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- That goes for their friend Dill as well.
(2) Both children refer to and call their father by his given name, Atticus. It just feels wrong, especially for this very antique setting. I mean, these aren't hippies we're dealing with.
- Unless this is explained later in the book, I figure I'll just attribute it to regional or cultural quirks.
(3) Both Atticus and the cook Calpurnia have Roman names. They're the only ones that do, despite being different races. It doesn't seem to be a family thing, Atticus' brother's named Jack.
- It's established early on how these are the book's two moral compasses, so this might be to highlight that idea since Latin is the language of law.
(4) It's an odd inversion of roles, where the teacher, Miss Caroline, is the one comforted, protected by, and at the mercy of the children in her class.
- The children here act more like adults and she acts like a scared child.
- Additionally, it's her comic unfamiliarity with how things are done locally that reinforces how insular a community Maycomb is.
(5) Atticus' personal morality seems to be distinctly utilitarian: the greatest good for the greatest number.
- He explains how the town allows the Ewell family to break local hunting and truancy laws so their children won't go hungry.
- Scout mentions how Maycomb has its own "ethical culture."
(6) I wish I had an annotated version of this. I'm not doing so well with the Alabama vernacular and phonetic spellings of words.
- I have to keep googling what things mean, which isn't difficult just tedious.

For me when I see Jem it reminds me of the character from Jacqueline Wilson’s Hetty Feather books which I read when I was a kid and for that reason I’ve always thought of the name/nickname Jem to be a male one.

Kadi wrote: "For me when I see Jem it reminds me of the character from Jacqueline Wilson’s Hetty Feather books which I read when I was a kid and for that reason I’ve always thought of the name/nickname Jem to b..."

That's interesting. It can definitely go both ways. Depends on your point of reference too. I've never read that book series, but I know Jem and the Holograms as well as Jem the pop singer from the mid-2000s. So, for me it's always been a female name, to the extent that I've not previously known a male example.

Oh gosh, the Alabama vernacular 🤣 I noticed it but had no problems myself

Jenny wrote: "Oh gosh, the Alabama vernacular 🤣 I noticed it but had no problems myself"

I did get used to it after a while 😅