to kill a mockingbird how does atticus treat walter?
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Atticus treats Walter with respect when he comes to visit the Finch home. Walter's family is poor and Walter has had to stay out of school for long periods to help his family survive. Atticus listens carefully, and the man and boy "talk like two men." Atticus, along with Calpurnia, continue to show their guest respect.
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Scout finds and beats Walter in the schoolyard until Jem pulls her off. She explains the situation to Jem, who realizes that Walter is Mr. Cunningham's son, invites Walter for lunch, and assures him that Scout won't jump him. Jem boasts about having touched the Radley house on the way home.
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On Scout's first day of school, she attempts to stick up for Walter Cunningham Jr. during lunchtime by explaining to Miss Caroline why he will not accept her quarter. Unfortunately, Scout cannot articulate her thoughts and ends up getting punished. Following her punishment, Scout beats up Walter Cunningham Jr.
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Most importantly, Jem protects his sister against an attack from Bob Ewell and may have been killed if Boo Radley had not intervened. So I would describe Jem as a young mockingbird about ready to leave the nest when the novel ends.
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Summary: Chapter 11 Atticus warns Jem to be a gentleman to her, because she is old and sick, but one day she tells the children that Atticus is not any better than the “niggers and trash he works for,” and Jem loses his temper. Jem takes a baton from Scout and destroys all of Mrs. Dubose's camellia bushes.
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In Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Bob Ewell, the father of accuser Mayella Ewell, attacks Scout and Jem, the children of Atticus Finch.
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In Harper Lee's To kill a Mockingbird, Jem, like a mocking bird, symbolizes innocence. ... As Jem is exposed to the trial he becomes bitter because he realizes how ill-mannered the world is; furthermore, how the town he had loved so much had been unfair and corrupt. This shattered his youthful idealism.
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Chapter 31 of To Kill a Mockingbird allows the reader to see the shyness and awkwardness of Boo Radley. ... Boo holds Scout's hand and asks her if she can take him home in an almost childlike voice. Scout walks him to the steps on the porch and then stops.
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In Chapter Nine of To Kill A Mockingbird, we see a little of what Scout and Jem will have to face because of Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson. ... What this tells us about Scout's relationship with her father is that she is deeply troubled by the accusations going around town.
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In that the whole of To Kill a Mockingbird can be seen as a coming-of-age novel of sorts, Scout learns much from this short visit from Walter Cunningham. Although less important, Scout learns that Walter is very well learned in regards to farming. The poor, then, are not always ignorant about absolutely everything.
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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird depicts Atticus Finch as a good father to his children due to his sense of fairness, his teaching, and his honesty. ... He teaches his children important life lessons and prepares them for when they go out into the world, and he sets a good example by always being honest.
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Atticus Finch as a Hero. ... Atticus teaches people to be rational in the choices they make. There are three major components to Atticus's sense of heroism, being his way of critical self-reflecting, compassion to other things and people, and his belief that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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Atticus tells Scout, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." He explains that if Scout learns this simple trick, she will get along much better with all types of people.
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In 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' Atticus tells Jem and Scout that the worse thing a Caucasian man can do is to cheat an African-American man. “Atticus says cheatin' a colored man is ten times worse than cheatin' a white man,” I muttered. “Says it's the worst thing you can do.”
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In Chapter 9, the Finch family gets together for Christmas dinner, and Scout ends up fighting her cousin after he makes several derogatory remarks about Atticus. After dinner is over, Scout and Francis head outside, where he begins to make rude comments about her father.
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It is described in detail in Chapter 23, where we learn that Bob Ewell has not only spat on Atticus, but threatened to kill him and attempted to goad him into a fight. Atticus bears his threats with dignity, claiming that he is "too old" to fight despite Bob's unseemly insults.
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Atticus is always polite to Mrs. Dubose, despite her rudeness. ... After Jem destroys her flowers, Atticus has him go to read to her. He later explains that he wanted his children to see what real courage is.