Joey_26_Quotes(1--continued) The quotes for Chapters 3 & 4 have already been posted, but here are some extra information about some of the things I have posted earlier.
1) N***ers Generally, n***ers refer to black people, and racism refers to conflict between one race and another. In the book, there has been a lot of talk about n***ers. In the story, Atticus is defending a black man who was charged for the rape of a white girl. Notice how the "colour" of the people were specifically mentioned in the book. Now, people are spreading "heat" about the fact that Atticus is defending the black man and have even gone to the extend of saying that Atticus is defending n***ers. 2) Calpurinia and Jem Continuing from the above, this second topic will elaborate more about the talk on n***ers. There is one part of the story ( page 41 to be exact) where Scout tells Dill not to believe a word Jem says as Calpurinia says that is n***er talk. Firstly, this sentence kind of shows us that Jem could probably be siding with Calpurinia mostly, and if you read on, you continue to see conflicts between Jem and Scout and sometimes Jem calls Scout a girl and conflict evolves from there. However, the more important point is the use of the words "n***er"talk. As I have said in previous post, is there really such thing called "n***er talk", or is it just a black person's words? More importantly, why should people not believe a sentence just because it is said by a black person? 3) Overall All in all, the use of the word 'n***er' may be inappropriate some cases. Just because Atticus is defending the black man does not mean that he defends n***ers. Also, I think that Scout sometimes 'sides' with Calpurinia, however I think that it is inappropriate when Scout says 'n***er talk" and that Dill should not believe in it as I think that you should not judge whether or not to believe someword whether or not they are black, but whether or not their statement is true.