Essay #2

Ryan Duguay
9/24/09
English 8
Mr. H. Salsich

Education

(TS)The theme that I think is most noticeable in chapter two in To Kill a Mockingbird is education. (SD) First off, the most obvious supporting factor to this is Scout, the main character, goes to school for the first time. (C) Scout becomes disillusioned on her first day of school when she gets in trouble for already knowing how to read and write. (C) The teacher feels that because that she already knows how to read and write that it will mess up her education. (SD) Some kids in her class are poor, which results in them having a worse education. (C) Scout defends Walter can’t express himself; he can not explain that he does not have the money to bring a lunch to school. (C) Scout gets in trouble a second time for trying to help Walter explain why he doesn’t have a lunch. (SD) Scout talks to Jem about her teacher, and learns that the teacher is bringing the dewy decimal system to the first grade. (C) Ms. Caroline is a college educated person who thinks she knows more than anyone else who lives in Maycomb. (C) When Ms. Caroline showed the class flash cards about the dewy decimal system, she didn’t expect the class to respond to them; she expected them to just sit there and listen. (CS) Overall, education, and teaching are everywhere in this chapter.