Joey_26_Quotes(1) Here are some of the important quotes for Chapters 3 and 4 of To Kill A Mocking Bird.
pg 32 -Calpurinia bent down and kissed me. I ran along, wondering what had come over her........She had always been too hard on me, she had at last seen the error of her fractious ways, she was sorry and too stubborn to say so.
To Kill A Mocking Bird is about racism. When there is racism, there is bound to be conflict. Although this quote does not talk about racism, it sort of describes conflict. The words " always been too hard on me" could mean that the author was getting tired of it and could have found Calpurinia a little harsh and that reminds me of conflict. Also, when the author mentions "had at last seen the error", it sort of describes that the author was happy that Calpurinia had finally seen her error. The words "at last" sort of describe that.
pg 33 - You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
I think that this quote is rather important. Here, Atticus describes to the author (Scout) that it is not easy to understand someone unless you are in his shoes. You need to be able to pretend to be the person, and how you would react if you were that person. If you would react a certain way, you should be able to accept it if that person reacts that way. Later along the story Scout and Walter placed themselves in Caroline's shoes and seen that it was an honest mistake on her part.
Chapter 4 pg 41
-Don't you believe a word he says, Dill. Calpurnia says that's n***er talk.
The above was said by Scout. Although it may seem like a simple sentence, it actually elaborates a little more about racism. In the above quote, Scout mentions that Calpurnia says that's n***er talk. In my opinion, this really brings out more about the point of racism. N***er talk is supposedly to be what n***ers say. Still, Scout says not to believe a word 'he' (Jem) says as Calpurnia says it is n***er talk. Does this mean they don't believe what n***ers say just because they are black? This is another example of racism.
pg 42 - Nothin' to it. I swear Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl, it's mortifyin'.
The above was said by Jem. As mentioned earlier, racism is partially about conflict. Here, it shows the conflict between Jem and Scout. Jem and Scout were fighting about who should get the tyre. In the end, Jem became furious and took the tire and told Scout sometimes he acted so much like a girl. Here, there is sort of a gender conflict case going on. In racism, certain people choose not to mix with another group of people of a different race. In a gender conflict, it is female between male. The above quote does not really strongly show gender conflict. However, Jem mentions to Scout that sometimes he behaves like a girl and that it is mortifyin' ( supposedly to be mortifying), which means shameful. In Jem's eyes, it a shameful when Scout acts like a girl. However, Scout will most probably disagree as he might feel offended. So although there is no real gender conflict, Jem is using the term "girl" to hurt Scout. In other words, he is using the other gender as an insult to Scout. Therefore, this some what shows gender conflict and that Jem thinks a boy should behave like a boy and a girl should behave like a girl.
pg 45 - I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls were always imagining things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like on I could just go off and find some to play with.
This quote emphasizes more on the gender conflict as mentioned above. Jem told Scout that he was being a girl and that girls were hated by people. This really shows more on the gender conflict as Jem is criticizing girls and saying that if Scout was going to behave like a girl then it would be better if he just went off and find some to play with. The gender conflict is more elaborately shown here as Jem thinks that boys should be boys in order not to be like girls, which he claimed were hated by people.