The qualities associated with being a lady and gentleman are such things as:
Generosity of spirit, consideration, loyalty, self-sacrifice, consideration, civilised, respect, benevolence, goodness, courtesy, sensitivity for others.
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[Atticus] invested his earnings in his brother’s education |
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climb into his skin and wak around in it |
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Miss Maudie’s benevolence extended to Jem and Dill, |
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Miss Maudie: His name’s Arthur |
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Atticus: Stop tormenting that man |
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I [Scout] tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it |
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Jem’s trouser ‘sewed up’ by Arthur Radley |
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Gift of ball of twine and other presents of chewing gum, medal, pocket watch |
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Mr Radley blocks the tree. (Antithesis i.e. author uses a contrast of values) |
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Atticus: You can’t go around making charicatures of neighbours |
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Maudie’s house fire: the town rallies round |
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I [Scout] looked down and found myself clutching a brown woolen blanket. |
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Miss Maudie: ‘Only thing I worried about last night was all the danger’ |
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Uncle Jack keeps his word ‘gallantly’ |
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It’s a sin to kill a mockingbird |
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I think maybe he [Atticus] put his gun down when he realised that God had given him an unfair advantage. |
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Jem: ‘Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!’ |
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‘Atticus: ‘She’s an old lady … You just hold your head high and be a gentleman |
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Chapter 11: Mrs Dubose’s insensitivity is used antithetically (i.e. to serve as a contrast). |
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Jem: ‘polite detached interest’ and ‘a face devoid of resentment’ |
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Scout and the mob: Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in. |
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Atticus: you children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. |
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Judge Taylor: He’s [Atticus] trying to be polite. That’s just his way. |
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Tom Robinson’s manners were as good as Atticus’s |
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Tom Robinson: I felt right sorry for her [Mayella] and 225 a huble negro who had the temerity to ‘feel sorry’ for a white woman |
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Ironically: nobody liked Tom Robinson’s answer. |
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Dill’s ‘instinct’ about fairness |
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stand up. Your father’s passin’ |
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Inequality and oppression: (antithetical to rspect) Atticus@ We’re going to pay the bill for it. |
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once you earned their [the Cunninghams’] respect they were for you tooth and nail. |
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She [MIss Maudie] never laughed at me unless I meant to be funny. (Contrasted with Miss Stephanie) |
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In the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case (in the novel, prejudice is a direct contrast to generosity of spirit) |
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a solitary mocker poured out his repetoire |
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Jem was becoming almost as good as Atticus at making you feel right when things went wrong. |
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Boo would feel more comfortable in the dark |
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Heck Tate does not arrest Arthur Radley |
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We never put back into the tree what we took out of it; we had given him nothing, and it made me sad. |
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he [Atticus] said you never really knew a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough. |
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Most people are [real nice], Scout, when you finally see them. |