Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Mrs. Dubose
Why do you think Mrs. Dubose tries so hard to insult Jem and Scout. I know that she is addicted to morphine and trying to break the habit, which makes her irritable, but why Jem and Scout? Why not their father? Why not Jessie, her daughter? Is for the simple pleasure of being cruel, feeling joy for someone else's pain? I don't think it is. Maybe Mrs. Dubose just tried to aggravate them, so she could trap them into coming to read to her? Any thoughts?
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I think she is just looking for company to help her while she is dealing with this. That company just happened to be Jem and Scout.
I think she was just a lonely old woman who became bitter with age and pain. She just needed some company, hence the flower she sent to Jem.
Yeah, maybe she is just trying to keep them around. Her motives are selfish but understandable
Oh! I like your style, let-the-sun-shine!!!!
i agree, i think she is very lonely but she doesn't know anyway of confronting people, but by being cruel and rude.
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i have no idea...but if she truley was a good woman, from what i have known of no... but if she truley was a good woman maybe she was just trying to teach them a lesson, and by insulting them trying to see how they react because there are a lot of meaner people out in the world...
1930s South--children are to be seen and not heard and Scout, especially, does not obey this rule. Atticus, on the other hand, is a respected member of Maycomb and Mrs. Dubose will treat him as such, as Atticus does her "Mrs Dubose, you are a picture today." Scout thinks to herself, "He never said a picture of what!" (paraphrased) I love this part when Scout can imagine that underneath the suit and tie, her father might just be being a tad bit sarcastic and childish!
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