"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it." Page 5 This quote is important to the narrator, because it upturns her feelings about her home.
Chapter 2
" 'Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now. '
I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime." Page 17 This quote shows how Scout’s teacher is mad at her because she knows how to read instead of being proud. It shows how closed minded some people in Maycomb were.
Chapter 3
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view- ' 'Sir? ' '-until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. '" Page 30 This quote shows the special bond between Atticus and Scout. Atticus shows her important life lessons that no one else I going to teach her.
Chapter 4
"Tin-foil was sticking out of a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun." Page 33 This shows how Boo is not a bad person like the kids describe him.
Chapter 5
"Putting his life 's history on display for the edification of the neighborhood. '
Jem seemed to swell a little. 'I didn 't say we were doin ' that, I didn 't say it! '
Atticus grinned dryly. 'You just told me, ' he said. 'You stop this nonsense right now, every one of you. '" Page 49 Atticus is telling his kids that the Radleys are not bad people and they shouldn’t be made fun of.
Chapter 6
"Then I saw the shadow. It was the shadow of a man with a hat on. At first I thought it was a tree, but there was no wind blowing, and tree trunks never walked. The back porch was bathed in moonlight, And the shadow, crisp and toast, moved across the porch towards Jem." Page 53 The kids think the shadowy man is Boo, and they are really scared of him without even meeting him in person.
Chapter 7
"As Atticus once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem 's skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place