. From
Boo,learns that rumors and gossip are not always true, and that people are not always what they
seem.
TOM ROBINSON. Scout discovers that Tom,
a poor crippled Negro, is far more honest and humble than the Ewells who accuse him and
the jurors who convict him.
MISS MAUDIE.
Scout learns many things about her father from Maudie--that he was the "deadest shot in the
county," a man to whom people in the town relied upon, and that he was born to do people's
dirty work for them.
AUNT ALEXANDRA. Scout
learns that Aunt Alexandra's ideas about heredity, "Fine Folks" and "gentle
breeding" don't seem to fit in with 's own style of parenting.
CALPURNIA. Scout learns that Calpurnia leads a
"double life": Her behavior and language is much different in the Finch household than
it is among her own people at the First Purchase Church.
MISS
DUBOSE. Throughand Atticus, Scout learns that Miss Dubose has a special kind of
courage, unlike that of a man holding a gun.
MAYELLA
EWELL. Scout learns from Mayella's appearance and testimony in the courtroom
that she must be
... the loneliest person in the world,
even lonelier than Boo Radley.
ATTICUS. Scout learns from her father about humility, the
importance of going to school, and the necessity of being a good role model for his children.
She also learns that innocent beings should never be harmed--
"... it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
and about intolerance--
"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."
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