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How Did Mrs Dubosee Be Punished In To Kill A Mockingbird

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I am reading the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the chapters ten through fifteen, Atticus shot a mad dog, Mrs. Dubose, a Maycomb resident made Jem angry at her so he killed her bushes with Scout’s new baton and was punished by having to read to her every day for a month. Mrs. Dubose had episodes during the reading and it is found out that she was a morphine addict, and she died not long after Jem had fulfilled his punishment. Atticus had to work in the capital for two weeks, so Calpurnia took the children to her church. When returning, Aunt Alexandra was on the porch and had decided to give the kids a feminine influence. After a fight with Jem, Scout found Dill under her bed. He had come to Maycomb because his parents did not

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