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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 3 Analysis

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Chapter 3 Summary In Chapter 3, it is dinner [lunch] time and the narrator, Scout, has a fight with Walter Cunningham but is stopped by Jem, who invites Walter over to their house for dinner as an apology. At the Finch’s, dinner is being served and Walter puts molasses all over his food which disgusts Scout and she criticizes him. Calpurnia pulls Scout away, reprimands her then slaps her, telling her to be a better hostess. When Scout returns to school, Miss Caroline screams when she finds “cooties” [lice] crawling out of Burris Ewell’s hair. However, Burris does not care about Miss Caroline’s remark because he only comes to school once a year, and he tries to leave the classroom. He does so after he viciously …show more content…

This means, that often she will say harsh and rude thing, but she didn’t intend for her words to hurt someone. Jeremy Finch (Jem) - “Jem came by and told me to stop,” (30). Here, he breaks up the fight between Scout and Walter, which shows that Jem is more mature. “Come on home to dinner with us...We’d be glad to have you,” (30). This is after he stops the fight. This is his way of apologizing to Walter for Scout’s behavior. It shows that he is sympathetic, respectful but also that he is responsible. He is responsible because he is apologizing for Scout’s behaviour and he is looking out for Scout and trying to keep her from doing something that will get her in trouble. Atticus Finch- “He was full of questions about school,” (38). This shows that Atticus cares about his children. Even though Atticus is a very busy man, and probably has some work to do when he gets home, he still cares about how his children are and asks how their day was. “My replies were mostly monosyllabic and he did not press me,” (38). Scout seems to be having a bad first day and Atticus seems to sense this and does not push her for information. This shows that he knows his children well, and knows when they need some

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