Inof
, Mrs. Dubose, a
neighbor, constantly tauntsand . She calls Scout ugly and
criticizesfor not
having remarried after his wife died. Jem and Scout develop an intense
dislike
towards her, but Atticus tells Jem, Shes an old lady and shes ill.
You just hold your head
high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you,
its your job not to let her make you
mad" (page numbers vary by edition).
Atticus asks Jem to turn the proverbial cheek to Mrs.
Dubose.
Later, Jem and Scout discover that while Mrs. Dubose is not very
pleasant, Atticus has sympathy for her because she is addicted to morphine and decides
to kick
her addiction before she dies. This process is very painful for her,
and it shows her
considerable strength of character. Atticus teaches his
children to have sympathy for people who
seem unsympathetic because, as he
reminds them, they don't always understand other people's
lives. Mrs. Dubose
is a character in the...
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