Chapter 11

Illustrator
Mrs. Dubose gives jem a camille after she died.
CAMELILIA

Summarizer

Jem and Scout are both frightened of Mr.sDubose because of her bitterness.One day Jem walks up to Mrs.Dubose's house and cuts all her camellia's down. When Jem donfesses what he did because Mrs.Dubose said Atticus "lawed for niggers and trash" (103).His punishemnt is to read to her every Saturday fot a month.Jem eventually reads and finishes his month.After a while,Atticus comes home to announce her death. He tells them that she was morphine addict and she had tried to stop before her death.

Disscussion

1. Why does Atticus make Jem read to Mrs. Dubose even though she says mean things about him?
2. Atticus says “’I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand’” (112). What do you think real courage is? Why is this an example of “real” courage?
3. Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict, have you ever known a drug addict? How did they act?
4. Why did Jem lose his cool Mrs. Dubose? Was this acceptable? Is okay to lose your cool like that?