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Quote and page # Paragraph "'Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.' I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime." (Question) page: 2 In this quote it seems like it is very interesting. This quote is very interesting because I don’t understand why Scout’s teacher became so mad with Scout. Why did Scout’s teacher punish/ become mad with Scout after she discovered that Scout can read. I think that she was frustrated with Scout because the teacher’s job is to teach the students/ children to read and learn. "There are just some kind of men who—who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results." (Clarify) page: 4 …show more content…

'Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn't know it when he put the blanket around you.' My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up when Jem held out the blanket and crept toward me. 'He sneaked out of the house-turn 'round-sneaked up, an' went like this!'" (Question) page:23 While Scout was watching the house burn, Boo Radley came outside, and wrapped a blanket around Scout. Once I read this, one question went through my mind. The question was, why would Boo Radley come out of his house just to wrap a blanket around a little girl in his neighborhood. Some reasons would probably be to comfort her, or to make her feel more safe. “Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be.” (Connect) page:25 I think this is very funny and relatable. I have never gotten into really serious fights, but I have gotten into trouble and my parents have also said something similar to this. Also I find this funny because Atticus said that he would wear Scout out, or punisher, which seems like involving using physical

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