education
Education is an important theme relating to the novel because we have a fairly uneducated town, and the narrator is far more literate than the rest of her peers. This says a lot about both the Finch family, with the fact that Atticus treats his children the same in the house, and out. It also can explain how the town of Maycomb is a very monotonous, and close together place. The town seems to just go on and on very robotically, a very quiet and remote place.
" Then she went to the blackboard and printed the alphabet in enormous square capitals, turned to the class and asked, "Does anybody know what these are?" Everybody did; most of the first grade had failed it last year. " (Lee 22)
" "Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore. It's best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I'll take over from here and try to undo the damage--"
"Ma'am?"
"Your fathe does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now." " (Lee 23)
"Ma'am?"
"Your fathe does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now." " (Lee 23)