Class Quotes:
"Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em—if you can't act fit to eat at the table you can just set here and eat in the kitchen!
Explanation: Calpurnia tells Scout in a very strong way that she shouldn’t be saying bad things about the Cunningham’s. Calpurnia states that whoever steps foot in their house should be respected, and that even if they have more money than the Cunningham’s it doesn’t make her better than them if she is going to treat them in a bad way.
"Son, I have no doubt that you've been annoyed by your contemporaries about me lawing for niggers, as you say, but to do something like this to a sick old lady is inexcusable. I strongly advise you to go down and have a talk with Mrs. Dubose," said Atticus. "Come straight home afterward."
Explanation: Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, which is a black person who is accused of rapping a white woman. Atticus tells Jem that even if he is defending a black person, and even if he is getting negative comments from other people, he shouldn’t let the comments get the best of him, and cause danger to Ms. Dubose’s garden. Atticus wants Jem to speak with Ms. Dubose apologize for what he did and then come straight home.
“Reckon, if I’m smart they’ll promote me to second.”
Explanation: Burris Ewell who is in the section of low class in the book, states that if he would be smart enough, they would probably promote him to second class in the scale of class.
“The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back.”
Explanation: In this quote Ms. Caroline tells Walter Cunningham to borrow a quarter from her, and then to pay her pack whenever he wants. Scout addresses Ms. Caroline that Walter is a Cunningham, and that they are extremely poor, and that the Cunningham’s can’t borrow anything because they can’t pay it pack due to the class which they are located in.
“He ain’t company Cal, he’s just a Cunningham.”
Explanation: Scout tells Calpurnia that they have no company, just a Cunningham. This shows how Scout sees herself superior to the Cunningham’s and doesn’t treat them with respect because of their class, and because they don’t have any money she treats them in a very bad way.
“Because that’s the only way he can pay me, he has no money”
Explanation: This quote shows how class is represented through the book, and how it impacts the characters. In this quote Atticus tells Scout how the only way the Cunningham’s could pay for something was by giving them stove wood, hickory nuts, and a crate.
Part 2 quotes:
Class quotes
"Hush your mouth! Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em—if you can't act fit to eat at the table you can just set here and eat in the kitchen!
Explanation: Calpurnia tells Scout in a very strong way that she shouldn’t be saying bad things about the Cunningham’s. Calpurnia states that whoever steps foot in their house should be respected, and that even if they have more money than the Cunningham’s it doesn’t make her better than them if she is going to treat them in a bad way.
"Son, I have no doubt that you've been annoyed by your contemporaries about me lawing for niggers, as you say, but to do something like this to a sick old lady is inexcusable. I strongly advise you to go down and have a talk with Mrs. Dubose," said Atticus. "Come straight home afterward."
Explanation: Atticus is defending Tom Robinson, which is a black person who is accused of rapping a white woman. Atticus tells Jem that even if he is defending a black person, and even if he is getting negative comments from other people, he shouldn’t let the comments get the best of him, and cause danger to Ms. Dubose’s garden. Atticus wants Jem to speak with Ms. Dubose apologize for what he did and then come straight home.
“Reckon, if I’m smart they’ll promote me to second.”
Explanation: Burris Ewell who is in the section of low class in the book, states that if he would be smart enough, they would probably promote him to second class in the scale of class.
“The Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back.”
Explanation: In this quote Ms. Caroline tells Walter Cunningham to borrow a quarter from her, and then to pay her pack whenever he wants. Scout addresses Ms. Caroline that Walter is a Cunningham, and that they are extremely poor, and that the Cunningham’s can’t borrow anything because they can’t pay it pack due to the class which they are located in.
“He ain’t company Cal, he’s just a Cunningham.”
Explanation: Scout tells Calpurnia that they have no company, just a Cunningham. This shows how Scout sees herself superior to the Cunningham’s and doesn’t treat them with respect because of their class, and because they don’t have any money she treats them in a very bad way.
“Because that’s the only way he can pay me, he has no money”
Explanation: This quote shows how class is represented through the book, and how it impacts the characters. In this quote Atticus tells Scout how the only way the Cunningham’s could pay for something was by giving them stove wood, hickory nuts, and a crate.
Part 2 quotes:
Class quotes
"You know something, Scout? I’ve got it all figured out, now. I’ve thought about it a lot lately and I’ve got it figured out. There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes."
This quote shows how there is a huge difference between