Following the angry discussion with Aunt Alexandra that
ends in her calling Walter Cunningham Jr. "trash," Jem and Scout discuss the differences
in some people. Jem states that there are four kinds of people in the world: People like
the Finches and their neighbors; poor, honest folk like the Cunninghams; dishonest
people like the Ewells; and Negroes. Scout disagrees. She tells
Jem
"...
there's just one kind of folks.
Folks."
But Jem wonders aloud
that if this is so, then
readability="5">"... why can't they get along with each
other?"Jem has learned a
great deal about people in this chapter (Chapter 23). Bob Ewell has made a threat
against Atticus' life; Jem discovers that one of the Cunninghams was the holdout on the
jury; he learns that women cannot serve on juries; and he has heard his aunt's rant
against young Walter."If they're all alike, why
do they go out of the way to despise each other?... I'm beginning to understand why Boo
Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he
wants to stay inside."
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