1. In ,is having a rough first day of school and meets up
withon the playground to vent about her terrible day. Jem attempts to comfort Scout by telling
her,
"Our teacher says Miss Carolines introducing a
new way of teaching. She learned about it in college. Itll be in all the grades soon. You dont
have to learn much out of books that wayits like if you wanta learn about cows, you go milk one,
see?" (Lee, 18).
When Scout responds by saying that
she is not interested in cows, Jem displays his childhood innocence by saying,
"Im just trying to tell you the new way theyre teachin' the
first grade, stubborn. Its the Dewey Decimal System" (Lee, 18).
Clearly, Jem has no idea what the Dewey Decimal System is and
assumes that it has to do with Miss Caroline's experimental teaching style.
2. After the children attend their first Sunday service at
First Purchase African M. E. Church, Scout asks Calpurnia several questions concerning the Tom
Robinson case. Scout...
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