1. “But sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of your father”
Speaker of the Quote: Miss Maudie Atkinson.
In the book Miss Maudie, the neighbor, is explaining to Scout that she is defending Atticus because of his objectivism of the things that happened. This quote is important because it means that a thing that apparently cannot do damage, sometimes is worse than a thing that all people see as bad.
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2. “I’m afraid our activities would be received with considerable disapprobation by the more learned authorities.”
Speaker of the Quote: Atticus Finch.
In the book Atticus is explaining to Scout that she had to keep as a secret the fact of she was reading every night. This quote is important because it means that sometimes, people see as bad the things that a person considers right.
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3. “Why no, son, I don’t think so. Look at the leaves, they’re all green and full, no brown patches anaywhere”
Speaker of the Quote: Atticus Finch.
In the book Atticus is explaining to Jem that the tree of Radley Place wasn’t dying, it looked very healthy, although Nathan Radley said that the tree was dying. This quote is important because it means that sometimes things that are apparently good, are bad in the inside.
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4. “Cry about the simple hell people give other people-without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give colored folks, without even stopping to think that they are people, too.”
Speaker of the Quote: Mr. Dolphus Raymond.
In the book Mr Raymond is explaining to Scout and Dill that the people should realize that the African Americans were discriminated and they were looked with bad eyes. This quote is important because explains that in those years the most part of the people didn’t care about the African Americans, although they needed to be believed.
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5. “There is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein- … -That institution, gentlemen, is a court.”
Speaker of the Quote: Atticus Finch.
In the book Atticus is giving a speech to the people in the courtroom to convince them about not to find guilty Tom Robinson. This quote is important because says that every single person has to be looked in the same way “in front” of the eyes of the justice.
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6. “No, everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowin’... I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
Speaker of the Quote: Conversation between Jem and Scout Finch.
In the book Jem and Scout are arguing about if the Cunninghams are different from them. Jem’s point of view was that every single people born knowing the same, and the factor which changes is the condition of life that each one has. This quote is important because says that everybody begin their life knowing the same.
