Question

Mrs Dubose requires that jem reads to her everyday for over a month. What is her real reason for this request? Provide text evidence.

Answer 1

The real reason that Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to read to her is that she wanted to die free of morphine that she used to relieve her pain.

• The question has been asked from the story To Kill a Mockingbird
• Mrs. Dubose wanted Jem to read to her is that she wanted to die free of morphine which she used to take to relieve her pain. She demanded that Jem read to her after school every afternoon, and for two hours a month on Saturdays.
• Before her passing, Mrs. Dubose gets to hear stories and Jem discovers what true bravery really is. The reading did distract her and she died without the opioid addiction she would have had.