Miss Caroline In To Kill A Mockingbird

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A person does not know a someone until they walk in his or her shoes. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird this is a major theme. A mean and grouchy teacher named Miss. Caroline in a new teacher at Scouts school. The first day when scout walked into class she was hoping for a good day, but then her teacher ruined it. Scout was thrilled to show everyone her reading skills and Miss. Caroline said that she no longer could read at home or have her dad teach her how. The teacher then patted Scout on the hand with a ruler and had her stand in the corner. This made Scout devastated because she loved to read. Later in the book Miss. Caroline had offered a boy name Walter Cunningham some money to by a lunch. He kindly declined the money and Scout told …show more content…

Another character in this book named Mrs. Dubose was an old lady who had nothing better to do but say cruel and unkind comments about other people. She would sit on her front porch and shout rude things about people as they walk by. One day Scout and Jem walked past her house on their way home from buying a baton for Jems birthday. Mrs. Dubose shouted a disrespectful comment about their dad and Jem became furious. He came back later and destroyed her bushes with the baton that he bought. As a punishment Atticus made them read to her. The kids were no looking forward to this. After a couple of reading sessions the kids noticed that Mrs. Dubose started to look ill and the days went on she kept getting worse. They later found out that she was a morphine addict and those symptoms were from her withdrawing it. Later she dies and asks Atticus to give Jem a gift from her. The gift was a petal from the flower bush that Jem had destroyed. This gift was to show Jem that she was thankful for everything that he had done for her. Both of the kids then realized that she is actually a very kind-hearted person. In conclusion you never know someone until you walk in his or her

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