Write the following statements in ur own words
1. They both found it very bewildering. They found it very wonderful that somebody so nice that they transformed the dull attic that they struggled to live in. She thought that she should give herself up to this wonderland.
2. She could not be dispensed at once because Miss Minchin could not find somebody that humble to work for her that would only be given very little food in 2 to 3 weeks.
3. Sara was an annoying puzzle to Lavinia because no matter how much Miss Minchin scolded Sara, she would stand there listening to her politely with a grave face.
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Scout is a very unusual little girl, both in her own qualities and in her social position. She is unusually intelligent (she learns to read before beginning school), unusually confident (she fights boys without fear), unusually thoughtful (she worries about the essential goodness and evil of mankind), and unusually good (she always acts with the best intentions). In terms of her social identity, she is unusual for being a tomboy in the prim and proper Southern world of Maycomb.
One quickly realizes when reading To Kill a Mockingbird that Scout is who she is because of the way Atticus has raised her. He has nurtured her mind, conscience, and individuality without bogging her down in fussy social hypocrisies and notions of propriety. While most girls in Scout’s position would be wearing dresses and learning manners, Scout, thanks to Atticus’s hands-off parenting style, wears overalls and learns to climb trees with Jem and Dill. She does not always grasp social niceties (she tells her teacher that one of her fellow students is too poor to pay her back for lunch), and human behavior often baffles her (as when one of her teachers criticizes Hitler’s prejudice against Jews while indulging in her own prejudice against blacks), but Atticus’s protection of Scout from hypocrisy and social pressure has rendered her open, forthright, and well meaning.