In , Lee
uses the literary device of humor to talk about 's re-election. This reinforces that we are
seeing everything from the point of view of a child, who understands the world in her own
way:
in spite of Atticuss shortcomings as a parent, people
were content to re-elect him to the state legislature that year.
Of course, we know that Atticus is an excellent parent and that the townspeople respect
him, but 's depreciation of him prevents him from coming across as too perfect, which we as
readers would likely resent.
This chapter also uses the literary device of
voice in dialogue to excellent effect. First, Miss Gates, Scout's teacher, talks about Hitler as
an evil dictator persecuting the Jews for no good reason, obviously missing the hypocrisy of
condemning Hitler for his racism while ignoring what just happened in her own backyard with Tom
Robinson. Her dialogue has a heavy ironic effect. Later, dialogue in terms of's angry response
to Scout's questions about...
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