Education Beyond Schooling in 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

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Scout the narrator of the book, goes to school on the first day of school and her teacher Miss Caroline scolds her for being able to read! She has been told that her daddy and Calpurnia are not suppose to be teaching her that stuff and she is not allowed to read or write at home anymore. This is just one of the many ways that shows one of the many themes, education takes place at home and in the community, not only in school that is portrayed throughout the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Imagine a single dad with two children he is raising in the 1930’s. This is right in the middle of the civil rights movements and there is discrimination all over the town! Atticus seems to be the only white person in the town that does not discriminate …show more content…

Raymond when they leave the courthouse. He explains to them that he is not actually a drunk, and he does the things that he does because that’s what he wants to do that. This shows the children that discrimination can cause people to lie about what they want to do with their life, and people will judge you for almost anything. Mr. Raymond states that he pretends to be a drunk so people have a reason to believe he lives the way he does. He tells Scout that people would not like that he likes the way he …show more content…

Right before the service starts Lula says “What you up to, Miss Cal? Said a voice behind us . Calpurnia 's hands went to our shoulders and we stopped and looked around: [...] What you want, Lula? She asked, in tones I had never heard her use. She spoke quietly, Contemptuously. I wants to know why you bringin’ white chillun to nigger church. [...] you ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here- they got their church, we got our’n” (Lee 158). In this situation it puts Jem and Scout in the other seat, meaning that from this incident the two of them knew what it felt like to be discriminated against. They were ready to leave by the end of the conversation and this had taught them what the colored people felt like when they were discriminated against. This kind of lesson could not be taught at home or the school because it showed them first had discrimination. This was a very good lesson for Scout and Jem to show them that it is wrong and why it should not be

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