All throughout the first part of the book, Jem and Scout have to walk past Mrs. Dubose’s house to get home from school everyday. They are ridiculed constantly and, for the most part, handle it well. That is, before Mrs. Dubose crossed the line. She called the children’s father an “N-word lover”. Jem did not take this insult well. His tolerance and patience disappeared the next day when he took Scout’s new baton and destroyed all of Mrs. Dubose’s flowers. When she found out about
All throughout the first part of the book, Jem and Scout have to walk past Mrs. Dubose’s house to get home from school everyday. They are ridiculed constantly and, for the most part, handle it well. That is, before Mrs. Dubose crossed the line. She called the children’s father an “N-word lover”. Jem did not take this insult well. His tolerance and patience disappeared the next day when he took Scout’s new baton and destroyed all of Mrs. Dubose’s flowers. When she found out about