Discussion questions:
- How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose's taunts?
- What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children's mother? How does Jem feel about this?
- What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment for his “crime”?
- Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. How far do you agree with him?
- Why, in Atticus's view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”?
- Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage rather than “a man with a gun in his hand”. What does he mean? Do you think he is right?
- Chapters ten and eleven are the last two chapters in the first part of the book. Explain why Harper Lee chooses to end the first part here.
HOMEWORK: Read chapter 12.
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