red ramshackle barn, resting on the of a field, Mr. Walter Cunningham was hard at work. Mr. Walter Cunningham was repairing the roof of his barn after a branch had fallen on it. He griped onto the ladder with his muscular hands and climbed his way to the top of the barn. Mr. Cunningham was used to this hard work since he had been farming on the edge of Maycomb for many years now. The people of Maycomb looked at him as a poor farmer. He didn't have much respect from the townspeople but he did have more respect for them than the Ewells.

As preconceptions arise, individuals using them against others are gaining or maintain power. By doing this, they are separating themselves from who they believe are inferior to them and lower in the social ladder. After the trial ended, and Tom Robinson was convicted guilty, Aunt Alexandra, Jem, Scout, and Atticus discussed how one of the Cunninghams was on the jury and that he was the reason why it took such a long time for the jury to decide if Tom is guilty or innocent. Scout later talks to Jem and Aunt Alexandra about how when school starts again, she would invite Walter Cunningham for dinner and to hang out with them. Immediately, Aunt Alexandra exclaims that no Cunningham are ever welcome into the Finch’s household. At first Scout was

He is defending a black man named Tom Robinson. The town is not happy about him defending a black man. Atticus said that he will probably lose the case, but he has to do it anyways. This tells us that Atticus is brave and very nice for doing this case. I think that Atticus wanted Scout to hear his conversation with Uncle Jack because he knew that she hear and process what he said and take it into

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout recounts the neighborhood legend regarding Arthur Radley. According to the speculations, Arthur associated himself with Cunninghams from Old Sarum. They resembled a gang; however, they only did enough to disturb the town (Lee 12). For instance, they took a bus to Abbottsville on Sundays to see the picture show; they went to dances at the county’s riverside to gamble, and they drank whiskey (Lee 12). One night, the boys withstood Mr. Conner’s arrest and locked him in the outhouse of the courthouse (Lee 12). Subsequently, the boys were charged with disorderly conduct, public disturbance, inappropriate language, and assault (Lee 12). However, Mr. Radley promised the judge that Arthur would not cause any

On page 200- 206 Scout, Jem and Dill follow Atticus to the county jail during the night. While waiting the three children see four vehicles heading towards the jail, as the car doors open groups of about four men come out of each vehicle walking towards Atticus. From what they could hear from the conversation, it seemed that they were there for Tom Robinson, the men were willing to harm Atticus to get to Tom. At this particular moment Scout, Jem, and Dill rush into the crowd towards Atticus. On page 204 Scout notices Mr. Cunningham and attempted to have a conversation with him about how his entailment is coming along. Mainly what struck Mr. Cunningham is the fact that she was talking to him about his son Walter Cunningham. This kept going on

Despite the early introduction to this lesson, Scout doesn’t fully understand it, or at least learn it, until the very last chapter when she finally meets Boo Radley, and stands on his porch thinking about the compilation of events which make up the book, from Boo’s point of view, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” This shows the understanding Scout has finally had of the way people are perceived and the way they actually are. It shows that she has learnt what many

However, as the conversation progresses, Atticus realizes that his children do not know what happened, so he changes to being kinder instead of stern. Then Scout ending her thought with an ellipsis and an em dash shows how she does not really

In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the Ewells and Cunninghams are different types of family. A more obvious difference comes from their appearance. The Ewells “necks [are] dark grey, the backs of [their] hands [are] rusty, and [their] fingernails [are] black deep” (27). They don’t necessarily care about their looks. On the other hand, the Cunninghams “have on a clean shirt and neatly mended overalls” (19). Another way they differ involves their manners. When the teacher asked Burris Ewell to sit down, he replied; “You try and make me, missus” (27). Then the teacher told Walter Cunningham to take her quarter for lunch and he said, “Nome thank you ma’am” (19). As you can see, George has appropriate manners while Burris does not. Unlike