“Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.” (20) When asked by Ms. Caroline if Scout could read the alphabet she had written on the board, she got angry after Scout had easily done so. Ms. Caroline instructed Scout to tell her father to stop teaching her because it would interfere with her teaching. Her tone discouraged Scout, thus causing her to have an internal conflict. The whole scene also represents another literary element, symbolism. The scene symbolizes how teachers all over taught the way Ms. Caroline does, and how it is not effective. Ms. Caroline’s unsupportive and dictatorial behavior is an example of the theme education and children. For example, Ms. Caroline’s inconsiderate reaction to Scout’s literacy was very discouraging to her. She was a new …show more content…
Caroline’s unsupportive and dictatorial behavior is an example of the theme education and children. Caroline’s tone towards Scout, even from the beginning, portrayed that she thought she was always right, most likely because she was teaching first graders. But this way of teaching is very inefficient. Reading and writing came very easily for Scout, she never saw it as a problem. So being told to stop caused an internal conflict with her. Ms. Caroline’s method of teaching represents teachers’ ways of teaching all over back then. Her reactions and tone towards the children reflect on her and the kids’ internal conflicts. Times now are different, because there are laws that have been made. Times do change, as shown well in the story, because as we grow we learn. The theme is education and children because the story is centered around Scout as a young child in the beginning, and shows her conflicts in school. This theme makes up a lot of the story, because without Scout and the other children, there would not be a story at