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To Kill A Mockingbird Misunderstanding Analysis
Misunderstanding in To Kill A Mockingbird

In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird shows a lot of misunderstanding in the society the novel takes place in. The novel takes place in a little town called Maycomb. Jem, Scout and Atticus know everyone in Maycomb. There's a lot of things to misunderstand if you know everyone in your society. They show it in a kid's point of view because Scout and Jem are still young and are very curios about other people, and don't know things that adults do. Adults can also misunderstand things not just children.

In the beginning of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird Scout and her older brother Jem are trying to figure out who broke Jem's arm when they were young. They misunderstand who broke Jem's arm they can't
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Miss.Caroline saw that Scout knew how to read and right, so she told her to tell Atticus to stop teaching her. Miss.Caroline misunderstood that scout taught herself to read and write. Reading and writing was for the third graders said Miss.Caroline. Scout learned how to read by sitting with Atticus while he reads the newspaper, and she learned how to write because Calpurnia would give her words to copy to keep Scout busy.

Atticus is a lawyer and he has a case to defend a black man named Tom Robinson. A lot of people didn't like the fact that Atticus was defending a black man. People from Maycomb would tell Scout and Jem bad things about Atticus because he was defending Tom Robinson. Scout is still young and misunderstood why Atticus was defending Tom Robinson. Atticus wants to help Tom Robinson with the case if he didn't Atticus would feel bad for not helping him. Other people in Maycomb don't see why he's helping him, and Scout doesn't understand why because she is still young.

Kids are young and very curious, they still got a lot to learn. It is easy to misunderstand things almost everyone misunderstands things. It's not just children that misunderstand things it can also be adults. In this novel the characters misunderstand why people do what they do, and don't know how they do something. Sometimes you have to pay attention or see what it is in order to

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