I would interpret it as how people only look at reality, not what's inside or what they can't see.
The Ewells Family is rude, proud, and uneducated. You could tell by the way Burris Ewell had reacted to the teacher. They were people but they lived like animals.
The similarities between the two of the stories is : they both lose their mother in the story
The difference was : In the end of the story, Phoebe's manage to get her mother back while sal's couldn't because she's dead
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Reason and choice. I hope I helped!
