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26) Since Atticus is representing Tom Robinson, the kids are getting picked on. Atticus gets called a "nigger lover "by the town and even his own relatives. Francis tell scout that her grandma says Atticus is a "nigger lover quote and he's ruining the family. Then Scout gets to a fight with him only to be at fault in the end. Cecil Jacob says that Atticus is "defending a nigger" for the whole school to hear and Scout was about to get into a fight until she remembered Atticus was going to scold her. Atticus asked where Scout learned that word and told her if he wasn't defending Tom then Jem and Scout would no longer have to mind him. Mrs. Dubose ranted at Jem and Scout about how Atticus was no more use than the niggers and the people he's working for. The day after this rant, Jem went to her house and cut all the camellia bushes.
27) After visiting Mrs. Dubose for a month and learning that she passed away right after, Atticus touch Jem the values of courage. Atticus tells Jem that you have to see it all the way through no matter what and that you may not win at all but sometimes you do when just as Mrs. Dubose did. Jem saw Mrs. Dubose's conflict against addiction and it helped him become the gentleman who protects his younger sibling, Atticus my half touch on this lesson to help him get through the upcoming events. This lesson helped
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He ran away because as "his new father who disliked him" and hid under Scout's bed. Since Dill and the two siblings learned more about the trial and eventually went, it was Scout's most interesting summer. This summer was different from the others. They got to experience the trial, reveal Dolphus' secret, go to the jail house and Dill found out about Tom's death. The past summers have been mostly aventures related to Boo Radley. The last summer was worse than expected one. After Dill left Scout's life was

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