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Is Miss Gates a hypocrite?
Miss Gates is hypocritical because she criticizes Hitler’s persecution of the Jews while she simultaneously discriminates against African Americans in her own community. During a Current Events activity in Miss Gates’s class, Cecil Jacobs discusses how Hitler is persecuting the Jews in Europe.
Who is Mrs Gates in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Miss Gates is a third-grade teacher at Scout’s school who insists that America isn’t prejudiced like Hitler’s Germany. Despite this, Scout has heard her say that the blacks need to be taught a lesson after Tom’s trial.
Who scared Jem and Scout on the way to the pageant at school?
Cecil Jacobs
Cecil Jacobs scares Jem and Scout on the way to the pageant, which sets up the suspense for the incident with Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout while they are walking home from the pageant.
What happens to Jem and Scout on the way back from the pageant?
When Jem and Scout are on their way home from the pageant Scout is still wearing her costume, making it a little difficult for her to walk, especially as she has left her shoes behind. Jem becomes convinced someone is following them. Suddenly they are attacked and Jem is forced to the ground.
Who hurts Jem and Scout?
Cecil Jacobs scares Jem and Scout on the way to the pageant, which sets up the suspense for the incident with Bob Ewell. Bob Ewell attacks Jem and Scout while they are walking home from the pageant. Jem realizes they are being followed but he cannot prevent the attack.
What did Miss Gates say in to kill a Mockingbird?
Earlier, in class, Miss Gates had criticized the Nazis’ treatment of Jews, going on to say that Americans don’t believe in persecuting others. She says that people who persecute are prejudiced. The irony is that Miss Gates is unaware of the contradiction here, that she herself is prejudiced. Hover for more information.
What did Miss Gates mean by keeping them in their place?
Miss Gates’s remark about “keeping them in their place” (Ch.26) seems to suggest that she feels that the social order in Maycomb should remain unchanged. She believes, as do many others in her town, that the African Americans in Maycomb are naturally inferior.
What was the theme of prejudice in to kill a Mockingbird?
The most obvious form of prejudice in the novel is racism, which causes otherwise upstanding white citizens of Maycomb to accept the testimony of an obviously corrupt white man over the evidence supporting the testimony from a black man. Yet prejudice is also visible in the racially condescending Mrs.