example that stuck out a me was on page 37:
"Don't you believe a word he says, Dill," I said. "Calpurnia says that's nigger-talk."
Jem scowled darkly at me, but said, "Well, are we gonna play anything or not?"
When Scout used the term "nigger-talk", Jem received it by scowling at her, as if it
were a bad thing to say. My personal thought on Scout is that she is an innocent child.
Being a first grader, you tend to pick up whatever others say around you, because you
may or may not know the meaning. Scout most likely doesn't know the exact
meaning of the term "nigger-talk", seeing as how she heard Calpurnia say it.
For that particular reason, I don't think Scout should be blamed. She's little, and
doesn't really know any better. Racism was a lot more common back in this time setting,
so she probably was used to hearing words like these all the time. Neighbors and her other
surrounding friends/family speak like this, so she most likely says what she hears. In my opinion,
she doesn't have the right to be blamed.
1 comment:
Nice thinking Katey, Scout doesn't really know anything and says whatever she hears. Which is common sense because thats was most people would do. In the situation she is in no one should be mad for her saying those words because she was raised around them and there normal for people.
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